Tuesday afternoon Cardinal news and notes
Share this story NET Rankings Update: No. 31 (up two). Louisville was the fourth No. 1 seed in the NCAA women’s basketball tournament seed reveal show Monday night. Newly-hired U of L offensive line coach Jack Bicknell, Jr. spoke to the media Saturday for the first time since joining the Cardinal staff.
Bicknell, who brings NFL experience to the Cardinals and a coaching pedigree, said he sees himself as a good fit for Satterfield’s offensive scheme.
“I think everybody in the country knows (the Cardinals) run the outside zone probably as good as anybody,” Bicknell said. “I felt like we did the same thing at KansasCity. When I was at the Chiefs, 2012, we had Jamaal Charles. If you took away the quarterbacks running, we led the league in actual rushing yards.”
SLATE: Struggling Wildcats and Jayhawks meet tonight
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K-State vs. KU gameday usually gets the vitriolic juices flowing, but this year with K-State riding an 8-game losing streak and KU losers in four of their past five games it’s difficult for fans on either side to beat their chests. Both teams just need a win, though K-State’s need is much more desperate. At the least, both teams will hope to stage a second consecutive melee-free meeting.
On-court struggles aside, the Wildcats and Jayhawks will face each other in the 294th Dillons Sunflower Showdown tonight at 7:00 in the blue barn of Lawrence. Were K-State a more competitive team, fans might have some optimism about ending the long streak of futility in Allen Fieldhouse. But with the current losing streak, compounded by the loss of DaJuan Gordon to a foot injury, optimism is not high. Rivalries are weird, though. Last year’s struggling Wildcat squad play an exc