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<blockquote data-quote="bobhertzel'ssweatpants" data-source="post: 129350495" data-attributes="member: 1056714">The transitive property is useless in sports. For example from 2014...North Dakota State beat Iowa St. 34-14Iowa St. beat Iowa 20-17Iowa beat Pitt 24-20Pitt beat Virginia Tech 21-16Virginia Tech beat Ohio St. 35-21From that example, one could say that North Dakota St. &amp; Pitt would beat Ohio St. But we all know that's ridiculous.Or you can even use our schedule last year for an example of how the transitive property is useless...Oklahoma 45 WVU 33Baylor 48 Oklahoma 14Surely that meant that Baylor curb stomped WVU right?WVU 41 Baylor 27But that's what the media &amp; fans do - we overreact to individual outcomes. &quot;This team is unbeatable&quot; or &quot;that teams sucks&quot; pretty much happens every weekend &amp; most of the time that perception is false. Everyone had written off Ohio State after the Virginia Tech game last season. Then they went out &amp; won it all.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="bobhertzel'ssweatpants, post: 129350495, member: 1056714"] The transitive property is useless in sports. For example from 2014... North Dakota State beat Iowa St. 34-14 Iowa St. beat Iowa 20-17 Iowa beat Pitt 24-20 Pitt beat Virginia Tech 21-16 Virginia Tech beat Ohio St. 35-21 From that example, one could say that North Dakota St. & Pitt would beat Ohio St. But we all know that's ridiculous. Or you can even use our schedule last year for an example of how the transitive property is useless... Oklahoma 45 WVU 33 Baylor 48 Oklahoma 14 Surely that meant that Baylor curb stomped WVU right? WVU 41 Baylor 27 But that's what the media & fans do - we overreact to individual outcomes. "This team is unbeatable" or "that teams sucks" pretty much happens every weekend & most of the time that perception is false. Everyone had written off Ohio State after the Virginia Tech game last season. Then they went out & won it all. [/QUOTE]

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