NOTICE OF ALLEGATIONS OUT...WSOC FALLS TO MIAMI
MOVING FORWARD
Ah...the duality of this Friday.
Four Level 1 allegations...none including the current bunch of chaps that make up the University of Louisville 2016-17 MBB itself...two of them concerning McGee, one toward mysterious staffer Brandon Williams...who wouldn't surrender his cell phone to the NCAA and one on Rick Pitino...for supposedly not monitoring McGee properly. UofL will dispute the Pitino charge. Which they should...despite the clamoring that Rick Pitino should be paying more attention to everything happening....24/7, seven days a week on the UofL campus. We also think he should monitor the food buffet for the media at Cardinal athletic events, drive a shuttle bus down Floyd Street Tuesdays and Thursday and raise and lower each Cardinal flag on campus at dawn and dusk. Sleep is over-rated.
It is time for Andre McGee to step forward and tell the truth. Whether that will happen or not is anyone's guess.
It is finally out there. It is not over by any means...the Cards will respond, the NCAA will respond to the Cards, they'll agree to get together for coffee some morning but it'll never happen and there will be no final decision...most likely...before the UofL Women's basketball team is cutting down the nets in Dallas after winning the 2017 NCAA Tournament.
Equate this, if you wish, to a long, long seven course meal...where the entree has finally been served. Long after the soup has turned cold and the salad has wilted.
But it is moving forward.
Remember, this won't affect how many threes Quin Snider sinks this year, how many dunks Ray Spalding and Donovan Mitchell get on Denny Crum Court or times Pitino laments in a post-game presser that "We're not a very good team right now." Take a ticket, take a seat. The circus is still in town...and the clowns are still in the center ring. We are furtively waiting for the popcorn vendor to bring the goods and spread the next rumor. Hey, here's an idea. Let's just play ball...
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MOVING BACKWARDS
The Louisville women's soccer team took a step backwards last night in Coral Gables in their quest to make the ACC Tournament with a 3-0 loss to Miami.
The loss sinks the Cards into a tie for 9th. place in the conference standings with Virginia Tech. Miami rose to seventh with the win. With games at second place Florida State and at home against third place Virginia remaining, it's beginning to look like the conference tournament ship has sailed.
Anything is possible. If the Cards can pull out one of these, they could still be breathing. Ties aren't going to help much unless the Hokies and NC State tank completely. A win against FSU is difficult...but not impossible. Given that the Noles have out-scored Louisville 9-1 in their two previous ACC match-ups...and that FSU would like to claim the regular season crown and the three points earned for a win could possibly put them in first place...a win won't be easy for Karen Ferguson-Dayes squad.
Sometimes you have to take a step backwards in order to move forward. Let's hope the Cards can take a giant step Sunday and take down the Seminoles.
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MOVING EARLY
Louisville Football has one of those dreaded noon kickoffs tomorrow at Papa John's Cardinal Stadium. As a result of this and several other situations...we won't be on the air for THE CARDINAL COUPLE RADIO HOUR Saturday. HANDICAPPING HEROES will still air at noon on WCHQ 100.9 FM. Morning tailgating isn't exactly what Paulie (and especially Sonja) wait for with giddy anticipation. The foe is a good one, though, in NC State. They should have beat Clemson last week...but it seems they have a kicking game equally as bad as the Cards. And, it's Homecoming!
We'll be moving early Saturday morning. Not quickly or particularly inspired...but it is what it is. We'll also have results for you on the volleyball and field hockey matches taking place today in the Saturday morning edition of CARDINAL COUPLE. Have a great Friday!
paulie
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Good morning.
ReplyDeleteI agree paulie let's just play ball,and talk about the player's performance and the game in general .
It's all well and good to review and analyze all this stuff but the average fan just wants to see the players play. The NCAA is in dire need of an overhaul and modernization of it's administrative capabilities and functionality. Let's look at it this way. Oops, I've discovered an error in taking your order at a restaurant. If I was the NCAA, I would review the error, which would take a year, then inform you about what we actually thought happened with the order. You'd have 90 days to confirm or question what I saw. Then, I review the order again. By then, the cook, waitress, cashier and dishwasher have all found other jobs...the restaurant is now a tanning salon and you've moved to Kansas. Finally, I tell you that...guess what? You were right in your initial assumption. By then, do you think you might be just a little hungry? There are tons of people in Indianapolis who have no idea what their job requirements, responsibilities and duties are at the NCAA Headquarters up there. It's like staffing a massage parlor with plumbers.
Delete(Sermon ended...go in peace and enjoy your Friday!)
Paulie