The team played really great tonight against Florida State. I was critical of our defense last week so I need to give them praise for a much better performance this week. Go Cards!

Look, I get it, he grew up a major UK fan with a UK dad. But at the end of the day, when it came time for him to play college football, UK told Will Stein repeatedly to kick rocks. UK flat out told him he wasn't good enough in their eyes.

UK only cares about him now because he can help UK. But it was UofL who gave him the chance to play college football. And after his college football days were over, it was UofL who let him be a Grad Assistant for two years.

Any of us who could easily make the argument that, without UofL, Will Stein probably isn't in coaching (or at least not at this level) and is probably just in some regular job somewhere.

If I grew up a major fan of a school and that school later on told me to kick rocks, I think I would have a harder time getting over that and still supporting them.

Like many of us, it reminds me of all the UK fans who go to UofL and then say "they cheer for UofL except against UK". For many of us, it includes family members. It's so disingenuous. I can at least respect the UK fans who hate UofL. But I hate the UK fans who will bandwagon onto UofL if UofL is doing better. But even that I get more, as they didn't play for UofL.

But going back to Stein. I get it if you grow up a UK fans but had to go to say WKU to play football. Or maybe to another college because it offered a major that UK didn't. Those are more valid excuses. But you went to UK's biggest rival, us, and you played them on the field.

I fully expect Stein to pull some shenanigans against us in November. I'm sure he'll do the "L's down" at least once. But Stein, if you loved UK so much, why did you come to UofL? You could've found somewhere else. It really makes me wonder how much Stein even tried at UofL.

I know the one game Stein started at UK he did nothing and we won because Teddy Bridgewater came in. I'm not saying Stein was doing anything bad, who's to say his heart just wasn't in it to truly compete against UK? To compete against the school he loved and truly wanted to go to?

Like many fellow UofL fans, Stein is utterly dead to me. If I was the UofL AD, I don't do anything big, but I quietly remove any mention of Stein as part of UofL in the record books. Make it to where he truly was never even here. But I do wonder if Stein deep down was just a waste of a roster space, since he was clearly at a university he didn't want to be at. He should've done the right thing and said "I"m a big UK fan, my dad went to UK, it would be inappropriate for me to take up a spot on the football team at UofL knowing it's not in my heart to try to beat UK".

Good Afternoon to you fine folks of Louisville. Here’s a brief preview our channel has put together for the upcoming match against Florida State. We got a lot of hope that your boys can get it done and cover.

Feel free to roast us in the comments

Here’s how both teams look
Louisville is overall 2-3 and 1-2 in conference play while Florida State is overall 3-2 and 1-1 in conference play. The game is in Louisville Friday October, 9th at 7:00 PM local time so there is a bit of home field advantage. Louisvilles last win was against the 4-1 SMU Mustangs. There is still hope for the season.

Demarcus Henry really does seem like the real deal and I love that Pat Kelsey is showing up and doing what he can to sign him.

Is there a Ravens bar? If so what's gameday experience like? I know there was a bar called the Raven in St Matts that's been closed for a while now so seeing what else might be out there

Asked this before but the majority votes should be different this time after what has happened recently…

This might be unpopular, but I have been thinking about it a lot.

The University is struggling with finances, students are being asked to pay an extra 400 dollars each in a “student athletic fee” on top of tuition and other fees, fans pay higher and higher ticket, parking, and concession prices, and all the while we are paying the football staff over 12 million a year to not deliver.

The compensation model for coaches NEEDS to be revisited.

An incentive based model should be instituted across the board in the ncaa. You get paid base the same as the professors at the university, with incentives for win totals, player awards, rivalry wins, and the BIG money only comes with college football playoff berths, and wins in the playoff.

Now now, I know the million reasons why this won’t work. Everyone would have to play ball (they won’t), the field would need to be balanced for getting to the playoff (it won’t, thanks Notre Dame), but it’s not like the current model is getting us the results we want.

This is a pipe dream and a rant, but it’s exhausting seeing regular folks pay so much for these “coaches” to not deliver on their end. They are paid handsomely, but aren’t getting it done. Period.

The vibes were so great during the offseason up until we lost to Wake and now this? We went from what was supposed to be a great season to what could be one of the worst seasons. QB play has been good for a change with Lincoln Keinholz and the WR room has been good too but Isaac Brown and mainly the defense have just been a huge disappointment. All this talent has just been wasted.

I’m just looking forward to basketball now to lighten my mood.

Brohm is an absolute dumbass for not just replacing English when he decided to take the year off. Ron English taking the year off sucks but I’m not gonna fault him for wanting to watch his sons last year of football. However, Brohm should’ve just cut ties and gone after an actual defensive coordinator to replace him. Now Brohm has completely wasted the best offensive talent he has had at Louisville and probably as a head coach in general. I genuinely don’t think I’ve seen a defense look this lost and pathetic in my 30 years of watching football.

There is no way to salvage this season into anything remotely successful compared to the preseason expectations. The ceiling is looking to be around 7–5 after dropping two games in a row to weaker teams, and it is entirely possible that we could end the season under .500 and miss a bowl game. This is on pace to be Jeff Brohm’s worst season coaching at Louisville, despite having his most talented team and being given near-complete control over the program. Because we cannot quantify the effects this will have on recruiting and the transfer portal, it is possible that a mediocre season could derail some of the incredible progress we have made. So realistically, where do we even go from here?

Our defense is terrible today. Any time NC State needs a play they just throw it to a wide open receiver. I was hoping for some changes at halftime but it's just more of the same shit.

How is it there is ALWAYS a call to go against us when the other team needs one. Like today the fumble by Keyjuan brown being called a fumble when he was clearly down. Then the exact same situation at the end of the game gets called down but not a fumble? Or a very quick facemask after a turnover to quickly advance the ball.

I get it we hurt ourselves but it seems that whenever we get momentum on our side somehow a controversial call goes against us to kill it. This has been going on for years

Pretty interesting graphic posted in the CFB subreddit. I mean, is there something to fans complaining about home attendance rates at L&N? Was kind of surprised to see where we were at.

So fucking tired of Brohm and this staff dropping a home game against an inferior opponent every year. Busted season, once again!

Win a huge game then follow it up with a loss to an inferior opponent. We will never get to the next level with him. Pathetic performance. Pop tart bowl here we come……

The final touchdown still gives me chills, man. This win did so much for the program, I think. Were you there? What was it like experiencing this win live or in person?

I’m planning to come to Louisville for the FSU game on October 9. I’m an Ohio State fan and would love to see Lincoln Kienholz play in person. I’ve never been to a Louisville football game before, and I’ll only be in town for the day.

Are there any game day traditions I shouldn’t miss, or places to eat while I’m there? Also, would you recommend parking near the stadium or taking an Uber to and from the game? Thanks!

B/R's David Pollack loves the Louisville offense and does a film breakdown on why they are so tough to stop

With Ole Miss beating LSU tonight our walk off loss looks even more impressive in the first game of the season.

Now we just have to take care of business for the rest of the season.

Go cards
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