several times in this thread but what's one more? Here goes:
OVER THE PAST 40 YEARS, WE HAVE AVERAGED ABOUT 8 WINS PER SEASON!
That was with a crappy MWC/WAC schedule, all american QB's, one Heisman, a National Championship.
This year, we can throw out the crappy schedule.... we might have an all american QB (if he can stay healthy all season).
So, what do you mean by "fallen"? Our best span of football under Bronco and Lavell puts us at 8 wins per season as an average season.
7 wins would put us one below our average over the past 40 years with an incredibly tough schedule like we have never seen before. We havent fallen as much as we have stayed the same and just played a tougher schedule than normal.