What were your realistic expectations for this years Louisville team prior to the start of the basketball season? NIT? NCAA? Sweet 16? Final Four? I looked at the season from every angle and decided that a trip to the NCAA tournament would be what I consider a good season. I felt that this team had…
Author: Jeff Nunn
Born and raised in Louisville. THS, U of L and Sig Ep for life. I appreciate everyday that I wake up. My 2 boys are my greatest accomplishment in life.
It was recently reported that attendance for the University of Louisville’s basketball team is on pace for lowest home attendance average since the 1980-81 season. Coming on the heels of the second straight year of declining attendance for football, people are starting to freak out and question fan loyalty. To that I say, calm down. There…
I know that new head coach, Scott Satterfield, hasn’t even finished completing his staff yet but it’s never too early to look ahead to the opponents he and his new staff will be preparing to face. The ACC has not released the conference schedule that will tell us exactly when Louisville will be playing their…
Here are just a few of the thousands (and thousands) of pictures in the CSZ photo galleries from this past football season and a few from this young basketball season. These are my top ten but yours may be different, so be sure to check out all the galleries and tell us what is your…
David Padgett told Eric Crawford of WDRB that he will be working for ESPN as a color analyst. His first game will be January 6th for the Rhode Island vs Saint Louis game. Louisville is already the number 1 college basketball television market and with a city fan favorite on the call, it definitely won’t hurt…
Quick, name the last head soccer coach before Ken Lolla. What? You don’t know? Why? The reason you don’t know the name Tony Colavecchia, is because Ken Lolla took the program to national prominence. Ken took the Louisville job in Dec. of 2005 and put them on the map. The Cardinals first qualified for the…
With the naming of a new Louisville football coach, there comes a lot of expectations. Most expectations are unrealistic, but our fandom requires us to yearn for success. And we want that success to happen quickly. Let’s be honest for a minute. Scott Satterfield, Jeff Brohm, Nick Saban or whoever you choose, is not going…
After 24 hours of wondering if Louisville’s own would return home, we now know the answer. Jeff Brohm chose to honor his commitment to Purdue and to the players he recruited. I’m not gonna lie, this one stings a bit but I respect him more for staying.
Well, Mercifully, this season is over. No reason to try and place blame on coaches, players, fans, administration or even Kragthorpe. It’s hard to hear or accept it but Louisville has hit rock bottom. No need to hang your heads and complain because things are about to get a lot better. We, as fans,…
There was a different energy in the air at Cardinal Stadium on Saturday. A feeling of hope and optimism. A feeling that had been missing all season. Then the game started. The crowd was loud and the team was fired up. Energy – passion – excitement – fun. Louisville held N.C. State on the game’s…
As everyone is well aware, there have been some changes in the coaching staff for the Louisville football team. It seemed to be a certainty that there would be changes after the season, but with low morale, declining attendance numbers, expected transfers, decommits, lack of effort and other factors, Vince Tyra had to pull the…
Louisville freshman quarterback Jordan Travis announced on Thursday that he was transferring from the program. I interviewed Jordan after he signed back in January and was excited to see him grow into the future leader of the program. Jordan appeared in 3 games this season (Indiana State, Georgia Tech, and at Boston College). His best…
On Saturday, I stood on the sidelines surrounded by other photographers, bloggers and local media. The discussion came up wondering if this was one of the worst seasons ever. Several people said it was the worst they had ever seen at Louisville but some of those people haven’t lived in Louisville their whole lives. I…
I really don’t even know what to say anymore. Cards lose – Here are some pictures…
I do predictions at the beginning of every year. As much as I try to keep my heart out of it, sometimes it gets in the way and I predict they are just a little better than what I really believe. This year was really tough. I believed Louisville was somewhere between a 6 win…
As always we promote free speech at CSZ but need to warn that Jeff’s thoughts & views do not necessarily reflect those of CardinalSportsZone.com. I want to start by saying this article, in no way, is saying that Bobby will not be the coach next season. I have written numerous times that I believe Bobby…
I am a Cardinal fan through and through. No matter the teams record, I will support them. Things have been a little rocky at the University over the past couple of years. I’ve weathered the storm as good as could be expected. But over the past few days, there are two things that gotten to…
I really don’t have any words to describe this game or the sick feeling in my stomach so here are the images from the game against Georgia Tech…
Editors note: The thoughts & opinions of Jeff Nunn do not necessarily reflect those of CSZ I’m as big of a Louisville football fan as it comes. I’m not trying to hide it or be neutral in my writing. But I always try to keep it real. If it’s bad, I’ll tell you it’s bad….
In last week’s Nunnsense, I predicted a 24-21 victory for the Cards. Well, we were 1:13 away from that prediction coming to fruition. Until that point, the game was fun. Here are some images from the game before that last minute that we would all like to forget…