The House of Blue

The statement "many ways that either state institution can claim superiority over the other" is true to my way of thinking as well.

It just does not mesh with your statement, on this very page, that "if either school's Athletic programs are setting a standard in the state, currently and historically, it's the University of Louisville."

If you are retracting that statement and replacing it with "let's agree to disagree," then no harm done.

As far as not being an "interlocutor" in this thread, the only logical and contextual definition of that word in this situation is "participant to debate."

Edit: Obviously, your statement isn't on this very page, as my post started a new page.

No our D could actually be better. Yes we lost two very important players and that will no doubt sting but we're pretty much better at every other spot on the field that we were last year and we played some damn good D towards the end of the year. 3X as good as the D we played against you guys. Our players finally starter to learn Minter's system. I would count on our D being better than it was last year when we played ya. No doubt the O will be head and shoulders better. A lot of you Loserville fans are missing the boat on our young talent at D. We've got young talented mixed with talented experience.

1. Petrino didn't leave Louisville to go to Arkansas
2. So what if Strong leaves to go to a more traditional program that puts twice as many folks in their stadium. The fact is, Louisville is known for coaches having success and UK is not.
3. Not everyone in our state hates UofL and cares about UK. Louisville has the edge in Jefferson County and surrounding counties and even Owensboro. In southern Kentucky you have a lot of Tennessee fans.
4. Yes, UK has more fans statewide so of course there will be more "hits" as you say. But for a fanbase with higher numbers you only average about 2,000 more in basketball and about 10-15,000 more a game in football although it looks like Louisville just might put more in their stadium this year.
5. I agree there may be more pressure on UofL in this upcoming game as the home team and heavy favorite HOWEVER, if you don't think the UK team is feeling pressure because they know that ultimately their coach's future is probably depending on this game then you'd be lying.

Charles gains is the big sleeper in our recieving core. I'm hoping he gets some PT and can show in games what he has shown in practice. Which is Randel Cobb like..... Vic Anderson is not as good as Dominique Brown or either of the other 2 backs in the running to start. He is much smaller and slower to boot. You found that out with Brown last year and that was his first week EVER to practice with the RB's. He looks like a different runner in pracrtice. And he ran fairly well against the cats last year. We started 3 true freshman on the o line last year and their 3rd game of the season was on the road against an SEC team and we rushed for 5 times as many yards as the opposing team. We also changed offensive coordinators after the UK game and we averaged 8 more points a game with a much more exciting offense in the last 6 games in 2011. That covers the offense......

Oh, and the defense is the same guys that held you to 35 yards rushing last year and had 6-7 sacks. We lost dexter Hayman at LB and return all 3 of 4 starters on the D line and in the secondary. Also our depth is much better after another red shirt year and recruiting class of quality players from Charlie instead of Kragthorpe rejects.

We have 9 seniors and only 6 of them our in the 3 deep so we will only get better for the next 2 years.

Now its time to quit bench racing at let the guys play. We'll know the answer to my two questions soon enough.

Most of what you have said here has been debunked ad nauseum about 8 pages back.

I'll point out a few things though, so you don't have to scroll back.

Offense: Vic Anderson led your team in rushing. Brown had a 3.8 YPC average over the season, which certainly included a practice or two after his first week of ever practicing with the RBs. Strong was clearly playing his best RB last season. Brown's average was helped by his outstanding (no sarcasm) 6 YPC against UK. You didn't change OCs until after you lost to Marshall and in the 11th game of the season with your new OC and super freshmen managed to put up 14 points at home against Pitt. You ended up beating two teams with winning records all season long, although the win over WVU was a very good win. In your bowl game after more than 10 weeks of practice and installation, your innovative offensive attack needed a fake punt and an onside kick late in the 4th quarter to make the game respectable against a 4-4 ACC team.

Defense: Just from the front seven and off the top of my head, you lost Savoy, Scruggs, and Heyman. These guys accounted for a ton of production for you, including more than half of all the sacks and tackles for loss in last year's UL/UK matchup. You have moved your starting SAM to MLB, which means you will have 2/3 of your LB corps playing their first game in a new position as a starter.

I'm glad to see you continuing the fine UL tradition of insulting your departed players, including Savoy, Scruggs, and Heyman by referring to them as "Kragthorpe rejects."

I bet they would be thrilled to know that they played for such a supportive and enthusiastic fanbase.

U of L fans may not know this, but we were installing a new defense last year. As the season wore on, the younger players started playing more, and our numbers improved. We also didn't game plan against Bridgewater or Brown last year. You had the element of surprise with both players. Cobble said that in an interview today. Needless to say, that's not happening this year.
So Charlie played Vic as #1 RB who wasn't your best RB? Doesn't sound like a very smart coach. And once again I'm hearing that the backups are better than the starters. Surprise surprise.

And as for the 35 yards rushing....I'm betting we'll rush more than that in the first series on Sept 2nd.

1. ou are correct.
2. False
3. False, UK has more fans in Louisville than Louisville does. Owensboro is MUCH more blue. You are proving to be quite foolish with these statements.
4. If our stadium had more steats we would beat you by more. We can only fit so many into our arena.
5. Both teams have pressure, you are correct here.

Not bad, 2/5.

Since 2000 the Cardinals are the only NCAA team to win a BCS bowl game; to appear in the men's basketball Final Four(2 times), the College Baseball World Series (4 times), and the women's basketball Final Four and finish runner's up in the College Cup.

Since 1997, the school has spent more than $150 million in upgrading its sports facilities.

Last year alone, 10 conference Championships.

All being accomplished with lowly Big East revenues.

I answered a specifically asked question about my previous post asserting current standard bearing accomplishments. Had you read it, you would see that I made exception for uk's 1 flagship sport.

As for the game, I have viewed both team's 2 deep. Good luck.

As far as state collegiate Athletic programs, I await your enlightenment on uk's contribution or unrivaled accomplishments.

Sans Basketball, as I have conceded previously.

Sec championship in women's basketball, toughest conference in nation. Conference title in men's baseball. Toughest conference. Top 5 finish and conference title in men's tennis, bowl games on 5/6 seasons. That's all I can think of off top of head. Your turn ace.

Retardation ^^^ running amok in this thread

Join a real conference first.