Because none of us can accurately predict the future. I doubt anyone thought we'd beat Oklahoma or go to the B12 title game after the ugly loss to ISU in 2009. If we were bad on offense, defense, and special teams, then I'd be more pessimistic, but we've seen big plays on special teams, the defense has improved, and the offense has been inconsistent with some good and a lot of bad. It's possible things fall into place and we get a lot better ala 2009, or that things fall apart ala 2007. We don't know yet.