Almost exactly what I was going to say. I think we should be able to beat or come damn close to beating clemzun. Their whole offense and most their D is gone. Sure they have good young talent, so do WE. Ours has more experience at most positions. They should have a better D, we should have one of the best offenses in our history. Without knowing anything more than Spring lineups, looks like a good matchup on paper.
8-9 wins is possible especially counting the Bowl game, and I think we have the team to get there as long as we don't have any major injuries... which we WILL. We always lose the MOST important player on the team for at least a couple games- be it Brinkley, Latt, Clowney, Deebo, Garcia, even Shaw missed a few games and portions of games due to injury (we had a great backup for him though)... I cannot really remember a single star we have had who did not sustain some production imparting injury (or dumbass suspension) during their time here that significantly limited their impact during their most important seasons with us.