Saturday at 1 against IU. Get over and check out next Spring's squad,new faces and old.

It's about the roughest 2-2 start to the season Louisville could have asked for but, with that being said, there is a lot of football left to play this season. Where do the Cardinals go from here? Who can make an impact immediately in the 2019 recruiting class? Who else are the Cards looking to add in the recruiting class? Send in whatever questions you have and I'll do my best to give you my opinion on where things stand with the Louisville program.

Now, Waste Management. Such a sad fall from where we were not that long ago. Well done Bobby

First, I don't want this to become a political thread, but politics aside, its pretty funny that UofL is mentioned in Judge Kavanaugh's Senior Yearbook profile.

My guess is that he's talking about this game:
https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/boxscores/1982-03-27-georgetown.html

March 27, 1982 - Louisville loses to Georgetown 50-46 in the Final Four in Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Derek Smith was our leading scorer and rebounder.

Johnson moved down to Georgia almost two months ago and his recruitment has taken off since.

JOHNSON UPDATE

ACC Soccer:



ACC Football in the current Sagarin Ratings:
4. Clemson
...
21. Miami
23. Duke
24. NC State
...
39. Virginia Tech
44. BC
47. Syracuse
49. Virginia
57. Florida State
59. Georgia Tech
69. Louisville

Illinois State Beats Colorado State

Illinois State, who we regard as a Top 5 team nationally in our College Football Today FCS Rankings, was able to upset the Rams 35-19 in Fort Collins, CO. We had no question that this would be a contest, but we did not see the Redbirds running away with this game so easily. With over 50 "3-Star" recruits boasted by the Rams and not one on the Illinois State roster, I believe this further proves the severe lack of scouting on a national scale in College Football Today.





https://www.collegefootballtoday.org/collegefbnews/fear-the-fcs-2018-fcs-over-fbs-college-football-upsets-how-why

but he got it right with Mack. Everyone i talk to and I talk to a lot say he is great. Tyra is not the problem no matter what zip says

The Courier Journal has had a three day run on “ scandal plagued “ UL basketball. Correct me if I am wrong, but didn’t one of the Kentucky players actually take an 80k loan from Adidas and never pay it back. I assume that is permissible.

I thought we may be able to get our stuff together, and I thought people were over reacting about Bobby’s coaching, but I can’t question it anymore. The fanbase has turned on him out of frustration. His record doesn’t really justify it, but the fact that we just got slaughtered by UVA is embarrassing and it may be time to move on. We are moving backwards. Unless this team turns it around I think he’s gotta go after this season.

That said, I think the guys you have to go after if Bobby is done are Brent Venables #1 (likely not happening), #2 Go back to the well and see if Charlie will come back, #3 Dave Aranda (LSU DC). If you want change you don’t hire Jeff Brohm. From what I’ve seen he will be more of the same. However, if you think our problem is just that Bobby is old and doesn’t care anymore maybe Brohm is your guy.

1) 4-0 Cincinnati
1) 4-0 Syracuse
1) 4-0 USF
4) 3-0 West Virginia
5) 2-2 Pittsburgh
5) 2-2 Louisville
8) 1-3 UConn
8) 1-3 Rutgers

Pretty strong take by Ennis.





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I am anything but a Petrino detractor but this season's results and coaching performance do not make this easy to swallow. If we are being completely honest, none of the three would even be employable at another P5-and likely D1 school. First, there's the whole nepotism thing that most universities avoid like cancer, and then there's the obvious that none have distinguished themselves in coaching outside of being married to a BP daughter or being his offspring.

I guess there's a lot more to evaluating football talent than I'll ever know. But it's hard for me to understand how that young man is as effective as he could be with 50 fewer pounds to drag around...

You know, the stat man that has facts!

Current FBS coaches with the longest active streaks of winning at least 8 games per season:

16-Urban Meyer
10- Nick Saban
8- Bobby Petrino
7- Mark Richt
7- David Shaw
7- Dabo Swinney

There are just 5 other FBS schools who have a worse offense. The defense is ranked 81st.

Tickets Available for UofL Men’s Basketball Tipoff Luncheon


LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Tickets are now available for the 2018 University of Louisville Men's Basketball Tipoff Luncheon, presented by Clark & Riggs Printing and WAVE3, to be staged on Friday, Oct. 19 in the Grand Ballroom of the Louisville Downtown Marriott.


Doors open at 11:30 a.m. and lunch will be served at noon for the event, which will feature comments from UofL Head Coach Chris Mack. Tickets are $48 each and may be purchased through the "My Cardinals Account" link at the top of www.GoCards.com, or specifically at this link: https://oss.ticketmaster.com/aps/uofl/EN/link/buy/details/18TIPOFF. No orders will be taken by phone or fax.


Season ticket packages for UofL Basketball guarantee access to all 20 home games at the KFC Yum! Center, including such highly-anticipated matchups against Michigan State, Duke, North Carolina, Kentucky and Virginia. Season tickets may be purchased by calling (502) 852-5151, connecting online at www.GoCards.com/mbbtickets, or by visiting the UofL Ticket Office, located near Gate 2 of Cardinal Stadium at 2800 South Floyd Street, on weekdays from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m.


Prior to the season, fans can check out the Cardinals in a Red-White intrasquad scrimmage in the KFC Yum! Center on Oct. 21 at 2 p.m.


Tickets for the scrimmage, priced at $10 each, are on sale at the UofL Ticket Office, located near Gate 2 of Cardinal Stadium at 2800 South Floyd Street. The ticket office is open weekdays from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. Tickets may also be purchased by visiting Ticketmaster online at www.Ticketmaster.com, calling 1-800-745-3000 or by visiting any Ticketmaster Ticket Center. Convenience fees are applied with Ticketmaster orders.


Tickets are available for UofL students for the scrimmage at no charge. Students may obtain up to two tickets with a valid student ID in advance of the game at the UofL ticket office.


In addition to the Red-White scrimmage, the men's basketball team will stage "Louisville Live" on Sept. 28 from 7-9 p.m. at Fourth Street Live! in downtown Louisville. The free, outdoor event will include team activities on a portable court placed on the covered area of the street, surrounded by fan viewing opportunities of the stage, court and video screens.


Admission to "Louisville Live" begins at 6 p.m. for limited bleacher seating and standing room at the street and second floor levels of Fourth Street Live! on a first-come, first served basis. Interested parties may reserve indoor and outdoor seating by calling 502-417-7640 or 502-568-3457.


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I see a 3-9 season and the Toilet Bowl for us.

Alabama L 51-14
Indiana State W 31-7
Western Kentucky W 20-17
Virginia L 27-3
Florida State Win
Georgia Tech Lose
Boston College Lose
Wake Forest Lose
Clemson Lose
Syracuse Lose
North Carolina State Lose
Kentucky Lose

this offense will not have success until a QB emerges who can make simple reads and throws on a soft zone. The offense has become one-dimensional and generic. Teams are stacking the box on run plays and dropping back on pass plays and we cant even dump it to the RB. Basically, we cant even execute simple plays the defense is giving us. Until we can find a QB who can make throws, has the aptitude to know where to throw, and has the confidence to make the throw, we will be a sub-par offense. I don't see how such a rapid improvement can be made from the pocket to salvage the season.

That was the worst pocket performance of a Louisville QB in the last 30 years, maybe more. We win that game with every QB we've had since J.Brohm.

CBP made a stop at Western Kentucky before coming to UL. He has a lot better talent than those WKU teams and won. That included at least one win over UK. As it stands now, it feels like with better talent than he's had in his previous job he will lose to UK. This would seem to be regression.

I've kept this going a little while. So here's an update after the Virginia game.

This compares Louisville's W-L record under Bobby Petrino since the Houston game in 2016:

Since and Including Houston in 2016:

0-3 2016 (with Lamar)
8-5 2017 (with Lamar)
2-2 2018 (with "Puma"/Malik)

In the current 20 game span,

4-5 vs the ACC
1-4 vs the SEC
1-0 vs the B1G (@Purdue)
1-0 vs the MAC (Kent State)
1-0 vs the C-USA (Western Kentucky)
0-1 vs the AAC (@Houston)
2-0 vs The Little Sisters (Murray State, Indiana State)

Bobby Petrino's 2 Tenures at Louisville, compared:

BP1 was 41-9
BP2 was 26-9 before Houston game
BP2 is now 10-10 afterward

Beginning with the Houston game, Louisville under Bobby Petrino is:

6-9 vs Power Five (P5) competition
2-1 vs G5 competition
2-0 vs FCS competition

More coach Mack news he was coaching this past weekend at Durants fantasy camp. The same coach whom some fans on here state can't coach and was not the best choice for our school SMH!

Stanley King - 9 receptions for 149 yards and 1 touchdown. Also had 7 tackles and 5 pass breakups on defense.
Anthony Adkins - 8 carries for 170 yards and 2 touchdowns. Also had 3 tackles and 1 sack.
Aidan Robbins - DNP
Kristian Varner - 4 tackles, 1 sack, and a pick 6.

...Since his new $29 million contract is all guaranteed, presumably his buyout is the balance if he's ever terminated without cause. At the end of this year, that amount would be $25 million for a guy who just started the season 1-3.

What was AD Mike Bobinski thinking?...