I'll be in Florida for the spring game. I'll wait until after spring ball before I start making any predictions. Two years ago people were pretty pleased with the defense... last season was just a bad combination of no depth, size, and experience. I think the defense will be fine... I'm more curious about the offense. I think potentially they can have a great year. Say what you want, they showed glimpses with a slug like Gilbert calling plays. I'm thinking Bell is better and the system he brings is his own. He understands it's principles and why things are designed the way they are. It originates with him and those guys tend to find success when their systems get good athletes. Say what you want, Bell has won at every level he's coached and has had prolific offense doing it. With the talent coming back they could actually do something pretty special. I think Strong relinquishing that half of the team to Bell will work out well. Say what you want, Strong knows a lot about defense and was a great DC. Him just focusing on defense and not worrying about the offense will be better for the team.
Also McMurphy is garbage and his preseason bowl predictions are never correct. Not even close.