Louisville Cardinals NCAA Football News

If the NCAA will pardon the expression, West Virginia's football season has the feel of a playoff.

Louisville is the kind of opponent Bill Stewart said he fears most, a team with its back against the wall and that can gamble with the high-risk, high-reward plays.

The Monday Morning Quarterback spent the weekend running with the horses, so I'll try to avoid stepping in it now that it's back to football ... Red 5: Number of teams in the current Bowl Championship Series Top 25 on the University of Louisville's football schedule this season.

For a while there, it looked as if West Virginia and Louisville were starting one of the better rivalries in the Big East.

Finally, No. 14 Pittsburgh can look ahead to Notre Dame, West Virginia and Cincinnati.

There are certainly multiple issues that have contributed to Louisville's precipitous football decline in the past three seasons, not the least of which is the easiest and most popular scapegoat - third-year Coach Steve Kragthorpe.

Jarrett Brown threw a touchdown pass but managed little offense and West Virginia struggled to beat Louisville 17-9 on Saturday.

Louisville's defense can't seem to catch a break against West Virginia. Pat White left a lasting imprint on the Cardinals with four standout games, including last year when he ran for 200 yards and three touchdowns, threw for two more scores and set an NCAA career rushing record by a quarterback in the Mountaineers' 35-21 win.

Forget quantifying all the measurables, dissecting practice, pouring through video and racking your brain.

Louisville is known for a lot of things. Brohms? Yes. Pizza? You bet. . Three-pointers? Better than anyone.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Not much fazes Louisville wide receiver Scott Long. The senior has endured a pair of potentially career-threatening injuries in his star-crossed time with the Cardinals, and done so with grace and patience that has won over his teammates.

If nothing else, Steve Kragthorpe has proven time and again that of all the things he's lost at Louisville - games, mainly - his sense of humor is not among them.

Louisville quarterback Will Stein is making the most of his opportunity as a walk-on. When Sun Belt players are making fun of your quarterback, that's not usually a good sign.

After home games, University of Louisville scholarship football players receive meal money for that night's dinner.

Louisville was down to its third-string quarterback against Arkansas State on Saturday, but that didna t turn out to be such a bad thing for the Cardinals.

Louisville had to depend on its third quarterback on the depth chart for a 21-13 win over Arkansas State on Saturday night.

Posted by ESPN.com's Brian Bennett It looks all but certain that Zach Collaros will make his second straight start at quarterback for No.

It was the final game of another losing season for the Syracuse University football team.

The University of Louisville football team needs to generate more pressure from its four-man pass rush.

With veteran running backs Victor Anderson and Bilal Powell ahead of him on the depth chart, University of Louisville redshirt freshman Darius Ashley knew his touches would be limited this season.