WildcatRick
09-11-2007, 05:44 PM
Louisville wide receiver Harry Douglas' first thought was "Wow" when he saw the large blue University of Kentucky billboards highlighting Wildcats players on Interstate 65 just a few fly patterns from Papa John's Cardinal Stadium over the summer.
While Douglas is friends with Kentucky wide receiver Keenan Burton, the thought of glimpsing Burton's face plastered on a billboard with the phrase "Believe in Loyalty" every day was a bit much.
"Whoever put them up there, it's ridiculous," Douglas said. "Lexington is in Lexington and Louisville is Louisville."
In the ever-intensifying battle for the heart of Kentucky, the billboards -- 11 in all scattered throughout the state's largest city -- have not gone unnoticed.
"I think a lot of our guys use it as motivation," said Louisville quarterback Brian Brohm. "You come into summer workouts and you have to drive by the billboards every day. It's something to get fired up about."
Despite winning the last four games in the state's biggest rivalry, which continues Saturday when the ninth-ranked Cardinals (2-0) visit the Wildcats (2-0), Louisville can't seem to shake the shadow of the ever-present Big Blue Nation, even on its own campus.
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While Douglas is friends with Kentucky wide receiver Keenan Burton, the thought of glimpsing Burton's face plastered on a billboard with the phrase "Believe in Loyalty" every day was a bit much.
"Whoever put them up there, it's ridiculous," Douglas said. "Lexington is in Lexington and Louisville is Louisville."
In the ever-intensifying battle for the heart of Kentucky, the billboards -- 11 in all scattered throughout the state's largest city -- have not gone unnoticed.
"I think a lot of our guys use it as motivation," said Louisville quarterback Brian Brohm. "You come into summer workouts and you have to drive by the billboards every day. It's something to get fired up about."
Despite winning the last four games in the state's biggest rivalry, which continues Saturday when the ninth-ranked Cardinals (2-0) visit the Wildcats (2-0), Louisville can't seem to shake the shadow of the ever-present Big Blue Nation, even on its own campus.
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