(06-29-2017 12:33 PM)pcm0103 Wrote:  

(06-29-2017 10:32 AM)DirtyDukes Wrote:  

(06-29-2017 10:07 AM)ECUGrad07 Wrote:  Look, I think the confidence is a good thing. Why else would you play the game if you didn't think you at least had a shot to win?

But reality is going to set in on September 2nd. You might win another FCS Championship this season, but you're starting the season 0-1.

This is how the last FCS team fared when they came to Dowdy-Ficklen...

ECU - 52 WCU - 7




...which we followed with a win over NC State.

You'd be wise not to be overconfident. Much, much better teams than James Madison have come to Greenville and taken a whipping.

You guys lost by 20 to SMU, a team we beat a year Prior with a MUCH less talented team.

You beat a struggling 2-9 SMU team. That team improved last year while we digressed every game as the year went. By the time we played SMU, morale was so low that we were just trying to get through the season. Just like trying to compare WCU was not a good idea, so is trying to compare SMU.

Also that same year we beat SMU by 16, while you guys barely beat a 2-9 team by 3.