The Papa John's cardinal stadium expansion project is under way and slated to be finished about the same time as the downtown arena. Building the stadium in phases was a great idea. It's impressive that with financing as tough as it is and with our football teams' terrible year and uncertain future that this has the momentum that it does. Anyhow, it's good for the school. I brought a friend to a game who usually goes to ACC stadiums and he was underwhelmed to say the least. I'm glad we're stepping a little bit closer to average.

Go Cards! I was a little overconvident of this win but it worked out. I don't know what to expect with UNC but I'm hoping for the best. We're really looking great right now.

I know close games are thrilling and all, but I love seeing us dominate another team. Oklahoma was a pretty average team I admit, but a lot of teams have had big scares and even Ls to lesser teams this post-season. I thought our passing was great, score balanced and best of all, we played focused and intense. I'm excited about the next few games. (I hope)

Here are some video highlights:

Big East Tournament

At New York

Wednesday's first round

Villanova vs. Syracuse, noon

West Virginia vs. Providence, 2:30

Pittsburgh vs. Cincinnati, 7

Marquette vs. Seton Hall, 9:30

Thursday's Quarterfinals

Georgetown vs. Villanova-Syracuse winner, noon

Connecticut vs. West Virginia-Providence winner, 2:30

Louisville vs. Pittsburgh-Cincinnati winner, 7

Notre Dame vs. Marquette-Seton Hall winner, 9:30

Friday's semifinals

7 and 9:30 p.m.

Saturday's championship

Semifinal winners, 9 p.m.

We've finally got a 2008 football schedule. There are 8 home football games which is awesome. Details will be forthcoming for the UK game, but I'm excited to see Hunter Cantwell in action.

2008 Louisville Football Schedule

Date (TBA) KENTUCKY PJCS ESPN/ESPN2 TBA

Sat., Sept. 6 TENNESSEE TECH PJCS TBA TBA

Wed., Sept. 17 KANSAS STATE PJCS ESPN2 8:00 p.m.

Sat., Sept. 27 CONNECTICUT PJCS TBA TBA

Fri., Oct. 10 at Memphis Memphis, Tenn. ESPN 8:00 p.m.

Sat., Oct. 18 MIDDLE TENNESSEE PJCS TBA TBA

Sat., Oct. 25 USF PJCS TBA TBA

Class of 2009 standout Rakeem Buckles committed to U of L today. He'd been thought of as more of a project until this his junior year. He's had a breakout season playing for Miami Monsignor Pace and has moved up the scouts rankings.

FoxSports has Brian Brohm going fifth in their first mock draft. That's about a dozen spots higher than I thought he'd go. Pretty cool.

1. Dolphins Chris Long DE 6-3 278 Virginia Senior
2. Rams Jake Long OT 6-7 335 Michigan Senior
3. Falcons Glenn Dorsey DT 6-2 313 LSU Senior
4. Raiders Darren McFadden RB 6-2 210 Arkansas Junior
5. Chiefs Brian Brohm QB 6-3 227 Louisville Senior

Go Cards!

After trailing at the midway point, UofL staged a rally in the second half to top dumb ole UK 89-75 AT Rupp Arena. Louisville ended its three-game skid, but in my mind the best part of the game was seeing Juan Palacios play well and score. He's been out for so long, its just good to have him back. I love that McGee outscored Sosa (sosa is talented but can't be a #1 or #2 scoring option on a healthy team, in my opinion. In other news, we attempted only five three-pointers in the second half but scored 59 or 60 points. That should tell us something about our strengths (or that UK stinks).

That's disappointing. I was encouraged by DC's play but was really looking forward to a matchup with UNC. I hope the team bounces back and can still mesh without Padgett. Oh well.