—According to Pete Thamel and Adam Schefter, Louisville WR Chris Bell suffered a torn ACL during the team’s loss at SMU last month. It’s believed to be a clean ACL tear, and Bell is set to have surgery this week with noted surgeon Dr. Dan Cooper in Dallas.
Here’s hoping this doesn’t drop Chris out of the first round of the draft. Guy was a warrior this season.
—The second-seeded Louisville volleyball team has arrived in Lincoln for Friday’s Sweet 16 showdown with 3-seed Texas A&M. Here’s a preview.
—Louisville checks in at No. 13 in ESPN’s latest college hoops power rankings.
13. Louisville Cardinals (8-1)
Previous ranking: 13
Louisville’s awful 3-point shooting effort against Arkansas last week didn’t cause any change in approach in the Cardinals’ game against Indiana — and Pat Kelsey’s team was better for it. It went 13-for-31 from behind the arc against the Hoosiers after making just 21.6% of its attempts against the Razorbacks. Louisville is shooting 47-for-112 (42%) from 3 in its past three wins and now ranks second nationally with 12.7 made 3s per game. It’s worth monitoring, however, that the Cardinals are making 10.5 per game at a 30.9% clip in four games against high-major opponents compared to 14.4 at a 39.8% clip in their other five contests.
Next seven days: vs. Memphis (Dec. 13), at Tennessee (Dec. 16)
—Louisville is reportedly among the schools that has expressed interest in JUCO DL Kaden Briggs.
—The Rams are set to activate former Louisville WR Tutu Atwell from IR this week.
—St. X star and Louisville signee Marlon Harbin is one of nine finalists for the 2025 Kentucky Mr. Football award.
—I’m actually glad this happened.
—I don’t know if it qualifies as “smack talk,” but Penny Hardaway is definitely adding some extra spice to Saturday’s Louisville-Memphis State game.
—Tyler Shough is currently the most accurate throwing quarterback in the NFL.
—New U of L hoops commit Ferlandes Wright talks about his decision to become a Cardinal.
Ferlandes Wright knows more eyes are on him now, after his commitment to Louisville basketball’s 2027 recruiting class.
The 502 native and former Fairdale High School standout embraces it.
“I definitely feel like I have to go out and show that Louisville ain’t got no scrub committing there,” he said. “I’m a dog.”
On Sunday, Wright will play his first game in his hometown since his verbal pledge to Pat Kelsey last month. His new school, La Lumiere, is visiting from La Porte, Indiana, for a 1:30 p.m. tipoff against Iowa United Prep in the MADE Hoops Main Event at St. Xavier. It’s a chance for the 6-foot-7 junior forward to show Cardinals fans the strong foundation he’s built and plans to continue building upon before donning the red and black.
“I want to be somebody who’s remembered in the city,” Wright said.
—Future Louisville QB Briggs Cherry is a Navy All-American (and apparently a fellow Lions fan).
—If you somehow missed it, former Louisville assistant Sherrone Moore was both fired as Michigan’s head coach and arrested on assault charges yesterday.
—Louisville Report takes a look at the most memorable bowl game appearances in Cardinal football history.
—Incredible.
—C.L. Brown writes that getting Memphis State back on the schedule is one of the best things Pat Kelsey has done so far in his time as head coach at Louisville.
—The staff over at the Commercial Appeal make their Louisville-Memphis State predictions.
—The Clarion-Ledger reacts to the news of Louisville and Ole Miss opening the 2026 season against one anohter in Nashville.
—Edgar has had a remarkable professional career.
—Does college sports need a collective bargaining agreement? Some ADs are starting to think so.
—Louisville goalkeeper Alex Svetanoff was named to the United Soccer Coaches NCAA Division I Men’s All-Region Third Team.
—Class of 2027 PG Reese Alston, the son of former NBA player and And1 Mixtape Tour legend Rafer “Skip 2 My Lou” Alston, will visit Louisville this weekend.
—Once again, there was no shortage of plays to choose from.
—Congrats to Louisville Bats manager Pat Kelly on being named the 2025 Mike Coolbaugh Award Winner. The award recognizes outstanding work ethic, game knowledge, and skill in mentoring young players.
—I talked with John Lund on the latest episode of the Bleav in Louisville podcast. You can listen here.
—Penny Hardaway updated Memphis State’s injury situation on Thursday.
—St. X is building a new $8 million football complex.
—Good stuff here from Mark Lieberman breaking down the Louisville-Indiana film.
—According to Louisville Report’s Matt McGavic, U of L will be one of the ACC teams that will play nine conference games in 2026, which means the Cards will need to buy out of one of their other scheduled non-con games against Charlotte or Villanova.
—Louisville football signee Jaydin Broadnax will play for a state championship in Florida on Friday.
—And finally, the Mike Rutherford Show is live from Five Iron Golf on 4th Street this afternoon from 2:30-5:30 on 1450/96.1 The Big X. I’ll talk about what Josh Heird told me last night regarding the cancelation of the Georgia football series. You can stream the show on YouTube here.
