Posted 5 hours ago5 hr Administrator I don't what is crazier...the distances that West Coast teams have to travel, or how little other B1G teams travel? Most of the B1G will travel only half or a third of what the Ducks will! Mr. FishDuck
4 hours ago4 hr That's crazy. We only have 5 away games right? 3k miles average including a short jump to UW? That doesn't sound right.
4 hours ago4 hr Author Administrator We travel to Penn State and Rutgers…why don’t we add Maryland and have ALL the farthest teams on the schedule? Mr. FishDuck
1 hour ago1 hr Moderator OBD plays the last three games of this season in the Pacific time zone. Home against Minnesota and USC with the last regular season game at UW. SC plays its last four games in the West; UW the last three, and UCLA two of the last three. Week 13 sees the Bruins in Columbus against Ohio State.In the NFL in 2025, the LA Chargers, 37,186 miles, the LA Rams, 34.832, and the Seattle Seahawks, 31,302, are the top three travelers. Lengthy travel comes with being located out West. OBD's two trips to the Central time zone and two to the Eastern time zone are spread out, so there is no back-to-back travel. All schedules, including football, are under B1G review. I thought the 'Pac-12 teams' would be permanent opponents. Two Pacific time zone trips every season would eliminate a trip East. I'll take the money and the B1G prestige over travel to Tucson, Denver, Salt Lake City, and Pullman.
1 hour ago1 hr Author Administrator 18 minutes ago, Jon Joseph said:OBD plays the last three games of this season in the Pacific time zone. Home against Minnesota and USC with the last regular season game at UW. SC plays its last four games in the West; UW the last three, and UCLA two of the last three. Week 13 sees the Bruins in Columbus against Ohio State.Great perspective, and again--that is why I call you, "The Schedule Maven."Someone brought up how many of the schools that travel to Oregon have a bye the week before, thus can come sooner and get acclimated. Does Oregon have that traveling advantage too? Mr. FishDuck
1 hour ago1 hr Would have been nice if Oregon, Washington, USC, UCLA, Cal and Stanford had approached the BIG together. Heck, throw in Arizona and Utah.No idea if the BIG would have wanted them all......but fighting USC to create equality between USC and Wa St was madness. A lot of wasted energy trying to save the uneconomic PAC and the bacon of Wa St, Or St, Az St and Colorado. ......the result is history.
58 minutes ago58 min Author Administrator 16 minutes ago, fred flintstone said:Would have been nice if Oregon, Washington, USC, UCLA, Cal and Stanford had approached the BIG together. Heck, throw in Arizona and Utah.The B1G did not want the other teams. I thought that with such superb academic schools as Cal and Stanford are--they would fit right in. But the revenue they create would take-from, and not add to each B1G members' share of the media contract.Even when they suck...the fan bases of Washington, UCLA and USC bring additional revenue to the Big-10, thus why the invitation. The reduced share to Oregon and Washington is a probationary period to "prove" we provide additional revenue.I think Oregon Has.... Mr. FishDuck
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