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Message: [QUOTE="SoBristol, post: 1252902, member: 485"] OK, optimism is good. We had a good defense in 2014; and now we lose 7 or 8 starters on that side, many of them multi-year starters. So, this is a rebuild. Difficult to expect a very young, almost entirely rebuilt secondary and young (but potentially talented) set of LBs to stay at a top 25 level. Only fair to say there are a lot of questions entering the Spring. We could see a lot of points put up in the Dome this season. Do we have good talent on offense? If you compare our OL's performance (getting a push, opening lanes) to what we saw in many bowl games, it might make you wonder. Same for WRs except for Ishmael; none of the TEs put up any numbers to rave about. The best returning RB (McFarlane) had a little more than 200 yards for the season. Not to go all negative here (surprises can happen), but for this team to be a bowl candidate in 2015, we need several positive developments in the Spring. [/QUOTE]