Jurich should entertain job offer from Texas
Things aren’t going well for the mighty University of Texas and boosters may be on the verge of cleaning house. Some reports indicate that the jobs of the athletic director and the…
ESPN report: UConn likely replacement for Maryland
Ready for conference realignment drama? Brett McMurphy, the unofficial mouthpiece of Big Football, is reporting that the Big Ten Conference is in advance talks with Maryland and Rutgers about switching…
No. 1 Louisville fan Mitch McConnell introduces Final Four Resolution
Mitch McConnell, perhaps the most powerful University of Louisville basketball fan, introduced a resolution in the United States Senate Wednesday, extolling the NCAA basketball matchup with U of L and…
Big 12 has incentive$ to grow again
If there’s one thing that can distract many University of Louisville supporters from basketball and March Madness, it’s the continuing suspense of the conference expansion issue and the next hand…
Certainty about Louisville’s conference future brings relief
Well, at least the uncertainty is over. Having said to have initially rejected an offer from the Big 12 and then been rejected when the conference came to a final…
Two-faced Syracuse arrives for All Hallows weekend
By Paul Sykes So which Syracuse football team should the University of Louisville expect this Saturday in Papa John’s Cardinal Stadium? The one that spanked WVU by 20+ points last…
The rudderless ship of conference expansion
Funny how quickly optimism turns to pessimism in the never ending saga of conference expansion and realignment. A positive note for the University of Louisville one minute is replaced seconds…
Chuck Neinas, interim B12 commish
Here’s the guy in the middle of the Big 12 Conference expansion/reorganization process. Any resemblance to the observer is purely coincidental, or the decision for Louisville would have already been…
Louisville’s Jim Ramsey awaits fate on conference expansion
[stextbox id=”custom”] University of Louisville president Jim Ramsey on conference expansion, saying a lot, not revealing much, still professing his love for the Big East in a WDRB interview. Link…
Texas persuaded or outvoted on TCU, or neither?
[stextbox id=”custom”] The least shall be first. So much for Texas being deadset against TCU joining the Big 12 Conference. Seems to be the trend in conference expansion, the parties…
Tom Jurich thrives on the big challenges
Going to make a prediction that the next time we see Tom Jurich, he will be standing behind Jim Ramsey as the University of Louisville President makes an announcement about…
Bye, bye Missouri
These plots are so predictable. The University of Missouri’s board of curators has finally met, languishing through a four-hour snooze fest, and deciding to do what everybody knew they were…
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…
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…
Where Louisville fits in conference realignment
So where will the University of Louisville wind up when all the conference reshuffling and expansion is done? Presently U of L appears to have been passed over by the…
Big East shuffling, basketball next?
This rerun post from June 2011 may shed some light into the thinking of some key members of the Big East Conference, especially with the imminent departure of Syracuse and…
Louisville’s underdog role at Kentucky unacceptable
What bothers one most about the upcoming game between the University of Louisville and Kentucky is that UK is a mediocre program and, for most part, always has been. That…