-While I can’t say the Willie Williams saga is surprising, it does shed light on the current state that the
Louisville football program is settled in at this time.
Bobby Petrino and staff made a living out of taking heralded players who for whatever reason could not make it at other institutions, and helped ground their egos and troubles while producing their football talents. Coach Petrino demanded the best from his players and would refuse to accept anything less. That is the main reason he molded the Cardinals into a juggernaut for the past two seasons. Players respected Petrino for what his vision was for the program, but also feared him as well. That combination is what instills discipline in a team. According to Eric Crawford’s article in the Courier Journal this morning, the Cardinals averaged five penalties per game last season; this year the number is a whopping 9.5. In 2006
Louisville committed eight personal foul penalties for the season. They reached that number after two contests under new head coach Steve Kragthorpe. Then you have the miss tackles on defense, the dropped passes on offense, and well…..bad coaching. At this point, maybe other than a selected few, it seems like the inmates are running the asylum from an outsiders view.
-Enough of Louisville, the Cats get back to work tomorrow afternoon against a team lead by a well known legend in the state of
Kentucky, head Coach Howard Schnellenberger.
Howard played tight end for the Cats and helped promote a dream for
Louisville football to one day compete for national titles. The Florida Atlantic Owls are a programmed that has been formed from scratch, and in only their sixth season stand 3-1 with convincing wins over Middle Tennessee State(hmmm….we know what you are thinking) as well as Minnesota. As with any
Florida team, you know there are athletes with speed who can make plays. Kentucky needs to come out and take care of business early, and hope to get their starters on the sidelines in the second half to start getting there legs back underneath them for a short week before clashing with the Visor on ESPN next Thursday night. The Cats have been rather inconsistent this season in various areas of the game. Some people point to this contest as a trap game if you will, however I think
Kentucky puts together its most complete game to date, and the out come will be decided before halftime.
-As Matt Jones stated a few days ago, the
Kentucky fan frenzy with you tube is really something else. Look, I understand individuals create these videos for amusement, but it seems like a handful (and growing) of
Kentucky fans really think they are providing valuable footage to the viewers. I mean, who doesn’t want to see HKA portraying not only Andre Woodson, but morphing into Keenan Burton at the same time to catch a touchdown pass. Fascinating and incredible footage by our fellow cat fans to say the least. We can only imagine this time next week who the next up and coming Kentucky You Tube star will be and what exactly will be his forte.
-Kentucky Sports Radio broadcast live last night from Longheads bar and grill on
Dixie Highway
in which will be an every week event on Thursday’s. Other than some technical difficulties, in which I know Matt just loved, it was a good time. Be sure to come out next week and listen to the show before the Cats clash with the Gamecocks. Longheads is a very pro Kentucky bar, so get there early as it usually is wall to wall with Blue during games. Cold drinks, and from the looks of Matt’s plate last night, very good food as well.
September 28th, 2007 at 10:31 am
Nice.
September 28th, 2007 at 10:32 am
what’s up w/ the fonts??
September 28th, 2007 at 10:32 am
Louisville football is toast. The sooner they drop the sport in favor of midget arm wrestling, the better
off the tardinals will be.
September 28th, 2007 at 10:32 am
I hope Jesse Jackson and Al
Sharpton descend on Louisville
like the plague and demand
justice for Willie.
September 28th, 2007 at 10:37 am
has anyone confirmed the 3:30 start time of the LSU game? nothing is official on any website, including CBS and UKathletics
September 28th, 2007 at 10:37 am
Plague is the appropriate noun.
September 28th, 2007 at 10:49 am
I’m Matt Jones don’t act like you don’t know the name!
Ain’t nothing changed but my change, Ima stay the same.
I’m Matt Jones don’t act like you don’t know the name!
Ain’t nothing changed but my change, Ima stay the same.
September 28th, 2007 at 10:52 am
That was like a font overload.
September 28th, 2007 at 10:52 am
I am high as shit. The fonts on that page are all different all over the place.
September 28th, 2007 at 10:55 am
#5. CBS has put a “hold” on the game, meaning that its theirs if they want it. they also have “holds” on two other games i believe. its probably better than a 50/50 chance at this point.
AND LOUISVILLE SUCKS
September 28th, 2007 at 10:59 am
I would just like to say how excited I am for Big Blue Madness tickets. Also, I would like to say how proud I am of the football team for pulling out the last two hard fought close games. Football is not just something to get us through to basketball season anymore…
September 28th, 2007 at 11:10 am
Where is Mattox this week???
September 28th, 2007 at 11:39 am
People who post on blogs should not make fun of people who post on YouTube.
September 28th, 2007 at 12:31 pm
Is that Jim Kelly with Howard????
September 28th, 2007 at 12:55 pm
I’m not usually one to complain about an errant misspelling or grammatical error… but this post was almost enough to make my head explode. I’m not sure who the writer is or why there was random changes in fonts, but I could barely even follow the lines of thought. Is there any oversight before something gets posted?
Sorry to be that person, guys. But when the errors and poor writing get in the way of the message about UK Sports, I gotta complain!
September 28th, 2007 at 1:00 pm
Why does Jim Kelly look older than Howard Schnellenberger in that pic?
September 28th, 2007 at 1:09 pm
This post needs some background music……I’m thinkin’ a tune from Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Heartsclub Band…..
“Picture yourself on a boat on a river….
With celophane flowers and a looking glass Skyyyyyy”
Much easier to read if you smoked your plants, like willie!!!!
September 28th, 2007 at 3:04 pm
Burt Reynolds is Schnelly’s illegitimate child.
September 28th, 2007 at 4:44 pm
14) man you’re quick!