The transitive property is one of the worst methods that any sports fan can use to attempt to win an argument. Simply saying that Team A is a better team than Team C because Team A beat Team B and Team B beat Team C is ridiculous. As the chain of teams lengthens, the argument becomes even more absurd.
But so, in many ways, is this football team.
Let’s take a second to imagine what a world in which Northwestern football being undefeated would look like. A half-empty Ryan Field would be filled to the brim on gamedays.