Four-star safety Nilijah Ballew (Cincinnati, OH) took an official visit to Indiana this weekend. He was supposed to be visiting Louisville, but when the new coaching staff first contacted Ballew, they moved his visit date back to the weekend of January 31. So naturally, Ballew had to find other options just in case. It had…
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Three-star wide receiver commit Desean Blair (Jacksonville, FL) visited Nebraska this past weekend, and liked what he saw. What stuck out the most? “The facilities, the academics and the staff and players,” Blair said. He is still committed to Louisville and will visit the Cards this coming weekend (Jan. 24). He has said that this…
This week…..on 55….. The tenth episode of 55. Oh how time flies. It seems like it was just yesterday that you were nothing more than just an idea in my head. I just can’t believe how fast you have grown. Before long we will celebrate your 21st. I can’t talk about this right now. Sorry. Moving on. I know…
Louisville football hosted 8 recruits this weekend. Five are commits and three are targets. It is always a big deal when recruits take their official visits, but this one was especially big because it was the first time for Bobby Petrino and his staff to host here at Louisville. So the goal was to keep…
ESPN’s Mark Schlabach released another way-too-early Top 25 for the 2014 college football season. In the last one, the Cards were included. But since the hiring of Bobby Petrino, Louisville has found a way back in at #25. Of course this does not mean much now. It is just something to talk about and give…
Young Russ Smith showing off the handles! Some of this video was shown during the Louisville-UConn game.
Without watching the game for a second time, I will just give my quick analysis and reaction to the Louisville-UConn game. It seems like it is always a close one when we play at UConn and this one was no different. When it looked like the Cards had pulled away, UConn made a late run,…
Reggie Bonnafon just posted this picture on Instagram. It is all 8 football visitors wearing the black uniforms. Looks pretty sharp! The list of visitors is here.
18/14 Louisville Cardinals (15-3, 4-1) @ UConn Huskies (14-3, 2-2) Game Info Date: Saturday January 18, 2014 Time: 9:05 p.m. ET Site: Gampbel Pavilion (Storrs, Conn) TV: ESPN (Dan Shulman, Dick Vitale, Shannon Spake) Radio: WHAS 840 AM (Paul Rogers and Doug Ormay) Series History: Louisville leads 8-6 Last Meeting: Louisville won 73-58…
On Saturday January 18, 2014, the 89th East-West Shrine Game will take place in St. Petersburg, Florida at Tropicana Field. That is fitting because two former Louisville Cardinals who played their first bowl game on that very field will take part in this game for the East: Hakeem Smith and Preston Brown. Hakeem Smith finished…
According to Ryan Bartow (247 sports) and Mike Hughes (InsideTheVille), Louisville has offered 2015 safety Khalid McGee of Miami Northwestern High School. New wide receivers coach Lamar Thomas made the offer. Scout.com is the only service that I saw a rating for him, which was a 3-star. McGee is about 5’10 and 180 lbs and…
Cardinal Catch-Up 1/17/14 My e-mail on my phone hadn’t been working right for a few days so today I went to find out why. I got to T-Mobile and just as I walked in to show them what was going on it started working right again. I know, typical. I looked in and seen there…
Bobby Petrino officially added Lamar Thomas and Terrell Buckley to his staff today. Thomas will coach the wide receivers and Buckley will coach the cornerbacks. Here is the official press release from UofL with more information on both of these coaches. LOUISVILLE, Ky. – University of Louisville head coach Bobby Petrino completed his coaching staff by hiring Lamar…
With the schedule that Ballard High School plays, it is hard to go watch them in person because of all the traveling they do and playing games out of town. So for those that want to see future Louisville point guard Quentin Snider, the opportunity has been there this week at Valley High School in…
Coach Bobby Petrino and the staff have hit the recruiting trail hard and have a crucial 3 weeks ahead of them. Over these next 3 weekends before signing day the Cards will try to get as many commits and targets on campus as possible and it starts with the group this weekend:
Tonight marks a coming home party of a different kind. A long road home with several different twists. It looked like all was lost when he committed to Houston, then conference realignment struck and the basketball gods decided….it will be. Tonight people will cry out Chicken, Chicken, Chicken and not mean it as an answer to what they…
PRESS RELEASE: Tony Grantham, Todd’s brother, was named the inside linebackers coach and special teams coordinator at Louisville also on Thursday after spending the last six seasons at the Naval Academy. Tony Grantham, in addition to serving the past six seasons as Navy’s outside linebackers coach, has been with the Naval Academy for 10 years overall….
PRESS RELEASE LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Widely regarded as one of the best defensive coordinators in the country, Todd Grantham was tabbed by University of Louisville head football coach Bobby Petrino to become the school’s defensive coordinator and safeties coach on Thursday. Todd comes to Louisville after four seasons as Georgia’s defensive coordinator, including two seasons…
18/14 Louisville Cardinals (14-3, 3-1) vs Houston Cougars (10-6, 2-1) Game Info Date: Thursday January 16, 2014 Time: 7:00 p.m. ET Site: KFC Yum! Center TV: CBS Sports Network (Dave Ryan, Pete Gillen, Evan Washburn) Radio: WHAS 840 AM (Paul Rogers and Bob Valvano) Series Record: UofL leads 13-5 Last Meeting: Houston…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Kevin Keatts, who joined the University of Louisville men’s basketball staff in April 2011 as an assistant coach, has been elevated to Associate Head Coach for the Cardinals by head coach Rick Pitino. “Kevin is one of the best assistants I have had in a…