I think the 3-9 ISU prediction seem like an under-educated tavern-hok shoot from the hip guess. We return a ton of young talent and proven B12 talent, granted in the conference the really good teams seem to lost a lot this year and mediocre/down teams (Texas and Tech) seem to have improved a lot. K-state lost a lot from a pretty mediocre team last year. With them and Iowa as w's I see 5 wins as as a low, and a really good chance at bowl game with getting a couple more.... A lot of unknowns with the new coaching staff, OL coach Manning is known to coach up but there right now we have a lot of unproven players, especially with all the early departures and not getting that grad-transfer.