| Final - 11.22.2009 | 1 | 2 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morgan St. Bears | 35 | 46 | 81 |
Louisville Cardinals
|
50 | 40 | 90 |
Open Thread: Louisville vs. Morgan State
by Mike Rutherford on Nov 22, 2009 12:00 PM EST
in Basketball
45 comments
45 comments | 0 recs |
Open Thread: Louisville vs. East Tennessee State
by Mike Rutherford on Nov 21, 2009 4:00 PM EST
in Basketball
136 comments
136 comments | 0 recs |
Open Thread: Louisville at South Florida
by Mike Rutherford on Nov 21, 2009 11:15 AM EST
in Football
681 comments
No time for a game day post, but I think we lose, 24-10. Here's hoping this is the one negative streak we break during the Krag era.
GO CARDS.
681 comments | 0 recs |
The best Louisville game of the decade tournament: 5 vs. 12
by Mike Rutherford on Nov 20, 2009 11:11 AM EST
in News
16 comments
5. LOUISVILLE STUNS NO. 4 FLORIDA STATE (9/26/02)
The Louisville football program's first "signature win" had come more than a decade earlier via a thrashing of Alabama in the Fiesta Bowl, but this was the monumental victory that set the tone for U of L's rise to prominence over the next few years.
In a torrential downpour, the Cardinals - who had already dropped games to Kentucky and Colorado State after entering the year with their highest preseason ranking in history - forced the fourth-ranked and unbeaten Seminoles into overtime.
On the first play of overtime, FSU quarterback Chris Rix had his pass intercepted by U of L free safety Anthony Floyd. One play later, Louisville running back Henry Miller burst through the middle and waltzed into the endzone, inspiring the soldout crowd at Papa John's Cardinal Stadium to storm onto the field and tear down the goal posts.
"They were better than we were," said Florida State head coach Bobby Bowden. "Before the season, I was very concerned about this game because they were playing as good as anybody last season. We simply did not stop them."
Bowden also praised Cardinal quarterback Dave Ragone, who he said was "as good as any quarterback in the country."
"We fed off an unbelievable crowd in a torrential downpour," Ragone said afterward. "They started ripping down the goal posts, ripping off my helmet, ripping off everything."
12. JERRY SMITH COMES HOME AND BEATS MARQUETTE (2/18/07)
Desperately needing a signature road-win, the once-struggling '07 Louisville Cardinals found one when freshman Jerry Smith buried a deep three-pointer just before the buzzer to stun No. 12 Marquette in front of a sellout crown in Milwaukee.
The win was especially sweet for Smith, a Wisconsin native who many felt was denied the state's Mr. Basketball honor because of his decision to take his game to Louisville.
"I'm just speechless," said Smith, who played his high school ball at Wauwatosa East. "I could have never dreamed this."
Remarkably, this was the third time in six years that the Cardinals had gone on the road and beaten the rival Golden Eagles with the aid of a made shot in the game's final seconds.
Vote or freedom will immediately cease being.
16 comments | 0 recs |
Links'o Nothing-Good-Happens-In-Tampa Week
by CardsFan922 on Nov 20, 2009 10:10 AM EST
7 comments
Every two years, the University of Louisville football teams heads to Tampa to take on the South Florida Bulls with increasingly bad results:
2003: Overtime Loss After Lefors INT
2005: Total WTF game, USF destroys Brohm, Bush, Mario, etc. 45-14. CardsFan922's streak of bad luck watching UofL games at BW3s on Bardstown Road continues (2004 @Marquette, 2004 Renardo Foster tears ACL)
2007: Treat Guy fumbled the opening kick-off for a USF TD and it went down hill from there. This is the only video evidence I could find of the 55-17 beat down:
So bad things seem to happen in South Florida, for some reason.
But the past doesn't matter, and this will be one of the weaker USF teams to welcome us to Tampa. And the Cards defense has quietly put together defensive scores of 13 (Ark. State), 17 (WVU) and 9 (Syracuse) in the last three weeks. Do we have a shot? Will Froman do a Groethe impression? Also, please note that in the simulated season, BJ Daniels was the starting QB. And we win tomorrow 30-3. We here at CardChron headquarters don't know if the fact the season was right about the first means it will be right about the second.
So what do we know about tomorrow?
According to the Courier-Journal, Adam Froman was mentally there even if he wasn't physically 100%, and they almost put Will Stein into the game against Syracuse. The decision not to proved prescient (your move, Heiser) as Froman led them on the winning TD drive:
"You could tell he was a little rusty," Kragthorpe said. "But he made some nice plays for us off the scrambles. He can make some plays with his feet. He'll be fine."
Coaches considered pulling Froman from the game, but as quarterbacks coach Matt Wells said: "He was so into it mentally."
"If he wouldn't have been there mentally, we would have probably made a change, but he wasn't missing anything mentally," Wells said. "I expect him to come back and play at a high, high level this week."
USF's 9th Year Senior Carlton Mitchell (seriously, how long has that guy been there?) will apparently be healthy enough to play tomorrow, says the Trib:
University of South Florida WR Carlton Mitchell (ankle) is probable for Saturday's game against Louisville.
Mitchell missed last week's game at Rutgers after suffering a high ankle sprain against West Virginia on Oct. 30.
"He's going to dress for the game," USF coach Jim Leavitt said. "How much he plays depends on how well he feels. He's getting close."
Mitchell, who showed no signs of being limited as he sprinted off the practice field Thursday, leads USF with 29 receptions for 542 yards, four touchdowns and 14 years of eligibility.
Part of that quote is altered from the original. Can you guess which?
That same link summarizes the pre-game story lines in a nutshell: bowl-eligibility on the line, as long as they don't turn the ball over:
he Bulls (6-3, 2-3 Big East) can become bowl eligible with a win against Louisville (4-6, 1-4). On paper, that shouldn't be a problem as USF is an 11 1/2 -point favorite.
Turnovers, however, are the big equalizer. Through nine games, USF has committed 18 turnovers, but half (nine) have come in its three losses.
"You just can't turn the football over," offensive coordinator Mike Canales said. "That's been the demise of us."
USF has won only once since Oct. 3, but in that game (a 30-19 win against WVU), the Bulls were turnover-free.
USF better be careful, or Jim Leavitt will scare the bulls--t out of them at halftime:
The Bulls not only got trampled on the field, but also ESPN's A-team announcing crew had little good to say about the Bulls once the game got out of reach.
Even before the second half started and USF trailing 13-0, ESPN sideline reporter Erin Andrews provided a glimpse of the atmosphere around the Bulls.
"It was very loud, very intense, and very scary in there," Andrews reported someone told her of Coach Jim Leavitt's halftime speech.
Anyone who would like to volunteer to comfort EA as part of the D.E.N.N.I.S. system please leave your contact information for her in the comments.
So we face a USF team who was just humiliated on national television, who faces Miami in the Game of the Century next week on ABC at 3:30 PM, and we face them in a place we've never beaten them.
Go Cards!
7 comments | 0 recs |
The Dream Dies Where Most Dreams Die....Indiana
Trinity High School product Darren Yeagle scored both goals as Indiana University beat the University of Louisville's No.6-ranked men's soccer team 2-0 Thursday night in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
The Hoosiers (11-9-1), who avenged a 4-0 loss to the Cardinals (13-3-4) during the regular season, will play host to Butler at 2p.m. Sunday in the second round.
...
Yeagle, playing in just his third match against the Cardinals, said beating UofL meant a lot to him.
"Of yeah — I love it," he said. "After the first 15 minutes, we knew we could play with them."
2 days ago
CardsFan922
4 comments
0 recs
The best Louisville game of the decade tournament: 3 v. 14
by CardsFan922 on Nov 19, 2009 2:20 PM EST
12 comments
The match-ups only get tougher from here on out, Best Louisville Games. You better bring it.
3. LOUISVILLE NOTCHES FIRST BCS BOWL VICTORY OVER WAKE FOREST IN PETRINO'S LAST GAME
I don't think it is hyperbole to say that this was the biggest victory in UofL football history (with all due respect to the WVU/Black Out game) that was also the least exciting. Whether it was Fox's terrible coverage, the lack of crowd energy translating to TV, the limited possessions (remember, this was the only season of the new clock rules that allowed teams like Wake to waste a bunch of time), Wake Forest's stingy defense, or the lack of signature moments like a Mario stiff-arm, this game just sorta happened.
But in looking back, there were actually some really great plays, especially on the pivotal drive. A scoreless third quarter by the Cards, plus 10 unanswered points by Wake put us down 13-10 early in the 4th Quarter. An 8-play, 81-yard drive, highlighted by a swing pass that Kolby Smith willed into a 25 yard gain (I seem to remember making some guys miss in the backfield) led to an Anthony Allen 1-yard TD run.
The defense held Wake to a 3-and-out and then Jimmy Riley made the play of his career to complete a first down on third and long - remember, he caught the ball a few yards short of the marker with guys on him but somehow was able to get a huge first down. Bolen added the nail for a 24-13 lead, and the Cards won the Orange Bowl!
The big questions afterward were who would be back: Brohm? Mario? Malik Jackson? Harry? Less than a week later....I can't even type it.
At any rate, this is a #3 seed because a BCS bowl win is always a big deal, even if it is not the championship game. And because I'm sure I wasn't the only cards fan who said to himself, I don't want to spend the money to go down to the Orange Bowl, I'll wait until the Sugar Bowl next year. And even if Wake is not an ACC power, that was a good team with a smart coach and a stingy defense, and we still beat the spread and were not really challenged in the 4th quarter.
A formidable opponent for any game. Who will 2007 Orange Bowl match up against? The role of "scrappy mid-major champion starting 4 seniors and a junior" to the Orange Bowl's Kansas is...
14. LOUISVILLE DEFEATS KENTUCKY 81-63 IN THE 'MARVIN STONE GAME', DECEMBER 28, 2002
Four hours on youtube (okay maybe just 10 minutes) did not produce any video of this game, but this was a classic. Marvin Stone had been released from UK the year before and wound up at Louisville, taking the 2002-2003 team to another level. Gaines, freshmen Garcia and Dean, a Larry O'Bannon who was a year away from making a jump, Otis and Myles, Erik Brown - all have a special place in Cards fans hearts, and Stone getting a second chance, especially against his former team, a team that gave up on him, made the already-bitter rivalry that more interesting.
The Cards got down by double digits in the first half before storming back for a 2nd half beatdown that the loud, intense crowd really helped push to another level during the decisive run.
Stone was the leading scorer, notching 16 points and 7 boards and Myles had a double-double (11 points, 14 rebounds).
Enjoy this video of 2002-2003 highlights:
This was also Pitino's second game against UK, and the players had his back.
Pitino avenged a 20-point loss to the Wildcats in his much-ballyhooed return to Rupp Arena last December. He was making his first appearance in his former home arena, and fans screamed insults at him from the start in Kentucky's 82-62 victory.
The rude reception stuck with the Cardinals. "We really wanted to get this win for Coach, the way they treated him last year,'' Myles said.
Overall, it was a great afternoon and a memorable win for Marvin Stone and Coach Pitino and a worthy inclusion in the top 16 UofL games of the decade.
What say you?
12 comments | 0 recs |
Brian Brohm is a Buffalo Bill
Future post title: T.O. rips Brohm in statement.
3 days ago
Mike Rutherford
8 comments
0 recs
Secondary Sidebar
FanPosts
Community blog posts and discussion.
Recent FanPosts
FanShots
Quick hits of video, photos, quotes, chats, links and lists that you find around the web.
Recent FanShots
Cardinals Basketball Schedule
Next 5 Games
| Appalachian St. | Mon 11/23 | 7:00 PM EST |
| @ UNLV | Sat 11/28 | 4:00 PM EST |
| Stetson | Wed 12/02 | 7:00 PM EST |
| Charlotte | Sat 12/05 | 7:00 PM EST |
| Western Carolina | Sat 12/12 | 4:00 PM EST |
Last 5 Games
| Morgan St. | Sun 11/22 | W 90 - 81 |
| East Tennessee St. | Sat 11/21 | W 69 - 56 |
|
@
Arkansas
|
Tue 11/17 | W 96 - 66 |
Big East Conference Standings
(updated 11.22.2009 at 4:33 AM EST)
| Conf | Overall | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | L | W | L | |
| Villanova Wildcats | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
|
Syracuse Orange
|
0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Panthers | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| St. John's Red Storm | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Seton Hall Pirates | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
|
Notre Dame Fighting Irish
|
0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Marquette Golden Eagles | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
|
Georgetown Hoyas
|
0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Connecticut Huskies | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| South Florida Bulls | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Providence Friars | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
|
Louisville Cardinals
|
0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
|
Rutgers Scarlet Knights
|
0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| DePaul Blue Demons | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Cincinnati Bearcats | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
|
West Virginia Mountaineers
|
0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Cardinals Football Schedule
| Indiana St. | Sat 09/05 | W 30 - 10 |
|
@
Kentucky
|
Sat 09/19 | L 27 - 31 |
|
@
Utah
|
Sat 09/26 | L 14 - 30 |
| Pittsburgh | Fri 10/02 | L 10 - 35 |
| Southern Miss. | Sat 10/10 | W 25 - 23 |
| @ Connecticut | Sat 10/17 | L 25 - 38 |
| @ Cincinnati | Sat 10/24 | L 10 - 41 |
| Arkansas St. | Sat 10/31 | W 21 - 13 |
|
@
West Virginia
|
Sat 11/07 | L 9 - 17 |
|
Syracuse
|
Sat 11/14 | W 10 - 9 |
| @ South Florida | Sat 11/21 | L 22 - 34 |
|
Rutgers
|
Fri 11/27 | 11:00 AM EST |
Certain photos copyright © 2009 by Associated Press or Getty Images. Any commercial use or distribution without the express written consent of Associated Press and Getty Images is strictly prohibited.
