Team identity
Blowouts carry the signal
Holds upThe record backs this up, season after season.
This one is in the FanIQ library with the full rule, the reason it works, and every season we checked.
What the record says
Held in 27 of 27 seasons, from 809 records measured.
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- Your Team's Record in Close Games Is Luck, Not ClutchThe same roster that goes 6-1 in one-score games routinely goes 3-4 in them a year later. If you want to know who a team really is, look at its blowouts.
- The Revenge Game Is a MythTeams embarrassed by a rival do not win the rematch more often than other first-meeting losers. They win it less, because teams that get blown out are usually just worse.
FanIQ carries this one in full: the rule itself, why it works, the season-by-season record, and the related laws.
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