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Hoopaholic’s Gazette: Six Game Guys & Cranky Old Men

As it has about every other day for the last several weeks, it happened again this Friday morning at my fitness joint. A fellow asked, “Can the Cards beat Duke?” I replied as bluntly as I have all the previous times. “We don’t play Duke. We play Stanford.” Don’t rush it, fans, those Blue Devils […]

Pat Kelsey is your 2025 Card Chronicle Person of the Year

He’s restored pride and normalcy to the Louisville men’s basketball program, and now he’s brought home the highest honor a Louisvillian can earn. Pat Kelsey is your 2025 Card Chronicle Person of the Year. Congratulations to the man … now go win a national title and become the first solo back-to-back winner in the award’s […]

Clev Lubin returning to Louisville

Louisville’s top defensive performer from the 2025 season is running it back for 2026. Clev Lubin, who established himself as arguably the second best best edge rusher in the ACC this season, says he’s coming back for one last ride as a Cardinal next season. In his first season after transferring in from Coastal Carolina, […]

Louisville at Stanford preview

Louisville Cardinals (11-2, 1-0) at Stanford Cardinal (11-3, 0-1) Game Time: 8 p.m. Location: Maples Pavilion: Stanford, Calif. Television: ACC Network Announcers: Chris Sylvester (play-by-play) and Ben Braun (analysis) Favorite: Louisville by 9.5 Series: Louisville leads, 4-0 Last Meeting: Louisville won, 75-73, on March 13, 2025 in the ACC Tournament quarterfinals in Charlotte Series History: Projected Starting Lineups: Louisville Stanford Injury Reports: […]

Cards Defeat SMU 91-58

There was no New Year’s Day hangover for Louisville today. After a long holiday break they started 2026 the same way they finished 2025 with a big victory. That said, it did take a quarter for the team to assert dominance. Coach Walz said, “First game back after the break so I anticipated a little […]

Louisville RB Isaac Brown officially transferring

I’m going to say something that I’ve said multiple times this season, even after some pushback: I’ve been watching Louisville football for as long as I can remember, and Isaac Brown is the most naturally talented running back I’ve ever seen don the red and black. Bilal Powell was tremendous, Michael Bush was a freak, […]

Seedy K’s Punditry/ Prognostications: CFP Quarters

The CAS is growing faster than July kudzu in Yoknapatawpha County. Talking about the Cignetti Adoration Society. It’s not just round here. Checking in with my NYC pal Courthouse the other night to preplan for our annual sojourn to New Orleans for JazzFest, he told me to be sure to root for Indiana. His son, […]

Vote now for the 2025 Card Chronicle Person of the Year

We’ve got five worthy finalists, so let’s get to it. Pat Kelsey —Took Louisville to its first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2019. —Became the first coach to lead Louisville to multiple wins in an ACC Tournament and an ACC Tournament championship game appearance. —Defeated rivals Kentucky, Cincinnati, Indiana and Memphis State to have Louisville at […]

Previewing Louisville at Cal

Louisville Cardinals (10-2, 0-0) at California Golden Bears (12-1, 0-0) Game Time: 9 p.m. Location: Haas Pavilion: Berkeley, Calif. Television: ACC Network Announcers: Chris Sylvester (play-by-play) and Ben Braun (analysis) Favorite: Louisville by 8.5 Series: Tied, 1-1 Last Meeting: Louisville won, 85-68, on March 5, 2025 in Louisville Series History: Louisville Cal Injury Reports: Statistics: Relevant Videos: Cal’s Season to Date: […]

Louisville DC Ron English to step away for 2026 season

It appears Louisville will be in need of a defensive coordinator for (at least) the 2026 football season. According to a report from ESPN’s Pete Thamel, U of L defensive coordinator Ron English has informed school officials that he would like to step away for the year. English’s son, Seth, will be playing his final […]

Nominations are open for the 2025 Card Chronicle Person of the Year

It’s that glorious time of the year again. Please remember that the person of the year does not have to be an actual person (the entire Louisville volleyball team won last year). This isn’t Sports Illustrated, it’s much, much more serious. Here’s a rundown of the winners from previous years: 2007 – Tom Jurich2008 – […]

Seedy K’s Peerless Postseason Punditry & Prognostications: Assorted Bowls 2

Desperate times mean desperate measures. That’s how the admonition/ homily/ observation has evolved through the eons. Credited to Hippocrates, speaking of how to treat rare illnesses in the days before Theodoric of Yorkick discovered bloodletting. Though some cite Erasmus, another ancient as the first proclaimer. Then there’s Willie the Shakes in “The Tempest.” Misery acquaints […]

‘The Birds Eye View’

Clicking on the newsletter will allow for full screen viewing and zoom functionality. If ‘readability’ becomes issue may offer option to receive newsletter via email each week. Let me know in comments your feedback. ***************************** (Mobile Friendly Version) College football is incredible. I see the passion in other sports and the tradition, and I respect […]

Seedy K’s GameCap: Toledo

If ever there was an appropriate ending to a seriously disappointing season, and to a meaningless bowl game that was laughably inept for a half then a comedy caravan of absurdly disjointed fauxball in the second, the 2025 Bush’s Boca Raton Bowl of Beans had one. If ever there was a football game that should […]

Bush’s Boca Raton Bowl of Beans Game Day: Louisville vs. Toledo

LOUISVILLE CARDINALS (8-4) vs. Toledo Rockets (8-4) Bush’s Boca Raton Bowl of Beans Game Time: 2 p.m. Location: Flagler Credit Union Stadium: Boca Raton, Fla. Television: ESPN Announcers: Jay Alter (play-by-play), Rocky Boiman (analyst) and Ashley Stroehlei (sideline reporter) Favorite: Louisville by 8.5 Series: Louisville leads, 5-3 Last Meeting: Louisville won 31-6 on Sept. 12, 1981 in Louisville Series History: Louisville […]

Boca Raton Bowl of Beans What To Watch For: Toledo Rockets

WHO WILL WE SEE AT RUNNING BACK FOR LOUISVILLE I don’t have any inside sources, but the folks I’ve talked to who do have made it pretty clear that the three top running backs for the Cards are very unlikely to play in the bowl game. I’m still holding out hope that no one announcing […]

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Boca Raton Bowl of Beans Opponent Breakdown: Toledo Defense

Toledo lost nearly all of its staff when Jason Candle left for UConn. They also lost their defensive coordinator to Syracuse, which left them in more of a unique situation than most, as the playcallers on both sides of the ball have left for new jobs. The Rockets haven’t had many players opt out, but […]

Boca Raton Bowl of Beans Opponent Breakdown: Toledo Offense

Louisville will face off against Toledo in the Boca Raton Bowl tomorrow, but it’s anyone’s guess who will be calling the offense and defense for the Rockets. Robert Weiner has been named the interim head coach after Jason Candle headed east to UConn, but Weiner has not been a play-caller in his career. The defense […]

Seedy K’s GameCap: Montana

Asked before tipoff if there was some sort of staff connection with Montana that influenced the scheduling of such an outlier, SID Dana Brown advised, “No, they just met the criteria we were looking for.” So on the afternoon of the last shopping Saturday before Feliz Navidad in front of reasonably robust crowd including a […]

Cards Wallop #17 Tennessee 89-65

In the first month of the season Louisville had some games against top-ranked opponents that they lost because they went flat for a quarter and couldn’t recover. Today the Cards flattened #17 Tennessee in the 4th quarter. In the first half both teams were playing evenly in a fast-paced game full of pressing and aggressive […]

Louisville blows out Montana, 94-54

Louisville kicked off the holiday break in style with a 94-54 thumping of Montana Saturday afternoon inside the KFC Yum Center. The Cards dominated inside against their much smaller visitors, out-rebounding the Grizzlies by 23 and out-scoring them by 24 in the paint. Sananda Fru led the charge, scoring a season-high 18 points on 9-of-11 […]