Wish I could jump on board the train here, but our offense will be much weaker this year after losing our two best wide receivers, running back, and offensive tackles. Tettleton could be scrambling for his life a lot. I think we'll have a pretty good season and make a bowl game, but we haven't proven anything yet to deserve even the thought of going undefeated. Sorry for the dose of reality folks.
Buddy, we know that. On the other hand, the defense should be better than last year, so on the whole I think this team is probably on a par with last year.plus or minus 5 points.
Last year's team could have gone undefeated, had the ball bounced the right way. They lost to Rutgers by 8, Buffalo by 1, and to Ball State and NIU by 3. Even if they had gone undefeated they would still not have crashed the BCS, though. The reason was that they never started "on the map", nor would they have had any major wins.
This year's team will need some breaks along the way to be undefeated. They may also need to be better than expected. No one is counting on that, but that doesn't mean we can't hope for it. The thing we are saying is that IF they do go undefeated, this year they ARE starting out on the radar, and this year if they are undefeated, that would mean they had to beat Penn State Thus, this year they do have an outside chance to make the BCS, unlike last year, or years prior.