I disagree with this if talking about last season. We beat BETTER teams than the teams we lost to after the FSU game. 2013, sure, we played cupcakes before FSU. That wasn't the case last year, as we ended the season with three VERY mediocre teams after FSU. That's why last season was such a failure, in my opinion. Had we won out after FSU, it would have been a decent step forward. Instead, we completely, COMPLETELY, packed it in. That was not the same team we saw against Cincy, Duke, VT or NC in our last three games.
Not telling at all. Every year we open up with cupcakes then as we play more competent teams we lose
Duke, Cincy, VT, and UNC were cupcakes. Yes they finished the season with an overall good record, but it was deceiving.
For example: Duke's wins came against Elon, Troy, Kansas, Tulane, UVA, Pitt, Wake Forest, and notable victory over GT. Their combined opponent's winning pct was .374
Cincy's wins came against Toledo, Miami (OH), SMU, USF, Tulane, USF, ECU, UCONN, Al Golden's Temple, and Houston. Their combined opponent's winning pct was .387
VT wins came against W & M, Western Michigan, UNC, Duke (who we already discussed), UVA, Cincy (who we already discussed), and a notable victory against a totally different OSU team than the one that won the NC. Since we already discussed Duke and UVA, W& M is a FCS school...Western Michigan is a borderline FCS school. That leaves us w/ UNC who went 6-7 on the year. OSU was an impressive victory, but they beat them before they gelled.
UNC was sub .500 so I don't need to list their schedule.
The point is, even the "good" teams we beat going by record alone, were weak! Every year before FSU, we beat teams that are bad, and lose to teams that are good. That's Golden's M.O. Even when we beat UF in 2013 while they were a top 15 team, they finished 4-8.