November 19, 2009 – 12:11 pm
Seems like just yesterday we were shvitzin’ like pig on on a spit, waiting for autumn and college football. And here we are at Buckeye/ Wolverine weekend and wonder what’s happened to the glamor and excitement? Yawn.
The slumbering finale of last week’s Iowa/ Ohio State game was the season in microcosm. Tis a campaign that [...]
November 16, 2009 – 4:17 pm
Okay, the title is an obscure quote from the movie, circa late 60s, early 70s, “Putney Swope.”
My point being that everybody I know with even the slightest interest in U of L football is asking anybody who might have once sat next to Tom Jurich at Lake Forest CC’s 19th Hole if they have a [...]
November 15, 2009 – 5:14 pm
Is this the most boring season in memory?
Sure I’m looking forward to the Cincy/ Pittsburgh matchup. I mean I’ll certainly tune in when Texas plays either Florida or Alabama for the “national championship,” but I’ll be hoping for some good football without worrying whether the winner is the best team in the land. Who will [...]
November 14, 2009 – 5:31 pm
Louisville steamrolled over Syracuse this afternoon, 10-9
Do not look for replays on ESPN Classic.
But before I slip into the deep negativitude this woeful game deserves, let’s praise some deserving folks.
Trent Guy. He had a 94 yard punt return TD justifiably called back because his knee was down right after the catch. The right call. But [...]
November 13, 2009 – 10:43 am
You think the current resident of the head coach’s office at the Schnelly Football Complex is the only guy worrying about the home crowd or starting QBs come Saturday?
Think again.
The man whose name appears eponymously on the building — after his local boosters came with some serious cabbage to get ‘er done — is asking [...]
November 12, 2009 – 9:21 pm
Another 3-2 W/L last week, and my season tally is 29-21. And that’s a fact, Jack.
And, if you think I’m going to rest on my laurels and pick a bunch o’ bunnies, think again, shankapatamous.
So, I’ll start at the top and work my way down the totem pole of student athletic pigskinnery.
Syracuse @ Louisville. So, [...]
November 11, 2009 – 8:36 pm
So the phone just rings and on the line is the person Formerly Known As Source of the Year.
The first words out of his mouth: “I know nothing.”
I know he’s referring to who might be U of L’s next football coach. (Which assumes that Steve Kragthorpe will be terminated sometime soon.)
Then, correctly assuming I’m viewing [...]
November 10, 2009 – 10:48 am
Just for argument’s sake, let’s assume for a moment that Tom Jurich is displeased with the performance of his head football coach Steve Kragthorpe.
I have no idea whether TJ is pleased as punch or disgruntled with the state of U of L football. Since he’s made no public statements other than his Steve-has-my-full-support-yada-yada-yada to national [...]
November 8, 2009 – 10:13 am
Coach Quote’s post game comments were more like a literal not a figurative post mortem.
His FAU charges were manhandled by UAB, the paradigm of mediocrity.
29-56. Ouch.
The Schnell did not mince words, calling the L “the worst beating we ever had.” He continued, “This is a very difficult defeat for us to have to endure.”
The Fighting [...]
November 7, 2009 – 8:42 pm
Rule #1: You gotta come ready to play. (Unless your opponent is Louisville, a team coached by an allegedly decent man of stunning incompetence, which will find a way to lose no matter how inept the opponent.)
Okay, Coach Accountable, It’s Time to Step Up and Do The Right Thing. Steve Kragthrope, you keep saying it’s [...]
