I don't know that they are confident as much as they are excited to start the season. There is no way they believe they can win. NO WAY
Why not? Anybody that can stink it up against Kansas like you guys did gives us hope.
Don't forget our domination of CU and bowl win vs Michigan eyeswear2allthatsholy
Well aware of your victories over CU and Mich. I only mentioned Kansas because that's the only opponent we both faced last year. BTW, here are the stats of that game if you're interested:
Team Statistics (Final) Kansas 34 Louisiana Tech 14
The Automated ScoreBook
Louisiana Tech vs Kansas (Sep 17, 2005 at Lawrence, Kan.)
TECH KU
FIRST DOWNS................... 20 13
Rushing..................... 5 3
Passing..................... 14 9
Penalty..................... 1 1
NET YARDS RUSHING............. 38 41
Rushing Attempts............ 30 32
Average Per Rush............ 1.3 1.3
Yards Gained Rushing........ 110 72
Yards Lost Rushing.......... 72 31
NET YARDS PASSING............. 257 236
Completions-Attempts-Int.... 26-46-4 19-31-1
Average Per Attempt......... 5.6 7.6
Average Per Completion...... 9.9 12.4
TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS........... 295 277
Total offense plays......... 76 63
Average Gain Per Play....... 3.9 4.4
Fumbles: Number-Lost.......... 0-0 2-0
Penalties: Number-Yards....... 7-72 6-35
PUNTS-YARDS................... 8-307 7-243
Average Yards Per Punt...... 38.4 34.7
Net Yards Per Punt.......... 36.2 33.7
Inside 20................... 3 3
50+ Yards................... 1 1
Touchbacks.................. 0 0
Fair catch.................. 2 2
KICKOFFS-YARDS................ 3-192 7-445
Average Yards Per Kickoff... 64.0 63.6
Net Yards Per Kickoff....... 52.7 58.1
Touchbacks.................. 1 4
Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD. 2-7-0 3-17-0
Average Per Return.......... 3.5 5.7
Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD 3-38-0 2-34-0
Average Per Return.......... 12.7 17.0
Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD.. 1-19-0 4-51-0
Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD. 0-0-0 0-0-0
Miscellaneous Yards........... 0 0
Possession Time............... 31:04 28:56
1st Quarter................. 10:41 4:19
2nd Quarter................. 7:48 7:12
3rd Quarter................. 6:50 8:10
4th Quarter................. 5:45 9:15
Third-Down Conversions........ 2 of 14 3 of 13
Fourth-Down Conversions....... 2 of 2 0 of 0
Red-Zone Scores-Chances....... 2-4 5-5
Sacks By: Number-Yards........ 0-0 7-63
PAT Kicks..................... 2-2 4-4
Field Goals................... 0-0 2-2