RE: Year One DeBoer in this situation I really don't know. It's already such a different world of college football in a few years even the OKG type Petersen guys probably all would have bolted. Even Penix is much different throwing to Giles/Boston/Hunter and no TEs.
Re: UCLA in 2022 that team did have some really nice pieces in DTR, Charbonnet, Bobo, Latu, etc and those guys had a schedule where they basically had four scrimmages against garbage teams and were laying in wait. Even with that, it was on the defense and defensive staff and Jimmy not recruiting DBs at all for years.
Re: The Coug. Joey made a great point that they got set up well this year in comparison to say the Beav who lost more players and their coach and have at least one year of being closer to a P5 team than a G5. They also worked out well they had a QB on their roster with some skills who had he played last year would have at least been offered bags by power schools.