[Goose]

In the Shaw regime we have only lost to one team that ended the year with a losing record (Utah who went 5-7 in 2013), so you would have to say that the teams that have beaten us were for the most part good teams and not just "anybody".
Contrast this to, say, 1979 when we tied an otherwise unbeaten U$C team and turned around two weeks later and lost to a 1-10 Oregon State team.

I certainly agree that under Shaw, these totally inexplicable losses to not-very-good teams have been minimal. All teams win some games that they are not expected to win, and lose games they were not expected to lose. Otherwise, why bother to play the season? If the initials AYFKM can apply to anything, it would certainly be the loss to Oregon State. However, I personally find the loss to SJSU 12-13 in 1971 to be even harder to swallow, closely seconded by losing to Washington State and Duke that year as well.

[Goose]

In the Shaw regime we have only lost to one team that ended the year with a losing record (Utah who went 5-7 in 2013), so you would have to say that the teams that have beaten us were for the most part good teams and not just "anybody".
Contrast this to, say, 1979 when we tied an otherwise unbeaten U$C team and turned around two weeks later and lost to a 1-10 Oregon State team.

I certainly agree that under Shaw, these totally inexplicable losses to not-very-good teams have been minimal. All teams win some games that they are not expected to win, and lose games they were not expected to lose. Otherwise, why bother to play the season? If the initials AYFKM can apply to anything, it would certainly be the loss to Oregon State. However, I personally find the loss to SJSU 12-13 in 1971 to be even harder to swallow, closely seconded by losing to Washington State and Duke that year as well.