Seems like it's a group that includes Rutgers, Cincinnati, and WVU. We have beaten those teams on other non Thrusday weeknights before and probably have a winning record in those games.
So, as a realistic football fan, you believe that only because the game is on a Thursday night, we can not win? That is not logical. Say whatever you want about this or that, or football gods, its not realistic. Those are almost always conference games, look how bad our record is in conference in general.