Worry about McKee and can only hope his 2020 experience will help him prepare for 2021
Worry a lot about the defense, and its depth
However, Vanderbilt, KSU, WSU and OSU all have bigger challenges and/or problems.
That gives me a floor of 4 wins
For me, UCB, UCLA, UW, ASU, UofO, and UoU are all in a zone where things could break either way.
I would prefer to project that Stanford beats Cal and gets 2 of the other 5.
That's 7 wins.
And IMO, Notre Dame, USC are out of reach in 2021.
I see 7-5 as a reasonable result with anything above 8 wins requiring quite a bit of good luck.
Important to remember that with an odd year most of the challenging games are at home, so that could help get a win or two.
7-5 is my expectation, but that is based on my (hope) McKee has to improve and the staff can build game plans to optimize his skills rather than serve as the last minute replacement for a game plan assembled for Mills.
Worry a lot about the defense, and its depth
However, Vanderbilt, KSU, WSU and OSU all have bigger challenges and/or problems.
That gives me a floor of 4 wins
For me, UCB, UCLA, UW, ASU, UofO, and UoU are all in a zone where things could break either way.
I would prefer to project that Stanford beats Cal and gets 2 of the other 5.
That's 7 wins.
And IMO, Notre Dame, USC are out of reach in 2021.
I see 7-5 as a reasonable result with anything above 8 wins requiring quite a bit of good luck.
Important to remember that with an odd year most of the challenging games are at home, so that could help get a win or two.
7-5 is my expectation, but that is based on my (hope) McKee has to improve and the staff can build game plans to optimize his skills rather than serve as the last minute replacement for a game plan assembled for Mills.