So, who has a guess of where ULL will land? I am going with 50.
So, who has a guess of where ULL will land? I am going with 50.
They are not a great team, but they will win 8 or 9 games and will probably win the Sun Belt. They are returning a lot of players from a team that won 8 or 9 last year. You have to rank them high just because of all the returning starters and the amount of games they are likely to win, imo.
They've won 3 straight bowl games and had 3 straight 9 win seasons. From a national sports writer's perspective, I can see how that would warrant a decent preseason ranking. But that's all it is- a preseason guess that based on recent history, this team will be better than most. Not really a stretch.
But then again, why Louisiana Tech fans give half a shit about anything having to do with that school in Lafayette is still beyond me.
This pre-season poll is almost ranked just on record and who you have returning. We had a pretty high ranking at one time because of our past year, but I just take it as that. Would love to be higher, but we just have to beat the teams on our schedule. That is why there are power conference teams that are lower than they should be. They are better than ULL, but get beat up in their conference.
This relates to basketball, as well. A Southland conference winner will get in the tournament, but is not better than a 3rd or 4th place CUSA finisher. I would still rather be in CUSA than the Southland or Sun Belt in football (where we would have a much better record).
Could very well be ULLOL's turn.
Yeah. Based on some legislation they dug up (or probably fabricated knowing ULL) a couple years ago that allowed for a nameless university to be created in Lafayette in the future, ULL quietly changed their founding date by moving it back from 1900 to 1898 to make them appear more distinguished. It's quite comical how insecure that school is. SLII wasn't named and founded until 1900. It opened its doors in 1901.
Could ULL have been overlooked? I just can't fathom that any professional prognosticator could think ULL is that good.