—Spread check: Louisville by 7.
—Calling Saturday a “trap game” for Virginia seems silly when Louisville is favored by a touchdown.
—Tony Elliott wants Virginia fans to know that his team has moved on from Florida State and is focused on Louisville. Because nothing says “we’re definitely not still thinking about our monster upset win” like writing a letter to the entire student body addressing the matter.
He also uses two semicolons and has a pretty egregious comma splice in there.
—Virginia’s SI site says these three Cavalier players must step up in order to knock off Louisville on Saturday.
—Louisville played a grand total of zero true freshmen in last week’s win over Pitt.
—ESPN’s Bill Connelly ranks every Power 4 quarterback one month into the season, and Miller Moss checks in at No. 36.
36. Miller Moss, Louisville
Total QBR: 72.7 | Pass Yds: 1,029 | Rush Yds: 23 | Total TDs: 7
Moss pretty much had to be in the middle of this list because he couldn’t have a more average statistical profile if you created it in a lab: He’s 59th in completion rate (65.6%), 67th in yards per completion (12.0), 70th in yards per dropback (7.0), 76th in sack rate (5.8%) and 79th in INT rate (2.3%). You could do better, and you could do worse.
Cade Klubnik is No. 54, and Kentucky’s two-headed monster of Cutter Boley and Zach Calzada is dead last at No. 68.
—Virginia’s 247 site highlights five players to watch for Louisville this weekend.
—Louisville WR commit Payton Cook says he plans on being an early enrollee at U of L.
—The hype mounts.
—Jeff Brohm isn’t worried about his team being undefeated but still unranked.
—The schedule is set for the Louisville baseball team’s February trip to Arlington for the Amegy Bank College Baseball Series. The Cards will face Nebraska at 4 p.m. ET on Feb. 20, Michigan at noon ET on Feb. 21, and Auburn at 11:30 a.m. ET on Feb. 22. All three games will be played at Globe Life Field, home of the Texas Rangers.
—Good news on the early recruitment of one of the best overall players in the class of 2028.
—Ricky O’Donnell has Ryan Conwell on his list of the best shooters in college basketball for the upcoming season. Isaac McKneely gets an honorable mention nod.
—CBS’ latest candid coaches feature asked college hoops coaches to name who they believed was the best x’s and o’s mind in the sport. Matt Painter, Dan Hurley and Greg McDermott were the most common responses.
—Jody Demling looks at how Louisville football’s committed recruits fared over the weekend.
—Kelly Ford’s model projects Louisville to finish this season in the 9-10 win range.
—The Jeff Brohm Radio Show is back tonight from 7-8 at the Roosters in Fern Creel. You can listen live on 970 WGTK or 93.9 The Ville.
—The latest episode of the From the Pink Seats podcast is here.
—The CJ’s Payton Titus writes about how Muhammad Ali inspires Louisville’s ongoing fight for social justice 50 years after his Thrilla in Manila battle with Joe Frazier.
—This is a cool stat.
—Lamar Jackson could miss Baltimore’s next 2-3 games with the hamstring injury he suffered during Sunday’s loss to the Chiefs.
—Class of 2027 guard Braxton Keathley from Martin County, Ky will take an unofficial visit to Louisville this weekend. Keathley is the highest-rated player in Kentucky from the basketball class of 2027.
—TWSN Sports says Louisville-Virginia is this weekend’s can’t-miss shootout.
—This will be a very cool scene on Saturday.
—The Daily Progress previews Louisville-Virginia.
—Basket Under Review’s 2025-26 ACC preview is here, and it projects Louisville to finish second in the conference behind Duke.
—And finally, we’ve got Louisville equipment legend Zephian Wade on at the beginning of today’s Mike Rutherford Show — 2:30-5:30 on 1450/96.1 The Big X. Tune in.
