Impressions vs. Purdue

— Embarrassing to keep losing to Purdue. Guess they’re still fired up over losing to the Cards in the [...]

Mario’s Dream Job

Mario Urrutia is living the dream, pursuing the ultimate fantasy of a college football player, sauntering off to the land of the National Football League. Bye, bye, University of Louisville.

In his mind, Urrutia has been NFL bound since the 56-yard touchdown pass against Miami during the 2006 season. The stiff-arm-to-the-face [...]

Welcome Josh Chichester

12/13/07
Josh Chichester will emerge from the anonymity of being a redshirt freshman football player into the limelight as one of few big men available to the U of L basketball team. He was heavily recruited for his receiving skills in high school, originally signing with great fanfare at Ohio State. The 6-foot-8, 235-pound wide receiver [...]

Card Fan Gift Tip #3

If you know a Card fan who bemoans the total monetizing of athletic competition, the perfect gift is Johnny U: The Life and Times of Johnny Unitas. This is a gritty story about “when men played football for something less than a living and something more than money.” The book includes numerous anecdotes about Unitas’ [...]

Petrino’s Wandering Eyes

12/11/07
Bobby Petrino hasn’t arrived in Arkansas yet. But already, Razorback fans have to be wondering how long he will [...]

Babysitter Gone, Baby Too

12/10/07

Now we have a good idea how Ellis Myles kept Derrick Caracter out of trouble the last two years: Can’t you just see it? Myles tracking Caracter’s every move, making sure he gets out of bed every day, trailing him to classes, getting him to practices, monitoring his food intake and getting him back to [...]

Impressions vs. Purdue

– Embarrassing to keep losing to Purdue. Guess they’re still fired up over losing to the Cards in the 1980 final four.
– U of L was tenacious on defense. Haven’t see a pressing defense like that since those Roger Burkman days. Too bad none of the big guys were around to enable U of L [...]

Angel vs. Crystal

No contest, the matchup between Angel McCoughtry and Crystal Kelly.
McCoughtry was her phenomenal self again, scoring 27 points, grabbing six rebounds and five steals to lead the Lady Cards to a convincing 76-60 win over Kelly’s Western Kentucky team at Bowling Green. Kelly managed only eight points, four of them at the free throw line.
Good [...]