How many times have you ever pulled for Louisville?

[EvilMD]

I have to say, once I made UK my favorite team (late 70s), I have only pulled for U of L twice. The only reason was because they were playing North Carolina. Someone on here told the story of an elderly couple getting followed out to their car by drunk U of L fans after the Wisconsin game. I can't see myself ever pulling for them again. Maybe if we stopped playing them every year and their fans....never mind. Ain't gonna happen.

 

[irishcat1965]

Never. There are no circumstances that I would ever pull for UL.

 

[minjo]

I simply ignore them, till we play them and it is already decided who is going to win. The recent history tells me not to worry about the outcome.
I don't hate them, but I think they should return the sentiment, I know them better.

 

[Waterview Catfan]

ever how many times they have played Duke since about 1980, otherwise never.

 

[JustthefaxMa'am]

-2599. That's how many games they have played.

 

[kybassfan]

ever how many times they have played Duke since about 1980, otherwise never.

Aren't they in the ACC now? Hell, they hop conferences so much, I lose track.

 

[Fadhi]

I feel it is easier/ and acceptable to like a team with mid major status. No one is going to really mind if you like a Conference USA team.
It gets more dicey now that Louisville in a power conference but they have one of the the very few elite coaches in college bball. And if you like college hoops , you respect the programs with the elite coaches.
P.s. Roy Williams is not an elite coach.

 

[MegaBlue05]

Zero times.

The 2008 EE vs UNC and 2013 EE vs Duke were two times where I was neutral because a win by either team meant a final four for an enemy, but also meant an enemy lost.

 

[BigRedMachineBigBlueNation]

If I was alive in '75 I'd pull for UL; because screw UCLA, and it would've set up a UK-UL championship.

So never.

 

[gossie21]

Unfortunately I was raised as a UofL fan. So I'm sure I've cheered for them plenty. But I was young and didn't know any better.

When I turned 14 I converted to the big blue. I still have half my family who are UofL fans and I used to go to a few games back when I lived in state. I don't know that I ever pull for them though. They may be the lesser of two evils in a game. But I wouldn't say I'm excited to see them win.

 

[BigRedMachineBigBlueNation]

There sure were plenty Card supporters on here in 2013; they all seemed to disapear the next year though.

 

[OSOK]

If I was alive in '75 I'd pull for UL; because screw UCLA, and it would've set up a UK-UL championship.

So never.

That what I was going to say. I hated UCLA more than UL in those days.

 

[kybassfan]

I feel it is easier/ and acceptable to like a team with mid major status. No one is going to really mind if you like a Conference USA team.
It gets more dicey now that Louisville in a power conference but they have one of the the very few elite coaches in college bball. And if you like college hoops , you respect the programs with the elite coaches.
P.s. Roy Williams is not an elite coach.

I don't really consider the ACC a power conference since they allow shady institutions like NC to compete. They're more like AAU ball which doesn't have academic standards.

 

[CHARLIEMCCAT]

If you're like me, you can count them on one hand.

When I moved away from Kentucky for 15 years, I stopped hating U of L because there were no fans around to annoy me like there are here. In fact, if you meet a Louisville fan in...say...Florida, they usually are friendly and talk positively about UK. Still, there were only a couple of times I ever pulled for them to win.

1. 1997 or 1998 Elite Eight vs. North Carolina.....Dejuan Wheat got hurt and the game was basically over soon after it started.

2. 2008 (I think) Elite Eight vs. North Carolina.....Carolina again was loaded and U of L did well just to tie the game with like five minutes to go, but then Hansbrough took over. Game was in Charlotte.

3. 1975 Final Four vs. UCLA.....I was very young and liked both teams, what can I say?

Never have, never will

 

[ThroughBlue]

Will root for Louisville over Indiana North Carolina or Tennessee

 

[JonathanW]

A true UK fan would NEVER pull for UL.

Wrong!

 

[JonathanW]

Only if they play Duke or UNC

This ^ is the answer for me too, having only seen 1 UL fan the past 20+ years.
I also may have a few times before I went to college and met my first UL fans.

 

[Blouman]

I used to not have much off a problem with Louisville until about 10 years ago. It just seems around that time they started getting real Cocky.

10 years ago? Apparently you weren't paying attention for the previous 35 years.

 

[ZZBlueComet]

Never, zero, not once, never will. I'm still waiting to meet that first Louisville fan who says "I pull for UK when UofL's not playing, the state team" - and I've never head that once. I sure here lot's of UK fans using this logic.
Pizz on them, when they start pulling for us (which will never, ever happen), I might consider returning the favor.

 

[Blouman]

I didn't even pull for them in '82 when they played the Soviet Union In a scrimmage game

Yeah, Go Ruskies!!

 

[DrH. Lecter]

If they played Mars to keep the Martians from destroying earth.....I'd pull for Mars and kiss my ass goodbye.

 

[Ipartiedwithhopgood]

You guys would have been more willing to hug it out with us prior to Pitino taking the job. The hate is understood.

 

[pappy52]

If you're like me, you can count them on one hand.

When I moved away from Kentucky for 15 years, I stopped hating U of L because there were no fans around to annoy me like there are here. In fact, if you meet a Louisville fan in...say...Florida, they usually are friendly and talk positively about UK. Still, there were only a couple of times I ever pulled for them to win.

1. 1997 or 1998 Elite Eight vs. North Carolina.....Dejuan Wheat got hurt and the game was basically over soon after it started.

2. 2008 (I think) Elite Eight vs. North Carolina.....Carolina again was loaded and U of L did well just to tie the game with like five minutes to go, but then Hansbrough took over. Game was in Charlotte.

3. 1975 Final Four vs. UCLA.....I was very young and liked both teams, what can I say?

 

[kybassfan]

You guys would have been more willing to hug it out with us prior to Pitino taking the job. The hate is understood.

Nope. You guys have pretty much been suckage since the days of John Dromo.

 

[pappy52]

If you're like me, you can count them on one hand.

When I moved away from Kentucky for 15 years, I stopped hating U of L because there were no fans around to annoy me like there are here. In fact, if you meet a Louisville fan in...say...Florida, they usually are friendly and talk positively about UK. Still, there were only a couple of times I ever pulled for them to win.

1. 1997 or 1998 Elite Eight vs. North Carolina.....Dejuan Wheat got hurt and the game was basically over soon after it started.

2. 2008 (I think) Elite Eight vs. North Carolina.....Carolina again was loaded and U of L did well just to tie the game with like five minutes to go, but then Hansbrough took over. Game was in Charlotte.

3. 1975 Final Four vs. UCLA.....I was very young and liked both teams, what can I say?

I have never cheered for the tards and I never will. I will cheer for the fighting rice eaters from north korea before I cheer for the tards

 

[Ipartiedwithhopgood]

Nope. You guys have pretty much been suckage since the days of John Dromo.

Let's hug it out off the record. Nobody has to know.

 

[kybassfan]

Let's hug it out off the record. Nobody has to know.

Karen, that the same offer you made Little Ricky?

 

[Dreklie]

Never.

 

[Federal Cat]

Um let me see never, Kentucky first, SEC next if were out of the tourney, anybody else I turn off the TV and go be depressed for six months, but I always got this forum to cheer me up

 

[EastKYWildcat]

No problem rooting for them when they play UNCheat***.

 

[Poetax]

NEVER!

 

[chevyman 50]

It does not matter who the ville is playing against I will always pull for the other team...

 

[pikespeak1]

DUMB statement.

Everytime they played except when they played UK.........until they hired Pitino.
I love good bb. UL with Crum had good bb.

You are incorrect. His statement is true. You can enjoy good basketball without rooting for the team playing. Its ok that you are not a true UK fan. I think maybe you are upset because his post made you realize it.

 

[BillyBones]

has HELL frozen over?

 

[battletownflash]

Nope, Nope. Never have and never will.

 

[GLR5555]

Its not that I dont root for them.....I care less to even watch them play, except when we are involved.

 

[michaeluk26]

After seeing what their trashy fans say about us and our coach on their message boards they can all go to hell. I did not hate them until I saw the downright nasty things they have said. They are so obsessed with us. They have been owned by us so they resort to calling Cal scum while they ignore what their coach did.

 

[Blueaz]

A little up until 1986. After that. Never

 

[Teachable Moe]

If you're like me, you can count them on one hand.


3. 1975 Final Four vs. UCLA.....I was very young and liked both teams, what can I say?

Louisville's my home town. Most of my family's there. So, I've got no trouble with the team. When we play, if UK wins, my sister from Texas*** calls me and if UL wins I call her. Basically, as long as UK isn't playing them I root for them. I really don't understand the whole visceral anger that seems to blur from "Sports Dislike" which is merely a sportsman's joke and "Loony Hatred" which is real. The worst example is the guy who was shot for wearing the wrong sports jacket. (IIRC it was a pro team out in California.) I suspect that a lot of the hatred of UL belongs to the Loony Hatred camp rather than the Sports Dislike side.

The 1975 game is a good example. With the NC St-Maryland ACC tournament game in 1974** and the 1992 UK-Duke game it's often mentioned as one of the best played games ever.


**If you don't know about this you should. Fantastic game.
***Big family

 

[JonathanW]

Never, zero, not once, never will. I'm still waiting to meet that first Louisville fan who says "I pull for UK when UofL's not playing, the state team" - and I've never head that once. I sure here lot's of UK fans using this logic.
Pizz on them, when they start pulling for us (which will never, ever happen), I might consider returning the favor.

UL is the inferior, jealous program, in our giant shadow. Of course they hate us, it would be dissappointing if they didn't. It is just proof that we are THE superior program. There is no reason for us to behave like those baffoons.

For those who say "no REAL UK fan would ever pull for UL", ya'll are @$$%$. Growing up in SouthCentral KY (before the internet), I never even met a UL fan until I went to college. Had no reason not to pull for them if they weren't playing UK. Met some UL fans in college (WKU) and realized how big of jerks they were and I don't think I pulled for them after that until I moved out of state. I've lived out of KY for almost 22 years now, 19 of them in NC minutes from UNCheat & Duke. In those 22 years I've met 1, yes 1, UL fan. They are NOT a nationally followed school. I see obnoxious UNCheat and Duke fans daily. Even after the AAFM stuff, UNCheat fans will still tell you Calapari is a far worse cheater. I would have to be sick in the head to not pull for UL over either UNCheat or Duke, so to say I'm "not a real UK fan" is idiotic!