The rivalry game has arrived. Already. Louisville and Kentucky are still nearly three weeks away from renewing their football series, but they'll square off on the basketball court for their earliest meeting ever Tuesday night in the KFC Yum! Center.
It's early. Too early for a holiday game, too important for a warm-up act. And somehow, it's time for Kentucky and Louisville to square off, even if many fans are still breaking down their own rosters.
Kentucky holds at No. 9, and Louisville drops down one spot to No. 12.
Short week. Short press conference. Jeff Brohm met with the media Monday morning, still stung by Louisville's overtime loss to California but with little time to dwell on it.
I built a composite from the computers. I weighed it against AP instructions. Then I added weight for quality results.
Indiana held at No. 2 in the Associated Press Top 25 for a third consecutive week after its last-minute comeback to avoid a loss at Penn State. Louisville dropped four spots to No. 19 -- third highest in the ACC behind No. 14 Georgia Tech and No. 16 Miami.
The Louisville women’s basketball team keeps missing their wake-up call. But by the fourth quarter, they’ve had their coffee, tied their shoes, and started running laps around the opponent.
A minute left, a tie game, the ball at midfield, and everything to play for. After this stinker of a game, in this stinging city, the Louisville football team still was a couple of decent pass plays from calling it a night.
The Louisville late-game rally never came. Despite numerous chances, the Cardinals could not beat a team that practically begged them to. And in overtime, a gutsy fourth-down call by Cal paid off for a 29-26 Golden Bears win.
