Rooting for the Gators? Div III revelance

[FCGrizzliesGrad]

Franklin beats San Diego St in just 10 games

Franklin IN beat Butler 31 - 28.
Butler beat Morehead St 31 - 21.
Morehead St beat Dayton 14 - 13.
Dayton beat San Diego 30 - 22.
San Diego beat UC Davis 28 - 20.
UC Davis beat Portland St 38 - 24.
Portland St beat E Washington 47 - 36.
E Washington beat Weber St 33 - 26.
Weber St beat Cal Poly SLO 49 - 35.
Cal Poly SLO beat San Diego St 29 - 27.

Therefore, Franklin IN is better than San Diego St
as shown in 10 rounds by a combined score of 330 - 252.

[mitchp]

FCGrizzliesGrad wins, I think.  At this point there are only intra-divisional games going on.

The Gators pulled through this weekend, so all that is standing in the way of 1-8 Galludet winning the Transitive Property National Championship is that Florida wins. 

http://www.myteamisbetterthanyourteam.com/default.asp?winner=Gallaudet&loser=Florida

That's one of the longer connections I've been able to find (24 rounds). 

[Ralph Turner]

Mitch, please post your longest connection.

The Gallaudet-Florida is great!

[Toby Taff]

Ralph, I got HPU over Florida:

Howard Payne beat Texas Col 20 - 13.
Texas Col beat Concordia AL 31 - 30.
Concordia AL beat Miles 29 - 24.
Miles beat Kentucky St 29 - 23.
Kentucky St beat Central St OH 31 - 29.
Central St OH beat Missouri S&T 29 - 28.
Missouri S&T beat Truman St 39 - 38.
Truman St beat Fort Hays St 27 - 7.
Fort Hays St beat Washburn 17 - 7.
Washburn beat Missouri St 35 - 27.
Missouri St beat Youngstown St 42 - 28.
Youngstown St beat N Dakota St 32 - 24.
N Dakota St beat S Illinois 35 - 27.
S Illinois beat Northern Iowa 27 - 24.
Northern Iowa beat New Hampshire 36 - 34.
New Hampshire beat Army 28 - 10.
Army beat Louisiana Tech 14 - 7.
Louisiana Tech beat Mississippi St 22 - 14.
Mississippi St beat Vanderbilt 17 - 14.
Vanderbilt beat Mississippi 23 - 17.
Mississippi beat Florida 31 - 30.

Therefore, Howard Payne is better than Florida
as shown in 21 rounds by a combined score of 594 - 455.

[mitchp]

Mitch, please post your longest connection.

Ralph, the longest one I've found is from Hope to top-ranked FCS team James Madison in 31!

http://www.myteamisbetterthanyourteam.com/default.asp?winner=Hamline&loser=James+Madison

I've thought about getting some of these made into shirts, but this one might have to come with tails.

Hamline beat Luther MN 19 - 13.
Luther MN beat MN Morris 35 - 7.
MN Morris beat Waldorf 20 - 0.
Waldorf beat Dordt 17 - 13.
Dordt beat Concordia NE 17 - 14.
Concordia NE beat Briar Cliff 17 - 7.
Briar Cliff beat Hastings 25 - 24.
Hastings beat Peru St 26 - 0.
Peru St beat Haskell 55 - 7.
Haskell beat Bacone 29 - 22.
Bacone beat Southern Nazarene 31 - 30.
Southern Nazarene beat Olivet Naz 30 - 23.
Olivet Naz beat St Francis IL 27 - 10.
St Francis IL beat Valparaiso 21 - 0.
Valparaiso beat Davidson 35 - 29.
Davidson beat Jacksonville 38 - 35.
Jacksonville beat San Diego 30 - 29.
San Diego beat UC Davis 28 - 20.
UC Davis beat Southern Utah 49 - 26.
Southern Utah beat Youngstown St 14 - 7.
Youngstown St beat N Dakota St 32 - 24.
N Dakota St beat S Illinois 35 - 27.
S Illinois beat Northern Iowa 27 - 24.
Northern Iowa beat New Hampshire 36 - 34.
New Hampshire beat Army 28 - 10.
Army beat E Michigan 17 - 13.
E Michigan beat C Michigan 56 - 52.
C Michigan beat Indiana 37 - 34.
Indiana beat Northwestern 21 - 19.
Northwestern beat Duke 24 - 20.
Duke beat James Madison 31 - 7.

Therefore, Hamline is better than James Madison
as shown in 31 rounds by a combined score of 907 - 580.

[BillyRayJimBob]

I shared this thread topic's web site with my wife, kids, and colleagues a couple of weeks ago, and we had some fun with it.

Today was the kicker...

After watching the hapless Cleveland "Clowns" lose to the Cincinnati "Bungholes," my wife asked, "That 'My Team is Better Than Your Team' web site shows Mount Union better than the Browns, right?!!!"

[Ralph Turner]

I shared this thread topic's web site with my wife, kids, and colleagues a couple of weeks ago, and we had some fun with it.

Today was the kicker...

After watching the hapless Cleveland "Clowns" lose to the Cincinnati "Bungholes," my wife asked, "That 'My Team is Better Than Your Team' web site shows Mount Union better than the Browns, right?!!!"

You are blessed with a wonderful and brilliant wife! 

[mitchp]

If Florida wins, it looks like either Hamline or Hope will win the inaugural Transitive Property National Championship, having the longest path of 29 games to Florida.

Hamline's path:  http://www.myteamisbetterthanyourteam.com/default.asp?winner=Hamline&loser=Florida
Hope's path:  http://www.myteamisbetterthanyourteam.com/default.asp?winner=Hope&loser=Florida

If Oklahoma wins, we'll need either Texas or Texas Tech to lose their bowl games to make the connection.

I made a few changes to the site, adding helmets from The Helmet Project http://www.nationalchamps.net/Helmet_Project/ and showing which division each school is in.

Ralph, I'll be watching your team closely next year to see if we can get them into the chase!

MitchP

[mitchp]

Well there you have it.  Texas Tech's loss to Ole Miss this afternoon has connected most of the remaining FBS teams.  That's good news for those of you who have been searching to find that your team is better than:

• Texas Tech
• Texas
• Oklahoma
• TCU
• Boise St

The longest path will end up through Boise St, probably.  Here's the link:
http://www.myteamisbetterthanyourteam.com/default.asp?winner=Hope&loser=Boise+St

-MitchP

[Mr. Ypsi]

LOL!  Only took 21 steps for Illinois Wesleyan to down Oklahoma, by a composite score of 698-508.