We are a 100% a legit team that has a legitimate chance to get to 10 wins. The rest of the games save Purdue could go either way. I had us for 7 maybe 8 wins depending upon how MSU and Nebraska evolved. Nebraska is a damn good team with a GREAT defense that is tricky to play --mostly because of their 3-3-5 look and how difficult it is to pick up and read players--it just isn't a defense people see frequently.
We need to stay healthy--Walker's injury opened the floodgates on defense because Walker is used all over the field and can and does cover WR decently enough in zone defenses. Not sure Jones does...Kamara, Carr and Fisher are playing a ton of snaps--Kamara played all but 1 play two games in a row. Wayyy too many. We do get some rotation at DT, so that is helpful, and in a perfect world Burris could slide out to an end to spell Kamara (Burris played end in Texas A & M's 3-4 defense).
Regards, we have a great coach and staff, a strength coach who is in tune and on the cutting edge of training and recovery, a bunch of dudes on the roster (both new and who stayed from one staff to the next), who have absolutely bought in.