All Blog Posts Tagged 'Football' (114)

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We’ve all heard the saying, “Offense gets you glory but defense wins you championships” or some variation of that so let’s take a look at a position group that could be and should be a major cog in the 2013 Louisville Cardinals quest for another Big East Championship and possibly their first BCS National Championship. When you first look at the linebackers you notice that nearly everybody from the 2012 Sugar Bowl…

Stacy Thomas, the four-star defensive dynamo from Gulliver Prep in Miami, FL took an official visit to Louisville over the weekend and saw all he needed, to make his college choice. The 6-foot-2 235-pound defensive end is very versatile and also played tight end and linebacker. Cardinal Dominance’s co-owner and senior writer, Shane Stovall caught up with…

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When word leaked this past football season that the University of Louisville was being invited and in fact had accepted the “no-brainer” invitation to the (ACC), Atlantic Coast Conference, many including myself just assumed that the Cardinals would replace the departing Maryland Terrapins in the Atlantic division. As College Football Gameday Host and former Louisville football Coach Lee Corso might say, “Not so fast my friend!” According to reports from…

That's right!  Per Rocco Gasparro and Cardinal Athletics, Keith has been named First String Freshman All-American by Foxsports.net.  He follows a great Cardinal tradition by following Teddy Bridgewater and Jake Smith who were named to Freshmen All -American teams in prior years.

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At 8:00 this morning, Head Coach Charlie Strong met with the Louisville Press and officially announced his intentions to remain at the University of Louisville.  Coach Strong’s opening statement talked about the importance of his decision “…. it…

Yesterday, Cardinal Dominance presented the comments made by Head Coach Charlie Strong regarding questions about his future coaching intentions at the University of Louisville.  In the end, there was a Big Elephant in the room that people were not ignoring.  Why didn’t Charlie get…

The rumors of Louisville’s Head Coach Charlie Strong were discussed --- and not discussed at his Monday Press Conference that was the most highly attended meeting of Charlie’s weekly noon Monday meetings of the year with all the different media outlets in Louisville.  The topic…

Head Coach Charlie Strong started his press conference that underscored the overall reason the Cards won:  “All season long, this football team has been a very resilient football team.  They have come back from a lot of times that we have been down.  You look at the…

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Early Wednesday morning, the presidents and chancellors of the Atlantic Coast Conference voted unanimously to add the University of Louisville starting in 2014 to replace Maryland which is departing for the Big 10 conference. Unless you don’t have Facebook, Twitter, radio, access to the internet or a pulse, you already knew that. Just about everybody in and around the city of Louisville is talking about the move to the ACC for the hometown Cardinals and for good…

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In his Monday Press Conference, Head Coach Charlie Strong described Rutgers’ overall strategy this way:  “They are going to run the ball and rely on their Defense to…

For the Cards to win on Thursday, the Defense will have to carry more than its share.  In his Monday Press Conference, regarding the Scarlet Knight Offenses, Head Coach Charlie Strong talked about Rutgers’ strategy and how “They are going to run the…

Cardinal Dominance attended Charlie Strong’s Monday Press Conference and spent quite a bit of time talking about Teddy Bridgewater and what impact his injury is going to have on the Louisville team on Thursday when the Cards play Rutgers with all the marbles on the table.  He…

Star Running Back Kyle McCombs

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After an exciting 34-31 overtime win against rival Cincinnati last Friday, Teddy Bridgewater and the #10 Louisville Cardinals (8-0, 3-0) will welcome the newest Big East member, the Temple Owls (3-4, 2-2), to Papa John’s Cardinal Stadium Saturday, November 3^rd at noon. The Cardinals will be looking to go to 9-0 for the first time in school history and continue their quest for their third Big East…

DeVante Parker's 64 catch and run TD with 1:56 left in the game

The Cards won 34-31 over Cincinnati in Overtime as…

   Kicker John Wallace splits the uprights with a 30 yard Field Goal in Overtime as the Cards win 34-31 over Cincinnati and brings the Keg of Nails Trophy home to Louisville.  

The crowd was fantastic ---…

Friday’s matchup between #16/#14 Louisville and unranked Cincinnati won’t be as highly decorated as originally thought and there will likely not be a sea of red like we’ve come accustom to seeing at Papa John’s Cardinal Stadium. The Toledo Rockets of the MAC Conference are responsible for taking some of the luster out of the game after they beat then #21 Cincinnati last Saturday and the lack of Cardinal red won’t be due to poor attendance but rather a “white out”. The Bearcats (5-1, 1-0) are…

Eli Rogers making the game winning catch with 1:35 left in the 4^th quarter

The Louisville South Florida game was as thrilling a match as you can imagine.  There were some awesome plays…

   Senorise Perry showing his well noted speed on a Touchdown

run against the Tar Heels of North Carolina

The weekly…

When you run the ball 12 times for 101 yards and 4 touchdowns, it’s easy to see why you would be named Offensive Player of the Week in just about…