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Dubs Dread: The Transitive Property is Awesome, Sort ofby Friends of the Program on November 13 at 2:20PM
{Ed. note: * BY DUBS If a = b and b = c then a = c It may be simple. It may be basic. But, as a sports fan, it is everything. And it is awesome. In sports, especially in college football, where teams, even in the same conference, don't necessarily play each other every year, the transitive property makes things WAY more debatable and WAY more fan-tastic. "UConn lost to Pitt and WE beat Pitt, so if WE would play UConn we would win. Hands down. No questions asked. Fuck you." (Please ignore OUR 1-7 record in conference as I am sure that is the fluke and not the Pitt game)*. I call this fan unique argument the Sports Transitive Property or STP. With STP there is no true truth behind anything. As we all know, sports on any given day are anything but logic based. Teams that should not even be on the same field as their opponent win everyday. How in the fuck did the Cardinals win the World Series in 2006? How did Boise State beat Oklahoma on January 1, 2007? Did Oregon really lose to Stanford last week after beating USC the week before? This shit happens ALL THE TIME. Thus, to say if a = b and b = c then a = c in sports is downright ridiculous. But that is our right as fans. We can irrationally claim our team is better than yours because we beat a team you lost to. IT IS WHAT WE DO BEST.  Suck it, Bob.However, the problem with the STP is that it is also used by our trusted voters to make crucial decisions when it comes down to the most important football games of the year. And that is fucked. Lets breakdown a scenario. Currently, there are six undefeated teams in the country (Florida, Texas, Alabama, TCU, Cincinnati and Boise State). Assuming all things stay as is until the end of the season, at most we could have is five undefeated teams as Florida and Alabama will square up against each other for the SEC title (for argument sake, lets say Florida wins). Now we are down to five (Florida, Texas, TCU, Cinci and Boise State). That is an easy Florida/Texas National Champion game. No arguments. But what if Texas and/or Florida slips before their Conference Championship games. This is where things get tricky. If they both lose, would the BCS really allow TCU to play Cinci in the National Championship as the only two unbeatens outside of Boise, ID? Are they going to let a Mountain West team in? Should they? The Horned Frogs (hehe) did beat two ACC opponents and two ranked teams (assuming they beat Utah on Saturday). Is that enough? Maybe? But then again, the voters can just dismiss TCU and their pussy Mountain West. But what is even more fucked is that the STP says Boise State, who everyone has already dismissed for even a BCS bid, should play ahead of Cinci for the national title. Two times over. Weird right? Remember kids if a = b and b = c then a = c, only now = equals beats/lost to. Here's how the STP comes to the unfortunate rescue on the back of a blue fucking Bronco. And away we go... Since Cinci beat Fresno St. by 8 and Fresno St. lost to Boise State by 17 then Cinci will lose to Boise State by 9. AND Since Cinci beat Miami (OH) by 24 and Miami (OH) lost to Boise State by 48 then Cinci will lose to Boise State by 24. Seems ludicrous though. You would never expect Cinci to be dogs to Boise State. Ever. But that is reason and logic talking. However, STP also raises a legitimate question. Should the Broncos be completely dismissed from the National Championship game, let alone the BCS? They have played some of the same opponents as other BCS hopefuls and have done better than them against the same, granted weak, opponents. Does the STP give hope for the blue horses? Probably not. But it is worth the debate for sure.  "What happened? I blacked out."Hopefully, the BCS National Championship will not come down to STP or strength of schedule or some random math equation and we will get to watch Texas play whoever wins the SEC Championship game like god intended. It would give the BCS a year off from being the devil and we can just ignore its insane flaws until next season. That would be nice. I think. *This scenario is made up don't try to find out if this team exists. You will be wasting your time. And now some actual STP: ***
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Whoa, I was not expecting NSFW pictures on the 13. I'm pleasantly surprised.
Had to be done. Must maintain tradition.
Jesus Christ, dude! That pic came up at work, and I was, like, paralyzed. My natural masculine instincts wanted to keep staring, but my pussy, work instincts was like "no! scroll back up! you'll get in trouble!"
It was up there for a solid 8 seconds on the screen. Just awful.
wait, this video is severely affecting the TUP "totally awesome indie band that will be playing a side stage at next years lollapalooza" daily quota
Yeah. I kind of regret messing with that tradition. I mean, STP is kind of lame. But it made sense.
I somewhat resent that comment, considering I had a Smashing Pumpkins video and a Strokes video this week.
that's why i love living in SEC country. enough said.