Foolishly early football poll

[AG_jr]

You know nobody thought we could beat Alabama and we did, nobody thought we could beat Michigan State and we did. I was there when we fought tooth and nail against Oklahoma State every step of the way to beat them and we were definitely not favorites in that game. Nobody thought we would go to Fresno State year before last and whip them up and down their own field like they were puppies. Nobody chose us to be the WAC champs the year we joined and it doesn't seem like to me anybody other than us ever expects a thing from us. And I can't help it, I know I shouldn't but I expect we could beat anybody we ever play - and that includes LSU, Ole Miss, Texas A&M, BSU and anybody else that comes down the pike depending on the day! I know in my head it logically it does not make sense to think we will beat an LSU or an A&M, but God help me, my heart tells me YES we can - because anything can happen, and just in case we do, I damn sure want to be there and see it when it does. Now I don't know how many games we will win this year for sure, but I ain't about to start this year thinking we are going to lose any of them!!! And thats how we should ALL be thinking. A positive attitude, a desire by each and everyone of us to win might just will it to happen!

Well said.

[GatorDawg]

BWAAAAAHAAAAAAA! . I just spit Pepsi all over my keyboard. Even with 21 seniors gone and 4-5 of those guys gone to the NFL, it will be tough to hang 45 on the BEARS. You might win in this our rebuilding year, I'll give you that..but not with a 5 touchdown lead...no..not even if we were Arkansas State.... ..who by the way I found out loves you guys...

Does UCA have a defender that can cover Dennis Morris? Most BCS teams don't so I doubt a FCS school can. Maybe someone that can match up against Brian Jackson or Josh Wheeler (especially his leaping ability). Who do you have that can slow down A-Train coming across the middle? And more importantly who on your defense can stop Patrick Jackson?

[DogsWin]

Here is my foolishly over optimistic prediction (with scores included)
UCA- W 45-10
Hawaii- L 28-24
Cal- L 31-21
Fresno- W 35-17
Ole Miss- W 21-20
NMST- W 31-24
BSU- L 21-17
USU- W 38-14
LSU- L 35-21
SJSU- W 17-14
Nevada- W 24-14
Pre bowl record of 8-4

Oh I see, Iduno is a 'given' win. I'd take that 8-4 record (6-2 WAC) right now!

[GatorDawg]

Oh I see, Iduno is a 'given' win. I'd take that 8-4 record (6-2 WAC) right now!

I didn't realize I left out Idaho.

Idaho- W 42-3

[Buck Magnum]

Oh I see, Iduno is a 'given' win. I'd take that 8-4 record (6-2 WAC) right now!

Tech will not lose to LSU by only 14 pts. However, I think Tech can win 4 to 5 games. Rome wasn't built in a day, but the future is bright for Tech.

[keith72904]

Here is my foolishly early spread predictions:

UCA Tech favored by 27(probably no official line on this one though)
Hawaii Tech underdog by 17
CAL Tech underdog by 31(ouch)
Fresno Tech underdog by 14.5
Ole Miss Tech underdog by 14.5
New Mex Tech underdog by 6.5
Boise Tech underdog by 21.5
Utah St Tech favored by 13
Idaho Tech favored by 14.5
LSU Tech underdog by 31
San Jose Tech underdog by 6.5

So think I will vote for 5 wins, 7 losses and consider that a good year.

Here is my foolishly over optimistic prediction (with scores included)

UCA- W 45-10
Hawaii- L 28-24
Cal- L 31-21
Fresno- W 35-17
Ole Miss- W 21-20
NMST- W 31-24
BSU- L 21-17
USU- W 38-14
LSU- L 35-21
SJSU- W 17-14
Nevada- W 24-14

Pre bowl record of 8-4

[GatorDawg]

Tech will not lose to LSU by only 14 pts. However, I think Tech can win 4 to 5 games. Rome wasn't built in a day, but the future is bright for Tech.

I don't know. It all depends on how the scoring goes. For example scoring like LSU takes a 28-7 first half lead and Tech comes back in the second half scoring 14 to LSU's 7 is very likely. Not saying that is how the game goes down but it sounds like a reasonable prediction.

[Buck Magnum]

I don't know. It all depends on how the scoring goes. For example scoring like LSU takes a 28-7 first half lead and Tech comes back in the second half scoring 14 to LSU's 7 is very likely. Not saying that is how the game goes down but it sounds like a reasonable prediction.

You are right, nothing about college football is predictable. I just think LSU has too much on defense and offense to just beat Tech by 14.

[latechbulldawgfanatic]

I believe we will go 8-4 with our schedule working out like this:

Central Arkansas- W 31-10

Hawaii- W 38-24

Cal- L 42-17

Fresno State- W 28-24

Ole Miss- L 35-10

NMSU- W 24-3

Boise State- L 41-31(I hope not)

Utah State- W 34-13

Idaho- W 41-17

LSU- L 49-10

SJSU- W 24-10

Nevada- W 38-35

GO DAWGS!!!!!

[johnnylightnin]

If we can hold Hawaii to 24 and NMSU to 3, there's no way Ole Miss (possibly the 6th or 7th best O we face) puts 35 up on us.

[boxerdog]

I hate making these kinds of predictions without seeing our team play, so I won't. Here's my .02: We would win 5 games with Bicknell still coaching. More than that, everybody would be demanding that we end up at least 6-6. We had a very green team last year and we battled the injury bug. I made the statement that the major key to success at our level was coaching at he respective Coordinator levels. I think we'll see a huge difference.

If we win that Hawai'i game, there's no telling what might happen next. I will say this, the WAC is going to be stout top to bottom this year. Fresno State will be back. Boise State will be strong. Hawai'i, depending on their receivers and defensive coordinator, could have a very special year. I also expect improvement in San Jose (beat pac10 in a bowl). I don't know about Nevada, since they lost the qb. You can bet that New Mexico State will resemble last year's Hawai'i (their qb is that good). WAC teams will make a huge statement out of conference. Back to my first thought, if we beat Hawai'i, I wouldn't want to play us. I don't care if it's Cal, Ole Miss, Boise, or LSU.

[johnnylightnin]

I was thinking about Ole Miss. I know they've had all kinds of recruiting hype since coach O arrived, they haven't produced. The only team in the SEC they're projected to be better than is Vandy...their one spot ahead of Vandy according to Lindy's. They return a decent amount on O, but their O was #111 in the country last year.

I'm counting 4 returners on a D that was #76 mainly because of Patrick Willis. I think there are at least 3 conference games that will be tougher than our game with Ole Miss: BSU, Hawaii, SJSU...

Freson, Nevada, and NMSU could easily be added to that list. Perhaps Ole Miss would be in the top half of the WAC...perhaps not.

[boxerdog]

I was thinking about Ole Miss. I know they've had all kinds of recruiting hype since coach O arrived, they haven't produced. The only team in the SEC they're projected to be better than is Vandy...their one spot ahead of Vandy according to Lindy's. They return a decent amount on O, but their O was #111 in the country last year.

I'm counting 4 returners on a D that was #76 mainly because of Patrick Willis. I think there are at least 3 conference games that will be tougher than our game with Ole Miss: BSU, Hawaii, SJSU...

Freson, Nevada, and NMSU could easily be added to that list. Perhaps Ole Miss would be in the top half of the WAC...perhaps not.

I agree that Ole Miss isn't one of the more intimidating teams on our schedule. But, I think you'll see a distinct homefield advantage return to Aillet this year. I believe this team will be so good at home that we'll have a chance to win every game in Ruston. We have to play Ole Miss at their place after we play at Fresno State, that's a tall order.

[AG_jr]

I agree that Ole Miss isn't one of the more intimidating teams on our schedule. But, I think you'll see a distinct homefield advantage return to Aillet this year. I believe this team will be so good at home that we'll have a chance to win every game in Ruston. We have to play Ole Miss at their place after we play at Fresno State, that's a tall order.

Good point. And I agree about seeing a new home field advantage at The Joe next year. Very possible to take all of our home games. I believe Boise will be the most difficult home game ahead of us.

[latechbulldawgfanatic]

I was just thinking that the Ole Miss game would be a letdown for us. We seem to always have a letdown game every year after a hard fought win. And Ole Miss could surprise some people.

GO DAWGS!!!