fabs,
we are losing all of those guys, along with Gonzalez #11, and the only two returing starters from last year's defense. the good news is that the next qb in line is a pocket passer rather than a running qb first. It'll be nice not to have to sit through the growing pains of teaching another qb how to throw the football.
The other thing to consider is that UF and USC had 2 more games after OSU and UM were done, so they weren't as far removed from the field as the big 10 teams. Don't know if that made a difference or not.
gd