Football scheduling has been a recurring headache at U of L, which has seen Duke, Vanderbilt and Georgia Tech back out of home-and-home series in recent years. Louisville has sued Duke, seeking either $450,000 for the three canceled games or another series with an Atlantic Coast Conference opponent.
Kevin Miller (associate AD) said yesterday that Georgia Tech, which was supposed to play U of L in 2008 and 2009 before backing out, recently agreed to delay the series instead of paying a buyout. The Cardinals and Yellow Jackets will play a home-and-home in the near future.
Ironically, Georgia Tech also is desperately searching for a 12th game in 2008 after Army bought out of its scheduled visit in October, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.
Miller said most of the teams who have shown interest in facing the Cards this year have been big-name BCS schools looking for a one-time-only game -- at their stadiums, naturally. Athletic director Tom Jurich's stance has been that U of L will play anybody home-and-home but that the program is big enough that it doesn't need to sign on for a non-return game or a 2-for-1 series.
Plus, Miller said, just taking a game for 2008 doesn't help much, because U of L has openings to fill in 2009, 2010 and 2011.
