Serious Question for L'ville Fans

[E.T.]

How is Johnny U. respected ... know there's a statue, but are today's players/students aware of what kind of guy/football player is is/was?

Card Fans, rank your Top 3-5 players in order. (And open for BULL Fans)

[Guest 80, 86 champs]

Here are my top 10.

        1. JOHNNY UNITAS

        2. MARK CLAYTON

        3. FRANK MINNIFIELD

        4. TED WASHINGTON

        5. JOE JACOBY

        6. SAM MADISON

        7. RAY BUCHANAN

        8. TOM JACKSON

        9. LENNY LYLES

      10. STEFAN LEFORS

                                         GO CARDS !

[bullwark]

Frank Minnifield is a great guy, one of the nicest guys you will ever meet!  

[CardHack]

How is Johnny U. respected ... know there's a statue, but are today's players/students aware of what kind of guy/football player is is/was?

Card Fans, rank your Top 3-5 players in order. (And open for BULL Fans)

Unitas is the only player at UofL whose number is retired, and by retired I mean nobody will ever wear the #16 uniform that he wore at UofL (he was #19 of course in the pros). Prior to Johnny U's death, he had a golf tourney in Louisville every year and despite not living in or around Louisville still was an active part of the university and never failed to lend his name to anything associated with it.

The Top 25 Cardinals all-time (IMHO; I'm 37 yrs. old):

* Johnny U

* Lenny Lyles

* Doug Buffone

* Tom Jackson

* Joe Jacoby

* Otis Wilson

* Frank Minniefield

* Dewayne Woodruff

* Eddie Johnson

* Bruce Armstrong

* Mark Clayton

* Ernest Givins

* Ray Buchanan

* Ted Washington

* Jeff Brohm

* Joe Johnson

* Sam Madison

* Tyrus McCloud

* Roman Oben

* Chris Redman

* Ibn Green

* Arnold Jackson

* Dave Ragone

* Deion Branch

* Dewayne White

Stefan Lefors gets special mention given his peerless season with efficiency ratings last year and the fact he's among the most beloved athletes to play at UofL in any sport. There's another player who was the sole member of the first two really good UofL squads who was a magnificent player and that was RB Ralph Dawkins who played on the1991 Fiesta Bowl champions and the 1994 Liberty Bowl champs.

Of current UofL players, Michael Bush and Travis Laffew are notable. Ultimately you should see the same adulation for Brian Brohm and potentially Mario Urrutia.

[E.T.]

So what do you guys think of Coach Corso ?

[DirtyBirdy]

So what do you guys think of Coach Corso ?

He's a senile putz.  Just calling it like I see it.

[Guest jamesgang]

Didn't know some of these guys are Cardinals. Very impressive lists.

[E.T.]

How long did he coach 4 u ?

[CardHack]

Corso coached at Louisville for three years. He always maintained that the team that had John Madera at QB, Ernie Green at RB and notables like future Hall-of-Famer Tom Jackson would have whipped the butts of anybody outside the Top Five. I believe they went 10-1 or 9-2 and it seems like he lost to the best Memphis team they ever had.

He was a kook even then. When they took the field on a Thanksgiving game he had the team led out by a flock of turkeys.

[Jake_Ryan]

Left off the list is Jay Gruden.  He was the 1st to break Unitas' passing records at UL before Redman and others did.