Agree with lucky on this upcoming game.
But we all rely on our own "data" and form our own "opinions" from that data. Whether that data is from a bunch of objective 3rd party we sites who do exactly this for a living, and have tweaked ad refined it many times over the years to improve it based on past results Or a fan who just says, we're better .. we all rely on "data" to form our opinions.
But the game is certainly played on the field. My data (with credit to all of my data sources) says we should win the game on the field, but it willl likely be a barn burner with scored well into 40's depending on run/pass balance.
My data (again credit to my data sources) also says the MVFC is much stronger than the Big Sky this year .. the record, scores, and stats also say same thing .. even if as EWU fans, you say, "is not !!"