Boneyard Geography in Conference Realignment (Northeast by Southwest)

[Stinger92860]

smaller diameter of the globe. wtf?

It's interesting how far north Europe is compared to the USA.

Let’s add a weather component to this. Although the UK is north of Maine, it’s climate is typically warmer than the mid-Atlantic states during the winter months.

Why is Western Europe warmer than New England

 

[Stinger92860]

A couple of years ago, Atlanta to Incheon. Flew strait over Michigan and north of the northern border of Alaska. I was closer to the north pole than I was the north coast of Alaska.

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Very cool, I’ve always wanted to do this.

 

[Da_Aisijimo_Gou]

Very cool, I’ve always wanted to do this.

Yeah, the first few times. Despite factually shortening total flight times, even sitting upfront it’s less cool after sh|t loads of such flights.

 

[ElGreco]

Paging Bill Walton. Cool stuff IMO

Speaking of Bill, I wonder how he feels about realignment and the “Conference of Champions”

 

[ElGreco]

Let’s add a weather component to this. Although the UK is north of Maine, it’s climate is typically warmer than the mid-Atlantic states during the winter months.

Why is Western Europe warmer than New England

Answer is: the “Gulf Stream” even keeps Iceland and Norway warmer in winter.

 

[UCFBfan]

From life experience, time zone challenges impact potentially more of the PAC n’s Asian initiatives. Real time kickoffs may have limited draw, but streaming re-broadcasts a la the NFL’s Sunday night abridged games in HK, SG, etc may generate a little bit of revenue. Or, not.

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Stop trying to have some semblance of an on topic post!! I'm enjoying these random geography facts/conversations that somehow started from saying Orlando is straight south of Cincy.

 

[cttxus]

The deepest part of the earth's oceans, the Mariana Trench, is 7,000 ft deeper (36,000 ft) than the highest point on earth, Mt. Everest (29,000 ft) is high. You wouldn't want to drop your keys overboard there.

 

[hank970]

Although the Moon has only 1/81 the mass of Earth, it's farther away.

 

[Waquoit]

USC and UCLA's travel as part of the Big 10 will dwarf UConn's travel in the Big 12

 

[Samoo]

Answer is: the “Gulf Stream” even keeps Iceland and Norway warmer in winter.

Until the melting freshwater from Greenland's glaciers disrupts it, inflicting much colder temps on northern Europe.

 

[ElGreco]

Until the melting freshwater from Greenland's glaciers disrupts it, inflicting much colder temps on northern

 

[ElGreco]

That will be a huge benefit to Northern Europe to cool them during global warming while we sweat it out until the ice age returns

 

[Chin Diesel]

That will be a huge benefit to Northern Europe to cool them during global warming while we sweat it out until the ice age returns

And they won't be complaining. I'm in central Netherlands right now and they had temps between 85-90 last week through the weekend. And they were less than happy. Back to mid-70s for highs right now and it's glorious. 17 hours of sunlight and temps between high 50's to mid 70's is just incredible.

 

[ElGreco]

And they won't be complaining. I'm in central Netherlands right now and they had temps between 85-90 last week through the weekend. And they were less than happy. Back to mid-70s for highs right now and it's glorious. 17 hours of sunlight and temps between high 50's to mid 70's is just incredible.

Jealous

 

[Kolumbo]

Answer is: the “Gulf Stream” even keeps Iceland and Norway warmer in winter.

"Warm air, cold air
It was thought that Western Europe is kept warmer than it's latitude would suggest because of the Gulf Stream, which shoots warm equatorial waters up along the eastern coast of North America and across the North Atlantic to Europe. But the new study shows how atmospheric circulation helps cool the eastern boundaries of the mid-latitude continents."

""It's not that the warm Gulf Stream waters substantially heat up Europe," said study team member Yohai Kaspi of Caltech. "But the existence of the Gulf Stream near the U.S. coast is causing the cooling of the northeastern United States.""

 

[Kolumbo]

Although the Moon has only 1/81 the mass of Earth, it's farther away.

farther away from what?

 

[Nostical]

farther away from what?

The Rent.

 

[Kolumbo]

The Rent.

Speaking of The Rent, check out the East Hartford Velodrome. They even built it right on the river.

"In this aerial photo it may not look like much but the Stadium in the lower right hand corner is the East Hartford Velodrome.
It was mainly a Stadium for bike racing but it also held other events as well like boxing matches and Football games for the "Hartford Blues" a team mainly played their games as an Independent Team.
The Hartford Blues went by many names during their History from 1924-1947.
But during one glorious year- 1926, they were a member of the NFL.
And on one glorious afternoon- September 26. 1926 the New York Giants traveled to Hartford to take on the Hartford Blues.
It was the First game of the Season for the Giants and they would prevail 21-0 in front of a whopping 6500 people.
Scoring :
Quarter Tm Detail NYG HRT
2nd Quarter-Giants- Jack Hagerty 12 yard pass from Jack McBride (Jack McBride kick) 7-0 Giants
3rd Quarter-Giants- Jack McBride 1 yard rush (Jack McBride kick) 14-0
Giants -John Alexander fumble recovery in end zone (Paul Hogan kick) 21-0 Giants.
The Stadium did not last long as it was built in 1926 and torn down in 1929.
The East Hartford Velodrome was a velodrome in East Hartford, Connecticut. In its three-year lifespan, it hosted football and boxing events before it was demolished in 1929.
The Hartford Blues played their 1926 and 1927 seasons at the velodrome, a then-new bicycle track located across the Connecticut River in East Hartford. The grass football field barely fit inside the wooden track. Its capacity was 8,000 spectators.
Football
The Velodrome was the home for the National Football League's Hartford Blues for their 1926 and 1927 seasons.
Boxing
The Velodrome has hosted many boxing events. One event was main evented by Connecticut's own Christopher "Battling" Battalino, when he defeated Archie Rosenberg by knock-out.
Throwback Thursday: The East Hartford Velodrome was a bicycle race track and sporting event arena built in 1926 and torn down in 1929. It stood approximately where Founders Plaza is today. In addition to bicycle racing, the Velodrome hosted boxing events as well as Hartford's NFL team, the Hartford Blues, during the 1926 and 1927 seasons. The photo itself comes from an aerial survey taken of the town in 1928.
Go Giants!!"

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[hank970]

farther away from what?

From you, from me, from all of us.

 

[Kolumbo]

Lake of the Ozarks - Missouri's most popular lake destination features more than 1,100 miles of shoreline – that's more shoreline than the coast of California.

 

[spsct]

farther away from what?

The Rent.

What if the stadium were on campus?

 

[CL82]

The Rent.

Yeah but it's like 25 minutes farther from Storrs. That's why you would never go to a football game in Storrs from the moon unless the state made major infrastructure improvements.

 

[Tyler2Rings]

South Windsor is south of East Windsor (as opposed to Windsor itself).

And East Hampton is 20 miles west of Hampton in CT. Go figure!

 

[Chin Diesel]

And East Hampton is 20 miles west of Hampton in CT. Go figure!

Standing Hampton is north of both of them.

 

[Waquoit]

London is north of Montreal.