A.W. Johnston: Tough question. I feel that a 7-5 season would extend my faith an additional year, but this season is much more than that. We have one of the most experienced team's in the Pac-12 and ignoring major questions at offensive line, we should compete in every game this year. 8-4 takes me to the level of entrusting Dykes going deep into the Cal football future.
atomsareenough: "Ensure trust... deep future..." Hmm, that's a pretty high bar. Probably 10+ wins would certainly do it. If we're simply talking about "successful season", that's not quite as high a bar.