—Isaac Brown and Chris Bell were the lone Cardinal football players named to the preseason All-ACC squad. Brown received three first-place votes for the league’s Preseason Player of the Year award.
—Jeff Walz gave the media a summer update on Thursday morning. You can check it out here.
—Walz had no problem talking openly about the new financial challenges present in his sport.
—My countdown of the 100 best rivalries in college basketball started today with numbers 100-76.
—Seeing these two coaches support
one another so thoroughly has been awesome.
Pat Kelsey making an appearance at football practice. @LouisvilleFB @LouisvilleMBB @WDRBNews pic.twitter.com/FJUbe8NHzM
— Tom Lane (@TomLaneWDRB) August 1, 2025
—What would conference realignment look like if college basketball, and not football, was running the show? According to this exercise, Louisville would still be in the ACC.
—Louisville didn’t receive any votes in the preseason men’s soccer coaches top 25 poll, but eight teams from the ACC are ranked in the top 20.
—It’s a big weekend at Lynn Family Stadium with Racing Louisville taking on KC Current tonight at 8 and Lou City hosting North Carolina FC Saturday night at 8. CC readers can get discounted tickets to both matches by going here.
—Ryan Conwell is a beast.
Change of scenery for the squad #GoCards pic.twitter.com/h8la6SsU3e
— Louisville Men's Basketball (@LouisvilleMBB) July 31, 2025
—Significant Louisville media news: The parent company of WAVE-3 is purchasing WDRB News and all other stations owned by Block Communications.
—Big shoutout to Million Podcasts for ranking the CC Podcast as the best Louisville podcast and the 51st-best college basketball podcast.
—Louisville Report is keeping tabs on the Madden ratings for former Cardinals now playing in the NFL.
—You try to give me a non-502 number and I’m moving to Portugal.
a new area code is coming to Louisville!
— Lachlan McLean (@LachTalk) July 31, 2025
the 502 area code is running out of numbers so a new one with be announced soon that will cover the same region.
mandatory 10-digit dialing will begin on June 7, 2027... and the new code will be used starting July 5, 2027.
—The CJ has a profile on Bordeaux, a 22-year-old Louisville YouTuber who plays EA Sports’ College Football 26 for a living.
—The Athletic breaks down what President Trump’s executive order to try and “save” college sports actually means.
—Memphis State has a ton of money and ambition, but no power conference wants them.
—Love this.
Cardinals For Life
— Louisville Men's Basketball (@LouisvilleMBB) August 1, 2025
Ended the summer with some special guests in the building - big thanks to @TheRussdiculous, @JordanNwora, @ChuckyHepburn and @the2kfranky for the run! #GoCards pic.twitter.com/Ne8yr7Wr4v
—Class of 2026 big man Josh Irving has scheduled a visit to Louisville for the weekend of Sept. 19. It’s one of seven visits that Irving currently has lined up.
—Good story here from Pat Forde on the possible long-term effects of constant transferring.
Here’s the problem: School connectedness, defined as the “belief by students that adults and peers in the school care about their learning as well as about them as persons,” was associated with lower prevalence of every risk behavior and experience examined in a 2021 study conducted by the CDC. While data specifically addressing the high school athlete transfer situation is sparse, it stands to reason that a school change could endanger an athlete’s sense of belonging every bit as much as a student in the general population.
Research indicates that may be the case at the college level. In a 2020 paper titled “College Athletes and the Influence of Academic and Athletic Investment on Sense of Belonging,” researchers from VCU and Cincinnati found transfer athletes “feel a lower sense of belonging on campus than non-transfer student-athletes.” Transferring isn’t a simple process, either: A survey published by Public Agenda in February found that more than half of respondents who have tried to transfer credits reported some degree of credit loss.
Multiple transfers can also disconnect athletes from other advantages to be gained from putting down roots on a college campus such as a friend group built on relationships developed over time and a familiar support network. NCAA literature on mental-health best practices stresses the need for professionals to “foster trust with athletes,” which can be difficult if they are moving from school to school.
“Sooner or later in life, you’re going to need your buddies,” says Michigan State men’s basketball coach Tom Izzo. “You’re going to need your friends. I am worried about mental health. I’m worried about what these [transferring] players are going to do in a year or two. If I’m wrong, that’s a good thing. But if I’m right, that’s sad.”
At many of the bigger athletic programs with successful teams, loyal alums are willing to extend job opportunities to former athletes—not necessarily stars, but those who put in four years at their shared alma mater.
“You’re going to be a former player for 50 years, don’t be a fool,” Purdue men’s basketball coach Matt Painter said at the 2024 Final Four. “Understand that your education from Purdue will take you a long way. But also the contacts that you will make and how you treat people will take you a long way.
“If you change [schools] three or four times, you don’t get your degree, don’t become a pro, don’t have any contacts, you didn’t take that opportunity and get any better, then what are we doing for young people?”
—Cardinal Sports previews the Louisville safeties.
—The U of L women’s tennis squad has added a freshman from Toronto.
—Friday Irrelevance:
Whoever dubbed this is great! pic.twitter.com/k4Q7xqEGrT
— The Figen (@TheFigen_) July 29, 2025
—Five things to do in the Louisville area this weekend.
—The CJ highlights the top 10 area linebackers for the upcoming high school football season.
—Brooks Holton is taking questions for his latest U of L basketball mailbag.
—Nice shot of Isaac Brown running wild against Kentucky is featured here.
ESPN released the 2025 College Football theme song for the network
— CFB Kings (@CFBKings) July 31, 2025
“don’t wait run fast” by mgk pic.twitter.com/VNx9ICbPZO
—The Kentucky Derby Museum has opened a new permanent fashion exhibit. Hopefully my torn “Carcetti for Mayor” from the 2007 infield made the cut.
—ACC football players answer questions (anonymously) about the rest of the league.
—Racing Louisville is hoping to keep up the momentum it head before its recent brief break.
—Guy just gets it.
.@patkelsey surprised some season ticket members and it went "off the rails" in the best way #GoCards pic.twitter.com/rtfuQozm4u
— Louisville Men's Basketball (@LouisvilleMBB) July 30, 2025
—Clev Lubin has been named to the Wuerffel Trophy Watch List.
—And finally, the Mike Rutherford Show is wrapping up the week from 2:30-5:30 this afternoon on 1450/96.1 The Big X. Tap in.
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