BC 87-82 over FSU at Boston.

GO CARDS - BEAT EVERYBODY!!! God Bless America!!!

Ladies get out rebounded by 20 but win by 24.

DVR'd to watch the Duke - Virginia game as I was unable to watch it live.

All I have to say is wow. Both of those teams seem to be at another level. And that is with neither of them shooting the 3 particularly well. But the game last night was like watching two heavy weights answer haymaker for haymaker.

Virginia stayed with the Dookies much better than I thought they would, athletically. DeAndre Hunter is a stud. And "Former Man Bun Wearing" Kyle Guy and Ty Jerome are excellent floor leaders if not totally annoying stereotypical Virginia players. I like the 7 footer they bring off the bench to, in Huff. He's a threat from 3 point range, but gives them depth inside.

If Duke can figure out how to play without point guard Trey Jones, they will be that much harder to play down the road. Zion Williamson is ridiculous. RJ Barrett is a stud too. They are a typical Duke team in that they don't seem to have much depth, and that may catch up to them. Time will tell. But it's hard to see people keeping up with them if they can keep Williamson and Barrett healthy the rest of the way.


After watching the game last night, it struck me that the best we could do is 3rd place in conference this year. Which ain't bad at all ... but I don't see how we match up with these two teams. Everyone else in the conference I can see a way for us to compete with. Duke and Virginia on the other hand? Could be some long nights with those two.

Sounds like a commitment will likely come later today out of the group on their official visit this weekend...

Stay tuned!

“the Louisville Cardinals are in first place in the ACC standings!”

Pretty honest and balanced assessment of just who is the best Football conference (probably underplays markets a little). He imagines forming a P6. Interesting.

Here are his criteria:

"To finally prove once and for all just how incredibly unbiased I am, I have constructed the definitive overall college football conference ranking. By collecting data from the past 5 seasons, I created 8 categories to determine who is superior. These categories combined performance, fan support and overall impact that the conferences have on football."

• Average Attendance
• Non-Conference P5 Record (Bowl Games Excluded)
• Bowl Records
• Number of Teams Ranked in Final AP Poll
• Playoff Appearances
• Championships
• Number of Appearances in a Top 10 Most Watched Game
• Number of NFL Draft Picks

https://bellyupsports.com/2019/01/definitive-overall-college-football-conference-ranking/#1

Hopefully it is not happening to you guys because it is local for the people back home but as a person who lives outside of Louisville, I am tired of this ACCN crap.We are in the toughest conference and have one of the hardest schedules in the country and every game gets put on the so called ACCN for both the Men's and Women's teams.All the while every Duke and Kensuck game is on ESPN every day and night.I swear Duke is on TV more than the Golden State Warriors and I am a Warriors fan.Everybody is slurping Zion Williams like he is the second coming of basketball Jesus or something and the Card in me can't wait to we play them so Big Will and Enok can expose is a$$.Look I get it ESPN hates Louisville we all know it as Cardinal fans but you can't tell me people outside of Kentucky want to watch Kentucky play Auburn or Georgia two school who don't give to swills of piss about their basketball programs on national TV.It literally is a crap shoot up here if they say it's on the ACCN,sometimes a Fox station will pick it up if not I have to watch it on my Xbox.I fear that the new ACC channel won't be any different but i swear it can't be any worse.

Good to see the Cardinal bird at the top of the leaderboard. One more day to go with a bunch of chasers. Will need to go low again to win.

The total revenue stream (including the portion from apparel) from Adidas to Louisville is described quite well in this article.

https://www.courier-journal.com/sto...-adidas-apparel-contract-extension/600482001/

Two spectacular quarters for Louisville WBB in the 48-point romp. 31-9 in the second and 25-10 in the third as Walz's Cards go to 16-1 on the season. For bumps, bloody mouths, missed opportunities and a blessed lack-of whistles, let's drive the lane and get some easy paint points in:

FIVE THINGS ABOUT THIS GAME

5) Paint proficiency. The Cards dominated inside, despite the presence of 6'9" UVA player Felicia Aiyeotan, out-scoring UVA 44-24 in the paint and out-rebounding them 42-27. Add in a few missed layups and put-backs and this could have been 60-24 in the paint. Dunham and Shook combined for 26 points and 13 rebounds. Dana Evans should have been arrested for theft at the end of the contest because of so many breakaway layups. 57.1% shooting for UofL 50% from three range.

4) That's gonna hurt this morning. Sam Fuehring took a fully-intended elbow to the face with seven minutes left in the game and the refs agreed with an intentional foul called on Wahoo forward Mone Jones. No need to lower that elbow into Sam's grille after the shot. Sure, frustrations can escalate if you're down 40, but the head shot was uncalled for. Paulie spoke with Sam after the game and she indicated that it was hurting more than it did when it happened. Having braces doesn't help. Poor sportsmanship. Poor Sam. No teeth dislodged though.

3) Bobble-blitz. A crazy scene evolved when the KFC YUM! doors opened and fans were running frantically to the bobblehead giveaway staging area. Only 1000 or so were distributed to fans with tickets. Former mayor Jerry Abramson was given one and promptly left it on the press row table next to Paulie after the game. He did return to claim it after a few minutes. This is why more of us can't have nice things. Dollar cost/amount the probable reason why so few were available. Coach Walz wore the same outfit last night as the bobblehead did. Class.

2) Not scared. UVA's 6'9" Aiyeton may stand 6'9" but she was not an intimidation factor to Asia and the Cards. Maybe because she only saw 14 minutes, had only four points, no blocks and five rebounds. In fact, Kylee Shook blocked one of Felicia's shots. "You can't go out on the court intimidated." was Durr's sage advice. She also advised that you did have to be careful on how you attacked her. Dana Evans added that you "just get her in the air and then drive on her." Durr and Evans combined for 34 points on 13-18 shooting, 6-11 from the deep. No fear from the refereeing crew in laying off the whistles and letting them play, just 28 fouls called and a total of just 13 free throw attempts combined for the squads.

1) Keep him on the bench. Jeff Walz finally launched a "three" after receiving an errant pass at the end of the third quarter. Almost an air ball from the sidelines, barely getting rim. Walz didn't get "T'd" up and commented that he didn't want to receive any more passes to him during action. Durr's comment of "we don't need him hitting that shot" drew a few laughs. Coach explained that he spent two years on the bench at NKU in college and practiced shots during pre-game warmups from there because he knew that's where his game position would be. Get the ball inside, Jeff. Get the assist next time.


-- Sonja --

I sure am.

https://gocards.com/news/2019/1/18/culture-change-underway-for-louisville-football.aspx

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Hopefully some good news for the GaTech game, just heard on Valvano show that their leading scorer and best player is out for tomorrow's game. Doesn't guarantee anything but should help.

I follow Coach Mack on Twitter. He’s always referring to this. I’m in the dark.

Trump is speaking at 4 PM today. Wonder if ABC will show and the game moved to alternate ESPN channel?

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Keep an eye on this one. Louisville wasn't planning on taking another back in the class but they really like Kelly.

has UofL as a #6 seed in Des Moines (West region). Should UofL and the #3 seed advance, our opponent would be...

...Kentucky.

...Besides cheapen the value of the product? We knew this was coming, but now we know what they're going to implement...

i can confirm Chris Person’s report about Stephen Field heading to Miami.

LINK: https://louisville.forums.rivals.com/threads/what-im-hearing-on-a-current-staff-member.43663/

A Miami source has confirmed Field will be Miami’s new TE coach.

Cards catch a break here, need to capitalize.

My money right now is on Gunter Brewer. He's got a tremendous track record in college and is very familiar with the ACC. Coached Randy Moss at Marshall, Justin Blackmon and Dez Bryant at Oklahoma State, was recruiting coordinator from 2012-17 at UNC where recruiting really wasn't the issue for UNC. For a staff that actually skews pretty young, I would like the hire.

Ok.....Ennis mentioned it earlier in a separate thread.

Any legs to this GT QB from TX as a package deal with sunny Will Stein back to the ville.

With Fields out, Cards need another key recruiter.

Makes sense......

John Engler will resign as interim president of Michigan State University, multiple sources told the Free Press on Wednesday.

The move comes hours after the board set a special meeting for early Thursday morning with the intent to fire him, the sources said.

Engler has been under heavy criticism for the past year, since he took over for Lou Anna Simon, who herself resigned under heavy criticism for her handling of the Larry Nassar sexual assaults scandal.

Members of the Michigan State Board of Trustees were scheduled to discuss Engler's future at the school Thursday morning after he said in an interview last week that some of Nassar's victims are "enjoying the spotlight."

Engler's comments Friday in an interview with the Detroit News editorial board drew immediate criticism from survivors and others. He was discussing a program called the Healing Assistance Fund, which will focus on helping victims who weren't part of the $500 million settlement, according to the News.