Overall the turnover ratio will have the biggest effect on our W-L record this year



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I think the key to a good season is that they improve each week. I have no clue how good they will be a the start, but I don't expect much. If they start out terrible, but end up a good MAC team, that will be a good season. If they start out OK, but finish strong, and win a Bowl Game, it will be a great season.

As far as specifics, I'm looking for a team with a lot of fire, that plays hard and doesn't give up. I'm looking for a team that makes a few good plays, and doesn't make too many major errors and give up easy TDs, and one that doesn't shoot themselves in the foot with turnovers.

Good post. As I have said, a lot of turnover is now normal. What happened to Ohio is the offseason isn't normal. If we win a bowl game, that's at least 7 wins, and that is a good result and would give me a lot of confidence in the staff going forward. I hope we win more than that, and it is far from impossible, but I don't see a whole lot of reason for that to be my general expectation.

We didn't look great to start the season in 2022. Our defense improved a lot in the middle of the season. If Rourke hadn't torn is ACL then I think there is a pretty good chance we win the MAC. More than anything, I want a team that plays hard and gets better.

Hate to state the obvious here, but Parker has to play well.

The MAC likes to throw and we're gonna find ourselves in a lot of shoot-outs. Can we get ourselves back into it?

We can try to run as much as possible, but I think more often than not we're gonna find ourselves in a hole early. Bleeding the clock and praying for a turnover isn't gonna work this year.

Bingo. Passing game with inexperienced receivers will take time. We need the running game + solid TE blocking to open up some passes down field. Don't want to get in a shoot out with Syracuse. Keep McCord off the field as long as possible.

Boy I hope not. RPO with QB running a bunch instead please.