The University of Louisville football team is now bowl-eligible after a 40-13 victory at Rutgers today.Running back Bilal Powell caught two touchdown passes and ran for a third as the Cards finished the regular season with a 6-6 record under first-year coach Charlie Strong.The last time the Cards were bowl-eligible was in 2007, but they weren't selected for a post-season game. That's not expected to be the case this year.U of L's last bowl appearance was in 2006, when the Cards won the Orange Bowl.
Rick Howlett was midday host and the host of LPM's weekly talk show, "In Conversation." He was with LPM from 2001-2023 and held many different titles, including Morning Edition host, Assignment Editor and Interim News Director. He died in August 2023. Read a remembrance of Rick here.