Hopefully, the upcoming season will finally put to rest the never ending "talent' debate. It seems fairly well accepted that Frost is an excellent coach and therefore, if the talent is really there, we will see immediatel improvement in the team (atleast 9 wins and competitive in the losses we do suffer) and if the wins don't come, we'll know the talent is NOT there.
I think it is highly likely we will see a much better conditioned, football 'fit' team that takes the field in 9 months. This alone should translate into a much better performance against the weakest opponents. We should be able to produce some 3 or 4 TD wins against those just by being in much better physical and mental condition. It seems hardly debatable that we have more talent than the bottom third of the schedule. The top third will be tough. The middle third should be competitive but if Frost and Company instill their schemes and the players are truly capable (i.e. talented enough), then those games should be wins (by a 7 to 14 pts) although they may be competitive going into the fourth quarter. Our conditioning should be a big factor late in games as well. No more watching our team 'wear down' and run out of gas when the crunch time hits.