he's going to be selling fruit filled bread like cookies and will be called Favre Fig Newtons

NBA endorses G-League teams pursuit of 18 year olds

The G-League is going to start offering $125,000 contracts to 18 year olds who don't want to pay in college - or who would rather go make $125,000 in the G League.

https://www.nba.com/article/2018/10/18/g-league-professional-path-official-release

The ceremony is starting right now.

All signs point to Louisville, but we'll see...

ah-GAY-hon is the way I have heard it pronounced most often.

Our recruiting guy, Eric Bossi, said he asked Aidan if his name was pronounced ah-JHAY-hon and he said yes.

I am writing a column about basketball expectations and would like to solicit your feedback.

What are your expectations for this basketball season?

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J.P Ward got him out of jail but moved on. Averett now has Williams as his lawyer. Williams lost his state job because he had state worker doing his frat. bus. Jerry Neal fired Williams for unknown reasons; his win lost record looks like Hamilton Burger on Perry Mason.

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You can't make this up. Picture , and article on Page # 3 lead page of the Metro section today's edition of the CJ. Who can't make this stuff up!! LOL!! Those that Postel was a UL guy, now being made to explain what they were thinking!! LOL!!

Texts revealed that Self and Gassnola talked about Kansas wanting to stay on the same level playing field as North Carolina, Duke, and… Kentucky.

On Aug. 19, 2017, three days before Kansas announced that it had agreed to a 12-year, $191 million contract extension with Adidas, Gassnola texted Self and thanked him for helping the sponsorship deal get done.

Self responded: “I’m happy with Adidas. Just got to get a couple real guys.”

Gassnola replied: “In my mind, it’s KU, bill self. Everyone else fall into line. Too (expletive) bad. That’s what’s right for Adidas basketball. And I know I am RIGHT. The more you win, have lottery pics [sic] and you happy. That’s how it should work in my mind.”

Self responded: “That’s how ur works. At UNC and Duke.” Gassnola replied at Kentucky as well.

“I promise you I got this,” Gassnola wrote. “I have never let you down. Except Dyondre lol. We will get it right.”

The last poll is a few weeks old now and things haven't gotten any better. So I'm curious to see what % of the fanbase is still behind Petrino as I think we can logically assume his support hasn't grown over the last few weeks.

Point of clarification - in answering this question DO NOT take into account whether or not you think Louisville will be able to afford to pay the buyout, only vote for what you think they SHOULD do.

They should call it “Andy Sweeney Yapping Over Everyone Else Roundtable”. He is absolutely giddy with the situation UofL football is in right now. I’d like to slap him in the face with a Groupper. Let other people talk. Geeze....

After finally having to swallow the fact that this team will have a losing record, I’ve had time to reflect. Remember the days of Marcus Smith and Calvin Pryor? Physicality on offense but even more on defense? We relied on 3 and outs to win games and it was very effective. As a guy who was 100% behind bringing Bobby back, I can’t believe how poor the teams we have fielded are at simple things (I.e tackling, blocking, creating holes for RB, disguising blitzes/coverages, the list goes on.) I don’t know what the future holds, but this disciplined brand of football has been gone since Bobby walked back through that door, and it allows teams to make us look silly (see GT game.) The style of football this team plays is totally inept and has no business playing P5 football.

-lilbobby’s son

The defense wanted to play the tapes to show how often these coaches were involved in th transactions.

They had dirt on Will Wade at LSU and Zion Williamson’s recruitment at Kansas and likely several others....

The judge wouldn’t allow it.

That decision may have saved several coaches their jobs for this season.

And that may mean we never get to hear it.

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Basketball: Is this the toughest schedule Louisville has ever faced?

It would be my contention it is...

Crum scheduled incredibly tough in the out of conference because - in many years - the conference wasn't that deep.

Pitino scheduled lighter in the out of conference because - in many years - the conference schedule was brutal.

This is both brutal in the out of conference and brutal in conference.

What was the toughest schedule you can remember?

New update after the Boston College game. This provides Louisville's W-L record under Bobby Petrino since the Houston game in Nov 2016. And compares it with previous periods:

The 23 Games since and including the Houston game in 2016 were:

0-3 2016 (with Lamar)
8-5 2017 (with Lamar)
2-5 2018 (with "Puma"/Malik/Travis)
8-8 with Lamar (6-7 vs P5 Competition)
2-5 with "Puma"/Malik/Travis (0-5 vs P5 Competition)

10-13 altogether

In the current 23 game span,

4-8 vs the ACC
1-4 vs the SEC
1-0 vs the B1G (neutral vs 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 two Tenures at Louisville, compared:

BP 1.0 was 41-9 (0.820)
BP 2.1 was 26-9 (0.743) before Houston game
BP 2.2 is now 10-13 (0.435) from the Houston game through the Boston College game.

Beginning with the Houston game Nov 17 2016 , Louisville under Bobby Petrino has been:

6-12 vs Power Five (P5) conference competition
2-1 vs G5 competition
2-0 vs FCS competition

The last time Petrino's Cards won a game against a P5 opponent was @ Kentucky Nov 25 2017.

Since that game, all six Cards' P5 games have been losses:

(N) Mississippi State 27-31
(N) Alabama 14-51
@ Virginia 3-27
vs Florida State 24-28
vs Georgia Tech 31-66
@ Boston College 20-38

The Cards have won just two HOME games against Power 5 opponents in their last 23 games:

Nov 11 2017 Virginia W 38-21
Nov 18 2017 Syracuse W 56-10

The Full 23 Game Summary:

P5 Wins are in Bold Green
P5 Losses are in Bold Red
All Other Games are in Light Black

2016
@ Houston L 10-36
vs Kentucky L 38-41
vs LSU (neutral) L 9-29

2017
vs Purdue (neutral) W 35-28
@ North Carolina W 47-35
vs #3 Clemson L 21-47
vs Kent State W 42-3
vs Murray State W 55-10
@ #24 NC State L 25-39
vs Boston College L 42-45
@ Florida State W 31-28
@ Wake Forest L 32-42
vs Virginia W 38-21
vs Syracuse W 56-10
@ Kentucky W 44-17
vs #24 Mississippi State (neutral) L 27-31

2018
vs #1 Alabama (neutral) L 14-51
vs Indiana State W 31-7
vs Western Kentucky W 21-17
@ Virginia L 3-27
vs Florida State L 24-28
vs Georgia Tech L 31-66
@ Boston College L 20-38

CCM was on with ESPN 1530's Mo Egger yesterday afternoon about 5:30 PM. He spoke of the transition to new team, moving to a new community and changes to NCAA rules regarding summer practice time. Interesting listen.

I can't get the exact link (I am not worth a darn at cut n paste!), but this will get you close. Just go to Mo Egger podcasts.

www.espn1530.com

There are currently many unhappy fans wanting to cut Coach Petrino and his staff loose as soon as possible. Come on guys, give the man a break. Yes coaching and organization is a vital key to success, but I firmly believe as I've stated before, great players make great coaches! Did you know that NBA Hall of Fame coach Red Auerbach had a won/loss record of 36-36 and 39-33 the two years prior to the drafting of the number two pick in the 1956 NBA draft, Bill Russell. Boston won the title in Russell's first year, lost in the finals his second season and then went on a tear through the 1966 season, winning the title every year. I liked Red Auerbach but he didn't become the legendary coach until he accumulated a roster full of future hall of famers. The same holds true for John Wooden while coaching at UCLA. Woodens won/loss record in the five seasons prior to his first NCAA title was really good 86-49. In the 1963/64 season his team was 30-0. What happened? Did he wake up one morning and suddenly become a coaching genius. I think not! He had a bevy of great players that fit his system and as they say, the rest is history. So before you grab your pitchforks and torches and demand that Coach Petrino be bought out, fired, or run out of town, let's learn from the past and "Give the man a break"!!!

Man you guys want so badly to believe that Brohm is average. I’ve seen a lot of “Bobby lite” when Brohm is discussed...why, because he coached under Bobby therefore he’s an inferior coach? The entire football world recognizes Brohm’s success, but not the Bobby truthers. Whether it’s at Louisville, Purdue, or another program, the man will be incredibly successful and you guys will look incredibly foolish.

Let me preface this by saying I think Petrino's best days are behind him.

We can only blame previous recruiting, coaching decisions, etc., but we only have 6 seniors on our 2 deep depth chart. There are a lot of holes, but putting that in perspective and knowing that we truly only lose 3-4 starters on both sides of the ball, could set this team up for an improved year.

I've said it on here numerous times, our schedule next year is pretty rough, but you never know.

Whether its CBP, Brohm or friggin Luke Fickel we should take a step forward next year.

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