With Stanford, and the beginning of another season, fast approaching, hope springs eternal across college football. Despite some questions, Wildcat fans certainly have plenty of reasons for optimism in these happy times. Today, we whittled it down to the three main ones:
Defense
While each defensive position group graduated one major starter (Jordan Thompson, Nate Hall, Montre Hartage and Jared McGee), the overall retention rate is quite impressive and a huge advantage for the Wildcats this season. Veteran leaders on defense have played a large role in the team’s recent success, and they’ll have plenty of them to lead the way once again in 2019.