The final coaches poll ballots are always made public. I was looking at them this morning and a few things stuck out concerning Coastal and Louisiana.

Coastal Carolina:
Most Common Rank: #12 by 14 coaches (23%)
Highest Rank #5 by Steve Campbell (South Alabama)
Lowest Rank #19 by Gus Malzahn (Auburn)
Coastal appeared on 61 of 61 coaches ballots

Louisiana:
Most Common Rank: #17 by 11 coaches (18%)
Highest Rank #10 by Ed Orgeron (LSU)
Lowest Rank #23 by Clay Helton (USC) and Scott Frost (Nebraska)
Louisiana appeared on 60 of 61 ballots - Manny Diaz (Miami) did not vote for the Cajuns

How Sun Belt Coaches Voted:
Steve Campbell - Coastal #5, Louisiana #14
Jamey Chadwell - Coastal #7, Louisiana #14
Chad Lunsford - Coastal #8, Louisiana #12
Billy Napier - Coastal #11, Louisiana #12
Jake Spavital - Coastal #9, Louisiana #12

Ok, who else is completely shocked that LSU coach voted Louisiana the highest out of anyone?
of course a coach with latech ties didnt vote for Louisiana at all, is not surprising.
in a twist of irony, Iowa st coach votes Louisiana at #17 to represent the amount his team lost by.

Interesting. Thanks for the info.

(12-21-2020 11:50 AM)balanced_view Wrote:  Ok, who else is completely shocked that LSU coach voted Louisiana the highest out of anyone?
of course a coach with latech ties didnt vote for Louisiana at all, is not surprising.
in a twist of irony, Iowa st coach votes Louisiana at #17 to represent the amount his team lost by.

Orgeron voting Louisiana the highest was indeed a shock to me.

Manny Diaz has always seemed like a Prick.

(12-21-2020 11:50 AM)balanced_view Wrote:  Ok, who else is completely shocked that LSU coach voted Louisiana the highest out of anyone?
of course a coach with latech ties didnt vote for Louisiana at all, is not surprising.
in a twist of irony, Iowa st coach votes Louisiana at #17 to represent the amount his team lost by.

I just don't think that Coach O has that elitist attitude of P5's, especially the SEC. He started off playing at LSU, but spent all his playing years at Northwestern St. He's coached FCS, FBS, and NFL. I think he respects all programs, and recognizes when a team is talented.

(12-21-2020 12:21 PM)iStoopify Wrote:  Manny Diaz has always seemed like a Prick.

A little Prick.

(12-21-2020 03:18 PM)GoBigRed26 Wrote:  

(12-21-2020 11:50 AM)balanced_view Wrote:  Ok, who else is completely shocked that LSU coach voted Louisiana the highest out of anyone?
of course a coach with latech ties didnt vote for Louisiana at all, is not surprising.
in a twist of irony, Iowa st coach votes Louisiana at #17 to represent the amount his team lost by.

I just don't think that Coach O has that elitist attitude of P5's, especially the SEC. He started off playing at LSU, but spent all his playing years at Northwestern St. He's coached FCS, FBS, and NFL. I think he respects all programs, and recognizes when a team is talented.

I'll buy that. He also has close, personal friends from HS that played at Louisiana.

(12-21-2020 03:18 PM)GoBigRed26 Wrote:  

(12-21-2020 11:50 AM)balanced_view Wrote:  Ok, who else is completely shocked that LSU coach voted Louisiana the highest out of anyone?
of course a coach with latech ties didnt vote for Louisiana at all, is not surprising.
in a twist of irony, Iowa st coach votes Louisiana at #17 to represent the amount his team lost by.

I just don't think that Coach O has that elitist attitude of P5's, especially the SEC. He started off playing at LSU, but spent all his playing years at Northwestern St. He's coached FCS, FBS, and NFL. I think he respects all programs, and recognizes when a team is talented.

Here’s a tidbit of insider info. I know for a fact that O wanted the UL job after we fired Bustle. Bad. But we couldn’t even come close to his salary demands. $1 million per year at the time seemed insane. We were in such bad shape that we once had to pay him in gift cards to be a freakin’ recruiting consultant. So we went with Hud. And the rest is... well you know the saying.

So if you were voting in the poll, where would you put Coastal and Louisiana?
I'd put Coastal at #7 and Louisiana at #13

(12-21-2020 05:52 PM)GoBigRed26 Wrote:  So if you were voting in the poll, where would you put Coastal and Louisiana?
I'd put Coastal at #7 and Louisiana at #13

I'd put Coastal at #7 and Louisiana at #10

Coastal at #10

Louisiana at #16

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