cardtopper Wrote:I know most people won't agree with me...not even my fellow UofL fans, but there is a reason we act the way we do. It's called Little Brother Syndrone. Have you ever lived in a place where the whole state looks down on you despite the fact that your tax base supports it. Where your University is always #2...a second class citizen, a whipping boy, knocked down never recognized no matter what you do? When you finally pull yourself up by the boot straps, you feel mighty good about yourself and more than a little proud. OK, OK maybe even a little boastful....a lot boastful. OK down right arrogant. But who gives a rat's ******...we are the Cardinals...the mighty mighty Cardinals....sorry got carried away there. We are little brothers no more.
I don't like the fact that a good chunk of our tax dollars goes to the uneducated, no teeth, no life, UK idiots throughout the state, and they are too stupid to realize this.
But my pride doesn't come from leaving the kitty cats in our dust, but rather what we have done on the national level.
We were the #1 school this past season when you combine football and basketball accomplishments.
I think we have a good chance of repeating this accomplishment again this year; and at least one writer from SI agrees.
Being tops in both is hard to do.
I don't know what will happen the year after next, but for this upcoming season, we are looking good in both, and it's hard not to be optimistic.
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Starting now, which college has the best chance to win national titles in football and hoops in the same year?
--Hugh Pritchett, Indianapolis
Good question, and one that gives me an excuse to freshen up on the college hoops landscape, which, I must confess, I've pretty much ignored since the Final Four. I'll go with:
1. Louisville. The right coaches are in place in both sports (Rick Pitino and Bobby Petrino), and by joining the Big East, the football team can now legitimately aspire to win the national title. The Cardinals' problem will be that a lack of respect for the conference (in football) may hold them back in the eyes of the pollsters.
2. Texas. The Longhorns have been to both a BCS bowl and a Final Four since 2003 and are consistent top-15 programs in both sports. Rick Barnes is fully capable of delivering a title in basketball; Brown, as was duly noted above, needs to beat Oklahoma first.
3. Oklahoma. Similar profile in both sports, although the Sooners' basketball program has taken some hits lately, and it may be awhile before Kelvin Sampson returns to the Final Four.
4. Ohio State. We already know football can do it, and I think Thad Matta is one of the best young coaches in the country. He's assembling one of the most impressive recruiting classes in recent memory (led by top overall prospect Greg Oden). He'll have to weather NCAA sanctions first, though.
5. Michigan. The Wolverines have come the closest to accomplishing it in the past, playing for the national title in basketball in 1992 and '93 while also playing in the Rose Bowl the same school years. Problem is, I don't think Tommy Amaker is the right guy to get the basketball program back to that same level.
