Prediction: Hilltoppers vs. UT Martin

Listen. I know what we are all thinking. FCS team, opening game, Hilltoppers, it hasn’t mixed very well in recent history. But it’s a new…

Prediction: Hilltoppers vs. UT Martin

Listen. I know what we are all thinking. FCS team, opening game, Hilltoppers, it hasn’t mixed very well in recent history. But it’s a new season baby. There’s been a creeping hype, slowly building up around this Western Kentucky football team, one that started with us grabbing a handful of Huskies away from Houston-Baptiste. And one of those former Huskies, thinks we have it in us to go 12–0. If Bailey Zappe is the natural born leader of this Hilltoppers team like I think he is, then it is going to be a fun season. But it all starts with this opening game. Time to shake off the FCS struggling stereotype, and time to have a high flying offense again. WKU may only be 9.5 point favorites, but we have to make a statement this game.

WKU 48, UT Martin 17.

Go big or go home, and most importantly, go tops.