—If you somehow missed it last night, the Louisville men’s soccer team stunned Kentucky in Lexington with three second half goals. The game-winner came with just eight seconds remaining in the contest. The Cards have not lost to the Cats since 2022.
—LSU women’s basketball transfer Amiya Joyner is headed to Louisville for her fifth season. The 6’2 forward averaged 9.2 points and 7.5 rebounds per game last season for the Tigers.
—Clev Lubin has been named a Second Team preseason All-American by The Athletic. Ole Miss QB Trinidad Chambliss and RB Kewan Lacy headlined the First Team offense.
—Speaking of Chambliss and Lacy, Ole Miss is going all out to make sure the duo receives all the preseason visibility they can.
Times Square has some #H6I5MEN flair 🗽 pic.twitter.com/ivmltb90kl
— Ole Miss Football (@OleMissFB) August 24, 2026H6I5MEN x NYC 🗽
Look for Trinidad and Kewan in Times Square! #HottyToddypic.twitter.com/gMB0jaqE8p
Would greatly enjoy derailing this train before it can even get really going.
—Doc Sports predicts Louisville to go over 8.5 wins in 2026.
—Clev Lubin always believed he belonged somewhere bigger, now college football is catching up.
—The Athletic ranks all 138 FBS teams and has Louisville at No. 18. Week one opponent Ole Miss is No. 12, Kentucky is No. 64, and Scott Satterfield and Cincinnati are No. 70.
—The rest of this week in Cardinal athletics:
Thursday, August 27
- Men’s Soccer vs Lipscomb – 6 p.m. ET (Dr. Mark & Cindy Lynn Stadium)
- Women’s Soccer at Dayton – 7 p.m. ET (Dayton, Ohio)
Friday, August 28
- Field Hockey vs Miami (OH) – 12 p.m. ET (Trager Stadium)
- Volleyball vs Indiana – 7 p.m. ET (L&N Federal Credit Union Arena)
Sunday, August 30
- Women’s Soccer Akron – 1 p.m. ET (Dr. Mark & Cindy Lynn Stadium)
- Field Hockey vs Indiana – 7 p.m. ET (Trager Stadium)
—The Cardinal field hockey team will begin the season ranked No. 18 in the country.
—Reese Alston, the top point guard in the class of 2027, is down to seven schools — Louisville, Kentucky, Houston, LSU, Wichita State, Tennessee and Vanderbilt. U of L is currently considered the favorite.
—Saturday night is Keep Louisville Weird night at Lynn Family Stadium. Lou City hosts Detroit City FC at 8 p.m. (gates open at 6:30), and there will be all sorts of off-the-wall activities from a can opener giveaway to live tattoos happening. CC readers can get discounted tickets by going here.
—It’s about a month old, but this is a super insightful interview/film breakdown with Louisville freshman center Obinna Ekezie Jr.:
“I think it’s kind of insulting when somebody scores in the paint when I’m in the game” is definitely the attitude this coaching staff was seeking out during the offseason.
—Two stars from last year’s Ole Miss football team who have been playing for NFL squads during the preseason are now both saying they’re coming back to college and playing for Lane Kiffin at LSU.
—On the latest episode of the Southern Hang Podcast, Asa Daniels of the rock band Gooseberry talks about using the Card Chronicle Bird Mask in the band’s music videos.
—With Seth Trimble temporarily ineligible, Louisville is down to No. 16 in Jon Rothstein’s preseason rankings.
—Isaac Trotter of CBS gives Louisville a B+ grade for its addition of Trimble.
Louisville — Seth Trimble
Former school: North Carolina
Instant analysis: This is all about fortifying Louisville’s defense. With Trimble in tow, Louisville has an elite point-of-attack defender to pair with big man Flory Bidunga, who will be on the short list for National Defensive Player of the Year. Trimble is an excellent athlete who can take the toughest assignments every single night. When Louisville plays Duke, Trimble will guard John Blackwell. When Louisville plays Miami, Trimble will shadow Acaden Lewis. You get the point. Trimble is also physical enough to switch up the lineup onto bigger wings or forwards, giving Louisville’s staff some extra defensive versatility from a scheme perspective.
There’s meat on the bone offensively, too. Trimble won’t ever be a high-volume 3-point shooter, but he’s an elite transition scorer joining a scheme that wants to score a ton in transition. Trimble won’t be a star, but he can impact winning with his defense, rim pressure, turbo transition scoring and knack for getting to the foul line.
Trimble will compete with Adrian Wooley and De’Shayne Montgomery to start at the 2, but don’t be surprised if Louisville explores starting Wooley and Trimble if Arkansas transfer wing Karter Knox isn’t up to snuff.
Louisville has spent an exorbitant amount of money on this roster. It’s time to win. Grade: B+ — Isaac Trotter
—Stewart Mandel predicts that Louisville will go 9-3 this season and fall to Miami in the ACC Championship game.
—Louisville commit (and favorite son of Card Chronicle) Ja’Hyde Brown went nuts on Friday night, racking up 11 catches for 181 yards and four touchdowns in Christian Academy’s blowout win over Pikeville. Kid is a superstar.
—The CJ has the other big takeaways from the first weekend of the high school football season, including Trinity going up to Cincinnati and beating the 24th-ranked team in the country by 46 points.
—Marshall County standout Matthew Langhi has committed to play for Doug Davenport at Bellarmine.
—Boink.
2026 College Football Playoff prediction pic.twitter.com/rXJ5j1rm77
— CFB Kings (@CFBKings) August 23, 2026—The 2026 Muhammad Ali Humanitarian of the Year Award will be given to Colin Kaepernick.
—RJ Luis, the 2024-25 Big East Player of the Year at St. John’s, has somehow been declared eligible to play for Will Wade at LSU this season.
—Chucky Hepburn makes an appearance in this video where athletes are called by their government names.
—Pretty sweet.
Former Louisville & current Dodgers catcher Will Smith sported a custom UOFL themed bat for Players Weekend 🔥 pic.twitter.com/kOuzuEkBTH
— Jeff Lightsy Jr. (@jlightsy7) August 24, 2026—Ballard High sophomore center and U of L recruit Mason Grivna won the Defensive MVP award at the prestigious ABCD All American Camp.
—Julian Tackett, commissioner of the Kentucky High School Athletic Association, has announced his retirement from the organization effective later this school year.
—Mark Ivey and Steve Ellis plan on blending old and new strategies on defense this season.
—I’d die for this guy.
Lamar Jackson says he watched friends chase fast money while he was playing the long game and counting how many years it would take him to reach the NFL
“I’m seeing my friends who I was growing up with who I was playing football with… Just throw their life away for fast money… pic.twitter.com/aOqtLCnLny
—The ACC is reportedly considering joining the Big Ten in creating a rule that would ban football players who have signed professional contracts or played in professional leagues from returning to play in college.
—Yale transfer forward Nick Townsend, the Ivy League Player of the Year last season, has committed to Stanford. Enormous pickup for Kyle Smith.
—A 1,882.4-pound pumpkin grown by a Grayson County farmer set an all-time Kentucky State Fair record at Saturday’s weigh-off, beating his own prior winner by 261 pounds.
—The Louisville over win total appears to be one of the most popular preseason bets in the ACC.
ACC College Football win total betting at @BetMGM@PackFootball over 7.5 – most bet OVER 🎟️@CalFootball over 6.5 – most bet OVER 💰@UNCFootball under 4.5 – most bet UNDER 🎟️
Cal under 6.5 – most bet UNDER 💰 pic.twitter.com/HKMct93rce
—La Bamba on Bardstown Rd. has “permanently” closed for what I think is the fifth time in the last 10 years.
—Clev Lubin makes The Athletic’s list of the 50 best NFL prospects heading into the 2026 college football season.
—Isaac Trotter of CBS breaks down Pat Kelsey’s 2026-27 roster.
Odds to win 2027 NCAA Tournament (via Fanduel): +2200, sixth-best odds
The ACC is Duke’s playground until proven otherwise. Kelsey is 0-4 against Jon Scheyer with four double-digit losses, and Louisville was big-boy’d in the paint both times last season. To scale that mountain, Louisville has to be more physical. Nothing else matters. That’s why Bidunga — and Ekezie — were such priorities for this roster. That’s why shaking up the staff with the John Andrzejek assistant coach hire is also notable. He got a first-hand glimpse at a Florida team that won the National Championship using a wave of size to raise the floor on a nightly basis.
I think Louisville could be on the verge of a slight stylistic shift offensively. Trading in some 3-point chucking for more rack attacks and more offensive rebounding to go along with trying to find a bunch of free cheese in transition.
That’s what this new-look roster hints at.
Change is good. Change is also hard, and the level of buy-in from Kelsey all the way through the roster may determine if this group can win six in a row. They have the dudes in the building.
—College basketball coaches say Arizona State luring Randy Bennett away from Saint Mary’s was the best coaching hire of the 2026 cycle.
—Pat Forde says that everyone is to blame for the current state of chaos in college sports.
—Brett McMurphy’s preseason bowl projections have Louisville facing TCU in the Pop-Tarts Bowl.
—Ryan Conwell tossed out the first pitch at last night’s Miami Marlins game.
From the hardwood to the mound. ⚾️🔥
Former Louisville Cardinal and Miami Heat rookie Ryan Conwell stepped onto the field to throw out the ceremonial first pitch at a Miami Marlins game.
Pretty cool moment for the newest member of the Heat. 🌴 pic.twitter.com/cPU60EgGKl
—KeyJuan Brown knows he’s underrated, but also acknowledges that “it doesn’t really matter anymore.”
—Pat Kelsey is the guest on the latest episode of the Eye on College Basketball Podcast.
—Cardinal Authority looks at the offensive MVP candidates for this year’s Louisville football team.
—I would like Ole Miss to keep its focus on week three against LSU as much as it possibly can.
Pete Golding responds to reports that the FBI swept Ole Miss facilities for bugs following Lane Kiffin’s exit last year. pic.twitter.com/7yaU5AkAUx
— FOX College Football (@CFBONFOX) August 24, 2026—The Field of 68’s Rob Dauster says that Kentucky’s basketball roster is now “clearly” better than Louisville’s.
—The CJ looks ahead to the best games of week two of the high school football season.
—The Washington Commanders have signed Louisville Kings safety Quindell Johnson.
—Action Network is fading the public and banking on Louisville to win fewer than 8.5 games in 2026.
—And finally, the Mike Rutherford Show is live this afternoon from 2:30-5:30 on 1450/96.1 The Big X. You can stream it live or watch the replay on the Thornton’s YouTube Stream.
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