Who votes Louisville 12th? (Four spots below Texas.)

The goofy looking guy on the left. (not to be confused w/ the goofy looking guy on the far right)

Charlie Cavagnaro. Former AD at UNLV. Even more telling, former AD @ Memphis State in the Dana Kirk years.

With only a minimal amount of internet research, I've uncovered the following.

1) This hysterical quote from his days as Memphis State AD after William Bedford had been caught driving a new Jaguar provided by a booster: "'There is no doubt that this is a stiff penalty, but the N.C.A.A. has its rules and regulations and as members of the N.C.A.A. we must abide by them.'' The stiff penalty? A two-game suspension.

2) He prevailed as AD during the period of Dana Kirk. Kept him as coach for three years after coming on board, ultimately firing him a mere two months before a Federal grand jury indicted Kirk on 11 counts of tax evasion, filing false income tax returns, mail fraud and obstruction of justice. (source: NY Times)

3) Went on to be AD of possibly the only school more crooked than the Memphis State of the 1980's. At UNLV, his program got a 4-year NCAA probation for its recruitment of Lamar Odom.

4) He was reprimanded and forced to apologize over allegations (ultimately unproven) that he called basketball players "monkeys and gorillas" and women softball players "dykes in spikes".

5) Perhaps, most telling was his well-publicized attempt to hire Rick Pitino at UNLV. Unfortunately, he dropped Joanne Pitino off at the airport only to find out later that she had to spend 5 hours there alone when her flight was delayed. Pitino announced two days later that he was no longer interested in UNLV. Given what we know of his character this was probably a shrewd move on his part to spend less time around Mrs P. (follow links for sources, this one is same as above)

Don't think that guy might have a small grudge against Louisville? Check out his final CFB rankings:

1. OSU, 2. Michigan, 3 Florida, ..., 7 Notre Dame, 8 Texas, 9 Auburn, 10 Arkansas, 11 Wisconsin, 12 Louisville.

After retiring under pressure from UNLV in 2001, ol' Charlie currently spends his days as ... well try to guess.

Something to do w/ football? Wrong! He spends them by writing a column for the weekly Decatur (TN) County Chronicle, hosting a weekly sports show on WKJQ-FM in Parsons TN and serving as a council chairperson at Parsons First United Methodist Church. This is his 2nd year as a Harris poll voter (the one that counts in the BCS).

The next worst list from a Louisville perspective was the Madison WI sportswriter who had the Badgers 5th and the Cardinals 10th. You couldn't make this stuff up. What a joke.

Enjoy the Orange Bowl, Charlie.