bye week question

[SisyphusMiner]

Does anyone know when was the last time we won a game coming off a bye week?  It feels like it hasn't happened during Dimel, and not sure if it happened under Kug either?

[DougJMiner]

In 2016, the Miners won at UTSA coming off of a bye week.

[SisyphusMiner]

I tried to post a followup last night, but I guess it got lost in the ether.

Short version: 

I looked up some stats and it appears that generically a favorite wins about 80% of the time regardless of bye week or not.  Obviously the more they are favored the more likely to win, but overall around 80%

Coming off a bye week, the favorite wins about 75% of the time.

You always hear sportscasters talking about the advantages of a bye week but it just doesn't appear to make a very big difference.

For UTEP, the more relevant stat is that 2017-2021 we are 7-40.  Some evidence that we are improving is that 5 of those 7 wins are in the current and last season.  2020 and 2021 inclusive we are 5-6.  This is a huge improvement over the 2-34 from the previous 3 seasons