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[QUOTE="Crusty, post: 877219, member: 2265"]
I don't see ten regular season wins as the conference will be very tough next year. However, could be an outside shot at 10-3 with a bowl win. More likely IMO  our upside is 9-3 or 8-4 (bowl win would make it 10-3 or 9-4).  We will have to remain healthy and get a few breaks along the way.

I see win opportunities against BC, Pitt, NC State, CMU, Nova, Wake and Louisville. After that, we face tougher sledding.

FSU and Clemson are loaded again and Duke returns everybody. Maryland is a young team that returns 17 starters and will be healthier and tougher = not a sure win by any means. ND is beatable but will be tough as well.

If the offense can't score better than mid-twenties per game we will not improve our 7-6 record. To do that we need to improve dramatically in the passing game. I agree we are on our way but I don't know how much we can expect next year.

The D really played poorly against good competition and played really good against average/lousy competition. Our scheme since Shafer has been here has been to create chaos. Without a pass rush (if nobody steps up to replace Bromley) will mean we will have to blitz with line backers more often and I don't think we have the secondary to stand up to man or match-up zone responsibilities for a whole season that way. We are simply too small and too slow. Any improvement in the secondary talent may be offset by increased responsibilities.

IMO we simply can't win 8 to 10 games without a substantial improvement in our offense. Could happen?
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