2025-26 LCPT Semifinals: Brian Mandel vs. Louisville Football’s November Swoon

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BRIAN MANDEL

HOW THEY GOT HERE:

Defeated Indiana Football (91%-9%) in the quarterfinals

RAP SHEET:

—Texas man who lost a reported $80,000 bet on Louisville’s Nov. 8 overtime loss to Cal.

—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.

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LOUISVILLE FOOTBALL’S NOVEMBER SWOON

HOW THEY GOT HERE:

Defeated Louisville Baseball’s Pitching (54%-46%) in the quarterfinals

RAP 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.

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