Last season our special teams were great, our offense was pretty good, and our defense was terrible. If we only improve our defense I think we can cut our losses in half (before any of you smart arses point out you can't evenly divide 5, I know that). So that leaves us losing 2 or 3 games in the regular season. If we can improve our offense as well, maybe we have a chance to compete for the west, and who knows from there.
LSU, UA, and Arky are not as settled as most preseason pundits predict. UA is replacing most of their defense, LSU is replacing a lot of its pretty poor offense, and who knows what Arky will look like with a new/temp head coach.