Its my belief that they didn't want to risk losing their pre-season top 25 ranking going into the '21 season. By not even playing us they did hold onto it. Yea it was definitely a chicken sh*( move but that # before their name was worth it to 'em (and of course the golden opportunity to blame it on the covid bs)
And yet they still did not get the G5 NY6 auto bid because Cincy won their conference championship and got the NY6 Peach bowl vs. Georgia. Coastal still finished with a loss to Liberty in the Cure Bowl and shared the 2020 SBC Conference championship with Louisiana.
Not only did Louisiana get the SBC championship as well, we got a bowl win over UTSA in the First Responders Bowl finishing 10-1 and ranked in every poll in the nation.
I would say Karma bit them ultimately.
The momentum we had going into the post season was absolutely incredible. In our bowl v UTSA all you gotta do is look at two of our endzone celebrations. They were recruiting tools in and of themselves. One score was "Old Man" they called him, throwing up the ball and knocking it out of the park, looked like a Ken Griffey Jr. swing. The other is the only I have ever seen in College Football. Forgot who it was but this dude does a through the legs perfect spiral top spin on the ftbl and then goes all out gritty. Yea, they're celebrations and don't mean anything, but when young prospects saw that swag we had, I promise you they were like, holy sh*( Louisiana is f'n bad ass!
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