(10-07-2023 11:00 PM)Hokie Mark Wrote:  

(10-07-2023 10:51 PM)schmolik Wrote:  I think someone outdid me for the best entry of the transitive property!!!

(10-07-2023 10:46 PM)Love and Honor Wrote:  

(10-07-2023 10:35 PM)UCGrad1992 Wrote:  LOL Miami. Lose to GT at home. Cristobal is our savior!

Bowling Green > GT > Miami FL > Miami OH > Bowling Green

So either Bowling Green is better than themselves or worse than themselves, I'm not sure.

IDK, but Miami is beside themselves!

Mississippi State > Arizona > Washington State > Wisconsin

Marshall > Virginia Tech > Pittsburgh > Louisville > Notre Dame > USC

After seeing USC and Washington State embarrass themselves, maybe the Pac 12 isn't as good as we thought they were in September.

Marshall better than Notre Dame? Where have I heard that before??

South Alabama > Oklahoma State > Kansas

South Alabama is now better than both Kansas and Kansas State (via Oklahoma State). They now own the state of Kansas!

Edit: Also, courtesy of TheMackAttack, Stonehill > Kansas as well!

Sacramento State > Stanford > Colorado

Why do I have a a feeling Deion isn't going to like this one too much?

Let me pick on Notre Dame (and USC) some more...

Miami Ohio > Cincinnati > Pittsburgh > Louisville > Notre Dame > USC

The Pac 12 should hope USC doesn't beat Washington or Oregon or I'm going to have a field day with them. Also, I'm sending them back to the Pac 12.

To help you come up with transitive property chains, here are P5 losses to non P5 teams...

SEC: Vanderbilt to UNLV

Big Ten: Purdue to Fresno State

Pac 12: Arizona State to Fresno State, Stanford to SACRAMENTO STATE (FCS!)

ACC: Boston College to Northern Illinois, Virginia to James Madison, Virginia Tech to Marshall, Georgia Tech to Northern Illinois

Big 12: Texas Tech to Wyoming, Baylor to Texas State, Houston to Rice, Iowa State to Ohio U, Cincinnati to Miami Ohio, Oklahoma State to South Alabama

Look to the ACC and Big 12 for transitive property chains. Stanford also beat Colorado so that could get some interesting ones. With Notre Dame losing to Louisville and beating USC the Pac 12 is also in trouble now.

The Big Ten isn't in too bad shape by themselves as Purdue only has two wins and Fresno State only has one loss to a fairly decent Wyoming team who only has two losses to two undefeated teams. But Illinois lost a game to Kansas and they are part of the Big 12 suck chain which ties back to Stonehill (ouch!)

As long as Vanderbilt sucks, they'll remain immune to the Transitive Property this year although if Texas loses to anyone not named Oklahoma they could be part of the Big 12 chain. I so want to say Stonehill > Alabama! Please let Kansas State beat Texas this year!

This is good stuff, schmolik. Keep posting.

UC > Pitt > Louisville

(10-15-2023 08:10 AM)Bear Catlett Wrote:  UC > Pitt > Louisville

You gotta keep going

UC>Pitt>Louisville>ND>USC

(10-15-2023 08:40 AM)U-C-FKnights Wrote:  

(10-15-2023 08:10 AM)Bear Catlett Wrote:  UC > Pitt > Louisville

You gotta keep going

UC>Pitt>Louisville>ND>USC

Eh, I made the point I wanted to make.

(10-15-2023 05:37 AM)schmolik Wrote:  Sacramento State > Stanford > Colorado

This one is very promising, because you can get from Sac State to someone really high in the Big 12 or Big Ten, and we can see how it grows.

As it stands, you can go Colorado > Nebraska > Illinois > Maryland. And Maryland plays Penn State and Michigan, so you might be able to get to a one-loss Big Ten Champ from Sac State.

And Colorado > TCU > could get you to Texas/Oklahoma and a one-loss Big 12 Champ.

Staying strictly within the soon-to-be-departed Pac-12:

Arizona > Washington State > Oregon State > Utah

(10-17-2023 02:21 AM)JSchmack Wrote:  

(10-15-2023 05:37 AM)schmolik Wrote:  Sacramento State > Stanford > Colorado

This one is very promising, because you can get from Sac State to someone really high in the Big 12 or Big Ten, and we can see how it grows.

As it stands, you can go Colorado > Nebraska > Illinois > Maryland. And Maryland plays Penn State and Michigan, so you might be able to get to a one-loss Big Ten Champ from Sac State.

And Colorado > TCU > could get you to Texas/Oklahoma and a one-loss Big 12 Champ.

Sac St is a good team. Expected to make a playoff run and 112 in Sagarin, higher than a bunch of FBS teams. However you can pull this string further.
Utah Tech>Northern Arizona>Montana>Idaho>Sac St.
Utah Tech is 2-4 and still transitioning from D2. They're not a good team.

(10-20-2023 01:03 PM)tf8693 Wrote:  

(10-15-2023 06:17 AM)schmolik Wrote:  Oct. 28?

Kansas just blew Gameday by losing to Oklahoma State. As I said in my Fun With the Transititve Property thread, South Alabama > Oklahoma State > Kansas.

C'mon, you can do better than that.

South Alabama > Oklahoma State > Kansas > BYU > Cincinnati > Pittsburgh > Louisville > Notre Dame > USC.

UMass, with its one win, can get in on the ND > USC parade as well:

UMass > NMSU > FIU > UConn > Rice > Houston > WVU > Pitt > Louisville > ND > USC

Also:


UMass > NMSU > UNM > UMass

UMass isn't as bad as you think, we're better than UMass!

Rice > Houston > WVU > Pitt > Louisville > Notre Dame

Rice > Houston > WVU > Pitt > Louisville > Georgia Tech > Miami FL > Texas A&M

A new one that emerged this week:

Old Dominion > Texas State > Baylor > Cincinnati > Pittsburgh > Louisville > Notre Dame > USC

I'm in a bad mood now so let me pile on the "we're better than Notre Dame" group...

Penn State > West Virginia > Pittsburgh > Louisville > Notre Dame

(10-21-2023 03:14 PM)schmolik Wrote:  I'm in a bad mood now so let me pile on the "we're better than Notre Dame" group...

Penn State > West Virginia > Pittsburgh > Louisville > Notre Dame

Yet we also have:

Penn State lost to Ohio State by 14 (road game)
ND lost to Ohio State by 3 (home game)

HFA worth approx. 5 points

ND 1 point better than Penn State.

Edit: My bad. Final was 20-12. I assumed it was 20-6, last score I saw before it went final.

We get to put an FCS team over an erstwhile Top 10:

Southern Illinois > Northern Illinois > Boston College > Virginia > North Carolina