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The New Guy

The White Mandingo — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 05:42:00 -0000

Just dropping a few lines to introduce myself, my name is Anthony Sayre originally from Louisville, Kentucky. I have been serving in the USAF for eight years now and I have been stationed at Barksdale AFB, Louisiana. Currently I am deployed to FOB Kalsu, Iraq for OIF but after a year over in the sandbox I will be returning to the States in December. I have been a Louisville football fan for as long as I can remember back to the glory days playing in the original Cardinal Stadium at the fairgrounds. I have been to a couple of home games when I have come home on leave, and was even able to experience our victory in person at the Orange Bowl in ’07. I know I am going to catch slack for this but I am also a huge Kentucky Basketball fan. Anyways I look forward to posting with you guys. GO CARDS!!!

It's time for the barefoot guy !

frankpos — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:37:37 -0000

Our barefoot kicker, Ryan Payne, will get his shot tonight at Memphis. He's #1 as of yesterday.

Like our fearless leader, Mike, I have acquired a (un) healthy fascination with a guy who kicks footballs.

In Mike's defense, Art Carmody was indeed god.

In my defense, Ryan Payne kicks a football with his bare foot.

Now, god vs. bare foot may not seem quite on an equal, uhh, footing.

However, consider: It really hurts when you kick a football with your bare foot in cold weather. Even Ryan admitted in his interview with me, that it really "stings."

http://hellinthehall.wordpress.com/2008/09/12/interview-ryan-payne/

But, hey, in the same breath he insists that he has practiced a lot in the cold, and is fearless about it.

I have heard that Coach K is very concerned about him kicking barefoot in the cold...is K makes him wear a shoe, Ryan has told me it may will screw up his mechanics at this juncture.

For those of you (like me) that are having a hard time whipping up enthusiasm to watch two lower tier teams beat on each other, here's your chance to perk up a bit.

Ryan is a "Rudy' kind of guy...he's a walk-on, and has played soccer all his life--until his father asked him to try to kick a football...less than 2 yrs ago!

I'm going to be watching and cheering for this underdog...and also hoping some control freak doesn't make him wear a shoe.

Frank

http://hellinthehall.wordpress.com/

UPDATE: Nov 8 -Day-Long Benefit for Jerb & his Son

frankpos — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 21:59:02 -0000

November 8 will feature a day long series of activities to raise money for Jerb's son, Shawn.

First, the golf scramble will take place. Arrangements have been made with Oxmoor Country Club for Saturday, Nov 8th, time TBA but you can count on it being in the morning. Here are the details so far:

$75 per person, or $300 per team. That will include a buffet lunch (hotdogs, hamburgers, etc.), green fees and cart. The course is being very generous in what they are charging us so we should be able to really help Jerb out.

Then the golfers will head to the BBC in St. Matthews , where the silent auction will take place, and where we can watch the away game against Pitt (time TBA). (And maybe see some Ladybirds, cheerleaders and former players.)

The blogs Card Game, Card Empire, and Ditchball , have signed on so far as co-sponsors with Hell in the Hall for this event with the BBC. I thank all the Card bloggers--particularly our fearless leader Mike-- for publicizing this event (FYI, this site is the largest free blog site). The surge of PR produced instant results-- we have already reached our initial modest goal of $2500 in donations.

Now, we're shooting for nice round $10,000 !

The items for the silent auction at the BBC will be spectacular.

Here's a sampling of the goodies that will be there (first from Chris at Card Empire):

“Quick update, Frank. I got in touch with the KC Chiefs, Sacramento Kings, and Oakland Raiders. The Chiefs and Raiders said they should definitely be able to get something for us from Kolby Smith and Michael Bush. The Kings asked me to send them an email, but they also thought it wouldn’t be a problem to get a couple items from Theus and Garcia. The Falcons and Broncos asked me to send letters to Harry Douglas, Chris Redman, and Elvis Dumervil. Those went out this morning.”

In addition to this, others are getting BBalls signed by Coach Pitino and the players, BBalls signed by Coach Crum and former players, and I'm getting various other cool souvenirs donated.

The BBC is donating 10% of its net proceeds to the benefit and also is arranging for live music.

Card fans, if you have items for the BBC auction please email me at frankpos@hellinthehall.com or call me 807-3153, ahead of time so we can work up the auction sheets and coordinate.

If you want to participate in the golf scramble, please contact Bryan at blinde@diversifiedmtg.net or at 594-8962.

I will continue to post updates as things develop.

Frank

Jerb needs help from all Card fans!

frankpos — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:17:23 -0000

If you are a Card fan, you have probably run across one or more posts from Jerb- he is the one who has been kind enough to upload a million different videos for those of us not able to watch games or just looking for copies of older games.

Anyway, his 5 year old son has just been diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia and has a very rough time ahead as does his whole family. So we are trying to come up with a few ideas on how to raise some money to help the family get through this situation with one less thing to worry about.

Here are 2 events being held on November 8-- Jerb Day

1) BBC and Hell in the Hall will sponsor a day for Jerb and his son at the BBC in St. Matthews on Saturday, November 8.

The other Card bloggers are lining up to sponsor/contribute.

There will be a silent auction--so there's where we put those RP signed BBalls and the other memorabilia you guys can come up with.

There will also be music...don't know who yet.

There will also be an away game with Pitt to watch (time TBA)

Will also try to get the Ladybirds and cheerleaders-- and anything else we all can think of.

Pat Hagan, owner of BBC, is celebrating their anniversary the Sat before (9/1), and will also put donation boxes for Jerb out for that big event.

2) A charity golf outing is being organized and is scheduled for Nov 8th at Oxmoor CC. Foursomes are preferred but anything is better than nothing.

http://mbd.scout.com/mb.aspx?s...5&t=3112675

3) If you can not make either event, but are still interested in donating to a worthy cause, here is a website set-up for the cause.

http://shawnbowen.net/

Every one of us has enjoyed Jerb's labors for us over the years...now, let's help Jerb and his son!

Frank

http://hellinthehall.wordpress.com/

Rick Pitino

JimmyClifford — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 20:55:06 -0000

was a busy man on ESPN today.

First, he was on ESPN's First Take and just moments ago he was on Jim Rome is Burning.

Both appearances were to promote his new book "Rebound Rules: The Art of Success 2.0" written by Rick Pitino and Pat Forde.

His appearance on Jim Rome was a humbling one. He spoke more about tragedies in his life; 1. His son Daniel Pitino passing away as an infant and 2. losing his besy friend in life and brother and law Billy Minardi in 9-11.

I knew about both incidents, but I just thought the way he spoke of how sports was his passion and basically his keep on keepin on to stay positve and remember them in a positive way.

Have a good day people...

Go Cards!

Five Quick Thoughts

CardsFan922 — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 04:13:54 -0000

I don't have the energy or heart to do a full write-up of this game. This sucks so bad right now. But I do have 5 overarching thoughts on this game and What It Means for UofL football.

1) Vic and Doug are awesome. I love those guys. I think it is going to make you uncomfortable if I keep describing how I feel about them, so I'm going to stop.

2) Kragthorpe is a terrible game manager. Cantwell should not have been back out there, we were 0-3 on 4th downs and did not attempt 1 FG, Wolfe comes in and hands the ball off 5 times and gets his first throw on a tough 3rd down on a quick-slant timing play....we get that fumble recovery on the ~33 and run to the left with Bolen instead of taking a shot at the endzone (then 2 plays later cantwell hurts himself), the WRs not lining up right in the hurry up offense....huge penalities on 3rd downs to keep UConn's drive alive.....every little thing that made the difference between a HUGE W and a TERRIBLE L went against us it seemed and that's the HC more than the players. We had a clean shot at a BCS bowl with a win tonight, as crazy as that sounds. We were dominating them and should have won this game going away.

3) Other than our awesome frosh/soph WRs and RBs, the future is not looking bright with "krags players" -- so many of our best guys are seniors and if Wolfe is as bad as it would seem from Krag's decisions and that one awful pass....I'm afraid success this season would be a mirage against a weak OOC and terrible Big East group of teams and the last crop of Petrino Srs carrying us. I hate to be negative but where does our medium- or long-term confidence come from?

4) It feels good to hurt this bad after a loss again -- after the UK game and pretty much every game last year it was just apathy and resignation. But, see #3.

5) Thank goodness for basketball season.

UofL Men's Ice Hockey Schedule Announced

Dais — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 15:45:45 -0000

The UofL Club Ice Hockey team has released its schedule for the year. Definitely not the most popular sport in town, but a lot of fun to watch. The Ice Hockey team, along with the men's Lacrosse team always provide for high energy sports with players who play for the love of the game and their school.

@ Northern Kentucky University	10/10/2008	10:00:00 PM
NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY	10/11/2008	10:00:00 PM
@ Eastern Kentucky University	10/17/2008	12:00:00 AM
VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE	10/24/2008	10:00:00 PM
VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE	10/25/2008	10:00:00 PM
DENISON UNIVERSITY	10/31/2008	10:00:00 PM
DENISON UNIVERSITY	11/1/2008	10:00:00 PM
EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY	11/21/2008	10:00:00 PM
EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY	11/22/2008	10:00:00 PM
@ Denison University	12/5/2008	9:30:00 PM
@ Denison University	12/6/2008	9:30:00 PM
NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY	1/9/2009	10:00:00 PM
@ Northern Kentucky University	1/10/2009	9:00:00 PM
@ Vanderbilt University	1/23/2009	10:00:00 PM
@ Vanderbilt University	1/24/2009	10:00:00 PM
BUTLER UNIVERSITY	1/30/2009	10:00:00 PM
BUTLER UNIVERSITY	1/31/2009	10:00:00 PM
@ Middle Tennessee State University	2/6/2009	10:00:00 PM
@ Middle Tennessee State University	2/7/2009	8:00:00 PM

more info at http://www.uoflicehockey.com

USA Today Super 25 Rankings

P.A. CardsFan — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 01:24:04 -0000

I saw this in USA Today and thought you Trinity alum would like to know.

Second Trinity joins Super 25

24. Trinity, Louisville (3-0)

Previous: Not ranked. Result: QB Cameron Smyth threw two TD passes, and the Shamrocks' defense had seven sacks and two interceptions in a 17-6 defeat of then-No. 20 St. Xavier (Cincinnati). Next: Thursday at Eastern (Louisville).

Also:

Trinity (Louisville) made a huge move in the Massey Ratings released Tuesday.

The Shamrocks jumped from No. 118 to 11th in the high school football computer rankings after its 17-6 win over St. Xavier (Cincinnati) last week.

But it was more than just the victory that propelled Trinity 107 spots into the top 25. In the Massey Ratings, strength of schedule is taken into account, which means Trinity benefits from its schedule (No. 8 in the state) and from St. Xavier's schedule (No. 3 in the nation).

"Most important is your opponent," said Ken Massey of HighSchoolSports.net. "But everyone is connected. If your conference does well and your out-of-conference opponents do well, that's going to reflect on you."

Trinity (Euless, Texas) remains No. 1. The Trojans started the season No. 2 but jumped over Colerain (Cincinnati) after defeating Cedar Hill (Texas). Completing the top five: Carroll (Southlake, Texas), Colerain, Armwood (Seffner, Fla.) and Long Beach (Calif.) Poly.

St. Xavier, which is 3-2, dropped to No. 15 from No. 4. "Any other 3-2 team wouldn't be ranked," Massey said. "But since they're playing top teams and they are close games, they're staying up there. I feel like I know as much information as you can without actually watching teams play."

Poll: Who Wants "Proper" Revenge on UCONN?

frankpos — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 18:16:27 -0000

Yeah, our coaches and team can spout all the pre-game drivel about the Taylor-thing being all in the past, yada, yada...

But...do YOU want "proper" revenge on UCONN?

Revenge that goes beyond just playing hard and winning...

Revenge that is apparently going to take me another 35 words to describe because of this damn 75 word limit that is imposed arbitrarily by some techie in a back room reading comics...but I digress...

Poll

Do YOU want "proper" revenge on UConn?

A quick look at the upcoming UConn game

DocCardsFan — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 21:13:00 -0000

Bumped from Diaries

OK, so during Mike’s AWOL, I decided to pick up the ball on the upcoming UCONN game and run for it This is the Cards first Big East test, and it’s shaping up to be a good one. I think we’re going to go ahead and call this the “Vengeance Bowl” even though Larry Taylor won’t be there. Wherever he is, somebody should run up behind him and throw a big hit at the same time UCONN receives their first punt.

But seriously, this is a big game. The Big East is wiiiiiiide open right now (obviously, as everybody is 0-0 in-conference……even you Syracuse) as evidenced by the out-of-conference defeats by just about every team.

UConn is looking to crack the top-25. Louisville would love nothing more than to foil the Huskie’s plans.

So in the Mike format of previews:

VITALS

2008 Record: 4-0

2007 Record: 9-4 (5-2) good for a share of the Big East crown

Starting off strong against Hofstra, the Huskies edged out Temple with a field goal in overtime. Virginia was next on the chopping block as the Huskies dealt out a 45-10 rout of the Cavaliers (1-2). UCONN extended its undefeated season to 4-0 with some 4th quarter heroics in a close one with Baylor (2-2). The Baylor offensive attack was fairly fierce as the dual-threat Robert Griffin was 14/25 with 208 yards passing, 23 rushes for 85 yards and 3 TDs. UConn weathered the storm with Donald Brown grinding out 34 carries for 150 yards and two TDs.

OFFENSE

Running Game (on Everybody) There are no questions about Connecticut’s running game. Only answers from Donald Brown who ran in the game-winning sprint to the end zone against Baylor. So far in his junior season, the experienced Brown, has amassed an NCAA-leading 716 yards on 113 carries and 10 touchdowns. Bulldozing (new word) his way to almost 2500 career yards and 25 TDs , Brown looks to remain a force in the Big East for the next season and a half. Brown is to the Huskies what Adrian Peterson is to the Vikings. Maybe we should just replace the term “Husky Offense” with “Donald Brown-fense” as the Huskies have only one touchdown through the air so far this year. The Huskies coaching staff says they are looking to take some of the load off Brown using the passing game and getting some reps in with RBs Dixon and Todman, but come crunch time on Friday, look for Brown to run the football down the Card’s throats.

Quarterback QB Tyler Lorenzen has been hard-pressed to keep his balls from the hands of the defenders (see what I did there?) as he has thrown 6 interceptions to one lowly TD - and these are against mediocre defenses. Lorenzen has tried to zing some throws into tight coverage, resulting in INTs. What Lorenzen will do against upper-echelon teams remains to be seen this year. But, as the new Huskies’ saying goes, “when in doubt, run the ball.” Lorenzen has scrambled his way to 222 yards and two touchdowns on the ground thus far. Louisville has historically faltered against semi-mobile quarterbacks (ala Pat White) on teams with a good running game, but in all likelihood will stay home and force Lorenzen to make some throws, which may be trouble for the Huskies.

Wide Receivers Lorenzen’s downfield targets, besides the hopeful UofL secondary, have included 13 different receivers this year for a total of 519 yards. Sr Ellis Gaulden and talented redshirt freshman Kashif Moore have been targeted the most (17 receptions between the two) while CB Darius Butler might be the “Devon Hester-like” gamebreaker (16 yards per catch) as he ran a WR reverse in for a TD against Virginia. Louisville’s defense against KSU showed us how the middle can open up for a big play every once in a while, so expect Lorenzen and company to exploit this. Not much else to say here.

O-Line The front five is comprised of 2 seniors, 1 junior, 1 soph, and a freshman. With the experienced guys at the tackle positions and center, its easy to see why Brown has had his way with defenders early on. Last year, the Huskies gave up 30 sacks on Lorenzen. Look for much better protection this year.

DEFENSE

Connecticut has some experience and quickness on the other side of the ball. Their depth chart boasts 5 senior starters on defense with most of that anchoring the defensive line. Look for the athletic CB Darius Butler to impose his will against the young Cardinals receiving corps and take away the deep threat. The huskies seemingly plug the gaps well with some talented linebackers. Greg Lloyd and Scott Lutrus both each had 10 tackles and 2.5 tackles for loss in the win against Baylor. Junior Robert Vaughn and senior Dahna Deleston lock down the safety positions.

Coach Randy Edsall has sensed some ensuing problems: “Five (big plays given up) is too many but we just didn't make some proper reads on defense and when you go back and look at the film. If guys just executed what they were supposed to execute then we wouldn't have had some of the plays we had against us. Guys made some mistakes. That's what happens. If they didn't make the mistakes we would have been able to limit the number of yards that [Baylor] got.

Connecticut will shut down the short inside passes and run, but have had trouble against spread offenses. Connecticut had 4 sacks against a very mobile quarterback, so watch for them to attack Cantwell all game. Conversely look for Louisville’s go-to WR Doug Beaumont to get some open holes in the middle of the field for medium gains. The Husky cornerbacks may also have some difficulty matching up with Louisville’s Josh Chichester, as he will have almost a full foot of height advantage over their corners.

SPECIAL TEAMS Virginia had 219 yards of total offense and 209 on kickoff returns. Troubles remained for the Baylor game. UCONN gave up 133 yards on five returns to Baylor. This puts them right near the bottom, statistically, of Div I-A teams. The problems have not come in the kicking game, but rather the coverage. Blowing downfield assignments has led to some big plays for receiving teams. What’d you say Coach Edsall? “It hasn’t been the kicks, the kicks have been good. It’s been a problem with people executing what we want them to do in terms of the returns that we’re seeing. In kickoff coverage, you’re trying to avoid people in a certain way based on the returns you see. We had a couple breakdowns with some people not reading correctly and executing their assignment.”

Tony Ciaravino remains upbeat about the kicking game, however, as he is 15/15 on extra points and 4/7 on field goals for the year with 3/4 coming in from 30-39 yards and perfect from inside 30. Ciaravino’s solid foot may come into play again if another defensive battle occurs at Papa John’s on Friday.

STATISTICS TO THINK ABOUT UCONN has forced 6 INTs while the UofL running game has coughed up 4 lost fumbles. Big stat of the day (borrowed from SI.com or FoxSports.com): Louisville statistically fields the #2 rushing defense in the nation in terms of rushing yards/game (42.0) and 17th overall in total yards/game (243.0). The Huskies, meanwhile, are giving up more yards, yet holding opponents to a measly 12.5 points/game to UofL’s 22.0.

FINAL THOUGHTS

Expect this to be a grinding running-laden game with a few big plays sprinkled in for fun. Donald Brown might get a carry or two. The winner here might be the winner of the turnover battle. Turnover stats for the year: UCONN: -2 Louisville: + 1. Advantage UofL. Get pumped for Big East play. Like Reebok Pumps big.

Good Huffman Piece

Schmucky — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 01:43:52 -0000

Someone has to keep the Chronicle functioning while our leaders laptop is in the ICU at Computer Hospital....

This is a pretty solid writeup on Huffman and his future as a Gael. While I'm a little more skeptical about how bright Huff's future actually is, it's good to hear that he'll atleast see some floor time.

I didn't even read past the Huffman portion of the article, but a few other transfers are featured later on. Don't ask because I can't tell you how Huffman earned a spot as the headliner.

Huffman

Baby hands are bad for basketball and Chewrama.... Mr. Consistent (?)

"Starting to turn the corner"

JimmyClifford — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 01:17:48 -0000

FINALLY Krapthorpe has said something I like. I know just a few posts ago I was ready for a new coach and ready to give the job to Ron English... And believe me... I woul still do it tomorrow... But this whole give the guy his time and let him get his system and personnell in there... is slowly making osme progress...

Don't get me wrong, by no means am I sending Krapthorpe a christmas card this year... but he still has time to say some things and get some things done before my cards get in the mail...

Go Cards!

Big XII-Big East "Challenge"

Macadu18 — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 00:17:38 -0000

So as the Baylor-Uconn game starts, I'd like to comment how much I enjoy these out of conference match-ups. I know there was no formal agreement, but the 5 games between the Big 12 and Big East in the past 2 weeks has kind of been fun. I guess its sort of like the Ryder Cup. Individual teams playing for a greater purpose. I've enjoyed cheering for the other Big East teams, hoping we can get to 3 wins first.

So Far, all 4 home teams have won, (SFU over KU, OU over UC, UL over KSU, and Colo over WVU) and I'm hoping UConn can score a win that will "win us the 5 game series." I wish we had some sort of trophy (like that stupid thing the ACC wins every year in basketball when they smash the Big 10+1).

Maybe in future seasons we can get coordinated. 7 Big East teams (NOT Syracuse) to all play 7 ACC or Pac-10 teams in the same week. That way, a UConn v. BC game or a Pitt v. Arizona game becomes more fun for the rest of us. As if we had something on the line. Just a thought.

PS - Someone should have told Pitt that Iowa STATE, not Iowa, is in the Big XII.

To The Fake, and other Blue fans who come to visit

frankpos — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 19:18:00 -0000

Dear UK Guys,

I'm sure you're great guys. It's nothing against any of you personally.

I tried to explain this to Tru Blue a couple of wks ago...

U of L fans over 40 particularly just don't want to interact with UK fans--read my 1983 Dream Game article at Hell in the Hall to understand if you're under 40...

But I'd also say U of L fans generally just don't want the interaction.

Here's a good example: My sisters are both UK fans. I love my sisters--but I don't like to watch UK- U of L ball games with them, or get into much discussion on U of L and UK. Why have the aggravation?

Likewise, I just don't like to have to read/deal with UK fans on Card msg boards --don't need the aggravation. I want to just interact with Card fans.

I never get on any UK boards--don't understand why you all even want to be here.

So again, it's nothing personal--but please go away ; - )

Real Sincerely,

Frankpos

GO CARDS!

Ryder Cup

Blocky — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 16:11:32 -0000

I have always thought that Ryder Cup looked so much cooler then Rider Cup ever would. So points for that. Anyway, prefacing this with the typical “I know this is a Louisville Blog, but;”. What are your thoughts on the Ryder Cup?

I mean everything from the competition itself to the impact and events it has brought to Louisville.

For me tonight is going to the real judge. Are there really 200,000 visitors in Louisville right now? Are any of them going to buy me a BBC Jefferson Bourbon Barrel Stout at O’ Shea’s? How long before I can start a USA! USA! chant at Brendan’s?

Sea Hunt

Roz — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 12:18:56 -0000

There was a television show back in the fourteenth century called "Sea Hunt," starring Lloyd Bridges (he the uberly nervous air traffic controller in the movie "Airplane,"..."I picked the wrong day to quit drinking") where the lead character named Mike Nelson (there's a name that couldn't offend anyone) spends the entire show underwater, searching for lost treasure, wading through seaweed over galleons of long sunken pirate ships. Once in a while a diving companion might run low on oxygen (her tanks' regulator minfunctioning) and Mike would have to share his air supply with the inevitable blonde bomshell (who seemingly already had magnificent lungs). He might also free a squirming dolphin from a bad guy fisherman's net...give Jacques Cousteau a diving lesson...spear a shark with a blowgun...and solve an international marine crisis.

In any case, by show's end, God would be in his heaven, the blonde would be very grateful, and Mike would be on dry land.

I sure hope Mike Rutherford breaches the surface soon. Gets back on dry land. Strides through the beach, his floppy finned footsteps leaving huge prints in the sand, as he stops to shake out his water soaked laptop. Soon he's on his tush, firing up his keyboard, as a picknicing family looks on astonished.

What will his first words be?

Hope everybody has a safe weekend.

Roz

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Counting on CC to help me come up w/ sign idea again!

jerb2 — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 04:40:16 -0000

With the nationwide success of my "Bad Hair on Gody" sign, I thought I'd come back to the well and see what obnoxious, rowdy, and downright EVIL sign ideas you guys have for my taunting of the UConn team next Friday. I have considered a picture of Taylor w/ his hand above his head and a simple reminder that "SOME THINGS ARE WORTH THE FLAG"... in my attempt to have us DRILL whoever is back there fielding punts (GOD I HOPE THIS HAPPENS, CALL ME MR NO-CLASS, but MAN). I've also thought about how to degrade Edsall, but think that any reference to the Ford Edsal may be a tad lame and many won't get it. A headshot w/ the words Coach Douchebag is surely not going to get me on TV either.... so I am hoping you guys can help me out!

Happy Birthday Rick Pitino!

JMC1 — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 20:31:42 -0000

Happy birthday to you

Happy birthday dear Ricky!

Happy birthday to you!

And many more (NCAA championships that is...)

Sept. 18th

I'm looking forward to the baskeball season. Its going to be exciting this season and I can't wait to see the team in action!

Damn 75 word minimum. I have to keep talking. Did I mention the football team looked good last night? I was there and stayed until Hunter's final kneel down. Awesome stuff...

So what's your thoughts of the Kansas St. game?

Civicman86 — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 05:40:26 -0000

Well without our fearless leader (Mike) able to log on to give us his review, I'm interested to hear how the rest of you feel about tonights game?

I guess I will start. I feel much better about this season. This was far from a perfect performance but I saw some very BRIGHT spots that could be our future. The way our offense clicked tonight compared to the UK game seemed night and day. Hunter seemed much more relaxed in the pocket and had more touch on the ball (as compared to throwing it as hard as possible on every throw).

Running Backs:

Do I really even need to go over this? I love Bolen's want to run over people. I saw multiple times when he was running down the sidelines and instead of stepping out to end the play, he would lower his shoulder and run the DB over for a few extra yards. I don't think I need to say much about Vic. He is a star in the making. His 2nd effort on every play makes me giggle like a school girl. Much like Morano at Georgia, Anderson fights and scraps and moves piles of linemen to get every extra inch of yardage.

Recievers/QB:

Looked much better tonight. Chichester missed some easy catches but we all knew that he was still becoming more coordinated. If he continues to improve at his current rate he will be a major factor in our arsenal. Doug B. also had an exceptional game. He reminds me of a Douglas how just slithers his way between coverages to get open. Hunter looked good most of the night. Much more comfortable and had more touch on his passes.

Offensive line:

Created great holes to run through. Big thumbs up to the guys who stepped it up to replace our injured starters. Great job.

Deffense:

90% of the game we looked dangerous. I truly believe now that English has changed this defense 360 degrees. Towards the end of the game it got sloppy and a few plays inbetween. We just need to keep getting better. I'd like to see some more sacks/knock downs of the QB but that will come. LB's look very good for being so inexperienced. They bite on a few plays that left either a reciever or TE open, but overall it was a good night.

Kicking game:

I don't even want to talk about this. I hate to rag on one of our players, but missing a PAT? Come on man. Your playing for a BCS team, there is no excuse for this.

Overall:

There is a chance I think. I'm not going to be putting any money down on it, but I think we saw a glimpse of what our team can be. Just keep building guys and who knows that can happen, the college football season has already been pretty crazy.

Fanbase:

Still piss poor. Way to many people leaving at the end of the 3rd quarter. If you didn't come to watch 4 quarters of football, keep your ass at home.

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So after our first real test (In my opinion), I'd like to hear what the others on here though about tonight's game? Still feel the same as you did leaving the Kentucky game? Bowl chances this year? How our team will end up in the Big East? Let's hear it.

Louisville Fans

Dais — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 04:55:21 -0000

I remember being a student and screaming at those in the sections next to me to stand up and cheer on third down. I was in the student section in St. Louis for the final four and went nuts because it seemed as if the Cardinal fans that weren't students didn't care. I LOVE UofL but this game made me really upset at our fanbase. Now that I'm out of the student section I do sit more and am respectful to those around me, but I do cheer and stand on big plays. My problem with the fans this game is that half the stadium emptied with 10 minutes left in the game. I know that this isn't anything new, but it made me far more upset tonight than it did in games past. Kansas State got a (way too quick) touchdown and they were still in the game, yet most of the fans had left. We have to do a better job showing support to our football team.

Alright, there's my rant. I'm going to bed.