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Manager of , host of "The Mike Rutherford Show," CBB scribe, author of "100 Things Louisville Fans Should Know and Do." MikeRuth5 @aol .com.

Louisville, KY
Joined March 2009
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Mike Rutherford
3 years
Extremely pumped to announce that I'm returning to the local sports radio scene starting next week. "The Mike Rutherford Show" (working title) will air every Monday-Friday from 3-6 on @BigXSportsRadio .
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Mike Rutherford
1 year
Fake arguing with your coach to distract the defense before throwing a half-look pass for a reverse alley-oop to break a 92-92 tie in the final minute of OT in a Sweet 16 game at MSG might be the coolest shit I’ve ever seen
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Mike Rutherford
2 years
Still my favorite ESPN graphic mistake of all-time
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Mike Rutherford
8 months
This was the moment God decided to stop helping Clemson.
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1 year
"We built this program on NIL... In God's name, image, and likeness." - Clemson coach Dabo Swinney
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Mike Rutherford
2 months
What a sport
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Mike Rutherford
4 years
This is the winner
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Mike Rutherford
1 month
The audacity to walk your dog in a stroller down a busy road when you know damn well you're the most talked about man in the state at the moment is incredible. This is how I'll choose to remember him.
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1 month
John Calipari walking his dog along Richmond Rd this afternoon. Declines to give a comment to Kentucky fans. "No, I don't, I'm walking my dog right now." @WKYT
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Mike Rutherford
2 months
“Caleb Love might be on TruTV right now” is the best announcer quote of the tournament so far.
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Mike Rutherford
2 years
Maybe the coolest moment in the history of college basketball coaching
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Mike Rutherford
27 days
Which one is he?
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27 days
Can confirm Jayden Quaintance has landed in the Ville. @UofLSheriff50 @CardChronicle
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Mike Rutherford
2 months
Annual reminder that Big East tournament intros to “Hypnotize” is the closest thing to basketball heaven there is
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Mike Rutherford
4 years
Lamar Jackson: *becomes first man to walk on Mars* Three dudes with no avi on Twitter: “Ok but he’s gonna get hurt on the trip back to earth.”
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Mike Rutherford
5 years
Imagine rooting for Tom Brady over this man.
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Mike Rutherford
3 years
RIP legend
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Mike Rutherford
1 month
This is a trap. There’s zero chance I’m visiting “Hogs Plus dot com” on a visible browser. I have a family.
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Brian Bowsher
1 month
In case you ever wanted to watch John Calipari practice calling the hogs you can do so now at Hogs Plus dot com
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Mike Rutherford
2 months
Oh my god what a draw up by Shaka Smart
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Mike Rutherford
2 months
Morehead and Longwood are the first two teams locked into the field of 68. This is truly shaping up to be the 13-year-old boy's NCAA tournament.
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Mike Rutherford
3 years
Happy Dabo Swinney retirement day.
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5 years
Dabo Swinney says he may quit college football if players get paid
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Mike Rutherford
5 years
Made a deal with the college basketball devil at a young age that I would name my firstborn after the sport’s reigning national champion. Just like the basketball team, Virginia Elizabeth Rutherford took her sweet time getting here, but ultimately got the job done beautifully.
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Mike Rutherford
4 years
Ivy League: "There's no way we can justify playing these games, even if there are no crowds. Just imagine the level of bacteria on the playing floor alone." ACC:
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ACC Network
4 years
The #ACCTourney baby race was a real nail biter 😂
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Mike Rutherford
2 months
Timing probably could have been better here, Oakley
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Mike Rutherford
2 months
Never forget what they took from us
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Mike Rutherford
4 years
@PeypeySiva3 @elleduncanESPN Limited #girldad experience here, but enough to confirm that it's the absolute best.
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Mike Rutherford
4 years
Dude on my street is currently playing solo cornhole in his driveway. Both boards, all eight bags per turn, just walking back and forth. We're less than a week into this thing.
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Mike Rutherford
7 years
Whatever I was already dead inside
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Mike Rutherford
5 years
Stages of following Kentucky basketball as a UofL fan: 1. They're gonna be really good 2. Maybe they're not as good as I thought 3. We might be able to beat these guys 4. We lost to those guys 5. How the f--k did we lose to those guys? 6. Ok they're good 7. Please lose in March
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Mike Rutherford
7 years
Honestly impressed that Grayson Allen has had the strength to keep playing after this lady hit him with the "go away."
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Mike Rutherford
6 years
Ewing going full Key & Peele sketch in the handshake line.
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Mike Rutherford
4 years
Off to Lexington to sit in a hostile building for two hours and have my mood for the next week determined by a game played by 18-22 year olds. You know, like any well-adjusted adult.
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Mike Rutherford
4 years
I am dying at K raging on the Krazies.
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Mike Rutherford
8 years
. @khloekardashian wife left me
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Mike Rutherford
4 years
The longer we screw this up, the longer Virginia stays reigning national champion.
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Mike Rutherford
1 year
Announcers talking about Fairleigh Dickinson: “This is a team that won FOUR games last year!” Me:
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Mike Rutherford
7 years
The Kentucky towel boy is the peacemaker this country needs right now
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Mike Rutherford
7 months
6-0
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Mike Rutherford
5 years
Donovan Mitchell says his only big ask for his signature shoe (out July 5) was that the price not exceed $100. "All kids being able to have the shoe means more to me than anything else. That was the biggest thing."
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Mike Rutherford
4 years
This was so awesome. Keith Oddo forever.
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Mike Rutherford
4 years
Lol what in the world is this call?
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Mike Rutherford
5 years
WHAT IS THIS FOREIGN EMOTION I'M EXPERIENCING AFTER A MAJOR LOUISVILLE SPORTS EVENT?????
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Mike Rutherford
2 years
Me waking up still a Louisville fan the morning after the season-opener the last five years
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Mike Rutherford
4 years
STOP THE COUNT
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Mike Rutherford
3 years
John Thomas Rutherford arrived last night and immediately asked how Wake Forest could execute a run play, call for a timeout and be awarded that timeout all in under 4 seconds. He’s 7 pounds, 15 ounces and has a full head of dark hair. Showing up dad already.
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Mike Rutherford
5 years
The Sandlot 2: Squints Hits Puberty
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Mike Rutherford
2 years
Watchin’ football
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3 years
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Mike Rutherford
3 years
WOKE UP THE KID AND THE PREGNANT WIFE BUT THOSE ARE TOMORROW PROBLEMS
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Mike Rutherford
6 years
BREATHE IT IN AMERICA
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Mike Rutherford
1 month
“Mark Pope?” Calipari:
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“Well John, I just hope we can have a mature conversation about this.” Calipari:
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Mike Rutherford
6 months
This is a top tier mascot reaction
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Mike Rutherford
2 years
Shaheen Holloway's agent to Seton Hall:
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Mike Rutherford
5 years
You're still celebrating the USWNT, and you should be. But please spend two seconds directing your focus to the fact that the Reds are currently playing baseball without sleeves.
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Mike Rutherford
7 years
Dating a blogger is considered a great honor for a woman. Mila Kunis is hesitating, therefore invitation is withdrawn!
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Mike Rutherford
2 months
Tonight, a team coached by a man who has already been fired will play for a spot in the NCAA tournament. Tomorrow, a program currently embroiled in a gambling scandal will play for a spot in the NCAA tournament. Greatest sport in the world.
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Mike Rutherford
2 years
Annual look at “Glennville,” my dad’s mega miniature city:
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4 years
Just wildly unfortunate.
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Mike Rutherford
8 years
"I'm the greatest fighter of all-time, and Louisville, Kentucky is the greatest city of all-time."
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Mike Rutherford
2 years
What an embarrassing tweet.
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NCAA March Madness
2 years
Jacksonville State is going dancing! 🕺🎟 The ASUN regular-season champions clinch a bid because Bellarmine isn't eligible for the men's NCAA tournament
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Mike Rutherford
3 years
I remain mesmerized that Josh Pastner is a real human being. We don’t deserve him.
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Mike Rutherford
6 years
Another unpredictable practice setback for Teddy
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Manish Mehta
6 years
Teddy Bridgewater is on fire today. #Jets
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Mike Rutherford
1 year
The frisbee dog shitting on the floor at halftime of the final home game of the season is poetry.
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Mike Rutherford
2 years
Look, I’m a simple man. I just want Louisville to hire a basketball coach who understands the gravity of the position, is charismatic, connects with the fan base, plays an exciting style, will bring in top recruits, and never lose a single game.
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Mike Rutherford
2 months
The "just can't trust these guys in March" regional is gonna be awesome.
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Brian Hamilton
2 months
Purdue-Gonzaga. Creighton-Tennessee.
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Mike Rutherford
1 year
Well, I guess now our fate is in the hands of the Committee.
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Mike Rutherford
4 years
Ed Orgeron
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4 years
Who should they pick to do the voice of baby Yoda? (Wrong answers only)
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Mike Rutherford
3 years
It’s the little things that have gotten me through this year
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Mike Rutherford
2 years
Going to be an interesting process, but two names immediately come to mind: Bruce Pearl and Kenny Payne.
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BREAKING: Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer to retire, @NBCNews has learned
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Mike Rutherford
2 months
No way around it, just a rough post-2020 stretch for both Louisville and Kentucky. Both with only 1 conference tournament win and just 1 overall NCAA tournament win between them. Just a massive underachievement for both programs. None any more or any less than the other.
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Mike Rutherford
3 years
This Rutgers walk-on is my national player of the week.
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Mike Rutherford
5 years
Reggie!
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Mike Rutherford
5 years
*Lamar Jackson does something inhuman* Louisville Twitter:
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Mike Rutherford
6 years
Happy to announce that I'm no longer blocked on Twitter by Louisville's head football coach.
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Mike Rutherford
4 years
The accuracy of this Nissan commercial to include a Kentucky fan is the crowd is incredible.
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Mike Rutherford
5 years
In the same week, Louisville loses to Pitt for the first time in a decade and gives North Carolina its worst home loss under Roy Williams. Sure.
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Mike Rutherford
6 years
Super weird that Clemson just stormed the field after beating a 2-6 team.
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Mike Rutherford
5 years
Ja Morant. Mother of God.
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4 years
Whatever led to Louisville vs. Tennessee and Kentucky vs. Indiana turning into Louisville vs. Mississippi State and Kentucky vs. Virginia Tech is super lame.
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Mike Rutherford
3 years
Every D-I team from Kentucky but one is currently .500 or better. Western Kentucky 13-4 Bellarmine 11-5 Louisville 11-4 Morehead State 15-6 Eastern Kentucky 14-4 Murray State 9-9 Kentucky 5-11 What a great year for the state!
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Mike Rutherford
6 years
Mark Stoops being ready for the "next step" is my favorite July tradition.
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Mike Rutherford
2 years
Lecturing strangers in public throughout the day to honor the coaching career of Mike Krzyzewski.
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Mike Rutherford
2 months
When you just locked up your first trip to the Final Four but remembered Wallace’s death from The Wire
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Mike Rutherford
6 years
Even after an absolutely devastating loss, Louisville players took time to sign autographs and pose for pictures with the younger sister of one of the Marshall County High School shooting victims. Props to them.
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Mike Rutherford
4 years
I will fully admit it: Before the season I thought there was a 1% chance this team would make a bowl and a .0001% chance they would be bowl eligible with two games to play. What an incredibly fun run. Scott Satterfield for Emperor.
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Mike Rutherford
5 years
The baby got three shots at the doctor today and holy shit was she pissed at us about it.
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Mike Rutherford
3 years
Shades of
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Mike Rutherford
5 years
Congrats to the 2018 Louisville Cardinals on playing in the same conference as the 2018 national champions and therefore being 2018 national champions themselves.
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Mike Rutherford
3 years
Louisville has now produced No. 1 picks in the NBA, WNBA, MLB and MLS drafts.
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Mike Rutherford
4 years
Me pretending to enjoy a 29.5% ABV IPA to impress hipster friends.
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Mike Rutherford
7 years
Here's Rick Pitino summing up the entire afternoon at the Yum Center
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Mike Rutherford
3 months
Louisville is now the only program in college football history to produce more than one multi-time NFL MVP award winners.
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Mike Rutherford
3 years
Someone convince Kentucky politicians that not having legal weed and sports betting somehow puts UK basketball at a competitive disadvantage.
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Mike Rutherford
5 years
Will Smith’s first Major League home run is a walk-off. Awesome.
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Mike Rutherford
4 months
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 738 DAYS THE LOUISVILLE MEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM HAS A WON A ROAD GAME
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Mike Rutherford
3 years
Kentucky still owns the series. Kentucky sucks this year. Louisville tried to give it away. I. Don’t. Give. A. Shit. LET’S GOOOOOOOOOOO
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Mike Rutherford
2 months
Well, I guess now our fate is in the hands of the Committee.
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Mike Rutherford
1 month
We’ve got UK fans figuring out what restaurant Scott Drew is at from a picture and calling the restaurant to talk to him. We also have Chip Gaines getting into it with UK fan accounts and implying that Drew will stay at Baylor because it’s God’s will. And yet I still need more
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Mike Rutherford
2 years
Can’t believe no one informed this young man that Kentucky is playing Saint Peter’s and not Louisville. In fact, the Cardinals didn’t even make the tournament! He’s gotta be so embarrassed right now.
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Mike Rutherford
5 years
Virginia Tech has lost just two games inside Cassell Coliseum over the past 365 days. Both to Louisville.
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Mike Rutherford
3 years
Some news: Baby Boy Rutherford is coming this fall. We are pumped. Virginia is clueless.
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Mike Rutherford
2 years
After taking some time to reflect on tonight’s events, I would like to make a brief personal statement:
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