Black Birds Fly!!
Basketball.
The Louisville Cardinals vs. the University of Kentucky Wildcats.
Random KY Fan, “Who are you rooting for?”
Me, “The Cards”
Random KY Fan, “You root for the Black Birds?”
Here is an interesting article,
No Ordinary Rivalry
Louisville had Dr. Dunkenstein. Darrell Griffith. Darrell, who always went by Darrell, played at Central High School and graduated in 1976. I graduated in 1976 and played against Darrell in High School as well as down in Central Park and even Shawnee Park. Darrell’s Central High School team won the State Championship and in 1980 his Louisville Cardinal team won the National Championship.
Louisville was one of the first Major College teams to be Black. THey had Afros and soul and would block shots into the stands and Dunk. 180s and 360s in games.
Kentucky is the corporate team. With the big name high schoolers from around the country. No Kentucky kid plays for Kentucky.
Louisville is the mean streets urban team. Louisville has players from Louisville and Southern Indiana.
Go Louisville Cards.
Black Birds Fly!
1983 Kentucky was the number 1 team in the country, had won their previous NCAA Tourney games by more than Twenty, Had 3 Lottery picks on their team Melvin Turpin, Kenny ‘Sky’ Walker, and Dirk Minniefield, and everyone expecting them to roll through to the championship game.
Let me learn ya a Louisville Cardinal Cheer. It takes 4 Cheer Leaders and a Fully Packed Freedom Hall Arena. THe Cheerleaders are positioned facing the Stands one on the East side, one on the north…etc.
THe Cheerleader on the East Side holds up a Sign and everyone on that side yells, “GO!”
The Next sign goes up and that side yells, “CARDS!!”
The Next sign goes up and that side yells, “BEAT!!”
The Next Sign goes up and the sign say, bearcats, and Everyone yes, “PURDUE!!!”
I was at a So. Mississippi v. Louisville Cardinals game at Freedom Hall. THis was a great So. Miss team and they were favorite to win the game. THe Go Cards Beat Purdue cheer goes up and I could see the So. Miss players looking around. Like “What the Hell?”
http://www.heraldonline.com/2012/03/31/3861693/civil-war-kentucky-vs-louisville.html
http://www.northiowatoday.com/?p=14682
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1123616-final-four-2012-louisville-kentucky-rivalry-adds-flair-to-march-madness