Louisville Checks In At No.8 In Sports Illustrated’s Post Spring Rankings
Charlie Strong and the Louisville football program check in at No. 8 in Sports Illustrated’s Post Spring Top 25 rankings. Last week ESPN.com tabbed Louisville No. 4 in their preseason rankings.
I’ve always thought that regardless if they go undefeated or not, Louisville will have a tough time being able to play for a national championship. However, if the rankings from Sports Illustrated and...
2013 TSHQ CFB Preseason Top 25: #14 Louisville Cardinals
As another off season of College Football material kicks off, this year marks the third year I’ll throw my hat in the ring and look at a number of topics and categories. In the process I’ll look to do everything from predicting next year’s 25 best teams, identify the games of the year, narrow down the Heisman field, identify those replacing 2012′s stars and ultimately make...
Breakdown Of Louisville’s 2013 Spring Football Depth Chart
Louisville’s 2013 Spring Depth Chart was released earlier today as Shawn Watson and Vance Bedford met with the media to give a brief off-season update. Immediately when perusing the chart many things stood out to me. Some were slightly surprising and some very surprising. A some additions and even some omissions. Keep in mind that at this point it appears that the only...
An Early Look At Louisville’s Defense In 2013
Louisville will bring back just as many starters in 2013 as any other team in the Big East. Charile Strong will welcome in his 2013 recruiting class and a handful of transfers will be eligible for the first time. With just a couple more scholarships available, Louisville’s 2013 recruiting class looks to be about 95% complete. Here is an early look at what is available on the defensive...
Charlie Strong Has Used A Number Of Different Starting Rotations En-Route To 8-0
A common thread of conversation when talking about the University of Louisville football team often turns to consistency. Most often you will get, “When is this team going to play four full quarters?” Or in similar fashion you could hear, “When are we going to see this team play 60 minutes of football?” These are legitimate questions. The games these are most often...
Big East Game of the Week: Cincinnati vs. Louisville
Week Nine Big East Feature GameCincinnati Bearcats (5-1, 3-0) vs. #14 Louisville Cardinals (7-0, 2-0) Friday, October 26 • 8 PM ET • ESPN2Papa John’s Cardinals Stadium • Louisville, KentuckyCincinnati travels 100 miles southwest along Interstate 71 to Louisville for the 52nd Battle for the Keg of Nails. The rivalry spans 83 years and three conferences (Missouri Valley, Conference...
Scouting Notebook: Ryan Nassib a Top 3 QB, Mingo and Montgomery’s Future, and Top 10 Hot Seat ...
Geno Smith and Matt Barkley are still battling (for us at least) for the top senior quarterback in college football. But a surprise name seems to have established himself as the #3 senior quarterback in this year’s class. Barkevious Mingo and Sam Montgomery are the stars for the LSU Tigers. But how do the start defensive ends project to the NFL level? Also, Nation-Wide Scouting...
No. 18 Louisville playing with something to prove
Louisville enters Saturday's Big East Conference opener at Pittsburgh unbeaten and seeking some national respect.
The No. 18 Cardinals have been ranked all season and are 5-0 for the first time since 2006. But after losses by eight teams ahead of them - including LSU, Florida State, Georgia and Texas last weekend - they have moved up just seven spots.
That's added motivation...
Surprise Performances – Week One
I’m sure Louisville fans expected big performances from guys like Teddy Bridgewater, Hakeem Smith, DeVante Parker and Preston Brown in the Cards season opener against Kentucky. However, there were a few guys who somewhat unexpectedly played huge for the Cards on Sunday. Here are my two surprise performers from the season opener.
Offense – Damian Copeland:
Copeland played well...
Depth Chart: Week Two
Here is what week two’s depth chart looked like in Louisville’s press release game notes. Maybe it’s me, but I don’t see a lot of changes from week one to week two. I suppose if it’s not broke, don’t fix it. I can’t think of any particular starter who may have deserved to be moved to second string, other than punt returner Kai Dominguez. I hate to single him out, but...
Kentucky-Louisville Preview
Charlie Strong has brought respectability back to Louisville in his first two seasons. Now there's hope he can return the Cardinals to their greatest heights in year three.
Strong has rebuilt the Cardinals after Bobby Petrino bolted for the NFL followed by the Steve Kragthrope era. Louisville is the preseason pick to win the Big East, and Strong is embracing those lofty expectations...
Big East Football 2012: Top 10 Players in Conference
We’re heading into the backstretch of summer, and the start of the college football season is just a few short weeks away.
Here’s a look at the preseason top 10 players of the Big East Conference:
S Hakeem Smith, Louisville
Last season, Louisville Cardinals safety Hakeem Smith showed a world of versatility on the football field, as he could line up in both safety positions...
#24 Louisville Cardinals: College Football 77 in 77
From the Cardinal to the Cardinals, from last year’s top team in the Pac 12 to this year’s top team in the Big East, the 77 in 77 keeps rolling with #24 the Louisville Cardinals and Teddy Bridgewater, a big time playmaker at quarterback.
2011 was: mediocre. At 7-6, the Cardinals ended up with a better road record than home. They also lost something called the Belk Bowl to NC...
Preseason countdown: No. 14 Louisville
Louisville finished in a three-way tie atop the Big East Conference in 2011 while using a slew of wide-eyed and inexperienced underclassmen. Now that those players are a year older, the program is looking to take another giant step forward in head coach Charlie Strong's third season on campus.
Strong has revived Louisville the old-fashioned way, amassing a war chest of talented...
ESPN Tabs Bridgewater & Smith As Two Of The Big East’s Top Players
ESPN Big East blogger Andrea Adelson recently published her top ten player rankings for the Big East conference. The rankings were a part of “College Football Live’s” 100 Days Till Kickoff countdown. Louisville’s Teddy Bridgewater and Hakeem Smith were both tabbed in Adelson’s Top ten. Click here to view her entire rankings.
4. Teddy Bridgewater, QB, Louisville. Bridgewater...
14 Cardinals Named To Phil Steele’s All Big East Preseason Team
Several members of the Louisville football team have been named to College Football guru Phil Steele’s preseason All Big East team. The Cardinal offense had two members named to the first team, with Teddy Bridgewater being named the league’s top quarterback and Mario Benavides seleceted as the top center. Five players were named to the third and fourth teams. Hakeem Smith was...
Secondary No Longer A Concern For Louisville
Heading into last season, the secondary was a huge corner for Charlie Strong and the Cardinals. Hakeem Smith and Shenard Holton both returned at safety with a season of experience. However, the depth chart was filled with inexperienced and unproven young talent. Just a year later, the Cardinal secondary looks like one of the deepest positions on the field.
Hakeem Smith, the former...
Gerod Holliman Cleared To Play
A guy who was once touted as one of the best recruits in Louisville’s 2011 class and now the 2012 class due to failure to qualify, is now cleared to play for the Cardinals. Gerod Holliman is a four star safety out of Miami Southridge High School. Holliman originally committed during the 2011 Army All-American bowl game with current Cardinal Andrew Johnson but failed to qualify...
The Smith’s & Brown’s Are Heavily Relied On
There may not be two more common last names than Smith and Brown, however the talent level of the Smiths and Browns for this University of Louisville football team is anything but common. From incoming freshman to upperclassman, these two surnames are some of the most talented on the roster. These skilled and competitive athletes even draw a bit of a friendly rivalry between...
Bridgewater unanimous as Big East Rookie
Terry Bridgewater the unanimous pick for newcomer honors in the Big East.Bridgewater guided the University of Louisville to the program’s second conference football title and a trip to its 16th bowl game. He is the second-straight U of Lplayer to win this award. Safety Hakeem Smith earned the honor as a red-shirt freshman in 2010, senior running back Victor Anderson in 2008.The...
Four Cards Receive All Big East Honors
Teddy Bridgewater, Dexter Heyman, Hakeem Smith, and Adrian Bushell have been honored by the Big East conference. Bridgewater was the unanimous new comer of the year. Louisville has held that award three of the past four seasons. Hakeem Smith won the award last year, while Victor Anderson won it in 2008.
Smith and Bushell were both named All Big East First Team Defense. Senior...
The Calm Before the Brawl
A week off from football before Thanksgiving and the Backyard Brawl. The win definitely helps with a sense of overall calm. It’s been a rough season to date. The transition on the offense has been painful at times. The injuries have also been, well, painful. I’m reasonably certain almost the entire Pitt fanbase has watched Sunseri drop back this year and uttered, “1… 2...
Louisville-West Virginia Preview
West Virginia coach Dana Holgorsen liked the way his team overcame some tough conditions last weekend to emerge with a critical come-from-behind victory and keep pace in the Big East.
That could help the 24th-ranked Mountaineers as they face another big challenge with a visit from Louisville and it's highly-ranked defense on Saturday.
Coming off a 49-23 loss at Syracuse, West...
The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly
The Good:
Teddy showed that with proper timing and good decision-making, he will be able to move the ball with his feet. He was always labeled in high school as a dual threat quarterback, but we hadn’t seen that yet. Unfortunately last night he didn’t show that timing and decision-making that would make him successful, but he proved to me that one day he could be that guy...
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