Game Day: Louisville At Kentucky

--"We don’t want to be that team that lost to Louisville, and we’re not going to let it happen." --UK LB Ronnie Sneed

--"I know what it means to win in this rivalry. It’s a big momentum game for us. If we win it can catapult us for the rest season." --Will Stein

--"You can throw the records out, the statistics out, throw everything out the window in rivalries like us and Louisville." --Joker Phillips

--"Yes sir, we are beating Louisville this year. And Tennessee. Those are two guaranteed wins. Guarantee it." --UK DL Collins Ukwu

--"A victory right now to this program would definitely mean a lot. It could be a turning point. It burns me up every year I’ve witnessed not winning those four games. This year I feel like we’re coming along and we’re going to make things happen." --Josh Chichester

--"You're talking about two in-state programs less than a hundred miles apart from one another. More than anything for the fans, it's bragging rights. It's a big-time game and it's a rival game." --Charlie Strong

--"There won’t be any surprises. Like I say, it’s an in‑state game that will be old‑fashioned, no surprises, just two teams that will try to bloody each other’s nose." --UK head coach Joker Phillips

--"I don’t know if we can beat Kentucky right now. They return ten starters on defense. Their whole offensive line is back and that is the nucleus of their football team right now. They’ve beaten us four straight years. They’ve been to five straight bowl games. We’ve been to one bowl game in four years. They have out-recruited us. We still have a ways to go. We have to go catch that program because within this state right now, Kentucky leads the series. We have a long ways to go." --Charlie Strong

-- "We've been practicing like it’s our last game. Every year we play Louisville, it’s going to be a swing game. We’re going to need that game every year. We want that Governor’s Cup." --UK LB Danny Trevathan

--"Once you know our assignments, you play faster and won’t have to worry about making mistakes. That’s what’s going on right now. We're confident in the offensive line. They can get the job done. We’re ready for this game. Last week is last week. We know what we did wrong, and hopefully we can showcase the corrections for the next game." --Josh Chichester

--"It’s a must-win game for us and I’m sure it’s a must-win game for them. We want to start off on the right foot going into our SEC teams." --UK DB Winston Guy

--"We want to show we're a good team. It would say a lot to the fans and the coaches to go out and win this game. This game is a national championship game for this city. We don’t have any professional teams, so a win over Kentucky will help our team out in a big way." --Shenard Holton

--"Who knows how well we would have done against Murray State and FIU?  Who knows how well they would have done against Western Kentucky and Central Michigan? The way to judge that is play each other. We do play each other this week so we'll be able to know after this game." --Joker Phillips

--"This is a big step as far as achieving our goal of winning the SEC East and winning a national championship." --UK LB Ridge Wilson

"We’re not a very good football team right now. The coaches aren’t doing a good job coaching and the players and playing (well). Our players have to stay focused and lock in for a 60 minute game. We’re still a young football team, but it’s no excuse. We’re 1-1 so we need to win. Playing hard isn’t good enough. We need to go win the game." --Charlie Strong

--"It’s going to be a lot of emotions, a lot of things that’ll go on during the game. I’m pretty sure there’s going to be a lot of trash-talking. Coach Phillips always talks to us about, ‘Don’t talk with your mouth; talk with your pads.’ So I’m sure some people’s emotions might get into the game and I’m pretty sure some flags might be thrown. We don’t want to be the team that gets dumb penalties like that. Everybody’s gotta be focused." --Winston Guy

--"It means a lot, the instate rivalry. The one thing you don’t want to do is give too much emotion to it because then your emotions start to take over and you won’t pay attention to the details and the things you need to work on as far as the scheme and the technique. It is a big game with the rivalry and the history that it has, but you want to do your best not to make it more than what it is." --Greg Scruggs

--"(Will Stein)'s a champion, he’s a winner. He appears to be a hell of a team guy, he’s very good as far as not making the foolish throws that some people might make. He’s a guy that has great feet so he can beat you, he can get first downs he can get things with his feet and his arm. He’s shown a lot of really, really good things and it’s going to be a testament to us to not only cover the guys, his receivers, but also when we are rushing the quarterback to make sure we keep him contained." --UK DB Coach Steve Brown

--"The opportunity that I have now to be in my hometown and leading the Cardinals in Commonwealth, it's a dream come true. Even though I never would have thought of this probably six or seven years ago, I'm so happy where I'm at right now." --Will Stein

--"The only thing you can do is tell (freshmen) how it is. I’m pretty sure (they’ll understand) once they get in that stadium and see how many people’s in there and … how crazy loud it’s going to be. I remember when I came here (as a recruit) when they beat Louisville when they were ranked, man, it was crazy. I’ve never heard Kentucky’s stadium be so loud like that." --Winston Guy

Card Chronicle Prediction: Louisville 23, Kentucky 20 (OT)

Louisville gets a late TD to force overtime, Cats settle for a field goal, and then the Cards punch it in and take back the Governor's Cup.

I've picked against Louisville the last three years and I picked us to lose this game before the season, but...I've just got a feeling. I would have never thought that I'd be more confident about this game after a loss to Florida International than I was before the season, but that's exactly what's happened.

Let's bring it back home.

GO CARDS.