In what could possibly be construed as more good news for UK, the Gruden to UT rumors were totally fabricated according to Gruden's agent, and Charlie Strong has reportedly been interviewed by UT.

hmmmmmmm . . . "reportedly" by whom?  Has any UT administration, ether athletically or academically, "reported" this info?  Or has any UofL athletic or academic admistrator "reported" this information?  I don't think so.  Until these things happen I'd take all of these so called "reports" with one huge grain of salt.  You should know about these "reports" with all that went on with your recent football coaching search.  Only one so called "report" was right and that didn't happen until very close to the end of the search.

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GoCards, this statement can't make you feel very good.

Louisville coach Charlie Strong again expressed his displeasure Friday night with a report saying he interviewed for the Auburn job two days before his final regular season game, but he stopped short of saying he won't be talking to anybody now that the regular season is complete.

Asked if he was willing to say he will return to Louisville next year, Strong said, "Let's worry about the game. Let's don't worry about jobs right now, let's worry about the game."

Strong to Vandy to replace Frankin?

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Or just guy who lives in lovely Brentwood.

Without a doubt, Strong has a very good W/L record... But, I don't think he's all that impressive as a coach. Their defense will get torched by a decent team and nobody has shown brilliance but Bridgewater.

I hope he goes to UT. That way that mudslide in Knoxville adds more water.

It is in chollys best interest and whoever interviews him to not make the interview public.
What a great time to be a Cats fan. With Stoops announcing a great staff soon and cholly leaving the dirt birds out in the cold, more good news appears to be on the way. And after the ACC disintegrates in a few years it will be time to hit the panic button again.





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hmmmmmmm . . . "reportedly" by whom?  Has any UT administration, ether athletically or academically, "reported" this info?  Or has any UofL athletic or academic admistrator "reported" this information?  I don't think so.  Until these things happen I'd take all of these so called "reports" with one huge grain of salt.  You should know about these "reports" with all that went on with your recent football coaching search.  Only one so called "report" was right and that didn't happen until very close to the end of the search.

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Kooky kats wrote: Without a doubt, Strong has a very good W/L record... But, I don't think he's all that impressive as a coach. Their defense will get torched by a decent team and nobody has shown brilliance but Bridgewater.

I hope they go to the Sugar Bowl and get to play the UGA Bama loser.

Strong has a 1-1 record in bad bowls, but has a chance to coach in his first BCS bowl. Here is the rub: his team has a great record, but has not been overly impressive, losing to teams it should have beaten, and barely beating teams it should have crushed. So, if he coaches in the BCS and gets blistered, his stock drops dramatically, IMO. People will conclude what you suggest.

The SEC has three attractive openings this year. Strong's stock may never be higher.

UL fans will argue next year is THE year, but they have two very important OLinemen to replace and one can never predict how the injuries will fall. It is a tough decision for Strong. IF, in fact, some SEC team has actually placed the option on e table, which I somewhat doubt.

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Without a doubt, Strong has a very good W/L record... But, I don't think he's all that impressive as a coach. Their defense will get torched by a decent team and nobody has shown brilliance but Bridgewater.

I hope he goes to UT. That way that mudslide in Knoxville adds more water.

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gocds12 wrote: hmmmmmmm . . . "reportedly" by whom?  Has any UT administration, ether athletically or academically, "reported" this info?  Or has any UofL athletic or academic admistrator "reported" this information?  I don't think so.  Until these things happen I'd take all of these so called "reports" with one huge grain of salt.  You should know about these "reports" with all that went on with your recent football coaching search.  Only one so called "report" was right and that didn't happen until very close to the end of the search.

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It amazes me that so many UL fans - not necessarily you - were over here stirring the pot during our search, but are so defensive if any of us even mention the possibility that Cholly may be looking to move on. If he does,a lot of Card fans need to look at themselves and the empty seats they left in the pizza box during an outstanding season. The only major conference school that I know of that cannot sell out a fairly small stadium during a championship season.

You guys can only hope

Louisville coach Charlie Strong interviewed with Tennessee for its vacant position on Friday, according to multiple reports, including Volquest.com. This comes a couple days after Strong denied that he had an interview for the open coaching job at Auburn.


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I doubt he leaves this year but... You just never know

After TB leaves cholly doesnt scare me in the least. If Rutgers catches 2 easy passes U of L is 4-3 in a horrible conference with a SOS around 100.
The main reason we would love him at UT is so they will continue to be mediocre.


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Why would we even want a decent coach to go to UT?  We should be hoping they get some of the names that were being tossed around for the Ky job instead.

Speak for yourself only. I hope he stays right were he is.

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I want good coaches in the SEC. I am not talking about Strong, but why would I want bad coaches in the SEC?


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Why would we even want a decent coach to go to UT?  We should be hoping they get some of the names that were being tossed around for the Ky job instead.

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Badinage wrote: I want good coaches in the SEC. I am not talking about Strong, but why would I want bad coaches in the SEC?


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Why would we even want a decent coach to go to UT?  We should be hoping they get some of the names that were being tossed around for the Ky job instead.

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Don't necessarily want bad coaches in SEC, just coaches that are not as good as Ky's.

I could see him making a move at some point to a school that would be a little easier to recruit to. He came in with the rep as being one of the best recruiters in the business and it hasn't really shown up at UL.

The reason I said it could be good news for UK is because IMO it would weaken UL and at the same time it wouldn't really strengthen UT much.

TB and a move to the ACC probably makes UL a more attractive job.

UT AD Dave Hart was AD at UL man years ago and is a good friend of TJ ..............everyone knows that Hart is a one man committee on selecting a replacement for Dooley and if there was any interview of Strong it was with Hart and with prior permission from TJ.

UL Administration, football team and fans alike want CCS to stay at UL, but in the unlikely event that he leaves UL for an SEC job I am not sure it would be any benefit to UK. The momentum that UL has right now (BCS game now, likely preseason top 10 team for 2013 and 2014, projected Heisman candidate in 2013) with only 4 senior starters, I think most would agree that UL will be prohibitive favorites over UK for the next 2 years.

2330859 wrote: UT AD Dave Hart was AD at UL man years ago and is a good friend of TJ ..............everyone knows that Hart is a one man committee on selecting a replacement for Dooley and if there was any interview of Strong it was with Hart and with prior permission from TJ.

UL Administration, football team and fans alike want CCS to stay at UL, but in the unlikely event that he leaves UL for an SEC job I am not sure it would be any benefit to UK. The momentum that UL has right now (BCS game now, likely preseason top 10 team for 2013 and 2014, projected Heisman candidate in 2013) with only 4 senior starters, I think most UL fans would agree that UL will be prohibitive favorites over UK for the next 2 years.

Fixed it.

cf73 don't you think UofL could attract a "good" coach if CCS were to leave?  Please . . . "it would weaken UL".  You are truly guilty of wishful thinking.  I do believe CCS will be here for at least two more years, but I've been wrong before and I may be wrong again.  Whether you like it or not, the move to the ACC truly strengthen's our football program and the recruiting.  I believe we'll be seeing that result in the next few weeks.  Of course, we don't know quite yet exactly what bowl we're going to, but it appears that it will be the Orange Bowl and that will be a tremendous boon to our recruiting.  The negative to this year's recruiting is the number of spots that are available for us.  We have 15 spots with 9 commits at this point.  And we all know what happens with commits . . . they can get recruited over or they can flip to some other school so nothing is set in stone at this point.  I do think Coach Stoops will have a good recruiting class at UK this year, but those kids won't be much help at UK for at least two years plus the kids that are already there will probably perform at a higher level.  Only because that is the norm for H.S. kids moving into college positions.  There could be exceptions.  And, by the way, I truly appreciate the wonderful job CCS has done at UofL and continues to do, but if he leaves I'll wish him well and then wait to see whom Tom Jurich, the best AD in the country, brings in to replace him.  But, again, I don't think Charlie will have to be replaced.  His contradt will be extended with a major increase in compensation and that will happen very soon.

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Prohibitive favorite for 2 years!!! Wow. Numbers, you will have to explain that. One year? Sure. Two? No.

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Agree that moving to acc had to help ul football.  Not a slam to ul fans, but everyone knows the be was not much of a conference yet Strong was still able to get some pretty good players.  The move can't hurt in recruiting. 

Potentially, what could happen is that if (IF) FSU, Miami, Clemson, VPI stay in the conference, of the kids that want to play in the acc's geographic area those schools would still be more attractive.  Again, not a slam on ul, but it might be like Bama and UK recruiting the same player....  It will be interesting to see how UL falls into the pecking order of the acc.

One thing I like about jurich, he has a little bit of that same GREAT quality George Steinbrenner had ...."I'll do/pay whatever I have to pay to win". TJ has a good focus on Football and bball.  That will help as ul moves to the new conf.

And for whoever brought it up...It's only logical that ul will be favored over Ky next fall...who knows what will happen after Stoops redshirts all his recruits and KY has more talented players year two.

I'm thinking you guys go to Miami....my daughter has never been there and will be looking forward to a sunny New Year's Eve and Day on ul's $.

If TB is as good as UL fans and I think, he will be high on the QB draft board next year. If he leaves after his junior year, a good team becomes pedestrian. Without TB, UL struggles to make a bowl this year, even with a relatively weak schedule.

Badinage wrote: If TB is as good as UL fans and I think, he will be high on the QB draft board next year. If he leaves after his junior year, a food team becomes pedestrian. Without TB, UL struggles to make a bowl this year, even with a relatively weak schedule.

Agree...TB is the real deal.  I know of at least one UL fan that would agree that he is THE difference maker. They have some decent players, but TB has the same effect on UL that Cobb had on Ky.   He is the difference between winning and losing.

They have some real talent at the skill positions on offense, but those guys are dramatically less efficient without TB at the helm.

yep

Nowhere did I say that UL wouldn't be able to attract a good coach if Strong leaves.  I think its unlikely that they duplicate the success they have with Strong and Hurtt right away though, especially with Golden in Miami.

Bad:

You are correct, I need to explain why I believe UL will a prohibitive favorite over UK in the 2014 year. First, I believe TB is a 4 year college QB and not necessarily an NFL draftee after his Junior season (2013). Pat White (WVU) is an example of my point. Secondly you have to take a look at UL's Sophmore and true Freshmen class .............Seven of the 11 starters on the offensive side of the football are sophmores and that does not include Dominique Brown who will be in that class when he returns next year. Seven of the starters on defense are either Sophmores or Freshmen and that does not include injured L Mauldin or BJ Dubose who is suspended. Most will concede that UL will be more experienced and better next year, as UL is losing only 4 seniors ..............but 2014 is projected by those close to the program as being the one that will have the most potential.

BTW Bad, my initial comments may appear to some as condescending, but they were not intended as such, and definitely not directed to you ....... while you and I may not always agree on everything, your posts are always responsible and reasonable.

I would hope the majority of folks on this board would concede that UL football continues to improve not only in terms of on field performance, but the invitation to the ACC cannot be minimized. The ACC is not the SEC in terms of quality football, but then the SEC is not the quality of the ACC (or the old Big East) in basketball. The ACC is where UL belongs and it in hindsight it is a blessing that we did not get the B12 invitation that was extended to WVU.