Objectively looking at the schedule, what we return, and assuming we bring in a portal QB who is some sort of upgrade over TVD, we’re probably looking at 9-3. It’s not that difficult to fathom, this was the same record Shannon and Alf had in their 3rd years.
What is just as interesting to me beyond the obvious W/L record is other markers, like how much do we improve in offense and defense from a ppg/ypp perspective. How does our average margin of victory look? Are we actually performing better enough that an improvement in record is really improving our optimism for the future, or will it be pyrrhic like it was in 2009, 2013, 2017?