Louisville Cardinals Rumors & News
Louisville basketball's Rick Pitino talks about recruit-filled weekend
Louisville Courier-Journal — University of Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino said this is "a big weekend" for the Cardinals' basketball program.
8 hours agoEric Crawford | IU football looks worthy of big screen
Louisville Courier-Journal — I know I'm in Memorial Stadium to cover an Indiana University football game. I know that. There's a game going on right now. Trust me. Indiana is playing a team called Tow Truck. No, wait, Towson. It's midway through the fourth quarter: Indiana 51, Towson 17. (That would be the final score.)
12 hours agoBilal Powell is face of Louisville football program but not voice of program
Louisville Courier-Journal — As much as University of Louisville football coach Charlie Strong touts Bilal Powell as the face of the program, the extremely shy senior running back would rather let his feet speak for him.
19 hours agoBigger Louisville football stadium could mean tougher commute to games
Louisville Courier-Journal — Fans accustomed to arriving fashionably late to University of Louisville football games might want to allow for some extra commuting time, starting Saturday.
19 hours agoLouisville football dreams and schemes on defensive line
Louisville Courier-Journal — University of Louisville defensive tackle Greg Scruggs normally would not erupt in laughter listening to redshirt freshman Roy Philon ask line coach Clint Hurtt to clarify his assignment.
September 1, 2010Rick Bozich | Sports analyst Phil Steele predicts Oklahoma will win championship
Louisville Courier-Journal — Alabama is the pick to win the college football national championship in The Associated Press writers poll. Ditto for the USA Today coaches poll.
September 1, 2010Bozich & Crawford on sports returns Tuesday; ask questions now
Louisville Courier-Journal — Courier-Journal sports columnists Rick Bozich and Eric Crawford return to the Internet air waves, so to speak, with their live show Tuesday at 12:30 p.m. where you can ask them questions about the big game or anything else. Click the headline to submit a question.
August 30, 2010Louisville vs. Kentucky football game is a sellout
Louisville Courier-Journal — The University of Louisville's football opener against Kentucky on Sept. 4 is sold out.
August 30, 2010Louisville football coach Charlie Strong readies for opener
Louisville Courier-Journal — University of Louisville head coach Charlie Strong waited 27 years before getting his chance to run a football program. Heading into the season opener against Kentucky on Saturday, he'll wait a little longer to reflect on his personal achievement.
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- Irish center Cave, family living a dream Chicago Colleges Blog | ESPN Chicago SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Like so many little boys before him growing up in the shadow of the golden dome, Braxston Cave's living room in Granger, Ind. often doubled as Notre Dame's locker room. His VHS copy of "Rudy" was worn and warped, as was the furniture from which he stood and shouted the Fighting Irish gospel at a prepubescent pitch. "I can just remember in the living room when he fell in love with the movie," his father, Rick Cave, said. "He'd watch that thing over and over and over. It got to the point where he would get up on the coffee table and do the whole recital, you know, the K...
- Notre Dame Week 1 preview Chicago Colleges Blog | ESPN Chicago Purdue (0-0) at Notre Dame (0-0) When, where:2:41 p.m. Saturday at Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend, Ind. TV: NBC Radio: WLS-AM 890 Web: UND.com What you need to know: The Brian Kelly era at Notre Dame officially begins against a Purdue team that finished 5-7 last season and replaced its entire defensive secondary. But coach Danny Hope's squad does boast devastating defensive end Ryan Kerrigan. The 6-foot-4, 263-pound senior pocketed 13 sacks in 2009 -- third highest in the nation -- and will look to hassle new Irish quarterback Dayne Crist immediately. Purdue returns five of its starting fr...
- Audio: Dave Rahme talks Syracuse-Akron football with Gomez & Dave Orange Football Blog | Post-Standard Football writer discusses SU's opener against the Zips
- Notre Dame to tunnel through students in opener Notre Dame Blog | Chicago Breaking Sports By Brian HamiltonSOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Those eagerly awaiting to see how Notre Dame first comes out of the tunnel for the beginning of the Brian Kelly Era will find something lacking Saturday afternoon.Specifically: Notre Dame coming out of the tunnel. At least at first.Instead, the Irish will begin a new tradition announced by coach Brian Kelly at the campus pep rally Friday night: The team will walk through Sec. 31 at Notre Dame Stadium -- through the student section -- to take the field for pregame warmups. They'll still burst from the tunnel in the moments before kickoff."We want to do somet...
- Butch Jones' UC era starts in Fresno Cincinnati Enquirer The UC Bearcats, who have won 18 straight regular-season games dating to 2008, are not likely to take Saturday' night's season opener for granted simply because Fresno State plays in the Western Athletic Conference, a non-BCS league, not after the way the Bulldogs pushed around the UC defense last year and nearly pulled off an upset in Cincinnati.