It’s just blind optimism...and our culture. We really never had much success in Football so we don’t know how to act! Historically we field top 25 Dimond sports and are respectable in Mens Basketball, considering we are in the Deep South. So we are just used to winning in other areas. I’ve said it here already but we either win or lose tomorrow by a slim margin. I just don’t see a blowout in either direction.
It was interesting to listen to the podcast on your site where Jared talked about Iowa State, and towards the end of the podcast the three guys spent 20 minutes discussing UL and by the end of it it was like they talked themselves into how they could beat anyone in the Big 12 with this year's team.
I expect a close game, I think your coach and team sound like they are really good. It will be a battle of two really good young coaches. By the way, I think our coach is a few months younger than yours.