​Fingers crossed that this voting mechanism works out better.View LinkHOW THEY GOT HERE:Defeated Indiana Football (91%-9%) in the quarterfinalsRAP SHEET:—Texas man who lost a reported $80,000 bet on Louisville’s Nov. 8 overtime loss to Cal.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisement—Following the game, Mandel set threatening messages to Jeff Brohm, Brian Brohm, Miller Moss and three others.—Mandel messaged Moss (among other things): “I’m going to spend the rest of my life making yours miserable. You cost me $80,000 last night You can either pay me or suffer the consequences. You your girlfriend and your parents. They will all suffer.”—He messaged Brohm (among other things): “I am going to find and kill you and your entire (expletive) family you piece of (expletive) …”—In February, Mandel pled guilty to one count of terroristic threatening in the second degree, a felony. He resigned from the Corpus Christi Planning Commission after his indictment by a grand jury last November.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementvs.View LinkHOW THEY GOT HERE:Defeated Louisville Baseball’s Pitching (54%-46%) in the quarterfinalsRAP SHEET:—Entering the weekend of Saturday, Nov. 8, Louisville football was 7-1 and ranked No. 15 in the country, sitting just outside a College Football Playoff spot. The Cardinals then lost three games in a row between Nov. 8 and Nov. 22.—The first loss came to Cal in overtime on a night where the Cardinals simply could not contain the Bears’ passing game.—Six days later Louisville again lost at home, falling to Clemson by a single point in a game where the Cardinals almost had to work to find a way to lose.—With their dreams of the Playoff completely gone, an injured Louisville team that went to Dallas and got hammered by SMU, 38-6.Polls close Thursday at 1:30 p.m.online polls