Tag: Victor Anderson

A few thoughts from a glorious fall afternoon at Papa John’s Cardinal Stadium, watching the University of Louisville football team thoroughly dominate Syracuse: Even allowing for the post-upset letdown, it’s…

Full of enthusiasm, inspiring confidence when he met with the media before last season, Victor Anderson said he had recovered from injuries that sidelined him most of his sophomore year.…

No conditioning problems or relief from the heat this summer for University of Louisville running back Victor Anderson. He’s been spending long hours at Longfield Farm near Goshen, working with…

Justin Burke had his nervous moment in the Pittsburgh loss, his one and only pass a drive-ending interception. Got it out of his system. Had something to prove going into…

Okay, Victor Anderson, your turn to lead. That’s if Bilal Powell remains on the sideline in the Syracuse game, nursing the bruised knee he incurred against Pittsburgh. “Vic Anderson is…

By Paul Sykes Kevin Costner would approve. So would Lt. John Dunbar, his character in “Dances with Wolves,” if University of Louisville offensive coordinator Mike Sanford ordered a cavalry charge…

Victor Anderson forgot there was a new video scoreboard in the south end zone late in the first quarter of the Louisville-Kentucky football game. With a clear field ahead of…

By Paul Sykes When you look back at the Louisville-Kentucky series, the list of quarterbacks is impressive. Redman, Brohm, LeFors, Ragone and Cantwell for the Louisville. Couch, Lorenzen, Woodson and…

By Paul Sykes The real question about Louisville’s running game is which Bilal Powell is going to show up for the Kentucky football game Saturday. Will it be the player…

By Tom Stosberg Sportswriters and opposing coaches think the University of Louisville football team will finish no better than eighth in the Big East this season. Oh, the doom and…

Not that we’ve seen much of him in recent games … There will officially be one less weapon for Steve Kragthorpe’s offense in the season finale: Victor Anderson will undergo…

By Tom Stosberg Despite what the won-lost record says, the Louisville football team is loaded. Think about it. U of L has three, maybe even four excellent quarterbacks. Guys who…

To state the obvious: No, the University of Louisville football team’s skin-of-the-teeth 25-23 win over Southern Mississippi will not give coach Steve Kragthorpe any breathing room. Later it will be…

Gotta admit, the first half had Louisville football fans excited, optimistic, more than a few wondering (or hoping) if Steve Kragthorpe may have turned a corner. The crowd of 39,948…

Thoughts going into the Louisville vs. Kentucky football game: Now we know exactly what Tom Jurich meant when he declared a little over a year ago that U of L…

By Paul Sykes They get the least recognition on a football team, the players responsible for the kicking and return aspects of games. They are the special teams, and they…

By Tom Stosberg In today’s style of college football, is it even possible to win a league championship or, for that matter, a single Big East game without a major,…

Candidates for offensive line go through their paces under the watchful eye of new assistant Brent Myers, who coaches the unit and serves as running game coordinator, responsibilities he held…

Injuries to key personnel on the University of Louisville football team’s defensive side of the line have been well documented. Unless we missed it, however, there has not been convincing…