I love it when sometimes it's an excuse and other times it's a fact.

our football conference is pitiful though
our basketball conference is ehhhh
our baseball conference IS better than some 'BCS' conferences...that is a fact
saying we play nonconference games against 'unbeatable' teams is used as an excuse for us not getting to 7 wins when we have 8 sometimes 9 very winnable games
us playing like garbage on the road in football is a fact
our basketball team almost knocked off a perennial power in our conference with mainly freshman and first year D-1 guys, that's the reality
i don't really know where you're coming from with that statement