Check out this tweet that came from Bobby Petrino’s account. If these times are right, then wow. That is just crazy. For a sport that puts so much stock into 40-yard dash times, these should make scouts (and fans) very happy for Louisville football! https://twitter.com/CoachPetrinoUL/status/440609411820556289 https://twitter.com/CoachPetrinoUL/status/440610050755678209 The top time in this year’s NFL Combine was…
Class of 2014 Egyptian big man Anas Osama Mahmoud has committed to the Louisville Cardinals, according to CardinalAuthority.com’s Jody Demling. ESPN rates Mahmoud as a 4-star prospect and the 69th best player in the country. Most sites have him weighing around 200 pounds, which is obviously something that will have to be changed as soon…
So how big is this game against #1 UConn tonight? Even as the 3rd ranked team in the country, this ESPN Bracketology has the Cards as a 2 seed. And of all places, they are a 2 seed in UConn’s bracket!
Here is the latest women’s basketball AP Poll. The Cards hold steady at #3. AP Top 25 RK TEAM RECORD PTS 1 Connecticut (36) 30-0 900 2 Notre Dame 29-0 864 3 Louisville 28-2 816 4 Stanford 28-2 802 5 South Carolina 26-3 718 6 Tennessee 24-5 679 7 West Virginia 26-3 668 8 Maryland 24-5…
Here is the latest men’s basketball USA Today Coaches Poll. Louisville dropped 5 spots from 4th to 9th. The AAC has 5 teams ranked this week. Along with Louisville (9), there is Cincinnati (15), SMU (18), UConn (19), and Memphis (20). USA Today Coaches Poll RK TEAM RECORD PTS 1 Florida (25) 27-2 793 2 Wichita…
ESPN.com’s Myron Medcalf posted an article today about the Louisville men’s basketball team and how it has been tough to replace the leadership of Peyton Siva and Gorgui Dieng, as well as the loss of Chane Behanan. I will post some of the more interesting quotes from the article. To read the full article on…
Here is the latest men’s basketball AP poll. The Cards dropped from 7th to 11th this week. This week they face #18 SMU and #19 UConn. AP Top 25 RK TEAM RECORD PTS 1 Florida (46) 27-2 1,606 2 Wichita State (14) 31-0 1,555 3 Arizona (5) 27-2 1,514 4 Duke 23-6 1,364 5 Virginia 25-5 1,304 6…
Here is Joe Lunardi’s latest men’s basketball Bracketology.
When this season started, I think fans had expectations that Mangok Mathiang would come right in and fill the void left by Gorgui Dieng. Yes he is tall, from another country, and is built very similar to Dieng. But there is something people were not thinking about: they are NOT the same person….
Press release from UofL: The third ranked Cardinals will host top ranked Connecticut in the KFC Yum! Center on Monday night at 7:00 p.m. The game is part of ESPN’s Big Monday and will air on ESPN2. It can also be heard live on the Cards Radio with Matt Andrews and Adrienne Johnson, carried locally…
Pat Forde is one of my favorite journalists of all time. I read the Forde Yard dash regularly and enjoyed it almost every time. Something got in his crawl today and the only thing I can say is *Mic Drop*. I am not sure why this has happened but it has happened. I myself do not…
Here is the latest deal from FansCloset.com. It is a Louisville Cardinals Antigua’s Exceed Polo on sale for $34.99 (retail price $49.99). If you order two you save an extra 10% more with the deal. Fans of CSZ, we are running this special for you. Enter the order and it will ship the week of…
Russ Smith is steadily climbing up the record books at UofL in a few different categories. He is currently 8th in total points, and could climb a couple more spots before the season is over. He is also threatening to take the career steals record from Peyton Siva. Here are some of the updated lists…
Chris Jones has been getting a lot of heat on social media about the Memphis game, and probably rightfully so. He didn’t play very well and he forced the issue, a LOT. He took bad shots, drove 1 on 3, and dribbled too much trying to create on his own. But he isn’t the only…
It has been almost a full day since the “Meltdown in Memphis” (just came up with that one) so I have had time to gather my thoughts about the game. Actually I pretty much knew soon after it ended how I felt. It was very frustrating to watch the end and how that unfolded, yet…
As we enter the last week in the College Basketball regular season this is how the American Athletic Conference looks as of today: #4 Memphis vs #5 UConn #1 Louisville vs (Winner of) #8 USF vs #9 UCF #2 Cincinnati vs (Winner of) #7 Rutgers vs #10 Temple #3 SMU vs #6…
Russ Smith began Thursday night’s game against Temple as the 10th all-time leading scorer in UofL men’s basketball history. He entered the game with 1,707 total points. After scoring 24 points against the Owls, he passed up Herbert Crook (1,723) and Charlie Tyra (1,728). Smith now has 1,731 points. What is most impressive about this?…
I have always been a big fan of Gruden’s QB Camp on ESPN, and this year we will have our own Teddy Bridgewater on the show! The following is the press release from ESPNmediazone.com… Jon Gruden’s QB Camp series is returning to ESPN for its fifth season this spring. Since 2010, the popular SportsCenter specials have produced groundbreaking content that…
Louisville senior Russ Smith is one of 15 finalists for the Oscar Robertson National Player of the Year Trophy. The winner will be announced on Friday, April 4 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. This season, Smith is averaging 17.5 points per game. He is also averaging a career high in both assists (4.5) and…
Press release from UofL: Louisville, Ky. – Louisville head coach Jeff Walz was named an assistant coach for the 2014 USA Basketball Women’s U18 National Team, USA Basketball announced today. Walz will assist head coach Dawn Staley, a three-time Olympic gold medalist and University of South Carolina head coach. Michigan’s Kim Barnes-Arico will also join them on the…