Louisiana Tech @ Western Kentucky

I'm not going for any writing awards with this one, it's just a reply to a forum question about tonight's game, lol.

A week #2 game is still going to be based primarily on last year's stats. Last year LT dominated WKU, outgaining them 507 to 297 yards en route to a 59-10 final score. LT shut down WKU's passing game like nobody else was able to do last year -- not even Marshall, who had a higher passer defense rating that LT. How many times will you see a team beat a team by 49 points and them open up as a dog against them the following year? Wouldn't surprise me if this was the first time ever, lol. Even after adjusting for graduation and returning personnel I don't think home field is worth 40 points. As for this year, WKU got off to a slow start against Vandy and was lucky to win. Their offense finally got something going in the 2nd half - not a lot, but enough to beat Vandy who squandered numerous scoring opportunities and fell a foot and half short from tying the game at the end. LT ranked much higher than VAN in defense last year, though LT has less returning defensive starters and % of tackles than VAN this year. LT cruised to an easy win against Southern last week. LT now has former Florida Gator Jeff Driskel at QB, and he was efficient going 12-15, 274 yards and 4 touchdowns. Whoa, that's wayyyy more than efficient, even if it's a small sample size against an FCS school. WKU couldn't run it against Vandy last week, and surrendered more yards per run and pass than VAN usually gained last year. Final Score Prediction -- LT 33 - WKU 27