There is an article in the Houston Chronicle this morning about TX A & M having the 3rd ranked(per 247Sports.com) recruiting class in the Country. Ironically its also the 3rd ranked class in the SEC. Their class currently has 22 Commitments. 17 are from the state of Texas.

When your home state does not produce a lot of D-1 talent it makes it very difficult to produce a highly rated class. I would be surprised if we ever have a class inside the top 20. That's why its really difficult to understand why our prior coaching staff was not all over one of the best classes the State of KY has ever produced.

Coach Satterfield and his staff have their work cut out. They are going to have to work their butts off to get the best kids they can and then coach them up.

George McDonald WR coach.

University of Louisville Vice President and Director of Athletics Vince Tyra announced Tuesday the resignation of Ken Lolla as head coach of the Cardinals men’s soccer program. Lolla submitted his letter of resignation to Tyra on Tuesday morning.


“Thirteen years ago, God blessed Tina and I with the opportunity to come to Louisville and be a part of this amazing Cardinal family and the Louisville community. We are forever grateful for the acceptance, support, and love we have received from the Louisville community. It has been an honor and a privilege to represent such an outstanding institution and special community,” Lolla said. “Recently, we have received similar promptings from God that it is time to seek new challenges. We have always been faithful to those promptings and we will move forward faithfully, knowing there is a calling we are to fulfill.


“It has been our mission to leave the men’s soccer program better than we have found it. We are proud of the University of Louisville soccer program that has been built and our humble role in helping young men reach their true potential in all areas of life, while representing the University at the highest level. The program is poised for further growth and great achievement. We are so delighted to call Louisville home.”


“We respect Ken and Tina’s decision and wish them the best,” said Tyra. “We have enjoyed great success over the last 13 years under Ken’s leadership and appreciate his contributions to our program and community. Our university has made significant investments into our soccer program through resources and facilities, and the lofty goals of our program will continue moving forward. We will begin a national search for our next head coach immediately.”


Lolla accumulated a 155-77-39 record overall while leading the Cardinals to 11 NCAA Championship appearances during his 13 seasons as head coach. Lolla guided Louisville to one College Cup berth as the national runner-up in 2010 as well as five total NCAA quarterfinal appearances. The Cardinals registered their first ACC Championship title in 2018 before ending the season with an 11-5-3 record overall after a second round loss to Michigan State in the NCAA Championship.

1st half App State looking good
Hope we can show some offense next year

NC State paid Drinkwitz $575,000: App.State will pay him $750,000 - $450,000 base and $425,000,
div.in monthly payments
D.Ledford made $450.000 at NCS
D.Jones LB coach at AppS made $150,000
Ivey DL coach at ASU made $136,000
D.Smith OLB coach made $80,000
Brown UolL's new S coach made $260,000 at Col. third highest made asst.
Woody left ASU for $575,000 at Ga.Tech.
Looking at the salaries of asst.coaches at P5 schools BP paid champ.prices for soda pop.

Rated 4.5 stars by Kohl's Kicking Camps.

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Jon Hale just put the cross hairs of the uahkay-cayut faithful on his backsides. He has an article in this a.m.’s editions of the curious urinal describing the “failure” of calisleazy’s program since 2015. It’s an interesting read and I suggest that all of us need to ingest and digest.

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

Cards would open as a 3-4 point favorite. ACC has 5 teams rates in the Top 25. Interesting Tidbit UL schedule rank # 28 , UK schedule rank #284, Cards have had a much tougher schedule, and played true road games with a record of 1-1. UK has yet to play a true road game! Liking our chances more & more as this game gets closer. Becoming hard for me to believe this UK team is going to come into the Yum, beat us at home, when team that is vastly superior to UK at this point Mich St, was not able to do it. Our team is focused, and just brings their lunch pail, goes to work every game. What at some others who have thoughts on this game??

I watched that GaSouthern vs Eastern Michigan game. Ga Southern had a TREMENDOUS turnaround from last year to this.

They went 2-10 last year to 10-3 this year. UL may not reach THAT goal, but I had said in several posts already that I believe with a much better coaching staff, that this team has the talent to go to a bowl game. I stand by that. And I think CSS is putting together a good staff so far; which strengthens my belief.

is on tonight at 9 pm vs Middle TN. State. ESPN I believe.

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

always enjoy focusing on individual players when games have a positive spread. Fiore has incredible defensive instincts. Enoch is hot and cold V.J. King is a mental mess. Very puzzling.

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What the H**L? Why is this game blacked out in the state of Florida?

I do NOT understand that at all...especially because I am watching it over the internet using ACCN.

(oh, and my Inet location shows me as being in Florida, so it should not be confused.)

I know our coach isn't there right now. But I just turned it on. And they stuffed a fake punt on 4th down. Then throw a double pass for a long TD. The D is all over MTSU too.

I sure hope we look like this next year. I expect we will look a lot better than we did this season.

Many laughed about this Goal when Tom Jurich said this made it a goal for the University of Louisville, and the City of Louisville! Reality is he made Goal happen!! I don't want to hear about Starkville, MS, or Clemson, SC, or Raleigh/Durham/ Chapel Hill, NC. Tom Jurich made this happen just a few short years ago! Louisville is NOT A PRO SPORTS TOWN, NEVER HAS BEEN ONE! Does our new Leadership at UL have this Vision too ? That is not a question for just Vince Tyra. It's a question that should be asked of the following in our current UL Leadership: Dr. Neeli, Vince Tyra, BOT Chair Grissom, All BOT Members, All ULAA Board Members. What Reporters in the Media, including Radio Media, Print Media, Internet Media are going to have the Guts to ask this tough question??? Who will ask our Government Leaders this tough question ( Governor, Mayor, Council) others?? I think answers to these questions should be on the record so common folks like you & me can make informed decisions about who the Leaders of UL should be? Also Who Our Government Leaders Should Be. Make decisions on $$$$ we donate, gift to UL & UL Foundation. How do others reading this thread feel about this??

CHRIS!!!

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They not only fly around, but they TACKLE. Not just "hit" guys and then "hope" they go down. They *know* how to wrap up and tackle. Watch how they wrap then drive with their legs. I was always taught to "bring your feet" when you tackle, which means you run through the tackle, which gives you a LOT more leverage. These kids at every position do that. Let's HOPE that the new staff teaches that here.

I have noticed this season UofL is not using the color guard to present the American Flag for the National Anthem. Instead both teams are facing the West end of the arena where the flag is displayed at the rafters.

I have a few theories:

1) It’s a time issue. The color guard takes time to process in and off the court. The team lineups are next and maybe they don’t want much of a gap from the National Anthem and lineups.

2) The American flag is positioned in between the National Champion and Final Four banners. What better way to make your opponent have to look up and see the caliber of opponent they will be facing. Also for the Louisville players it’s a good reminder of the history of the program they represent.

It was wonderful to see the WBB 2009 Final Four team again yesterday at halftime. Angel, Candyce, Dez, Gwen, Becky, Keisha, Laura, Chauntise and all but three of the squad were introduced at halftime. Angel wins in the "nattily attired" category and Laura Terry takes the "are you sure it's her" prize...with a spiked, punk haircut.

For face dives, Evans efforts, rebounding woes and balanced playing and scoring time -- let's gather in a semi-circle and applaud each other while we're introduced in today's..

FIVE THINGS ABOUT THIS GAME

5) Speed Defeats Rebounding. The Norse, in strong Viking fashion, were a large and healthy group of girls but they could not match the quickness of Jazmine Jones Airlines flights #23, #11 and #1. The Cards were outrebounded 39-33 in the contest but won fast break points 16-0, the steals battle 10-4 and forced 21 NKU turnovers while just committing only five. I'm pretty sure Dana Evans is still stripping the ball from the freshman Norse guards and sauntering in for layups in a darkened YUM! Center this morning.

4) Shooken, not stirred. Kylee Shook was a Cardinal who did have some success inside with a strong 15 points and 11 rebounds. Despite the sore knees, she had the Cards only double-double. When asked in the post-game presser what she wanted for Christmas, she glibly replied "A new body". Somewhere, deep in the dark recesses of the mad scientist Jeff Walz's laboratory, that XMAS wish is probably underway. (Insert evil, chilling laugh here).

3) Distracted by the presentation? The awesome halftime videos, presentations and introductions of the 2009 squad were witnessed by the current UofL WBB squad. They did not return to the locker room. Maybe that was still on their minds as the second half began. The Cards were out-scored 21-15 in the third frame by Northern Kentucky and had their 51-24 halftime lead trimmed to 18 at 59-41 before ending the quarter with the 66-45 advantage. Maybe they were dreaming about when they'll be gathered to come out and receive their Final Four accolades in 2027.

2) She's down, but she's back up. She's OK !! Jess Laemmle has no fear. The Cardinal reserve Attack Yorkie will plunge into any situation, anytime on the court. A lot of times, she'll end up on the floor because, well, she's the smallest one out there. In the fourth quarter, she was turning to fill out a lane on yet another Cardinal fast-break but pivoted too quickly and lost her balance while starting to run. Ensuing was a scary face-plant on the court. But, she jumped back up and got down court. Paulie mentioned to Asia post-game, while walking by both of them in the northeast corner of the arena, that Asia should have yelled "Heel" to slow Jess down. Both "Nite-nite" and Jess smiled over the comment. We love Jess, she embodies the fight and spirit on this squad.

1) You can stop what you can't catch. If you look up "speed" in Webster's Dictionary, you'll probably see a picture of Dana Evans. She came off the bench for a game and career high 21 points on 8-12 shooting. A lot of those were off fast breaks.. She also added six assists, four steals and hit all four free throws. All in just 20 minutes of court time. It's rumored that one of the YUM! Center assigned policemen wrote her a speeding ticket at halftime.

All in all, a nice win on a day where Louisville honored the first of Walz's three Final Four teams and took care of business on the hardwood. 17 days before they return to Denny Crum Court. It's hard to believe we won't see them down by the river until next year.

-- sonja --

Did David Padgett end up anywhere?

Peace

Other than the Cardinal starting pitchers,the infield looks to be fairly set. Not to say that there aren't Freshmen that won't push a few of these 4 guys,but they will have to push pretty hard.

Fitz,Lavey,Dunn and Wyatt will probably be in the starting lineup that first pitch in February. Fitz,Wyatt and Lavey have been thru the wars and it's as solid of a veteran group that you could hope for anchoring an infield.

So, why not pick a UofL basketball away game? How about:

Wednesday, January 9th @ Pitt. 8pm tip. (Meet up begin at 7pm)

Or

Saturday, January 12th @ UNC. Noon tip.


Thoughts?

Here we go. Tipoff now.

Fox Sports South here locally.

790 KRD on the radio call: http://www.790krd.com/listen

When I really looked at the schedule a week or so ago, and saw the long breaks between games, I got excited about what that could mean for the further development of the team.

Tonight, in the post game interviews with Paul and Bobby V, both Jordan and Coach discussed how they are looking forward to getting to work on "themselves" for extended periods of time.

I think the team we see emerge in January will be much better than the one that has surprised most all of us so far this year. And this is cause for great hope.

I know the schedule is tough. But if we stay healthy, I think we knock off a handful of those tough teams down the stretch. And become one of those March teams "you don't want to see in your bracket".