On more than one occasion, his teams were eliminated by superior opponents.

"Training takes you only so far against a superior opponent."

The Red Storm played hard and was competitive against a superior opponent but lost again.

The Knicks had lost their first three games at home to superior opponents.

Philadelphia had held second half leads over superior opponents for three straight weeks, but lost each game.

A great boxer, even when fighting a physically superior opponent, can still dominate the fight.

For the third time this season, the Jets (3-4) played well against a superior opponent, but couldn't come away with the victory.

Should we blame the ace when his team gets hammered by a superior opponent?

If they lost, well, this had been a hard fight against a clearly superior opponent.

Against a more superior opponent, the Giants wouldn't have been as fortunate.