I’ve been waiting a lifetime for a year like the University of Louisville’s athletic program had this past season. Like all of you I suffered through football games in old Cardinal Stadium, was tortured during the “bridge years” of our basketball program and remember when other sports at Louisville struggled to stay afloat. But this past season all of that suffering and torture was well worth it and “The Year of the Cardinal” was the best of my life. We are done thinking about those days of the past and now seem to be stuck in a vortex of greatness. There is an incredible future on the horizon for the Louisville athletic program and I can’t wait to see what the next 30 years brings.

Since we have such an incredible year to remember all we needed was for there to be a special on the ESPN Networks to cement this awesome year. Well that has become a reality and on Thursday night December 19th 7:30PM ESPNU will feature a 1 hour special “The Year of the Cardinal”. Cardinal fans just had a year to remember and now we have a documentary for the ages. This is going to be a great program and one that we can save and look back on when we are in the long years of our lives. Our grand-kids will hopefully look on this past year as the spark that ignited a beast. Gather the family around the TV set on Thursday night make some popcorn and relive “The Year of the Cardinal”