How did we get into this mess of a conference?
The closest team geographically to us is Temple at 230 miles away. And that's by far the closest. Next closest is East Carolina 644 miles. Cincinnati is 800 miles away. Memphis and the Florida schools are at least 1200 miles. The Texas schools, Tulsa, and Tulane are all around 1500 miles away, and Houston is the furthest of the bunch at 1800 miles. That's an average of 2400 miles round trip for each away game.
Are we not appreciating the difficulty of this road travel? Does that help explain some of the difficulties we've had winning this conference with teams we've thought to be more talented? Even when you play at home, you will still be jetlagged or travel sore.
We traveled to Cincinnati (and back?), then South Florida, back to Connecticut, and then to Dallas, Texas in the span of 2 weeks. Unsurprisingly we lost 3/4.
The closest team geographically to us is Temple at 230 miles away. And that's by far the closest. Next closest is East Carolina 644 miles. Cincinnati is 800 miles away. Memphis and the Florida schools are at least 1200 miles. The Texas schools, Tulsa, and Tulane are all around 1500 miles away, and Houston is the furthest of the bunch at 1800 miles. That's an average of 2400 miles round trip for each away game.
Are we not appreciating the difficulty of this road travel? Does that help explain some of the difficulties we've had winning this conference with teams we've thought to be more talented? Even when you play at home, you will still be jetlagged or travel sore.
We traveled to Cincinnati (and back?), then South Florida, back to Connecticut, and then to Dallas, Texas in the span of 2 weeks. Unsurprisingly we lost 3/4.