Louisville admits its football team received secret information from Wake Forest

Published Dec. 14, 2016 4:19 p.m. ET

Aaron Torres

On Tuesday we learned that a former Wake Forest assistant coach-turned radio broadcaster had been fired after admitting to leaking secret information about the school’s football team to opponents.

The investigation was launched following Wake Forest's matchup with Louisville in November, which left many wondering exactly how much the Cardinals and head coach Bobby Petrino knew heading into the contest.

Louisville athletic director Tom Jurich shed at least some light on the situation, in a statement he released Wednesday afternoon regarding the scandal:

https://twitter.com/Mark_Schlabach/status/809131051482288132

We have looked further into the matter surrounding the Wake Forest information released on Tuesday.

Our offensive coordinator Lonnie Galloway and Tommy Elrod have known each other since 2007. Lonnie received a call from Elrod during the week of the Louisville game and some information was shared with him that week.

Among the communication were a few plays that were sent and then shared with our defensive staff. None of the special plays were run during the course of the game. Our defense regularly prepares for similar formations every week in their normal game plan.

Any other information that may have been discussed was nothing that our staff have been discussed as nothing that our staff had not already seen while studying Wake Forest in their game preparations for the game and the material was not given any further attention.

I’m disappointed that this issue has brought undue attention to our football staff as we prepare for our upcoming bowl game.