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Brian Bennett, Big East...the stadium. I'm hearing of two possible matchups: West Virginia vs. Florida State, which would match Bobby Bowden's first and last schools where he was head coach; or West Virginia-Virginia Tech, which...
Blog | December 01, 2009Next hire critical for Louisville's future
Brian Bennett, Big East...famously called a news conference to announce he had one and only candidate: Rick Pitino. When Bobby Petrino left for the Atlanta Falcons, Jurich had Steve Kragthorpe lined up and ready to go within...
Blog | November 30, 2009Kragthorpe, Louisville never meshed
Brian Bennett, Big EastDuring Bobby Petrino's many flirtations with other jobs while he was the head coach at Louisville, athletic director...
Blog | November 28, 2009Stein stands tall for Louisville
Brian Bennett, Big EastPosted by ESPN.com's Brian Bennett When Will Stein came out to start the game as Louisville's quarterback on Saturday, he could hear Arkansas State...
Blog | November 03, 2009Louisville, Cincinnati going in different directions
Brian Bennett, Big East...ground. As Eric Crawford of The Courier-Journal notes, it was only five years ago that Bobby Petrino and the Cardinals beat the Bearcats 70-7, making the Keg of Nails rivalry a one...
Blog | October 22, 2009Big East lunchtime links
Brian Bennett, Big East...to stay with the Papajohns.com Bowl in Birmingham, Jon Solomon writes in the Birmingham News. Bobby Petrino deserves blame for Louisville's decline, Rick Bozich writes in The Courier-Journal. Rutgers running back...
Blog | September 17, 2009Kragthorpe, Cardinals need a rivalry reversal
Brian Bennett, Big East...of that stems from his failure to beat Kentucky in his first two years. His predecessor, Bobby Petrino, never lost to the Wildcats and often beat them soundly. But Kentucky now has the upper...
Blog | September 14, 2009Best case/Worst case: Louisville
Brian Bennett, Big EastPosted by ESPN.com's Brian Bennett The Best Case/Worst Case series moves along to Louisville, which had its best case in 2006 and its worst case, um...
Blog | August 26, 2009Fulmer to Louisville? Don't count on it
Brian Bennett, Big East...at Louisville: John L. Smith, a relative unknown who had coached at Idaho and Utah State; Bobby Petrino, who'd never been a head coach but was a hotshot coordinator; and Kragthorpe, who was...
Blog | August 25, 2009State of the Big East
Brian Bennett, Big East...had three teams in the top 10 as late as November. But Louisville has backslid since Bobby Petrino left and isn't close to being back to its former level. West Virginia took...
Blog | August 10, 2009Looking back at the '06 Big East recruiting classes
Brian Bennett, Big East...Troy Pascley, OT Jeff Adams Misses: DT Aundre Henderson, DT Kareem Crowell, QB Emmanuel Francis Verdict: Bobby Petrino's final class at Louisville looked great on paper but was hit hard by attrition...
Blog | July 23, 2009West Virginia, Louisville on the way down?
Brian Bennett, Big East...has to say about the Cardinals: We've heard all the excuses (all aimed at [Bobby] Petrino; zero self-evaluation), and frankly, I don't care anymore. Any way you color it...
Blog | May 21, 2009Louisville begins quest for quarterback answers
Brian Bennett, Big East...2002 season. Then came Stefan LeFors, who didn't look like much physically but mastered Bobby Petrino's offense, and he handed the reins to local schoolboy legend Brian Brohm. Hunter Cantwell...
Blog | March 09, 2009Q&A with Louisville's Steve Kragthorpe
Brian Bennett, Big EastPosted by ESPN.com's Brian Bennett Louisville will begin spring practice on Sunday, the first school in the Big East to get back on the field. It ...
Blog | March 04, 2009Louisville's Mount Rushmore
Brian Bennett, Big East...fire Ron Cooper shortly after becoming athletic director and hire John L. Smith. He also gave Bobby Petrino his first shot at becoming a head coach, and agreed to play any night of the...
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