November 18, 2009 – 3:02 pm
Before we delve more deeply into Louisville’s W over the depleted Razorbacks, I gots to ask a question.
Who was the guy who not so long ago wrote that Reggie Delk and Jared Swopshire were the weak links in this year’s version of the Cardinals, that they are the fellows most likely to get lost in [...]
November 17, 2009 – 5:44 pm
Revised 11/18. 10:25 a.m. An alert reader advises that Lou Holtz does not have bad dentures, but suffers from a speech impediment. In fact, he has become and advocate for people suffering similar speech disorders. Thus my attempts at humor regarding his speech are seriously ill advised. I thus have edited my comments in this [...]
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 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 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 7, 2009 – 9:37 pm
I received ESPN The Magazine’s College Basketball Preview issue in the mail today.
The panel of experts ranks their top 64 schools.
Kansas is #1.
Kentucky is #4.
Louisville is # . . . I dunno. The Cards are nowhere to be found.
Which is to say the sports giant which heralds Bilas and Fraschilla and Gottleib and Vitale and [...]
November 4, 2009 – 5:12 pm
Tonight’s “exhibition” against the formidable Bellarmine Knights is not your daddy’s walkover.
Exhibit A: LeMoyne 82, Syracuse 79.
Exhibit B: Bellarmine Knights. Allow me to repeat what I said about last year’s edition of the Norris Placers. “They run the motion offense better than any team I’ve seen this year at any level.” There is no reason [...]
October 31, 2009 – 7:27 pm
Revised 11/01 8:20 a.m.
One last Halloween metaphor, before we start talking turkey.
There were more tricks than treats for the locals on October’s last football Saturday. Now pass me that last Snickers.
If ever there was a close (or pretty close) but no cigar team, it’s the Indiana Hoosiers.
They were up 21-7, then 24-14. Iowa’s QB Ricky [...]
