Going to be a big week, primarily because the University of Louisville basketball team takes on arch-rival Kentucky on New Year’s Eve. There’s something extra this year for the observer, with junior participating in Volvo’s Biggest Fan of the Big East contest. 
U of L fan Steve Springer and his wife, Casey, will be driving a naughty Volvo S60 around this weekend. The company also is putting the family up, including three kids, at the Brown Hotel and is providing their mom and dad with free tickets to the game.
Watch for some special reports from Steve on Card Game this week, and don’t forget to vote for him at the Volvo fan site.
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Louisville picked to finish sixth in the Big East in a poll of analysts over at The East Coast Bias, behind Syracuse, Pittsburgh, Villanova, Georgetown and UConn. If you have an insatiable appetite for Big East basketball, you might want to check out the site, which includes reports and opinions from the 16 Big East markets, including U of L and the observer.
Hang in there, Steve.