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Iowa has been the favorite but the Cardinals are closing well

It is interesting to watch that two very different groups of portal entrants. One group are the over-achievers that feel they need to enter to get their fair market value. The other is the under-achievers that feel they need a fresh start somewhere because their current situation isn't ideal or they are looking to move up in program level.

Makes for an interesting ebb and flow between programs. Programs are bidding for one group like a Sotheby's auction, while also looking for value like a thrift store with the other group. Does a program spend it's time rummaging through thrift stores, or trying to outbid the whales?

Less than ideal… figured he was going to be a key guy next year.

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Bobby came back to UofL and is now back at Arkansas

Greg Schiano is back at Rutgers

Edsall went back to UCONN

And now WVU bringing back Rich Rod?

And I guess if LSU fires Brian Kelly, might as well get him back to Cincy lol

Just entered the portal
NOT Issac the other brown Kewanuee

Officially signed:

• S Micah Rice
• RB Jamarice Wilder
• OL Grady Anthony
• LB Caleb Matelau
• DB Antonio Harris
• QB Mason Mims
• DL Dillon Smith
• LB Cameron White
• DL Eric Hazzard
• TE Grant Houser
• OL Tyler Folmar
• EDGE C.J. May

Possible flips that went elsewhere:

• LB O’Lontae Dean
• WR Naeshaun Montgomery

One to watch:

• DL Bailey Abercrombie

Mark Ennis made an interesting point on his show with Biscuit Monday that almost had me changing my mind about this season. This ended up being a down year for Louisville, but his point was that in two years under Brohm they beat Notre Dame, they won at Miami, they made the ACC Championship game and they put to bed the two biggest losing streaks we have tied to the Program--the albatross that was Clemson and the dreaded five game streak with UK. And in those last two instances resoundingly and with no questions asked. None of those things happened under Satterfield--or Petrino if we're being fair to the Record--though I maintain we owe Satterfield a lot more than we care to admit with who he left for Brohm to utilize versus what he inherited which was complete and utter disarray outside of three good wide receivers and Mekhi Becton. He was the right guy to get us out of the Ditch, he was the wrong guy to get us into the ACC's Top Four.

But I would retort...we lost to a Pitt that went 2-6 in ACC play and Stanford who went 2-6 in ACC play under Brohm. We keep having these one score games against teams that should be the ones asking questions of themselves at halftime. I can't reconcile that because that was a Satterfield issue too.

I think we missed a Golden opportunity this year and if you ask me why I'd say because we had the personnel criteria to be playing tomorrow night. We took the field against Miami--with Caullin Lacy and Jamari Johnson--with the best skill position group at our disposal going back to the Governor's Cup in 2006 (we had Michael, and we didn't have the running back quality complementing Teddy Bridgewater and were probably carried more by Lamar than we had quality at WR and RB in those years). Our offensive line eventually flourished in all of the games after Miami. We had two high quality cornerbacks but that probably had as much to do with us losing at Notre Dame and against SMU because Riley was out and Thornton was wearing the oven mitt. We had what I perceived to be a deep defensive line that when it was all said and done probably lacked a consistent pass rusher opposite Gillotte, which contributed to his high pressure number but half the sack total. We got sometimes game changing production out of our special teams units.

Moving forward preseason next year I'll be looking to see how many NFL draftees we legitimately have on the defensive side of the football. I think you have to have four a year and when it's all said and done we did have four in the Spring with Thornton, Riley, Gillotte and Tyler Barron, but Barron was sent packing to Miami (which I'm not debating, he was a Cancer). I could have made an argument for MJ Griffin pre injury last year because he was the best DB in Fall Camp in 2023. My fear as it pertains to next season is we realistically only have one and that's Stanquan. We've had multiple years now where our cornerback tandem was going to play in the NFL on back through Kei'trel Clark with Quincey and Jarvis Brownlee and with Storm Duck last year who is in the NFL and this year with the Thornton/Riley tandem. We aren't starting with that in 2025 and are completely starting over. Something drastic is going to have to happen in the Portal at Defensive End and in the Secondary to be in the ACC hunt next year, and it's one reason why I think English is out anyway. We need a wholesale injection of talent, we consistently saw communication and alignment breakdowns from the safeties even against UK and we need a quality Safeties coach every bit as much as a new DC. That might be unfair to English to say that he was a single point of failure, but he was the common denominator.

So I will be looking at the ACC Title game tomorrow with that gnawing feeling that we'd have beaten both of them if we were there.

Fri 6 Dec:

WKU @ Jax St - Jacksonville, AL --JaX St plays pick up sticks with the Toppers and stick it to them...Jax wins

UNLV @ Bosie St - Boise, ID -- the blue fields mesmerizes the Rebels and the Broncos ride off to the CFP

Tulane @ Army - West Pt, NY -- The Green Wave floods the Cadets and Summrall takes the UNC job...Tulane wins but loses at same time

Sat 7 Dec:

Iowa St @ AZ St - Arlington, TX -- the Sun Devils burn the Cyclones up and down the field and win easily as the surprise team of the year

UGA @ TX - Atlanta, Ga Mercedes Benz Stadium -- Dawgs nip at the Longhorns and pull another miracle come from behind W, UGHa

PSU @ Oregon -Ind, IN, Lucas Oil Field -- Ducks quack attack is too much for the puny offense of the Lions in this one

*Clemson @ SMU - Tiebreaker - Charlotte, NC -- Mustangs have been on a roll of late...CU is offensively challenged and can't keep up...double digit W --27-20

Ohio @ Miami OH - Detroit Michigan Ford Field -- I have no clue on this one but I do like that Redhawk mascot so going with them

Marshall @ Louisiana - Lafayette. LA -- the Thundering Herd runs over the Cajuns in a hard fought game in the 4th Q for the W

There you have it folks. My best WAG at Week 15's games. Anyone can parfticipate this week. So, what say you????

Good fortune to ya....And as always just keep on pic'n and grin'n. Cheers!

Note: Sorry I failed to identify the Tieberaker game so please update by providing your score. TY in advance and sorry for my omission.

Pat Kelsey: “What we came to fear about Kasean has come to be true. That’s the nature of the beast … our guys have an unbelievable mindset as we attack these two days.”

Pryor out for year with torn ACL. Traore likely out 4 more weeks. Koren Johnson out for the year.

Coolest name in transfer portal so far ...

Kamden Sixkiller. McNeese State.


Not an endorsement. No inside info on him at all. No idea what his stats are. Or the style he plays.

Just dig the name.

BTW ... Virginia's Sophomore QB Anthony Colandrea has hit the portal. Over 4,000 yards. 23 TDs, 20 INT's. He gave us some trouble. I wonder where he'll wind up. Interestingly, UK was one of his offers coming out of high school.

Saw first at OSU when Michigan planted their flag on the OSU logo mid field after the win. Leading to a tussle annd ann OSU player taking it down. A Michigan player then states on National Television that the OSU players should learn how lose and they were classless.
Them UF planted their flag on FSU’s logo mid field causing a tussle and Norvell took it down and had words with UFs HC.
I personally think think that Michigan and UF should learn to win with class if anything they were classless.
I suspect that will be addressed in the off season

Have 2 tickets for Volleyball on Friday but can't make it.
Send me your email address and I will transfer them to.
First come, First serve.

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Cards open as 4 point favorite on Draftkings. Rooth's on the graphic sending message it's his time to step up. Pomeroy has Cards winning 76-72. Ole Miss is basically opposite of Louisville where not great on defense but good on offense looking at Pomeroy ratings. Tip off 9:00 pm at Yum on Tuesday.

I feel very good about Louisville’s chances to land Mikel Brown. Close to putting in a pick and going on the record. I think there’s a chance it happens sooner than later.

I also think Louisville is going to add an international prospect to the 2025 class to go with Brown. This prospect is not from Australia, which I’ve seen that out there.

Would put them add a two-man class with a blue chipper that will make an impact right away.

Brown, a true freshman, is the first player in school history to capture both the league’s top rookie of the year awards.



A native of Homestead, Fla., Brown rushed for 1,078 yards and 11 touchdowns in 12 games, averaging a solid 7.3 yards per carry, which ranks third nationally. Brown stands second nationally with six rushes of over 40 yards and recorded 11 rushes of 20 yards.



The newcomer also stands fifth in the ACC with rushing yards and touchdowns.



The second team all-conference performer recorded the second-most rushing yards by a freshman in the nation. He became the first true freshman in Louisville history to rush for 1,000 yards in a season and set the school's freshman rushing record, surpassing Lamar Jackson's previous mark of 960 yards set during the 2015 season.



Brown logged five 100-yard rushing game during his true freshman season when he rushed for 178 yards and two scores in the win over Kentucky. He became the only true freshman running back with two 150-yard rushing games in a season.



In a 41-14 win over Kentucky, Brown established career highs with 26 carries for 178 yards and two scores, including a 67-yard touchdown run. Brown ran for 151 yards against Stanford and 146 yards and two scores against Virginia.



In the last wins over Pitt and UK, Brown ran for 271 yards and four touchdowns to close the season.

Cards have played 5 Official Home games.

Attendance, Most Recent First:

12,729 Ole Miss
12,462 Winthrop
12,220 Bellarmine
16,976 Tennessee
12,490 Morehead State

13,372 Average

EDIT: ADDED 2023-2024 DATA (for comparison)

I'm throwing in the attendance from 2023-2024 season for first 5 Official Home games:

11,538 Bellarmine
10,527 New Mexico State
10,501 Coppin State
10,634 Chattanooga
11,010 UMBC

10,842 Average

Conference Championship Week is upon us, and winning your conference is a major accomplishment, as it should be. With the 12-team playoff now enacted, these games are more valuable than ever.

But in the era of large, mega power conferences, added parity (thanks to NIL/portal), and unbalanced conference schedules, are the "best" teams playing in these title games, or just the most fortunate due to easiest conference schedules? And, more importantly, are the "at-large" playoff bids going to teams with more favorable conference schedules? Let's take a look at the large P4 conferences in 2024 to see if we can identify some of the "best" (legit contenders) or "luckiest" (pretenders) based on conference schedule strength.

We'll start with the Cards' conference, the ACC. Below is a list of the top 7 finishers, which are all the ACC teams that finished the season with a winning record in conference. I've also listed their conference record, their records vs each other (vs teams with winning conference records), and the combined conference records of their conf opponents (for a conf strength of schedule measurement).

ACC

1. SMU 8-0 conf record. (2-0 vs winning teams), (32-32 record for opponents - .500 win pct)
2. Clemson 7-1 (0-1) (23-41, .359)
3. Miami 6-2 (2-2) (29-35, .453)
4. Syracuse 5-3 (2-0) (29-35, .453)
Duke 5-3 (0-3) (32-32, .500)
Louisville 5-3 (2-2) (38-26, .594)
Georgia Tech 5-3 (2-2) (32-32, .500)

First half we look really good especially rebounding and defense. Cochran is having a great game she has really trimmed down and is in game shape. I hope the 2nd half is the same as the 1st half.