RIP Coach. Condolences to his family and friends.

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Another hot and humid day today.
Hope everyone stays cool and hydrated.

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Coach Steve Kragthorpe passed away today from a years long battle with Parkinson disease. He was 59 years old. God bless his family. RIP Coach.

Thought Nwora would be a solid NBA secondary player with his shooting ability but he's still playing pro ball at least.
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Congrats on making the Olympics but not very effective and visibly frustrated her teammates. Her lack of quickness is going to be a detriment to making it to the WNBA. USA hasn't won a game.

That number is getting lower and lower.
Time is quickly going by.
Let’s make sure we treasure our team and enjoy the season

The former Cards SS is tearing it up for the San Francisco Giants and he's doing it with power. He has 11 homers in 18 games. He's moving up on the NL rookie of the year list.

Watching MLB TV and Harold Reynolds and the boys giving UofL baseball a lot of love. Saying former Louisville players are everywhere plus a handful on the cusp of the show.

These are the dudes we remember coach Mac having and all that winning. Fitzgerald was good but he wasn't one most thought would be this good at the MLB level.

This is going to be a fun season. We need to beat Clems son and Kentucky
Go Cards

SMU is COMING...charging into the ACC waters to compete now in 2024, so says there video on the SMU website

Check out the new Weber End Zone Complex construction tour...it is nicely done and they are rightfully pretty excited about it. There was a 50 Mil donation dedicated to that upgrade alone.

Gerald J. Ford FB stadium was built in 2000, and holds a quaint crowd of 32,000+ and the new addition includes chairback seats.

Rhett Ashley is a 40 year old up and comer in the coaching ranks. Offensive guru reputation.

SMU has utilized the portal heavily also: 2024 - 19 in, 16 out...2023 - 26 in, 23 out....2022 - 17 in, 15 out. Total of 45 in last 2 years vs 39 HS's in 3 years.


Served them well last year using this model (not only UofL uses it) and likely will carry this system into the immediate future to further augment/upgrade their roster.

Total 39 3 years HS recruits: 10 -2024....16- 2023...2022 - 13. Star breakdown: 2 - 4*, 36- 3*, 1 - 2*

2025 HS to date: 11 commits, 1 - 4*, 10 - 3*

Perusal of roster: 1 - 5*, 21 - 4*, 47 - 3* and 43 NA's or Not Rated.

Recruiting strategy indicates heavy lean towards the portal now. Worked for them last year. Why not? Eerily similar to the Cards. This team will a threat in the very near future and is playing for this year too to flex in the ACC. Time will tell, I look forward to playing them at home this year.

IMO they will be very good and hard to beat especially at home. Great FB addition for sure. Don't wake up a sleeping horse especially a Mustang!


Q

Ok, I can't take this death by papercut anymore. KP has to go at the end of the season. If so, who realistically do you think would be our top 5 options?

1. Nate Oats
2. Richard Pitino
3. Travis Ford
4. Sean Miller
5. Grant McCasland

Thoughts...?

La Familia's memorable run ends in The Basketball Tournament semifinals vs Carmen's Crew​

https://www.courier-journal.com/sto...ens-crew-semifinals-philadelphia/74566638007/

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Happy Sunday everyone
Another warm day today. I love it.

Richard Pitinos name has come up in the coaching search.

Man I am starting to get excited. I do love college football.

I have been sidelined for a couple of weeks but am back in operation. My longheld dream of a vacation in the Canadian Rockies was cut short by a medical emergency and subsequent hospitalization in Edmonton. No TV, no Presidential campaign, etc. , just an occasion newspaper in the latter days of my stay. What Card news I got was via WDRB on my phone. My first live contact was the last TBT game on a phone shared with my daughter. OTOH I got some great pics of the wildfires around Jasper.

OTOH my misfortune allowed me to refocus my perspective on things in my life.

I caution all of you to take out trip insurance. They don't take Medicare outside the US. And disaster can strike without notice.

L's Up! and L1C4!

Amazing what competent coaching can achieve in such a short time.

This team looks more cohesive, better organized, plays harder, and smarter after 2-3 months together than Payne's teams at any point in his two seasons.

What a difference having a well defined offensive and defensive system makes along with the proper coaching can look like.

Just read on the FREE board that OL Lance Robinson is out for the season with an injury.