In Memoriam: Coaches lost this season

Leave it to the LSUFreek to create another classic. This is a great take on the coaching changes from this season.



(Hat Tip: EDSBS)

The first one falls...

Louisville mercifully ended the Steve Kragthorpe era today, letting the formerly hot coaching name go after three years of really bad football.

He wasn't alone as Akron ditched J.D. Brookhart, who never seemed to transfer his recruiting prowess from Pitt to NE Ohio.


While driving I heard ESPN's Pat Forde, a Louisville resident, give the preliminary list of potential replacements being discussed by the Cardinal brass. Houston coach Kevin Sumlin and Florida defensive coordinator Charlie Strong were mentioned. Then the list went into typical Louisville "we think way more of our football program than anyone else does" with Gary Patterson at TCU, Bronco Mendenhall of BYU and Kyle Whittingham of Utah.

Okay guys, sure. Too bad Jon Gruden signed that MNF contract or he'd be dying to coach at Papa Johns Stadium.

Memories of WVU-Louisville

Whenever the 'Eer thinks about WVU playing Louisville all he can muster is images of 2005. It was one of the greatest comebacks in Mountaineer history and it was when the nation was truly introduced to Pat White and Steve Slaton.

Hopefully this weekend's game in Morgantown will be much easier for WVU. Thanks to Steve Kragthorpe the Mountaineers should improve to 7-2 on the season. It is nice to see Krags hasn't lost his sense of humor, though.



As much as the 'Eer loves Noel Devine and the spark he provides for the Mountaineers, it's just not the same as watching Slaton.

Cincy-Louisville explanation

I missed the beginning of the Louisville-Cincinnati game Friday night, so I was in the dark about the controversy/argument involving Brian Kelly and Steve Kragthorpe. There's a decent explanation at the Lot D blog.

If you watched the end it appeared that Kelly dissed Kragthorpe following the Bearcats 28-20 victory. But ESPN's Brian Bennett says that's not true.