I don't know if another coach would have won more or less games with this same team this season. That would be mere speculation. What I do know is it has been a pretty easy schedule so far and our record is 3-6. I am not saying we should be undefeated, but all those games were very winnable. Michigan State should be by far the best team we play this year. Let's see how Nebraska stacks up against them. .
Pretty easy schedule? We may not have a ton of juggernauts on this schedule but I'm not sure I'd say "easy."
BYU is 7-2 with a win over a top 20 team (at the time) and a one point loss to a top 10 team.
Southern Alabama is 4-4
Miami is 6-3
Southern Miss is 6-3
Ilinois is 5-4
Wisconsin is 8-2
Minnesota is 4-5
Northwestern is 7-2 and ranked in teh top 25
Purdue sucks
Michigan state was undefeated and ranked in the top 10.
In other words, there is currently one team on the schedule that isn't likely to qualify for a bowl and over half of our opponents have already qualified for a bowl. Compare that to the last couple of seasons. on the whole, this is a pretty good schedule.