works best in week 1does not apply to a lot of situations.
Example Washington beats South Dakota State 87-76 last night, two nights ago, South Dakota State beats Nevada 102-75. Tonight Nevada is a 4 point favorite over Washington.
Let's apply the transitive property to the NFL. Do you think the AFC North is a solid division? Do you think the Detroit Lions are terrible and the Chicago Bears are bad?
Baltimore: beat Detroit 19-17 on last second 66 yard FG; beat Chicago 16-13 on a TD in final minute
Pittsburgh: tied Detroit 16-16 and beat Chicago 29-27 on last minute TD
Cleveland: narrowly beat Detroit 13-10
Cincinnati: lost outright to Chicago
One can make a strong cast that the AFC North really isn't any good.
It's the NFL, this week's hot garbage can beat the top team in the league next weekSince this post, we saw the Bengals fold up like garbage against the Chargers, the phony record teams of Baltimore and Pittsburgh play to a 1 pt game, and the Steelers so far have played one of the worst first halves of the season tonight. It's only 16-0 but realistically about a 24-0 game. The AFC North is hot garbage.
It's the NFL, this week's hot garbage can beat the top team in the league next week