Adidas in good times and bad times for University of Louisville
One of the first big deals Tom Jurich made after becoming the new Athletic Director at the University of Louisville in 1997 was an agreement with Adidas. He was looking…
Hello AAC, goodbye Big East
Going to be a little weird being in the American Athletic Conference for the next year, biding our time before the University of Louisville finally arrives in the Atlantic Coast…
UofL, Pitt tied for first in Big East baseball
Jeff Gardner prepares for a bear hug from teammate Cole Sturgeon after putting his University of Louisville baseball team on the board with a solo home run against Pittsburgh in…
A Jim Boeheimian Rhapsody as Syracuse heads for ACC
Even if not enamored with Syracuse University, Unversity of Lousiville fans can identify with the school’s wanting to get out of the Big East or the American Athletic Conference to…
Big East remnants in a league of their own, no name, dim future
They’re not leaving, they’re posting an eviction notice. Seven Roman Catholic basketball members of the Big East Conference members want to form their own conference? DePaul, Georgetown, Marquette, Providence, Seton Hall, St.…
Good Louisville shows up, dispatches Pitt 67-64
That’s the team we remember, the one missing in action for a week, one challenging every rotation of the basketball, digging deep, finding itself, dispatching the chess team back to…
Weather chases Baseball Cards indoors
The ping of aluminum baseball bats resounded sharply throughout the Trager Indoor Football Practice Facility on Friday as the University of Louisville baseball team gathered for the first day of practice for the…
Jurich facing hurdles with continuing Big East uncertainty
At the press conference following the University of Louisville’s acceptance into the Atlantic Coast Conference, Tom Jurich was relieved and elated. But it was obvious that he had some other…
The Big East going nowhere fast
A real shame what’s happening to the Big East Conference. Mike Aresco, the new commissioner, has inherited an impossible situation. The schools with football programs should have walked away from…
No slowing down for Tom Jurich after ACC invite
Tom Jurich looked very much like an individual who still had some things to accomplish, and couldn’t wait to get through the press conference Wednesday on the University of Louisville’s acceptance…
Suspense over, UofL headed to the ACC
Somewhere up there Peck Hickman and Frank Camp are clinking champagne glasses together with the late Owsley Brown Frazier and Bernie Traeger. Two former University of Louisville coaches who started…
All’s fair in love and conference realignment
Settle down. This is going to take a while longer. The one sure thing about conference realignment is nothing is certain until announced. What appears inevitable one minute can be out…
Jurich, Aresco relish Big East football challenges
Gotta wonder how the West Virginia football players have enjoyed those 1,100-mile-plus flights between Morgantown and Austin and Lubboch, Texas on successive weekends. Anybody still want to trade places with…
Big East football continues to defy ESPN meddling
The timing couldn’t be better for the Big East to be negotiating television networks for future football coverage. The latest Associated Press poll has three undefeated Big East teams among…
A game with implications for UofL
A chip on the shoulder will help Saturday. The University of Louisville football program will be in the national spotlight when it collides with North Carolina with much on the…
Notre Dame again not fully committed in new relationship
After an initial flurry following the Notre Dame announcement that it was headed to the Atlantic Coast Conference, the shock appears to have worn off. Rather quickly. Old news already.…
Notre Dame may have kickstarted next wave of conference realignment
If the conference realignment mess has taught us anything over the last three or four years, it is that one big move begets another. Conference commissioners just can’t resist moving…
New feed for daily football updates and Big East snipping
The SBNation blog cartel has introduced a YouTube channel devoted to college football and one of the first segments focuses on Big East play. Like everybody else, the narrator, caught…
ESPN’s stake in ACC victimizes Big East
Looking forward to the upcoming college football season, except for ESPN’s coverage, which again will be accompanied by the systematic disparagement of the Big East. No other sport in any conference has…
Amlung goes seven, U of L blanks St. John’s 5-0
Justin Amlung allowed only three hits while striking out six to claim his seventh win in the first round of a decisive three-game series against St. Johns. Justin Amlung wants…