Jet lag for travel east to B1G games. When will team leave and arrive?

I don’t know. I’ve heard conflicting reports, as some say, you can’t cure the time difference easily, thus they simply go a day and a half ahead of time. I would bet on them getting there on Thursday.
 

Jet lag going east isnt that bad.  You are just wide awake at midnight…4 1/2 hour direct flight to Detroit from Portland…not too bad. 

IMHO the whole time difference and travel narrative has been blown out of proportion. This isnt like you and I are travelling from EUG to Michigan. They are on a chartered flight and the game is at 12:30PST. Treat it just like a game on the West Coast at 12:30.

 

And knowing Dan and his obsession with getting everything perfect he has every tip and trick in the book from NFL folks and sports medicine professionals to make it as smooth as possible. 

I'm starting to think going east isn't as big of a problem for teams as going west is. 

 

Going east teams are playing earlier in the day or the same time. 12:30 PST start time against Michigan is only 3:30 local time. Not that big of a deal for us. 

 

But when Michigan State came to town with a 6pm start time... that's a 9pm start time for an east coaster. That's when they are used to a game wrapping up, not starting. 

 

I also think it is easier to train for an earlier game in the day rather than a later one. There are already plenty of early starts when it comes to weight training, practice, and meetings. Not many practices start at night. 

On 10/28/2024 at 4:33 PM, David Marsh said:

I'm starting to think going east isn't as big of a problem for teams as going west is. 

 

Going east teams are playing earlier in the day or the same time. 12:30 PST start time against Michigan is only 3:30 local time. Not that big of a deal for us. 

 

But when Michigan State came to town with a 6pm start time... that's a 9pm start time for an east coaster. That's when they are used to a game wrapping up, not starting. 

 

I also think it is easier to train for an earlier game in the day rather than a later one. There are already plenty of early starts when it comes to weight training, practice, and meetings. Not many practices start at night. 

If only we had encouraged this genius to follow through with his master plan of 9:00 AM games. Maybe USC, UCLA and uw would have better records.

 

Pac-12 commish exploring idea of 9 a.m. games - ESPN

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Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott said Wednesday that the conference has had preliminary talks about scheduling games to kick off at 9 a.m. PT.

 

Ducks depart about 2:00 pm on Thursday.

 

Arrive at a regional airport near Ann Arbor about 8:30 pm ET, Thursday.

On 10/28/2024 at 1:22 PM, QuackyQuack said:

IMHO the whole time difference and travel narrative has been blown out of proportion. This isnt like you and I are travelling from EUG to Michigan. They are on a chartered flight and the game is at 12:30PST. Treat it just like a game on the West Coast at 12:30.

 

And knowing Dan and his obsession with getting everything perfect he has every tip and trick in the book from NFL folks and sports medicine professionals to make it as smooth as possible. 

Exactly. It's a 3.5 hour flight on a reasonably comfortable charter flight. It's not like they are traveling across country by wagon train. They will be eating very well and staying in very nice accommodations. 

 

And, they will likely be in Michigan slightly longer than 48 hours. Meaning, they are absolutely not going to attempt to adjust to the 3-hour time difference, because there is no need to. They can pretty much stay on their West Coast clock.

 

I may be missing something, but done right, I don't see the travel as a big deal. 

 

On 10/31/2024 at 6:08 PM, Desert Duck said:

I may be missing something, but done right, I don't see the travel as a big deal. 

Other astute OBD members here, (maybe you were one of them?) pointed out how it is much worse going west than going east.  Wouldn't that be a hoot to find out that the rest of the B1G is at the disadvantage when bringing us into the conference, and not us so much?

 

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Sounds like the chartered flights are just fine…

On 10/31/2024 at 1:26 PM, HDuck said:

Ducks depart about 2:00 pm on Thursday.

 

Arrive at a regional airport near Ann Arbor about 8:30 pm ET, Thursday.

I'm beting that our guys somehow survive that 3.5 hour, non-stop, tasty peanuts provided, flight to Ann Arbor. 

Edited November 1, 2024Nov 1 by Desert Duck