The old meme that there's no speed in the Big 12 is nonsense. Our DBs may have been gashed last year, but it was due to poor technique, not because they were slow. We've got a salty O-line coming back with Joeckel and Matthews at the tackle positions. RB (Michael/Malena/Trey Williams) looks excellent as well. WRs (Swope/Nwuchukwu) are better than average. Our only real offensive concern is breaking in a new and unproven QB (either Jamiell Showers, Soph. or Johnny Manziel, Fr-RS). The upside is that both of them are extremely fast. The DBs don't worry me as much this year because the SEC generally doesn't sling it like the Big 12. My primary concern is the D-line. Our defensive linemen aren't SEC-caliber anyway, plus, we have NO depth there.
Not sure if you keep close tabs on these things, but we hired Kevin Sumlin from the University of Houston as HC and Kliff Kingsbury as OC. They're Mike Leach disciples that are known for their "air raid" offenses. It's not so much the run-and-shoot as it is getting people into space. Expect a lot of screens, swing passes, and quick slants....mostly high-percentage throws that a new QB can make, rather than trying to just pound it up the gut.
I know that Ole Miss was good for a few years, but y'all really fell off last year...2-10 IIRC. It just seems that y'all have a slightly deeper hole to claw yourselves out of than we do. Surprisingly, I'm actually more concerned about LaTech than Florida. We get the Gators at home and everyone knows they'll have to lace 'em up tight. LaTech is a total sleeper team. They're bringing back 19 starters from a legit 2011 squad, so this is a complete trap game for us.
Because of the last minute scheduling due to conference realignment, we had to schedule 2 FCS teams (South Carolina State and Sam Houston State/FCS national finalists last year). That means that we have to go 7-5 to be bowl eligible. With the new coaching staff, new QB, and tougher conference, I couldn't complain about 7-5.