You're dreaming if you think a soft schedule guarantees ten wins. I've seen plenty of Cobber teams with favorable slates that still found a way to stub their toe, just like your Wolfpack will. Avoiding Oregon is pure luck, not a strategy, and it reminds me of when the MIAC schedule would break right and we'd still get tripped up by St. John's. A new quarterback playing "average ball" is a huge assumption. Back in the day, you needed a leader like a Terry Horan to navigate a season, not just a game manager. That nine-win team last year caught some breaks, and the ball bounces differently every season. Counting wins in August is a fool's errand.