By: Steven Rummage This weekend the Cards will be diving into practice for the upcoming Sugar Bowl, but that wont be the only buzz around Louisville football this weekend. Strong and company will have a handful of big time recruits on campus as well. Who are they?..
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By: Steven Rummage The Cards have recently inquired about 6’3 230 lbs JUCO QB Brett Nelson. Nelson completed 64% of his passes this year and threw for an average of 257 yards per game. Nelson would be a nice pickup for the Cards as he would provide much needed experience should Teddy go pro like…
By:Steven Rummage Damarious Randall is the nations 7th ranked JUCO CB and led the nation in INT’s with 8, and was second on his team in tackles. Not to mention the fact he was one of the nations top return men. All this great play has Randall now on many teams radars including the Cardinals….
A few days ago on the UF 247 site Gatorbait.net Thomas Goldkamp posted an articled entitled “Teddy Bridgewater will test the Gators”. Here are the responses and warning folks if you were ok with moral victory Jan 2nd, you wont be after reading this:
You don’t go 10-2 and make it to the Sugar Bowl without some great individual performances, and those were recognized by the Big East with their posteason honors. Teddy Bridgewater was named Offensive Player of the Year, and Charlie Strong was Coach of the Year, but the Cards has more players honored…
By Justin Renck: I saw a tweet from the guys at Louisville Sports Live about this the other night, and it got me thinking. Charlie was disappointed with the last Card March before the UConn game. Let’s make it up to him! Everyone that is going to the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans, let’s have…
By Justin Renck: I said I would not make a post for every single update, and I haven’t. But when there is significant progress or news, it will get posted. As we at CSZ already knew, but were not sure it would be made public, Charlie Strong did have an offer from Tennessee that he…
By Justin Renck: What a rollercoaster story this has been! This has blown conference news out of the water when it comes to how many times I have heard things go back and forth. As of right now (8:05 a.m.), nothing is official, but things are leaning a certain way, so here is the update…
By Justin Renck: Sports Illustrated senior writer Pete Thamel tweeted this “BREAKING: Northern Illinois vs Florida State is official in the Orange Bowl, according to a source.” If true, that likely means what a lot of people have been wanting to hear. The Cards should be in the Sugar Bowl, and probably against the Florida…
USA Today released their final BCS projections. Of course the official announcements happen tonight, but it is always fun to speculate. Here is what they had to say about the Cards… Sugar Bowl: Florida vs. Louisville Since the Sugar Bowl can’t get Alabama, the SEC champs, it’ll opt for the next-best thing in 11-1 Florida….
Tonight the Cards and Rutgers will face off at 7:30 pm on ESPN for the Big East Championship and a BCS Bowl birth. We know how excited #CardNation is but what are the Rutgers faithful saying about tonight’s game??
This is posted on Auburn’s 24/7 site. Very interesting! This is the guy who first reported that Charlie Strong had a phone conversation with Auburn. Now read what he says. Sorting out the Charlie Strong story PhillipMarshall It’s been a crazy last hour. First, a story broke that Auburn had interviewed Louisville coach Charlie…
These are the ACC’s bowl affiliations for this season. Just giving you an idea of what bowls we can go to if these stay the same. Orange Miami, FL $17,000,000 1/1/13 8:30pm ESPN BCS vs. BCS (ACC tie-in) Chick-fil-A Atlanta, GA $3,967,500 ACC; $2,932,500 SEC 12/31/12 7:30pm ESPN ACC #2 vs. SEC #5 Russell Athletics…
By Justin Renck: FINALLY!!! It is a celebration and also a sigh of relief! The sigh of relief is because of what we are getting out of, and the celebration is because of what we are getting into! Now I am not going to get into too many facts like TV ratings, conference…
By Steve Rummage: Purdue Commit DT Kyle Shortridge (FL) will make an official visit to Louisville next weekend. Shortridge recently took an official to Nebraska back on September 1st and most believe he will end up in Lincoln or Louisville. The 6’2 270 lb (Did I mention he runs a 4.8 40) Shortridge is rated…
After Saturdays 23-20 3OT loss to UCONN the Cards fell to 9-2 on the year. While the last two loses have been quite frustrating the Cards still sit in great position and a win Thursday night at Rutgers will give them a share of the Conf. Title and a trip to their 2nd BCS game….
By Justin Renck: As we approach Senior Day 2012 for the football season, I tried to think of what kind of post to make on here to honor the seniors. After thinking of a few different ideas, I figured to just make it simple by saying: Thank you! Think about it…the seniors that have been…
By Steve Rummage: Teddy Bridgewater is having a tremendous Sophmore season thus far. Most believe he will come in as one of the Heisman favorites for next year and more than likely take his talents to the NFL. Question is Where are the experts saying Teddy will go?
The presidents of the Big East schools approved a 2 division format for the 2013 and 2014 football seasons. Here is what those divisions will look like:
Although most people will be focused on the UofL football game, there is more than just that going on! Here is the UofL sports schedule for Saturday!