Crumbling Cards

Louisville Football has been no stranger to this blog, and here we are again. The cardinal football team has had nothing short of a bumpy ride this year that just continues to get bumpier. The cards are on track to be 2-10 after this season, leading fans, players, and students to express their outrage toward head coach Bobby Petrino.

Louisville’s misfortune this season has also caught the attention of many of their future recruits. Failure to fire Bobby Petrino and set a plan in motion to get the cards on the right track has led to multiple decommits by promising future players.

This definitely spells trouble for Louisville football, and shows that if athletic director Vince Tyra does not step in soon, Bobby Petrino will continue digging a monumental hole for the football program.

As of now, the University of Louisville has the smallest incoming 2019 class of recruits after receiving multiple notices of players recommitting. The 2019 class also now ranks 69th in the country, behind Miami of Ohio and just ahead of Maryland.

Something holding Louisville’s AD Vince Tyra from firing Petrino is the whopping $14 million buyout. That’s right… Bobby Petrino would have to be paid $14 million just to be fired.

The loss of some current Louisville players may spark even more conversation and push to get Petrino out. Fans have taken to twitter to joke about the team’s misfortune and express how upset they are.

On twitter, you can see Louisville decommit tweets left and right. But the number of transfers is also becoming worrisome. Of the first of them to announce a transfer was quarterback Jordan Travis. The most recent was another valuable and decorated player, Russ Yeast.

Louisville players are now not even looking to finish their current season before transferring, due to the reported terrible treatment from Bobby Petrino. News has also circulated of multiple players threatening Vince Tyra that if Bobby is not fired soon, they will transfer as well.

Louisville football has absolutely gone under this season, what happens next will likely have a large impact on the University and its athletic department.

Here to There

Apps such as Uber and Lyft have become wildly popular in the college scene. Whether it be riding to and from parties, restaurants, or sporting events, students are loving these car ride apps.

The University of Louisville has recently taken measures to provide rides for students. Previously, the campus police or ULPD provided rides at night to student who needed a safe way home. Now, the Card Cab service has been implemented. The ULPD still provides rides to students from the hours of dusk to 10PM and 4AM to dawn, 7 days a week. Card Cab seats multiple students and is available from 10PM to 4AM, Monday through Saturday.

Pictured: Card Cab vehicles have three rows of seating for multiple-passenger pickups.

One huge advantage to the Card Cab is that it is free. The cab will drive you around campus and surrounding housing complexes, completely free.

Uber and Lyft will typically charge around $4-7 to get across campus and they have all sorts of hidden charges and fees they will hit you with. For example, I had an uber driver charge me $16 on what should have been a $4 ride, because the ride took longer than expected, but HE took the wrong route. Riding with students who know the campus is not only safer but easier.

Pictured: Gotcha app icon

Card Cab has an app called “Gotcha” that you download that looks very similar to the Uber and Lyft apps, and it is extremely user friendly. One feature I like is that you have to put in your school email to verify you are a student, meaning you will only be riding with students and not random people. All you have to do is go in the app and request a ride, you put in your exact location and destination and someone will show up within minutes.

Having a free night time ride service that is ONLY for students was a great choice by UofL. It not only promotes safety, but makes a bigger effort to maintain sustainability on campus.

Football Fiasco

The University of Louisville athletic program has gone through multiple trials and tribulations over the past few years. This being said, the fans are absolutely begging for something to go right. The football team this season is already traveling on a bumpy road, starting their season with a tough loss to Alabama, and then barely scraping by Indiana State and Western Kentucky University.

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Pictured: (Left to right) Jawon Pass, Lamar Jackson, Malik Cunningham

The cardinals football team seems to be going through quite a quarterback controversy after star quarterback Lamar Jackson was selected by the Baltimore Ravens in the last NFL draft. Both Jawon “Puma” Pass and Malik Cunningham have been playing the role of quarterback in the last few games to see who is the best fit. On September 17, head coach Bobby Petrino announced that Cunningham would be the new starting quarterback for the cards, and the fans seem to be pretty hopeful and excited about the replacement.

Many Louisville fans are upset by the team’s performance throughout the season so far, feeling that the team should be beating teams like Indiana State and WKU way easier than they did. Fans are also crying out for coach Petrino to be fired on social media sites. Fans are saying Petrine is not the coach he once was and does not deserve to even finish out this season. The cardinal fans are hungry for a good football team similar to the 2016-17 team which held the Heisman winner.

Pictured: Tweets from frustrated Louisville fans.

The cardinal football team heads to Virginia this weekend to face the cavaliers and hopefully pull out another win. The change in the starting quarterback position will hopefully help the cards get the ball rolling earlier in the game and get them geared up to play ACC foes Florida State and Georgia Tech at home in the next few weeks.

Bobby Petrine’s team still has a lot of growing and developing to do. Anxious fans will continue to worry if the cardinals will be good enough this season but the coaching staff really just needs a chance to coach the team and mold them to Louisville football standards.