Charlie Strong: It's about how we play While Louisville is getting ready for its conference opener, the Cardinals' biggest obstacle in winning a national championship could be their schedule. Louisville's opponents are a combined 20-28, which isn't likely to help the Cardinals (4-0) when the first BCS standings are released in October. A win in Saturday's American Athletic Conference opener at Temple (0-4, 0-1) certainly isn't going to give them any sort of BCS boost. Still, the Cardinals say they are focused on beating who's on their schedule and not the strength of it. An undefeated season would land them another BCS bowl berth. "People look at where we are and look at the team we have and they say 'OK, you guys have a good football team, but you're not playing anybody," Louisville coach Charlie Strong said Monday. "I tell our team all the time, it's all about how we play and we can't worry about what anyone else says." Louisville entered the season prepared for life in a reorganized league without Syracuse and Pittsburgh, who left what was known as the Big East for the Atlantic Coast Conference with the Cardinals due to follow next year. The league's Catholic, non-football schools then formed a new league with the Big East name, while the six remaining schools added Central Florida, Houston, Memphis and SMU to form the AAC, which retains the automatic BCS bid. Read more http://espn.go.com/college-football...cardinals-know-weak-schedule-biggest-obstacle
UConn suspends C Tyler Bullock The University of Connecticut has suspended offensive lineman Tyler Bullock following his arrest on a charge of driving under the influence. UConn police say Bullock, a 23-year-old senior from Mechanicsburg, Pa., was stopped just before 1 a.m. Thursday on Celeron Square Drive and failed a field sobriety test.
Teddy Bridgewater paces undefeated Louisville past winless Temple Teddy Bridgewater played at an NFL stadium like a future No. 1 pick. He will be a regular in that setting soon enough. Bridgewater again made the game look easy, throwing for 348 yards and two touchdowns to keep No. 7 Louisville undefeated with a 30-7 victory over winless Temple on Saturday.
QB David Piland cites concussions Houston quarterback David Piland has decided to end his playing career because of multiple concussions. Piland's most recent concussion came on Sept. 7 against Temple.
Conference extends 4 bowl deals The American Athletic Conference has extended its agreements with the Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl in St. Petersburg, Fla., and the BBVA Compass Bowl in Birmingham, Ala., for six years, starting in 2014. The American also agreed to a deal to send teams to the Armed Forces Bowl in Fort Worth, Texas, and the Sheraton Hawaii Bowl in Honolulu in alternating years for six years, starting in 2014. The AAC will face a Southeastern Conference team in Birmingham. The St. Petersburg bowl has a deal to send a Big 12 team to the game three times in six years and a Conference USA team the other seasons. The American also is close to announcing deals for new bowl games at Marlins Park in Miami, Boca Raton, Fla., and the Bahamas, sources told ESPN earlier this week. Source http://espn.go.com/college-football...rican-athletic-conference-agrees-deal-4-bowls
Cardinals' defense offsets Teddy Bridgewater's off night in win vs. Rutgers Louisville free safety Calvin Pryor and cornerback Terell Floyd prepare hard to make big plays in key moments. They had a couple of huge ones against stubborn Rutgers. The defensive backs intercepted passes on back-to-back drives in the fourth quarter, the second by Floyd to set up Teddy Bridgewater's 6-yard touchdown pass that clinched the Cardinals' 24-10 victory over Rutgers on Thursday night.
UCF scores in final minute to ruin Louisville's bid for perfect season Blake Bortles and Central Florida had one last rally left, and it was enough to topple Teddy Bridgewater and No. 8 Louisville. Bortles threw a 2-yard touchdown pass to Jeff Godfrey with 23 seconds remaining, and the Knights stunned the Cardinals with a 38-35 victory Friday night, ending Louisville's perfect start.
Cincinnati's Mark Barr out of hospital A Bearcats receiver from Florida who was injured in a traffic accident last month has been released from the University of Cincinnati Medical Center. Freshman Mark Barr of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., is making steady progress in his recovery, a school spokesman said on Tuesday. He was moved to a rehabilitation facility.
Teddy Bridgewater throws for 344 yards, 3 TDs as Cardinals coast Teddy Bridgewater is determined to not let Louisville stumble again. The junior quarterback continued his stellar play, throwing for 344 yards and three touchdowns Saturday to help the No. 20 Cardinals rebound from their first loss of the season with a 34-3 rout of South Florida.
Blake Bortles accounts for 5 TDs to lead UCF past winless UConn The first time UCF entered the national rankings -- back in 2010 -- it was gone just one game later. If quarterback Blake Bortles and the Knights keep playing like they did Saturday, they don't figure to be dropping out of the Top 25 anytime soon. Bortles threw for four touchdowns and ran for another as No. 23 UCF routed winless Connecticut 62-17 on Saturday.
Teddy Bridgewater gets No. 20 Louisville by winless UConn Teddy Bridgewater had a chance to pad his Heisman resume against winless Connecticut. He didn't do that Friday night, though he did throw for 288 yards and a touchdown to lead No. 20 Louisville to a 31-10 victory, and keep the Cardinals in the hunt for a conference title.
UCF escapes Temple with amazing TD catch, last-second FG A sensational one-handed catch to tie. An unlikely long-gainer to set up the last-second winning kick. UCF's latest comeback victory was the wildest yet. Shawn Moffitt kicked a 23-yard field goal as time expired after Rannell Hall got behind the Temple defense for a 64-yard reception, and the 17th-ranked Knights survived a scare with a 39-36 victory Saturday Read more http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/recap?gameId=333200218
No. 20 Louisville rides Dominique Brown (2 TDs) past Houston With each carry, Dominique Brown showed a hard-charging aggression that defenders were powerless to stop. Most important was that he showed that talent and durability when Louisville needed them most. Brown ran for a career-high 137 yards and two touchdowns, including the go-ahead score in the third quarter, and No. 20 Louisville held on to beat Houston 20-13 on Saturday night. Read more http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/recap?gameId=333200097
Re: No. 20 Louisville rides Dominique Brown (2 TDs) past Houston No. 18 Central Florida moved closer to the American Athletic Conference title with a dominating performance against struggling Rutgers. Blake Bortles passed for one touchdown and ran for another Thursday night, helping UCF win 41-17 to remain unbeaten in league play. Read more http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/recap?gameId=333252116
Louisville holds Memphis, QB Paxton Lynch at bay Teddy Bridgewater shied away from questions about his future to focus on the present. His performance wasn't pretty by his standards but provided a victorious memory should the Louisville quarterback move on to the next level. Bridgewater threw for 220 yards and a touchdown in what could be his final home game and No. 21 Louisville held off Memphis 24-17 on Saturday. Read more http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/recap?gameId=333270097
No. 19 UCF edges USF late to grab share of AAC title Close victories have defined Central Florida's season. The 19th-ranked Knights got another one Friday night, and it was probably their most important yet. Blake Bortles found Breshad Perriman for a 52-yard touchdown pass with 4:50 left in the fourth quarter to give UCF a 23-20 victory over South Florida and keep the Knights on course for a conference title and BCS bid. Read more http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/recap?gameId=333332116
No. 19 Louisville survives Cincinnati in OT on Dominique Brown run Teddy Bridgewater made several great escapes with the game on the line. Brendon Kay hobbled around on a bad ankle and matched him in the fourth-quarter cold. It went down to overtime for the second year in a row. Some ending for this Ohio River rivalry. Bridgewater rallied No. 19 Louisville in the fourth quarter, and Dominique Brown ran 2 yards for a touchdown in the first overtime Thursday night for a 31-24 victory over Cincinnati in the Cardinals' farewell to the American Athletic Conference. read more http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/recap?gameId=333392132
BCS bowl-bound UCF gets frigid win against SMU Blake Bortles and the No. 15 UCF Knights had to move their championship celebration inside. Not that a brutally cold Saturday in Texas affected them too much. Bortles threw for 242 yards and ran for two touchdowns, and the Knights celebrated a BCS bid already in hand by adding the outright American Athletic Conference title to the mix. The 17-13 victory over SMU came in front of just a few hundred fans who braved icy conditions. Read more http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/recap?gameId=333412567
Rutgers fires DC Dave Cohen Rutgers has fired defensive coordinator Dave Cohen, quarterbacks coach Rob Spence and offensive line coach Damian Wroblewski. Scarlet Knights coach Kyle Flood says in a statement released Sunday that the three will not coach in the Pinstripe Bowl against Notre Dame on Dec. 28 at Yankee Stadium. Special teams coach Joe Rossi will run the defense on an interim basis and offensive coordinator Ron Prince will handle quarterback coach duties. Read more http://espn.go.com/new-york/college...nator-dave-cohen-rob-spence-damian-wroblewski
Bob Diaco headed to UConn Notre Dame defensive coordinator Bob Diaco has agreed to a five-year deal to become the new head coach at Connecticut, the school announced Thursday. Read more http://espn.go.com/college-football...-fighting-irish-agrees-take-uconn-huskies-job
