My alma mater is Louisville so outside of them:
Top five Favorite:
1) Notre Dame ( I know alot of you are haters of the Irish and I can understand why! But growing up Irish Catholic in Paul Hornung's home town it was bound to stick)
2) Western Kentucky Hilltoppers (lot's of family went down to Bowling Green and they have both good 1AA football and good Basketball)
3) Army (Sports wise they are terrible but I am from a long line of Army enlisted men and I have a soft spot for the Cadets)
4) Harvard Crimson (They are my favorite of the Ivy league, I always rooted for red)
5) Airforce (Cousin went there and they are another Military Academy that is not Navy)
The Love to Hate and hate to love Teams: these are three teams that I normally would say I hate but strangely I find myself rooting for all the time when they play other teams. Not so much because I like them, but more because I know them so well and I want them to do well so when Louisville plays them it looks good when we win and not as bad if we lose to them because they are good teams. The Evil Trio: Kentucky, Cincy, and Memphis. This is confusing and weird I know. I HATE losing to any of these teams, but with rivalry comes grudging respect and knowledge of the other team, and I have to say I would rather play a good one of these teams then one that was always losing big games. Kentucky because I know afew of there football players from helping out my high school alma maters football team, and I have to respect a class act like Tubby Smith, and they have decent players, I just hate many of their more obnoxious fans. Cincy, I actually like most Cincy fans, they are ok people for the most part, and since they are in our league I want them to excel. But I don't like Huggins, and I really don't like a few of the Cincy players, the thug image is way over blown there are some decent Cincy players, but there are also a few thugs that make the image stick. Memphis I like alittle because of the great basketball games and the back and forth history we share, but I hate some of the fans that seem to think that Louisville and Memphis are joined in some epic struggle, they take our rivalry to a level we Louisville fans just don't, we seem to be Memphis' biggest rival, while they are our third biggest after Kentucky and Cincy. Other than against Louisville and Cincy I want the Tigers to do well and I think that they do bring some flavor to the table, and I hope they are included in the Big East someday.
Teams I hate!
1) Southern Miss (I hate Hattiesburg the town, the fans, the teams the whole bag. I especially hate that during the best years in the history of Southern Miss happen to coincide with Louisville's worst years.)
2) Kentucky (Actually I like Kentucky the school, students, and coaches, I just hate most the fans)
3) Cincy (I actually like many Cincy fans, I just don't like Huggins, and many of the players, football I want to get better fast but still lower than Louisville.)
4) Memphis (Calipari is a cry baby! DWashington should be unconsolable after missing those shots and acting so cocky, and South Florida is a great choice for the Big East for many reasons, that said I want them in the Big East)
5) Indiana (Mike Davis is even worse than Calipari if that is possible, their past few football and basketball teams stunk and they still think that they are too good to play Louisville)
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