SATURDAY WITH THE COUPLE
-Softball in Chicago for two today
-Angel McCoughtry named to 2012 U.S. Olympic Team
-Florida Derby could be a key to Kentucky Derby
-FINAL FOUR TONITE! Are you ready?
The University of Louisville Softball team takes their 28-0 record to the Windy City this weekend to face the DePaul Blue Demons in two games today and one on Sunday. The #11 Cards travel north after going east and defeating UK Wednesday 1-0 in Lexington.
This is the BIG EAST opener for DePaul. They are 16-10 on the season and just recently dropped out of the top 25. Last time out, the Blue Demons participated in the Alabama Challenge and went 1-3...losing twice to 'Bama and going 1-1 against Longwood.
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| Dodd leads DPU in hitting |
Louisville is getting powerful pitching from the trio of Tori Collins, Caralisa Connell and Chelsea Leonard. They sport a collective ERA of 1.08 for the season, have had 13 shutouts and punched out 215 batters this season...which is almost eight per game.
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| Austin's solo blast at UK proved to be the game winner. |
Louisville did sweep the meeting last year with 2-1 and 13-2 wins at Ulmer Stadium. The schools have been playing each other since Louisville started softball in 2000 and DePaul holds the series lead 23-15.
Good luck to Sandy Pearsall's gang this weekend in Chicago!
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What do you get when you combine Geno Auriemma and the 2012 U.S. Olympic Women's Basketball team? A Connecticut coach and a bunch of former Connecticut players.
The roster, comprised of all current WNBA players, is below with college team affiliation as well:
Semoine Augustus - LSU Sylvia Fowles - LSU
Sue Bird - UConn Maya Moore - UConn
Swin Cash - UConn Angel McCoughtry - UL
Tamika Catchings - Tenn Candace Parker - Tenn
Tina Charles - UConn Diana Taurasi - UConn
Lindsey Whalen - Minnesota
While we have CARDINALS on the brain, here's a great read on Becky Burke. Thanks to Commish Mark for the fins and link:
Becky Burke
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Today's FLORIDA DERBY at Gulfstream Park will pit three solid Kentucky Derby contenders against each other at a mile and one-eighth distance. UNION RAGS, EL PADRINO and TAKE CHARGE INDY have all been top five choices by many race analysts and handicappers.
Also keep an eye out for REVERON to contest the early speed and if he can get a clear lead with Elvis Trujillo on board, he might have something to say about the win, place and show payouts. You'll be rewarded well if this one can spring the upset...he'll go off around 20-1.
This one goes to post at 5:40 p.m. today, so it'll be right before the UofL v UK tip-off. The NBC crew has the coverage, which means there will be plenty of sensationalism and innuendo over the airwaves...
Paul's Picks Sonja's Selections
1. News Pending 1. Union Rags
2. Union Rags 2. Take Charge Indy
3. El Padrino 3. El Padrino
4. Reveron 4. Neck N Neck
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| Rick saves the specs for post-game. Thankfully... (Photo by Charlie Springer-Card Game) |
Where will you watch it?
We're going to view it with a couple of UofL friends at their house instead of taking it to the bar scene. Too important a contest to get messed with by waitress drama, unruly UK fans and elbow-to-elbow insanity.
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| In case you're looking for something to do before the big game. (Photo courtesy of Charlie Springer- Card Game) |
"I was clanging off my fraternity room walls at Notre Dame. Me and a few buddies that were UofL fans had started "celebrating" way too early before tip-off and the four of us gathered in my third floor frat room to view it on my large Zenith TV. By the second half, we had about 10 people in there. When Louisville ripped it wide open in the overtime, it started a chain of events that eventually culminated with me rambling around the campus screaming 'UofL !' at 1 a.m. Not many 'got it' -- especially campus security -- who not-so-gleefully escorted me back to the frat house and advised the graduate resident assistant to 'keep me indoors' for the rest of the early morning."
GO YOU UofL CARDINALS!!! L1C4, baby
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Cardinal Couple. I was working as a mechanic at a Lexington dealership back then and we had a TV on in the service bays. I was the only one happy in the shop after the game ended. We didn't get much car work in for that two hour stretch.
ReplyDeleteBlue Lou
1983...Can't say I remember it. I was likely climbing a tree or playing in a mud puddle though. I was only 12 back then. I'll remember this one though. Win or lose this is a battle to be remembered. Go CARDS!
ReplyDeleteThis e-mail from Cardinal Couple reader Joe Hill. Worth sharing..
ReplyDeleteHi guys! I was a graduate student at Memphis State University working on my MBA in Business Marketing. I had transferred to Memphis from Louisville when I was a junior after the death of my father to be closer to my Mom who lived in Germantown (not the Louisville one).
I was also working as an assistant manager at a restaurant/bar near campus. I drew the weekend afternoon shift, of course, and was trying to take care of business and watch the game at the same time. I remember we had a small party of around 10-12 watching the game in our banquet room and I was spending a lot of time making sure they were "being served".
When Louisville won, they went crazy. There were a lot of Memphis fans dining and beveraging there that day and some of them actually started booing when Louisville began to pull away in overtime. The owner/manager had actually attended Flaget High School in Louisville and he called the restaurant and I told him about how much fun the crazy Cardinal fans were having. He told me to take 50% off their bill.
I also remember that later that evening, a very drunk couple with UK shirts on came into the restaurant and wanted drinks. My bartender wouldn't serve them and they left in a huff and they guy turned over a table in the bar area. Typical Cat fans, right?
I hope UofL wins today and Bridgette and I will be watching in Naples and might head over to the bar where your buddy Al Parrish and his crew hang out. GO CARDS!
Joe
I was at the 1983 Dream Game. Seats right behind the basket that UK used in the second half. Unbelievable tension. Jim Master hitting the shot at the end of regulation. "What will we do if we lose????" Dunkfest in overtime - we're gonna win!! The trip back home was, shall we say, memorable.
ReplyDeleteActually watching today's game with a lot of the same core group of guys that watched the '83 game together. Gonna cruise Broadway again if we win!
ReplyDeleteGood times, good times!
L1C4!!!
I was a little boy of four, so I don't remember it. Thanks to my parents catching the party they had at our house on a movie cam, though. I can re-live the 2+ hours of madness that went on at our house that day. All the cigarette smokers and fans from both sides yelling. Best part of the cam recording for me is about halfway through the game, I jump in front of the camera and start telling about the scab on my knee until Dad grabs the camera and starts doing crowd shots. Me still yelling in the background about my knee. Priceless.
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Was in Owensboro with first husband in our apartment. He was a big UK fan and me a big UofL fan. He got mad and disappeared after the game. Didn't come home till early morning next day. Smelled of booze and perfume. Found out a week later that was at his girlfriends. Served him with the papers a month later. It was that Dream Game that confirmed my suspicions and why I'll always remember it because I found out what a jerk he was. Been a Cat-hater ever since and been happily re-married to a great guy and UofL fan for 14 years now.
ReplyDeleteYour buddy Beth from the track
Was born two weeks after that game. My dad lobbied to name me Lancaster. Russell won out, though.
ReplyDeleteRuss "Thibs"