Are we a good team? Well its too hard to define what a good team is. If our offense gets on track and gels a bit, yes we will be a good well rounded team. Right now we are marginal good, meaning yes we can win games but we do not dominate. It seems that a lot of herd faithful have forgotten the years of just hoping for whatever bowl we could qualify for. To be honest, with so many injuries to key players and young players playing in their place, that is all we should expect this year. Litton is going to be another good QB coming out of here, but he is going to have his moments this year of good and bad, and the bad may cost us, while the good will enlighten us. Right now I am predicting a record of 9-3, with a possible 10 win season pending a bowl. I hope we do better than that, but that may be asking a bit much.
Now to go on about strength of schedule, its way to early to be harping on something like that. Kent St. has a top ten defense but ranks how low again overall?? Yeah makes all kinds of sense doesn't it. Litton was under pressure the whole game and did "ok" for a freshman and found a way to win, which means a whole hell of a lot. Ohio is Ohio, they are a tough team most years and I honestly believe the MAC east will come down to Kent and Ohio. Seeing them both ranked where they are is a complete joke, as is most S and massey rankings. They both went into Minnesota and should have won. We played both games away. Purdue, while not that great in their conference, would contend in our conference. They may yet surprise some with unexpected wins. Our schedule will improve the more those three keep on keepin on. If you cant see that, I am not sure what to tell any of you. Spot checking this at this time of year is extremely silly. No one in our conference has a defense as tough as Kent St. was, and Ohio caught us on a bad night, which is likely to happen again at some point.
Long way around on answering a question, but my answer is marginally good G-5 team. My hope is that we can get things clicking before facing MTSU and WKY, I really do not want any of those representing the East as we are the only Old Guard left in the East. Get the O going and we go from marginally good to good-very good.