The key will be the defense.

by FunkDoctorSpock, Your Nightmares, B* tches, Friday, February 26, 2010, 19:16 (5946 days ago) @ BPH

Between Kelly's track record, the returning starters, and raw talent, I think the offense will at least be solid. This isn't anything like DickRod tearing apart Michigan's offense to run a completely different system.

But I think the defense is capable of making a huge jump forward. Not only do we return 9 starters, including the entire front seven, but the majority of the two deep.

The offense jumped from 65th to 8th last year. If the defense can make a similar leap, from 86th to around Top 30 or so then I think we could make a BCS game.

We shall see.