Hero on hand for Louisville-Marshall game
One of the kids I looked up to while growing up at the Methodist Home in Versailles will be among the Medal of Honor recipients being honored during the University of Louisville-Marshall…
Another No. 1 soccer team in town
Some how, some way UConn has soared to the top of the college soccer standings, a place University of Louisville fans thought was reserved for their team this season. Meanwhile,…
A cut & paste for future Pitino blog
[stextbox id=”custom”] To relevant media outlets: I would like to rescind my latest comments about conference expansion. I have been very stressed lately about this whole situation and I was running…
Pitino not so anonymous
No one says a word. Everyone at the University of Louisville is mum, tight-lipped, non-verbal, incommunicado on the issue of UofL’s chances of getting into the Big 12 Conference expansion/realignment.…
The T. Boone Big 12 factor
T. Boone Pickens, the $3 to $5 billion man, is the individual to keep an eye on if the Big 12 expansion deliberations stall over the weekend. Now he’s said…
Louisville-Marshall a sellout
All 55,000 seats have been sold for the University of Louisville vs. Marshall football game Saturday, marking the fourth official sellout at Papa John’s Cardinal Stadium since the facility was…
Marshall brings back some bad times
A 24-hour round trip by motor coach to Detroit in 1998 still haunts the holiday season. It was two days before Christmas, the University of Louisville football team was playing in…
Card March into the sunset?
Greg Scruggs tweeted Wednesday he had heard from the Louisville football coaches that if there isn’t a good turnout for Card March Saturday for the Marshall game, there may not be any…
Hunter Bowles to Louisville
[stextbox id=”custom”] Hunter Bowles was among many high school football recruits invited to Lexington by the University of Kentucky for the recent rivalry game against Louisville. Nice visit, watching U of L, his future…
Rick Pitino may be out of the loop
One has to wonder whether Rick Pitino has been left out of the loop. At the same time Tom Jurich is presumably pursuing membership for University of Louisville with the…
A week to be remembered
Another Monday, more conference expansion, possible realignments. Seems like just yesterday the University of Louisville was joining the Big East Conference. Remember the celebration, hundreds of people gathering to hear…
Oklahoma’s David Boren not encouraging
Difficult to accept, but the University of Louisville’s conference future may lie in the hands of one David Boren, the president of the University of Oklahoma. Boren, oddly enough, is…
U of L Soccer, Big Ten, a buck extra
So the University of Louisville vs. Notre Dame soccer game Saturday at 7 p.m. will be on something called the Fox Soccer Channel. Third ranked vs. twelfth ranked, gotta see…
Big 12 Conference commish speak
[stextbox id=”custom”] Interim Big 12 Commissioner Chuck Neinas was in front of a microphone Friday discussing issues. Read between the lines in his comment on conference expansion, draw a conclusion,…
Between the Big 12 plot lines
More mixed messages on the University of Louisville’s odds of receiving an invite from the Big 12 via Orangebloods, the fan site the University of Texas uses to send out…
Marinatto gets the word
Here’s another take on the Hitler spoof video, Commissioner John Marinatto getting the word about Syracuse and Pittsburgh ditching the Big East for the ACC:
Top Lexington prospect commits to Louisville
Had to be in the crowd at Lexington last week. Kyle Bolin, one of the top quarterback prospects in Kentucky, made a verbal commitment to play football at the University…
Talking up Big East, waiting for Big 12
James Ramsey talking up the Big East. Tom Jurich nodding, agreeing. Rick Pitino waxing optimistic. That’s the way the conference monopoly game is played. The only way it can be…
U of L Volleyball at the Yum! Center
[stextbox id=”custom”] In the last several years we have gotten behind many of our non-revenue sports at University of Louisville, such as baseball, soccer and women’s basketball. I want to…