Cardinal News & Notes: Thursday Night

Just getting you caught up on a busy couple of days… *Football -The two open practices will be Friday August 3 (5:45 p.m.) and Saturday August 4 (11:30 a.m.) -We should be posting a story on Friday about the latest football commit, Corey Cooper, with quotes from Cooper himself. -Fan day is slated for Sunday…

Battle 4 Atlantis matchups set!

As you may already know, the Louisville Cardinals men’s basketball team will be participating in the Battle 4 Atlantis, which takes place November 22-24 at the Atlantis Resort on Paradise Island, Bahamas. The brackets were released today, and here are the matchups: Top Bracket: Memphis vs VCU…Duke vs Minnesota Bottom Bracket: Missouri vs Stanford…Louisville vs Northern Iowa…

Athlon Sports has 7 Cards in Big East Top 50

Athlon Sports released their Top 50 Big East players for the upcoming 2012 season. These rankings were based on 5 criteria: 2012 projected performance, importance to team, positional importance, NFL draft stock, and career performance. The Cards had 7 players make the list. Here they are, along with their ranking.  4) QB Teddy Bridgewater  8)…

2013 ATH Jalen Reeves-Maybin talks to CSZ

2013 ATH Jalen Reeves-Maybin      You can truly find D-1 talent in any corner of the country these days. But in Clarksville, TN there’s a special kid who can just about do anything. He threw for 1468 yards (15 TD’s), rushed for 1468 (31 TD’s), and tallied 103 tackles and 10 FF (forced fumbles) on defense. It should be no surprise that…

Mario Benavides on Rimington Watch List

The Rimington Trophy is presented annually to the Most Outstanding Center in NCAA Division I-A College Football. The Trophy committee has just released its watch list for the 2012 season, and UofL senior Mario Benavides has made the list. The winner will be honored on January 12, 2013 at a banquet in Lincoln, Nebraska. Here is…