Snyder is really good against crappy teams coming off a bye week. He's pretty good against crappy teams without the bye week, too.
This needs to be the 17th goal: Beat crappy teams, lose to the good ones.
By and large that has been the most consistent aspect of Snyder's program.
he usually beats equal to and lesser teams. when he sucks, he loses to equal teams (which by default means we lose to crappy/sucky teams). see: this year (and '04 and '05). WVU is an equal team, no matter how many ChUMPs say differently.
lol and USC and Baylor 11' and OU last year and every texas team ever and lol
USC was an equal team (I believe they finished with the same record as we did). OU was an equal team to us last year (we tied for the conference). Baylor was not as good as us in '11 (hence our conference standing).
Look, it really isn't rocket science. What defines you as a good team is also what defines you as a bad team. Wins and Losses. And when you don't win - you're a crappy team, which probably means you lost to all the teams above you and probably a few "equal" crappy teams. When you're a good team, you've probably beaten all the teams below you and most of the teams of the "equal" good teams. Of course there are the exceptions to both sides (crappy teams beating good teams).
We are 2-4. We suck. I'm sorry this is a problem for everyone to grasp.