Coach Kragthorpe Gunning for Another All-Time Record Today
Posted by frankpos on October 10, 2009
Coach Steve Kragthorpe is gunning for another one for the record books today.
Never before has any U of L coach lost more than 8 consecutive games to FBS teams.
Coach Kragthorpe is now tied with Ron Cooper’s ghost for 8 in a row.
Cooper’s 8-game losing stretch started with a loss to Penn State and ended with a season-ending come-from-ahead loss to Memphis, all in 1997. Tom Jurich fired Cooper after his season-ending loss to Memphis, a game ending his final season with a record of 1-10– that lonely win coming against Illinois
In Cooper’s final slide, his team was outscored in those 8 games 328-174, averaging a loss of 41-22.
In Kragthorpe’s current streak tying that mark: his 2008 and 2009 teams have lost 8 FBS games consecutively by the cumulative score of 291-134, for an average score of 36-17
Cooper’s Louisville Career-ending Streak (all in 1997):
L Penn State 21-57
L @ Oklahoma 14-35
L @ Southern Miss 24-42
L Tulane 33-64
L Houston 22-36
L East Carolina 31-45
L @ Cincinnati 9-28
L @ Memphis 20-21
Kragthorpe’s current Cooper-tied Streak (2008 and 2009):
L @ Syracuse 21-28
L @ Pittsburgh 7-41
L Cincinnati 20-28
L West Virginia 21-35
L @ Rutgers 14-63
L @ Kentucky 27-31
L @ Utah 14-30
L Pittsburgh 10-35
? Southern Miss XX-XX
I don’t know about you, but I’m keeping my fingers crossed…
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In totally unrelated news, here is the consensus of all those wild rumors from the roaring fire of multiple normally highly reliable “sources” throughout Card Land. I want to note that these rumors have all now been totally dismissed by U of L and should consequently be totally ignored by all intelligent fans–in fact DON”T READ THIS–I”M WARNING YOU !
2) The search is on for candidates to replace K.
4) Jurich will announce the change when he is ready—and only then.
5) U of L will not fire K in mid-season, but K has the option to resign.
[http://bustersports.com/blog/buster-blog/2009/10/09/tommy-tuberville-sec-live-chat-2pm-est-friday/]
[Comment From Sullivan Carew]
Hey Coach- Can you clear up these L’Ville rumors?
2:03
Tuberville: ” Well, that’s all they are is rumors right now. I do hope to get back in coaching but I don’t wish anyone any ill will in terms of losing games. Things will start happening in another month — this is still too early.”
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Well–what more can be said! Anyone with eyes and a brain can tell now that these rumors have now been thoroughly debunked by everyone.
So, now that we’ve cleared that up, go drink heartily as I plan to do and >>>>>>> GO CARDS!!!
