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Just how much does Mark Pope hate Louisville? Ask his wife, Lee Anne. In their eyes, Kentucky‘s bitter rival is a nuisance who does nothing more than pester and cause trouble, driving the Popes crazy. Extermination is the only option for The Cardinal, the burrowing mammal wreaking havoc in their backyard. Wait, what? You heard that right. “We have a mole in our backyard that we’re trying to kill,” Lee Anne Pope said at the 2024 Wildcat Tipoff Luncheon in Louisville on Monday. “We’ve nicknamed it ‘The Cardinal.’” It was in response to a question about the Louisville rivalry and what those enemi…

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