The C-J's new football writer Jake Lourim joins the podcast to discuss Louisville's monster football matchup against Clemson and all the hoopla surrounding it.

The Athletic's Matt Fortuna joins the CardsHQ podcast to discuss his in-depth feature on Lamar Jackson leading up to Saturday's game in Indianapolis.

We talk about Fortuna's impressions of Jackson (and of Louisville as a whole). Plus, we'll get into handicapping Jackson's place in the Heisman Trophy race, which got off to a rousing start in Week 1.

The Portland Business Journal's Clare Duffy joins the CardsHQ podcast to discuss Louisville's massive new contract extension with Adidas. The conversation starts just after the six-minute mark. We talk about U of L's new apparel deal, plus what Clare sees in the future for college sports apparel contracts.

At the 24:41 mark, I move onto football and Louisville's season opener against Purdue. What are my expectations? What should you watch for?

The CJ's U of L writers Jeff Greer and Steve Jones go game-by-game and make their predictions for Louisville football's upcoming season. Steve has U of L, after looking at each game in its own context and on an individual basis, finishing 11-1 and Lamar Jackson pushing for a repeat Heisman Trophy performance. Jeff agrees about Jackson, but he sees U of L having a season similar to last year, when the Cards went 9-3 in the regular season.

ESPN Louisville's Mark Ennis joins the CardsHQ podcast to discuss his new radio show, The Drive, on 93.9 The Ville and Louisville football.

The discussion starts with Mark's new show (2:30 mark) and how he prepares for it. We move on to Louisville football and the upcoming season at the 12:30 mark, and then we expose some ice-cold takes around the 20-minute point. Stick around and enjoy some rapid fire at the end of the pod, too.

SB Nation college football analytics guru Bill Connelly joins the CardsHQ podcast to talk all things Louisville and ACC football. The conversation with Bill starts at the 4:10 mark, first with his background in analytics and how he got started. We shift to his platform for being the college football commissioner at the 12:15 mark before diving into Lamar Jackson (16:25), Louisville and the ACC.

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Jeff Greer talks with Louisville-bound scoring guard Anferee Simons (6:45 mark) about his future teammate, Courtney Ramey, and what he's been working on. Jeff also talks Rick Pitino and one-and-dones with five-star center Moses Brown (8:39), and with Darius Days and Manny Bates about their relationships with U of L. It's a short-and-sweet episode, but a good opening discussion for the July evaluation period, when a lot gets done in the recruiting world.

Four-time Pro Bowl quarterback Mike Vick joins the CardsHQ podcast to discuss Louisville's Lamar Jackson, the Heisman Trophy winner. Vick details what he thinks about Jackson's NFL prospects and once again says Jackson reminds him of himself. Vick set NFL records for career and single-season rushing yards for a quarterback.

The newest CardsHQ podcast is a fun dive into the recruiting and soccer world with ESPN's Jeff Borzello. The conversation starts at 7:22 with a Romeo Langford question or two, because that's what everyone always wants to know. We also get into Brian Bowen (10:05), recruiting reporting (12:05), Anfernee Simons and Courtney Ramey (15:24) and much, much more. The soccer chat starts at 21:40. Even if you aren't a soccer fan, stick around. It's awfully fun.