we have a better shot at 8-4, rather than 6-6.

What about 5-7 or 7-5?
My opinion:
8-4 = 5% chance. We will have to beat Nebraska in Lincoln, beat Mizzou at home (spoiling the Border War and crowning ku Big 12 North Champs) and beat a decent FSU team in Fresno. If we win out like this I am willing to get the tackiest KSU tattoo you can find to memorialize it forever.
7-5 = 50% chance. We beat NU and FSU because we have better players and coaches. We will lose badly to Mizzou for the same reasons.
6-6 = 75% chance. We beat NU because they have quit and Cally has all but resigned. We lose to both Mizzou and FSU because that's how we usually follow up a big win on the road.
5-7 = 30% chance. NU and FSU are roadies, and therefore losses. We've blown goats away from home outside of a fluke win in Austin over a Longhorn team that was looking ahead to OU. Mizzou is better than us.