Season Look Ahead After 4 Games

[VULB#62]

OK. Not that it makes any difference in the world order of things, but here's my take on the remaining schedule now that we have a sample of what kind of team we have this season and how the coaching change is impacting the program so far:

     MARIST  -- 50/50  Could be a close win. 

     MISSOURI BAPTIST -- 75/25 A Valpo Homecoming win

     DRAKE -- 40/60 Could be a very competitive loss

     @ MOREHEAD STATE -- 50/50  Could be a close win

     @ DAYTON -- 25/75 A Dayton win by 3 TDs.  Too much to overcome.

     BUTLER -- 40/60 Could be a competitive loss (but a vote for a maybe surprise upset)

     @ USD -- 25/75  A USD win by 3+TDs.  We're not at that point yet.

     DAVIDSON -- 75/25 A Valpo win at home to conclude the season.

OPTIMISTIC FORECAST FOR REMAINING GAMES: 4 wins vs. Marist, MBU, Morehead, Davidson)

PESSIMISTIC FORECAST FOR REMAINING GAMES:  2 wins (MBU and Davidson)

[usc4valpo]

Mo. Baptist, Marist, and John Davidson for 4 wins, exceeding expectations, and I become a prognosticative prophet.

[VULB#62]

dare I say a prematurely pompous prognosticative prophet.

[VUDad]

Last season we played the same teams for games 2, 3, and 4--we played NDakota instead of W.I. to start. Comparing the same stretch of football, we had 17 TDs after four games, compared to 9 this year. Prediction: 2 more wins to end up with 3 total, a solid turnaround, and a lot of sophs/juniors playing well who will continue the momentum.