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First things first, congratulations to the guys on the field for picking up a victory. With everything that's happened and with all that's been said it can't be easy to keep showing up day after day, but they have and they certainly deserved to enjoy Saturday night.

Still, you may not think it's pretty, you may not think it's right, but this is the story of the game:

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And I agree with Rick Bozich, the fact that U of L actually announced the crowd as 21,497 is probably the surest sign yet that Kragthorpe is definitely out of here

Hopefully so are numb Saturdays.

Even though apathy has been in complete control since somewhere the third quarter of the Utah game, I don't think any of us can deny that the Will Stein story is a pretty neat one.

I don't think he has the tools to guide any team to a BCS conference title, and I sincerely doubt that he'll ever start another game for U of L after this season, but he's really fun to watch and really easy to root for, and at this point that's about as much of a compliment as you can pay to any Cardinal.

I'm all for letting the kid take the reigns for the rest of the year.

Chris Campa is an absolute monster and he's one of those guys who I can see wowing coaches at a training camp and hanging around on practice squads in the league for multiple years. I really wish we had he, Dempsey and Campa for another year.

Maybe the highlight of the game for me was Victor Anderson going crazy on the sidelines during a long Bilal Powell run. There seems to be nothing fake about Vic. He genuinely loves his team, his teammates and this program.

Here's hoping we can get him at least one postseason trip before he leaves town.

Might be time to at least experiment with wearing a shoe, Ryan.

When the ball was in the air on the last play of the game, I only remember saying, "oh my god he's open." The sad thing is there was no fear or panic in my voice, it was pretty much just an observation.

I hate this.

Goal No. 2 for the rest of the season (behind keeping key players healthy) is getting Doug Beaumont into the endzone.

I do not believe Steve Kragthorpe is a good football coach.

Again, congrats to the team and thanks so much for working so hard so that we here have stuff - good or bad - to think and talk about.

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I was shocked to hear it announced on press row that the OFFICIAL attendance

was 21,000

They ALWAYS pad the #’s , by using paid counts—and that would have been the usual 35,000 or so….

by frankpos on Nov 1, 2009 8:37 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

story of the night

sadly overshadowing Will Stein and D Ashley

by UL is my hot hot sex on Nov 1, 2009 9:30 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

I believe that Jurich has only used actual attendance

Going back to good times (cue Edith and Archie singing “Those Were the Days”) we had many sell-outs with listed attendances in the 38K range. Jurich certainly did not hide the 12K at the Fairgrounds finale (yes, I was there; even caravanned to Cincy the next week). In contrast, under Olsen there were many attendance numbers given that didn’t jibe with bodies in seats.

That said, the obvious lack of interest, coupled with the expansion, are forcing his hand. Just like 1997. It’s like deja vu all over again.

by 520Card on Nov 1, 2009 11:05 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

A few of my uncles and cousins were at the game

And they said after halftime, there were at least 5,000 less, and that people filtered out the longer the game went on. It looked terrible on tv and the pictures are just depressing. The late start had something to do with it. I don’t think that it will be this empty for the Syracuse game

by cardscott5 on Nov 1, 2009 11:40 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Good Job guys

with the Bag Krags, now the others in the stadium need to get on the wagon.

Real quick question for anyone that goes to the games. Whenever they mention Krags name over the speakers do people at least BOO?

UL Football Fan/UK Basketball Fan ~ Okinawa, Japan

by The White Mandingo on Nov 1, 2009 10:06 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

They are too smart........

……………….to mention his name.

by cbcard on Nov 2, 2009 8:26 AM EST up reply actions   0 recs

it's true

They don’t. Not even kroger commercials anymore.

DocCardsFan
The 'Ville, KY

by DocCardsFan on Nov 2, 2009 8:52 AM EST up reply actions   0 recs

I'd hate to say it

but two of our three wins have come down to last second plays.

www.crosleyfieldterrace.wordpress.com

by xjjeep90 on Nov 1, 2009 10:59 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Adding..

…two of our three wins AGAINST MIDDLE OF THE PACK CUSA AND SUN BELT TEAMS have come down to last second plays.

by CardsFan922 on Nov 1, 2009 11:12 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Happy for the players and Stein, but...

…it’s time to Bag Krag. Ramsey is on board, but is Tom?

by centrecard on Nov 1, 2009 11:10 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

I'm not going to beat the dead horse

But I just want to add that I genuinely feel bad for our players. That second picture is just pathetic.

-Dustin

by Civicman86 on Nov 1, 2009 11:58 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Kudos to Will Stein!

I predict that Will Stein will be recorded as the QB of the last win in the Kragozoic Era. Kudos to him.

Grog

"There is no OFF position to the genius switch" - D. Letterman

by GrogInOhio on Nov 2, 2009 10:23 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

Bagging Krag

I’m glad to see that people were Bagging Krag, it was pretty spread out, but there were at least 400 people with bags in hand (and on head at some points) at the game.

If the small crowd didn’t send enough of a message, everybody show up and Bag Krag again for the Syracuse game.

by Luke Whitehead's Rap Career on Nov 2, 2009 11:43 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

Definitely bagging Krag for SU

I remember being a kid, seeing the NO Saints fans wearing them on TV all the time, and being kinda jealous I didn’t have one

ThreadKiller

by mclade01 on Nov 2, 2009 5:39 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

It looks like more people are on the field in the pic Above than at the game

It was nice to win for a change. Ashley and stein were good. I agree with the Beaumont scoring thought

by cardscott5 on Nov 2, 2009 1:08 PM EST via mobile reply actions   0 recs

In the photo with the Bag Kragers

Is the hefty gentleman on the right drinking a beer through his Bag Krag bag? If so that’s EPIC!

And is the guy on the far left in the white participating in a Snelly-Look-a-Like contest after the game?

by RyR on Nov 2, 2009 7:22 PM EST reply actions   0 recs


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