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Re: Road Warriors: How far will teams travel in 2008?

Ben Prather — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 18:59:20 -0000

So why does East Carolina have the tougher OOC schedule?

And Why do you post only on threads that are off the top page? Is that so you can look like you got the last word in after we have moved on?

I would love to hear the voice of a Fresno State fan in a CURRENT thread.

Re: Road Warriors: How far will teams travel in 2008?

BallDogs1 — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 18:27:24 -0000

Proof once more that Fresno State practices what they preach....anybody, anytime, anywhere.
Just ask Rutgers!
Go Dogs! Win the WAC

Re: Road Warriors: How far will teams travel in 2008?

Football Picks — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 11:03:43 -0000

Why doesn't Hawaii count? That makes no sense.....no teams drive everywhere......

Re: Road Warriors: How far will teams travel in 2008?

Kevin @ Fanblogs — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:50:04 -0000

You did see the entire section stating that these were driving distances and that Hawaii (and games at Hawaii, for that matter) are excluded because a) Mapquest does not honor the search and b) there is no bridge.

Re: Road Warriors: How far will teams travel in 2008?

anonymous — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:09:33 -0000

any team that travels to Hawaii this year, needs to have their mileage upped this year.
see SJ St, LA Tech, Nevada, Idaho, Wash St and Cincinnati

Re: Road Warriors: How far will teams travel in 2008?

U.of S.C.1978 — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:36:13 -0000

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Re: Road Warriors: How far will teams travel in 2008?

Arizona Resident — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:24:16 -0000

Arizona is always in the Mountain Time Zone. But we never change our clocks, so sometimes the time differs from the rest of the Mountain Time Zone even though we are still in that time zone.

Trust me, I used to think that we switched to the Pacific Time Zone during half the year, but then a former trucker set me straight.

Re: Road Warriors: How far will teams travel in 2008?

aVoiceInSC — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:33:19 -0000

http://www.zoudave.com/File...

Regan showed me this originally (if I remember correctly) and it helps illustrate your point.

Re: Road Warriors: How far will teams travel in 2008?

Ben Prather — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:30:50 -0000

What does road mileage have to do with anything other than travel budget?

What percent of the travel budget is for transportation vs lodging?

What is the point of this article?

Simply this: WE ARE READY FOR SOME REAL FOOTBALL TO TALK ABOUT!!

4 more days...

Re: Road Warriors: How far will teams travel in 2008?

Ben Prather — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:27:38 -0000

He explicitly excluded Hawaii.

It is impossible to measure a distance to Hawaii using Map Quest, the measure used.

Hawaii would certainly be #1, and the teams that play them would go up an additional 3000 miles.

There are many good reasons to just state that Hawaii obviously wins, and should be excluded.

Re: Road Warriors: How far will teams travel in 2008?

Kevin @ Fanblogs — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:26:30 -0000

Yep. THAT. JUST. HAPPENED.

PWD making it rain. Dropping knowledge like it is HOT.

That is why you need to be reading Georgia Sports Blog. Go there. Now.

Re: Road Warriors: How far will teams travel in 2008?

paulwesterdawg — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:15:33 -0000

These mileage scheduling articles don't seem to take into account ...well....any acknowledgment of what a map of the US looks like.

Forget about non-BCS travel for a minute. Games that matter are played amongst BCS teams.

There are only 8 BCS teams in the entire Pacific Time Zone.

There are only 3 BCS teams in the Mountain Time Zone (AZ, ASU, and Colorado....technically the state of AZ is in a quirky time zone, but humor me. Physically they are more MST and PST)

So *of course* the Pac 10 teams are going to travel if they want to play BCS teams.

And of course the WAC and MWC are going to have to travel if they want to play anyone.

There just physically aren't many teams in the West.

Did you know that there are only 3 non-conference BCS teams within 1000 miles of Arizona State. Colorado, Texas Tech and Oklahoma.

You don't get merit badges for bravery in scheduling if you have no choice but to travel.

PS -- the Pac 10 stretches across an area over 1,600 miles long. Including their in-conference travel distances is even sillier.

Re: Road Warriors: How far will teams travel in 2008?

aVoiceInSC — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:52:39 -0000

I couldn't have said it better myself. Thursday is not so far off now. Not much waiting left to do.

Re: Road Warriors: How far will teams travel in 2008?

Porcine — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:52:09 -0000

I got ketchup on my blue jeans, I just burned my hand. . . . .

Re: Road Warriors: How far will teams travel in 2008?

The_Central_Scrutinizer — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 10:23:10 -0000

Clearly we are in the DEPTHS of CFB Withdrawal and have gone giddy with the anticipation of KO Thursday. ENOUGH of the watercress and cucumber salad and palate-cleansing lemon water already.

Bring on the red meat, potatoes, fried things and beer.

May the CFB Gawds relieve our misery and THROW US DOWN SOME FOO'BAW!!!

Re: Road Warriors: How far will teams travel in 2008?

Kevin @ Fanblogs — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 10:19:21 -0000

Yeah! What about Hawaii?!?! This guy must be a Sun Belt homer.

Re: Road Warriors: How far will teams travel in 2008?

shiguy — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 09:53:24 -0000

big shock there with south florida being the leader. they're closet conference game is louisville, ky.

Re: Road Warriors: How far will teams travel in 2008?

shiguy — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 09:07:28 -0000

FIRST!