Five for Tuesday morning

by Mike Rutherford on Nov 3, 2009 10:04 AM EST in News Comment 21 comments

1. When Louisville takes the field in Morgantown on Saturd---OH MY GOD THE SITE'S DIFFERENT. I DON'T...I DON'T LIKE THIS....

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2. Steve Kragthorpe opened his Monday press conference with the following:

"Sorry I'm late. I was actually on the phone with Jon Gruden. He wanted to know how tall Will Stein was."

Kragthorpe's press conference antics have bothered me almost as much as his teams' on-field performance, but this is funny. It's sort of like when a candidate you've supported but have always wanted to open up a lot more gives a tremendous, heartfelt concession speech.

3. The other big story to come out of the press conference was that walk-on freshman Will Stein may again get the call under center this Saturday at West Virginia.

I'm not saying Louisville has Will Stein fever, but...

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Again, at this point in the season Stein is really the only shot the program has at a positive story, so I'm all for rolling with him.

4. Louisville will be facing a No. 1 team for the third time in under a year when the fighting Mike Rutherfords of Bellarmine University step into Freedom Hall tomorrow night.

I'd be surprised if Kyle Kuric didn't get the start over Reggie Delk, but I wonder if Pitino will do any more shuffling. He's said from the beginning that Sosa, Smith and Samuels are probably going to start each and every game, and he's planted his feet pretty deep in Swop's corner, so the rest of the lineup staying the same is probably a safe bet.

Regardless of who's out there, Louisville will get pushed.

5. Is the Louisville/West Virginia rivalry officially dead? Unless the Cards spring a huge upset and someone kicks Noel Devine in the stomach at some point during the game, I'd have to say so.

Kickoff is set for noon with ESPNU covering the game. The 'Eers have opened as 19.5-point favorites.

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Dead rivalry?

Many of us in Morgantown (myself included) remember 2006 and the almost loss in 2007. Louisville, in my mind, took the place of VT for #2 hated team based on the 2006 loss. On
this side of the game, it is a rivalry.

With that said, I hate krafthorpe (I know I misspelled it but he’s not worth the honor of a correct spelling) as much as you guys do. This league needs a strong Louisville team and krfathorpe trashed the program. It’s a damn shame.

Anyways, i’m not going to hijack your board… Best of luck to you guys… For those coming to Morgantown….Drive safely and enjoy ur visit.

LET’S GO MOUNTAINEERS!!! (force of habit)

by mountie4life on Nov 3, 2009 10:23 AM EST via mobile reply actions 0 recs

I only wish we could trash talk

But alas, the desire just isn’t there anymore. This league was riding high when WVU and UofL were at the top of the conference. Now, nobody even gives a second thought to “the Big Eas(t)y.”

Thats a nice mount me hat you got on there. There…..that’s all the trash talk I can bring.

DocCardsFan
The 'Ville, KY

by DocCardsFan on Nov 3, 2009 10:39 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

West Virginia, like, sucks and stuff

Couches, hillbillies, lack of intelligence, all that jazz.

by Mike Rutherford on Nov 3, 2009 10:48 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Thanks for the nice comments

I love our recent rivalry with WVU and have always respected the program. But hey at least we have the basketball rivalry now right? That last game of the season in Morgantown last year was great (at least for us). Love Huggins too.

Maddie in Portland, Oregon

by kentuckybred on Nov 3, 2009 4:49 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

What's with the new look?

Oh, and are the W. Va. people happy with Mr. Stewart? I have my doubts.

theoldman

by theoldman on Nov 3, 2009 10:54 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

Depends on the week...

There’s an approval poll over on the smokingmusket.com it’s gotten as high as mid 90’s but I think it’s in the 40% range after the USF. But that’s not really a good measure in my mind, because you only get the instant reaction after a game and not the whole body of work. In my opinion, some of our fans have been a little to critical of Stew considering how young this team is and the fact that Stew’s system is only in it’s second season.

While there’s no real calls for Stew to step down, if he doesn’t deliver a BCS caliber team with the talent that he has then the fanbase will turn sour on him.

by mountie4life on Nov 3, 2009 12:06 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Stevie also threw out this gem about going to Morgantown:

“It’s a nooner. So maybe they won’t be as tanked as they were 2 yrs ago.” (paraphrased somewhat)

It’s a nooner, eh, Steve…

I will say they man is getting goofy loose now

by frankpos on Nov 3, 2009 11:42 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

A "nooner?"

And to whom was he referring with the “tanked” reference? (And this from a coach who’s tried to affect a ‘goody-two-shoes’ aura for two plus years.)

theoldman

by theoldman on Nov 3, 2009 12:23 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Their fans

A bit unprofessional, but hey
when k gets loose he’s a wild man…

by frankpos on Nov 3, 2009 1:37 PM EST via mobile up reply actions 0 recs

The new look is terrible.

When did aligning headlines left instead of center become trendy?

The new look is boring, harder to read, and just terribly laid out.

by CARD_G6 on Nov 3, 2009 2:41 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Otis George hates change

I’m guessing

by cardscott5 on Nov 4, 2009 2:38 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I wish we...

had a bug in our system that we could work out, but we have a kraghopper instead…

by tnatburks on Nov 3, 2009 3:57 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

going to WV

Been there several times. So excited about Krapthorpe’s last year I am not going this year. In fact I have an 11:09 tee time and will watch the game later on TiVo. Thanks Steve.

by cbcard on Nov 3, 2009 10:47 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

"It's not the South, it's not Chicago, and you don't think of it as you think of New York or L.A. It has some Southern romanticism to it, but also a Northern progressivism, this weird urban island in the middle of the state of Kentucky...For us, Louisville and the surrounding areas are the center of massive creativity and massive weirdness." - Jim James, My Morning Jacket

by ArkansasCard on Nov 4, 2009 10:04 AM EST reply actions 0 recs