louisville cardinals history
louisville cardinals history
Louisville Cardinals tickets translate into one thing: Offense. And plenty of it. Check out some of these numbers generated by the Cardinals. Louisville led the Big East in points scored with an average of 43.4 points per game. The Cardinals also topped the Big East in passing yardage per game with an average of 293.6 yards. In total offense the Cardinals pasted an average of 483.1 yards a game. The fans that occupy Papa John’s Cardinals Stadium enjoyed afternoons with a Cardinals team that racked up 40 points or more eight times on the season and topped 60 points on three other occasions. Those kinds of numbers should have you loading up on Louisville Cardinals tickets.
Louisville Cardinals quarterback Brian Brohm had his season cut short by an ACL tear in Game 10 of the season. Before the injury Brohm was erasing almost every passing record in the Big East. After three years under the tutelage of Bobby Petrino, Brohm is heading for a future of playing on Sunday in the NFL, but he’ll be back to lead the Cardinals in the 2006 season and he’s sure to be putting up unbelievable numbers.
Cardinal’s running back Michael Bush is another star in the Louisville attack. Bush routinely topped the century mark in rushing, averaging 114.3 yards a game with his 5.6 yard per carry average. Talk about a scoring demon. The 6’3” Bush weighs in at 250 pounds and crossed the goal line 23 times in his junior year. Bush is another Cardinals heading for the NFL. In fact, Bush was projected as a 1st round NFL pick but passed on the chance in order to return to Louisville for his senior season.
Of course, to generate these kinds of numbers on offense you’ve got to have receivers. In 2205 the Cardinals were throwing to Joshua Tinch and Montrell Jones. Tinch totaled 855 yards and Jones had over 600 in their last season as Cardinals in 2005. In 2006 look for big things from 6’6” inch wide receiver Mario Urratia, who racked up almost 800 yards in 2005. Harry Douglas, who finished fourth on the team in 2005, will step up into a leading role in the new season.
But the offense is not the only place where the Louisville Cardinals excelled in 2005. The defense is also based on aggressive play. Middle linebacker Nate Harris had 66 tackles in 2005. 11 of those tackles were in the backfield. Weakside linebacker Abe Brown followed with 51 tackles. Using a 4-3 defense as their base, Louisville depends on speed to stop both the run and the pass and they usually get the job done.
Can Louisville Cardinals tickets deliver a Big East Championship in 2006? It’s a big job. The Cardinals will have to minimize the mistakes that plagued them in 2005. But the West Virginia Mountaineers have been put on notice that the best team in the Big East in 2006 may be the Louisville Cardinals. Find out if Louisville can live up to the hype. Get your Cardinals tickets today.
