re: 8-4 (after 3 games prediction)

I think you may be assigning too much weight to style and not enough to substance.

Apart from the 1st half against UW our D has played well. I think our staff has treated/is treating the first 3-4 games as quasi-pre-season. We're in it for the long haul.

We may lose a game but no one looks invincible.