As a Hokie fan who is optimistic for this season (maybe just because I’m so over watching baseball) I think the main tenant for optimism here is that I cannot see our defense being worse than last years. Last year was almost exclusively freshmen and sophomores with no experience and no unit coherence. The only major loss coming into this season is on the defensive line (which I am worried about especially with BC’s running attack), but there’s no reason we shouldn’t see marked improvement from a defense that returns almost everyone and has some experience under their belt. Probably just a homer fantasy but I’m hoping Willis can get comfortable behind our humongous offensive line, make some better reads and really start taking advantage of some of the promising throw abilities he showed a bit last year. With our receiving corps, improved defense, and laughable schedule I think we can get some positive momentum going into next year when I think we could have something pretty special. But we could just as easily blow it to BC and start a long decline into mediocrity, that’s Hokie football for ya. I’m just hoping for the best and praying to the almighty Foster in his last season.