Slip Sliding Away.......

I loved Howard Schnellenberger and one thing he said while he was at U of L that has stuck in my pea brain regarding any football program or any football game is….you have to BELIEVE. I have seen undermanned teams pull out amazing victories because they refuse to quit and bought into that philosophy. I’ve seen coaches struggle for a few years and then because they didn’t quit, start winning - they started to believe in what they were doing. It’s hard to watch our Cardinals fall when (for a lot of us) we have waited over 20 years to reach the upper level of achievement that we had under Bobby. Now to see it sliding down that dark, muddy hill it is painful to watch and we feel helpless to stop the momentum. My fear is that we will lose TJ because of this mess and some real bandwagon fans who continue to make his life miserable. Do I think SK is the man to take our program back to where it was when he got here? Absolutely not but it’s not about me…..it’s not about any of the fans ultimately. It’s about our Program and what’s best for it. I truly believe TJ will take the appropriate action we want him to take but I understand it is too soon to do that now - he has GOT to let SK fail and fail completely which I believe he is on his way to doing. As fans, we have to keep our heads and not jump off the deep end over this. Buy your tickets - show up and sit in those seats BEFORE kickoff and STAY in those seats whether we are winning or losing on the field until the game is over. Denny Crum used to say that Louisville has the best fan base in the country. I still believe that. The rubber is meeting the road and we need to show our class as a fanbase. We WILL win again and we WILL go to BCS bowl games again. BELIEVE, BELIEVE, BELIEVE. Go CARDS!