My prediction isn't the greatest, but here it is...
I think Tech and Mizzou blow us out. The Tech game is going to be by 4+ touchdowns. It will snowball and be horrible as we get hit in the mouth early. Their fans will be carrying bleachers around. This will resemble the two bad OU games.
Mizzou won't be like Kstate last year because that was all due to our own mistakes. The score will be simialr from our defense allowing them to have a near perfect game. Offensively, we will score some points but we won't be able to keep our defense off the field. We will make it respectable by the end of the game, but it will be well in hand before the 4th quarter.
We will lose to OU by a respectable margin, by 10-13 points.
We will dominate some teams ala Iowa State last year against Baylor, Rice, and UTEP, have some solid performances against Arkansas, Colorado, aggy and Kansas, and have some scares against FAU and OSU.
9-3 will be a good record for our team, but as fans we will have a sour taste in our mouths form the way we lose: Beatdowns and a close-but-no-cigar against our main rival. Winning at Kansas and finally beating aggy gives us something to be happy about.
I would be satisfied with a 9-3 record,though not necessarily jumping for joy if the loses are good hard fought games. If this does indeed happen, I think it makes for the next off-season to be even more painful than this year as we will have a Big 12 Championship in 2010.
I don't think we are a bad team at all, we just happen to have one of the toughest conferences. Even if Charles and Finley hadn't left early, I still don't think we'd win the Big 12 this year.
I will enjoy the season, and I hope my predictions are wrong in a favorable way for the Horns, but I think we are going to have some tough Sunday mornings.