The Fru Crew is ready to watch Sananda go to work tonight.
—Spread check: Louisville by 17.5.
—ACC commissioner Jim Phillips says the tiebreaker for making the ACC football championship game will change for next season.
—Ryan Conwell has been named to the Julius Erving Award (best small forward in college basketball) midseason list.
—Jeff Brohm has been impressed by what he’s seen from Lincoln Keinholz over the quarterback’s first month on campus.
—Kienholz has hit the ground running, something he’s expected to do a decent amount of this fall.
“When I say he’s a good athlete in the run game, it shows up,” Brohm said. “I mean, when we’re doing conditioning drills, he’s in the front, and that’s of everybody.”
His passing résumé is limited but efficient — 11-of-14 last season for 139 yards and a touchdown, along with 66 rushing yards and two scores — but Brohm sees a ceiling far beyond the numbers.
“He’s done a great job through a month of leading our team,” Brohm said. “… He wants to run the ball as well. You’ve got to make sure you get your quarterback through the season healthy … but that is going to be a strength, his ability to run and escape. And maybe a few more designed runs as well.”
Brohm said the next step is refining Kienholz’s ability to process reads quickly, make sound decisions, and “throw like an NFL quarterback.”
That part of the equation is familiar for Brohm, who has a long track record of molding quarterbacks for the next level. Tyler Shough, who played under Brohm in 2024, was a second-round pick of the New Orleans Saints and started nine games as an NFL rookie, is just the most recent example.
Brohm has proven he can develop NFL arms. Now, he gets a chance to work with a quarterback who can win games with his legs, too.
—Louisville is a 6-seed facing New Mexico in the first round of The Athletic’s latest Bracket Watch. Shoutout to 1997 and 2012.
—Louisville is listed as a “lock” in ESPN’s first bubble watch of the season, which … I mean, I like it … but that feels just a tad presumptuous at this stage. I think the same can be said for listing teams like Clemson and Virginia in that space as well.
—The Humana Building downtown is going to be redeveloped into a dual tower 1,000-room hotel.
—Jeff Walz has seen coaches like Pat Kelsey and Jeff Brohm encouraging Cardinal fans to fill the Yum Center for Thursday night’s game against Duke, and he is appreciative.
—D1Baseball ranks Alex Alicea as the No. 10 shortstop in college baseball for the 2026 season.
—If Miami (Ohio) — which narrowly escaped an upset loss to Buffalo Tuesday night — continues stacking victories but fails to win the MAC Tournament next month, it will arrive at Selection Sunday with one of the most vexing resumes in modern NCAA Tournament history. Could a 30+ win team be left out of the field?
—Lou City has announced its theme games for the 2026 season at Lynn Family Stadium.
—After Jeff Brohm revealed that Vanderbilt transfer WR Tre Richardson recently had surgery on his foot, Richardson took to social media to shed more light on the situation.
—The latest episode of the Pink Seats Podcast is looking at Louisville’s wide receiver play in 2025.
—Churchill Downs has a new Derby Week schedule that includes a Sunday card.
—Eric Crawford reacts to yet another sad day in sports journalism.
—Louisville hoops commit Isaac Ellis has been named the MVP of the Overtime Elite league.
—Congrats to Ashton and Cara. Please send your children to U of L.
—Here’s the official Duke preview for Thursday night’s showdown at the Yum.
—Louisville baseball commit Tyler Fryman is visiting Kentucky as a football recruit this week.
—Could Tyler Shough be throwing passes to Chris Bell again next season?
—Last night in the ACC:
No. 4 Duke 67, Boston College 49
No. 18 Virginia 67, Pittsburgh 47
NC State 84, SMU 83
—Tonight in the ACC (besides Louisville-Notre Dame):
Georgia Tech at Cal (8 p.m./ACC Network)
No. 20 Clemson at Stanford (10 p.m./ACC Network)
—Irish Sports Daily previews tonight’s game in Louisville.
—And finally, beat Notre Dame.
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