Louisville has suspended co-offensive coordinator Lonnie Galloway for his part in the Wakeyleaks scandal.
In a written statement, AD Tom Jurich had this to say:
In a written statement, Jurich also said that coach Bobby Petrino, who on Nov. 16 and 17 had denied that Louisville had Wake Forest’s game plan, “has been firm that on the two occasions in which he previously commented on the matter he did not know about the information provided (by Elrod) at that time.”
Wake Forest announced this week that an internal investigation had concluded that Elrod has provided or attempted to provide confidential game-plan material to Wake Forest’s opponents on multiple occasions since 2014. Jurich had acknowledged on Wednesday that Galloway had taken a call from Elrod, who used to be on Wake’s staff with Galloway in 2011-12, the week of Louisville’s Nov. 12 game against Wake Forest and that Elrod had shared a “few plays” that Galloway then shared with U of L’s defensive staff.
“It is clear to me that the information should not have been shared by anyone at Wake Forest, and it should not have been received by anyone at the University of Louisville,” Jurich said Friday. “Although no one from Louisville sought the information, once it was provided, we did not do what should have been done. The information should not have been accepted. It should have been rejected, and officials at Wake Forest should have been alerted to the inappropriate action taken by Mr. Elrod.”
UofL AD Tom Jurich: 'The right & ethical thing would have been for us to not accept the information. I regret very much that this took place
— Mark Story (@markcstory) December 16, 2016
