This week…..on 55….. Additions, Subtractions, Super Bowl & JC Penneys? Yeah I try to cover it all. From people going crazy on me to signing day to the omission of a certain someone, it’s here. A powerful and swift campaign swept twitter last Tuesday and you know what? It worked. Well here we go. Once again, I share with…
Category: Louisville Athletics
Javonte Bagley announced via twitter that he has officially committed to the Louisville Cardinals. Bagley is a wide receiver from Vero Beach, Florida and was committed to Bowling Green. He is listed at 6’3 and 180 lbs, so he brings good size to the position. He also holds offers from Kentucky, South Florida, Wake Forest,…
Here is the latest USA Today Coaches Poll. RANK TEAM RECORD POINTS FIRST PLACE VOTES PREVIOUS RANK CHANGE HI/LOW* 1 Syracuse Orange 21-0 800 32 2 1 1/7 2 Wichita State Shockers 23-0 745 0 3 1 2/16 3 Arizona Wildcats 21-1 725 0 1 2 1/5 4 Florida Gators 19-2 720 0 4 4/19…
If you have followed the George Rushing recruitment, you probably have a headache. Rushing was committed to Louisville when Charlie Strong was here. When Bobby Petrino was hired, Rushing decommitted. Petrino and his staff kept recruiting Rushing and he started to favor the Cards again. In fact, it seemed solid a couple weeks ago that…
Photo courtesy of WDRB.com Bobby Petrino was in the WDRB studio on Monday morning and talked with Candyce Clift. The following is the full transcript of the interview posted on WDRB.com. Click here to watch the video of the interview. The video doesn’t show all of the interview, so be sure to read the transcript…
(###) Number of first place votes 1 Syracuse (65) ACC Record: 21-0 PV Rank 2 Points 1,625 2 Arizona Pac-12 Record: 21-1 1 1,517 3 Florida SEC Record: 19-2 3 1,482 4 Wichita State Missouri Valley Record: 23-0 4 1,447 5 San Diego State Mountain West Record: 19-1 5 1,370 6 Villanova Big East Record:…
I will start this one out by saying this does not worry me AT ALL, but just relaying the information. It looks as if recent UofL commit Shaq Jones will be flipping to Georgia. This does not come as a surprise or as bad news really. Jones is a former South Alabama commit. When he…
It is always good to see former Cards go on to have success in the NFL, and on Sunday night, two more got themselves a Super Bowl title! Breno Giacomini and Greg Scruggs are both members of the Seattle Seahawks. Giacomini is the starting right tackle, and Scruggs is a defensive lineman, although he has…
Bobby Petrino and his staff are finishing off this recruiting season in great fashion. According to Ryan Bartow and Mike Hughes of InsideTheVille.com, the latest commitment comes from 3-star JUCO offensive tackle Quincy McKinney, who is listed at 6’4 and 310 lbs. He currently attends Hutchinson Community College in Hutchinson, Kansas. He is originally from…
The good news keeps rolling in this weekend for Bobby Petrino and the Louisville football team as they got another commit, making that 3 since Friday evening. This time it was Charles Standberry, who was an Ole Miss commit. He was visiting the Cards this weekend and flipped his commitment to Louisville. He joins Lukayus…
After a string of negative news on the recruiting front, things are starting to turn around for the Cards right before signing day. Just last night, offensive tackle Lukayus McNeil committed to the Cards. Today, 3-star cornerback Trumaine Washington out of Miami, FL announced via twitter that he has chosen Louisville over Syracuse. Committing to…
At halftime of the basketball game against UCF, the football team was brought out and the new coaching staff was announced. The ovations were great, and it doesn’t hurt that the Cards had some recruits in the house to witness it as well. Video was posted on CardinalSports.com by Steve Ludden and Howie Lindsey.
Bobby Petrino and his staff are hosting 12 visitors this weekend and they got their first commit from that group on Saturday when 6’7 270 pound offensive tackle Lukayus McNeil (Indianapolis, IN) committed to the Cards. McNeil was committed to Louisville until Charlie Strong took the Texas job, then he decommitted to keep his options…
Saturday night games at the KFC Yum! Center always have a different kind of buzz (pun?) about them. And since tonight’s opponent is UCF and the game could get out of hand in favor of the Cards, the crowd will still be entertained by being introduced to some former Louisville Basketball greats throughout the game….
UofL Press Release LOUISVILLE, Ky. – University of Louisville men’s and women’s basketball fans should take note of a planned repair on a deteriorated road support column this weekend that will close the ramp that carries traffic from I-65 North to I-64 West. The repairs could affect fans that may regularly use that ramp for access…
There are 4 games today in the American Athletic Conference. Here is the schedule of games followed by the standings heading into Saturday. 2:00- #22 Memphis (16-4, 6-2) @ SMU (16-5, 5-3) CBSSN 4:00- #9 Villanova (18-2, 7-1) @ Temple (6-13, 1-7) CBSSN 4:30- Houston (11-10, 3-5) @ Rutgers (8-13, 2-6) ESPNN…
A lot of are down today because of the loss yesterday. It happens. Well cheer up. We have the same record we had last year at this time and are ranked the exact same as we were. Is that me saying I feel like we are a definite Title game team? No, but I am…
This is a pretty cool video here. If you read my thoughts on how the Charlie Strong saga went down, you know I was bitter about the situation. But even in saying that, the video of him crowd surfing in the locker room is still one of the best clips ever, can’t deny that.
PRESS RELEASE Following a 2013 season that saw the program’s 10th consecutive NCAA Regional appearance, the No. 19/18 Louisville Cardinals top the 2014 American Athletic Conference Softball Preseason Coaches’ Poll, as selected by the conference’s eight head coaches. Louisville received six of seven possible first place votes for 48 total points to take the honor….
PRESS RELEASE LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The Louisville baseball team was ranked 13th in the USA Today preseason Top 25 coaches’ poll released on Wednesday afternoon. Wednesday’s poll marked the Cardinals’ fourth top 20 preseason ranking in 2014. Earlier this week, Louisville was ranked 16th by Perfect Game and 20th by Baseball America, while…