When I lived in Pineville from 1978-83, the Alexandria Town Talk would only write negative articles about Tech. The only article I ever remember them writing about a Tech athlete was one about Jimmy Blackshire quitting the football team before his senior year. Had Blackshire played today, he would have been a 5-star recruit and he could have gone anywhere. The Town Talk sports editor was really pissed because he didn't go to LSU. I'll never forget that headline of the article about the Superbowl when Bradshaw got his second MVP, "Vince Ferragamo to be the Next Great NFL QB". Nothing at all in the article about Bradshaw getting the MVP. They covered LSU and NSU and that was it. If the paper is still run by the same people, I feel sure they wouldn't let one of it's writers vote for Tech or a Tech athlete for anything.