If anything our defense has given SF at least one more year. While we have played better against some pretty good opponents we still don't have any sort of signature win at all, still get beat by teams such as Illinois, Minnesota and Purdue and there are still a myriad of head scratching other things that have become commonplace with SF's teams that are STILL ocurring.
I don't even know at this point. Hanging in there with MSU, Michigan and Ohio St gives me hope. On the other hand there are a lot of other tangible things that make me feel the exact opposite.
I do think SF gets another year. How that year plays out remains to be seen but they do have the schedule to finally be able to have a legit chance at a winning record. Or do they????
Who knows...