Homecoming Game - vs. UT Rio Grande Valley

[TexGator]

To me, this is the most intriguing game so far this year because we truly don't know what UTRGV has.
They filled their non-conference slate with a D-II team in Sul Ross State and a pair of NAIA schools sandwiching the Prairie View game.

To me, this is a "don't look past them" game. We scheduled them for Homecoming- we need to treat them like a Homecoming opponent and beat them up. We have the big boys to wear them down; we just need to execute.

I checked the VS simulator and they have us at about a 58% chance of winning. 

[geezer]

This week's game slate should give a pretty good idea of what remains.  SLU hosts Northwestern St which should be a fairly easy win for them, SFA hosts Nicholls which should give a comparison between Lamar and SFA and ETAM is at UIW who are looking to rebound from an overall disappointing start.

[TexGator]

2 hours ago, geezer said:

This week's game slate should give a pretty good idea of what remains.  SLU hosts Northwestern St which should be a fairly easy win for them, SFA hosts Nicholls which should give a comparison between Lamar and SFA and ETAM is at UIW who are looking to rebound from an overall disappointing start.

Agreed. Teams will definitely start separating themselves and we'll start getting a better feel for where teams are.
Games against FBS and D2, D3, or NAIA schools aren't as good of a measure as he head-to-head.

We're basically being carried in our reputation by the win over South Dakota. The Texas Southern game didn't do much for us (we pretty much overmatched them in the 1st Quarter and got them off them-schedule the whole game. While that's great, the ability to separate ourselves from the pack in the conference feels good with each win. 

(And we know every team Central Arkansas wins helps our reputation for this year, as well)

[coachacola]

Here's how LU compare to UTRGV against FCS opponents according to Massey.  Hopefully the team will be hyped up and will lay a whooping on UTRGV.

LU

UTRGV