Doug Beaumont News

Louisville wide receiver Doug Beaumont was carted off the field during the third quarter of Friday's game against Rutgers.

Doug Beaumont was still in pain Saturday when a text message made him feel worse.

A couple of Steve Kragthorpe's Cardinal players offered reporters their thoughts on his departure Saturday.

Rutgers safety Zaire Kitchen [29] forces a fumble out of the hands of Louisville wide receiver Doug Beaumont in the Scarlet Knights' 34-14 win.

Louisville athletic director Tom Jurich needed less than 48 hours to hire Steve Kragthorpe nearly three years ago, confident the coach who turned around the moribund program at Tulsa could keep the surging Cardinals atop the Big East.

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Zaire Kitchen hits hard. Always has, he said, and always will. But Rutgers' senior free safety insists he has never hit an opposing player with the intent of causing injury.

West Virginia defensive end Julian Miller called it "crunch time.'' At the end of WVU's 17-9 home victory over Louisville Saturday, Miller was the captain of crunches.

Steve Kragthorpe was a business major in college, so forgive him if English isn't his strong suit.

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - It's surrender time in college football. The point in the season when teams don't have to check the standings to realize they won't be playing in a bowl game.

There are certainly multiple issues that have contributed to Louisville's precipitous football decline in the past three seasons, not the least of which is the easiest and most popular scapegoat - third-year Coach Steve Kragthorpe.

The saying goes that the most dangerous animal is a wounded animal. No doubt that West Virginia falls under that category after being totally fleeced by South Florida 30-19 last Friday.

Opening statements: We had a tough football game in Tampa. I was proud of the way our guys gave effort, but not pleased with the results by any means.

With quarterback Will Stein starting, running back Darius Ashley rushing and receivers Trent Guy and Doug Beaumont catching passes, the University of Louisville football team had its own version of the Smurfs on offense.

CINCINNATI - While the University of Louisville was handed a 41-10 loss to Cincinnati, it was a nice homecoming for two of the Cardinals' six Cincinnati-area players.

Jasper Howard reached in to pull the ball away from Louisville's Bilal Powell and had flashbacks to last year.

Not since the days of Brian Brohm had Louisville seen a performance out of a quarterback like Adam Froman's on Saturday.

Louisville at UConn Site: Rentschler Field, East Hartford Time: Noon TV: Ch. 59 Radio: WTIC-AM 1080 Line: UConn by 13 Fox 61's Garett Argianas says: A good deal of clouds, feeling more like late November; 40s to around 50, the wind will make it feel cooler.

Saturday, noon LINE: UConn by 12 1/2 UCONN RUNNING GAME VS. LOUISVILLE RUN DEFENSE -- The Huskies have a new starter in Andre Dixon, though they will still liberally use the 1-2 punch of Dixon and Jordan Todman.

University of Louisville receiver Doug Beaumont's string of 17 consecutive starts could be in jeopardy after he suffered a concussion in Saturday's victory against Southern Mississippi.