There is no need to look at the schedule and predict. Sark will win 7 games, doesn't matter who is on there.
BSU - L
UIUC - M
ISU - W
UA - M
SU - L
UO - L
ASU - M
Cal - W
CU - W
UCLA -L
OSU - L
WSU - M
If we assume each maybe is a 50% chance (and wins and losses are of course guaranteed)
then that is a 5-7 season there. Right back where we started. Remember progress is incremental and non-linear. Sometimes a little bit of regression is necessary... that is what makes 2013 so special. We are going backwards but it is still progress, or at least that is what I am hearing.
BSU- W
Illinois- W
ISU- W
UA- W
Stanford- Plunger rape loss
Oregon- Plunger rape loss
ASU- Loss
Cal- Win
Colorado- Win
UCLA- Plunger rape loss
Oregon State- Close loss
WSU- W
We'll win 7 games once again.
Basically how I see it as well. Maybe we win one of the conference road games and blow a game to Arizona or Boise State, but 7-5 seems accurate to me. The worst part is, when we beat San Jose State on the Poinsetta Bowl, some will call it progress.