A big difference for me between Bubba and Schmidt, for the most part I'd say we had almost no chance to pull a big upset on the road under Bubba. Heck, we had a hard time beating teams with losing records on the road.
With Schmidt I'd say their is a realistic chance we could win each game we go into, whether home or away. Not saying we will win them all, but I think if things go our way I think we could win and pull off more upsets on the road.
Adjusting to new defensive scheme in those big games early in the year though, is going to make it a little tougher. We'll see if we have a #1 QB that is ready to go and lead us starting at game 1, hope so!