Louisville AD Admits Cardinals Received Wake Forest Plays, Doesn't Seem to Mind

Louisville athletic director Tom Jurich released a statement on Wednesday saying that after further review, the team had received plays from Wake Forest radio analyst and former assistant coach Tommy Elrod. On Tuesday, Wake Forest had announced that an investigation—triggered by a November 12 game against Louisville—revealed that Elrod had "provided, or attempted to provide" gameplan information to opponents going as far back as 2014, the year he ceased being an assistant coach for the Demon Deacons. Previously, the morally upstanding Louisville head coach Bobby Petrino said "he had no knowledge of the situation."

Turns out, Louisville's offensive coordinator Lonnie Galloway has known Elrod for nearly a decade and Galloway received a call from him before the Wake game "and some information was shared with him that week." Curiously, Jurich doesn't seem to think it's much of an issue.

#Louisville AD Tom Jurich addresses WakeForest investigation #Wakeyleaks pic.twitter.com/d6quDTa50J
— Bruce Feldman (@BruceFeldmanCFB) December 14, 2016

Halfway into his written statement, Jurich goes into full-on What's the big deal? mode. To wit: "None of the special plays were run during the course of the game"—maybe because they found out about the potential loose lips one day before the game, Tom?!—and "Our defense regularly prepares for similar formations every week in their normal gameplan." These are not the statements one makes when one gets caught receiving stolen information. ("Actually, officer, the audio file sounded exactly the same on this stolen iPod as it does on the one I already have, so it's all good.")

And just in case you were wondering if he could turn the conversation any further than he already has, here's Bruce Feldman with the remainder of Jurich's statement that was cut off in the tweet:

Yep: "I'm disappointed that this issue has brought undue attention to our football staff as we prepare for our upcoming bowl game." https://t.co/2rxxieyy3p
— Bruce Feldman (@BruceFeldmanCFB) December 14, 2016

Look, were we on the receiving end of information we shouldn't have been receiving but for the relationship between a member of our coaching staff and a radio analyst with close ties to our opponent? Sure. Am I disappointed? You betcha. We're trying to win a bowl game for Chrissakes, and it's brought undue attention to our football staff.

College football: where everyone is feckless charlatan.