so how much better will the D be and why?

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They will be better as long as they dont play zone and have the kids just standing there with no one within 10 yards of them or on 3rd and 30 having a CB still in his back pedal 35 yds down the field GRob couldnt coach and Gibson was useless. I am not expecting top 10 in the nation but at this point I will take top 50.

To give an idea, if bamf's predictions hold true of 350 yards given up per game and 23.5 points per, then we'd compare to last year this way.

350 would put us at #38 between Air Force and Illinois

23.5 would put us at #49 between Illinois and Texas

Not great. but we'd be in a whole lot more games at the end.

I have to admit I would be OK with these totals. As long as we cut down on getting blown out and we actually make the other team punt a couple times. I want a competitive defense that can slow teams down. many times we gave up long TD drives where we never even forced a 3rd down.