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!

That's crazy. We only have 5 away games right? 3k miles average including a short jump to UW? That doesn't sound right.

We travel to Penn State and Rutgers…why don’t we add Maryland and have ALL the farthest teams on the schedule?

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.

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?

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.

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....

Charles. Oregon's 1st bye is Week 6, after the Penn State game and before Indiana travels to Autzen, with the second bye in Week 10, after playing Wisconsin at home and before traveling to Iowa in Week 11.

Before traveling to Eugene, Indiana also has a bye in Week 6. Like OBD, Iowa has a bye in Week 10 before hosting OBD in Week 11.

Penn State is off the week before the Week 5 White Out, but this could be to OBD's advantage as PSU plays three donut holes before the Oregon game. Oregon will be the first opponent with a roster equal to that of PSU.

Wisconsin has a bye in Week 8 before playing the Ducks in Autzen on Week 9.

Rutgers plays at UW in Week 7, with the game kicking off on Friday, October 10, 2025, at 11 PM Eastern, before hosting OBD in Week 8. So Rutgers will be traveling its longest distance of the season before playing OBD.

USC plays Iowa in LA the week before playing in Autzen on Week 13. Week 13 sees UW at UCLA before hosting Oregon in Week 14.

UW has a yo-yo of an East-West travel schedule: Week 5, Ohio State, Week 6 at Maryland, Week 7, Rutgers, Week 8, at Michigan, Week 9, Illinois, Week 10, at Wisconsin, Week 11, Purdue, Week 12, Bye. You're making me dizzy 🤪.

2025 is a season with five B1G road games, but the schedule this season is friendlier than the eight consecutive B1G games without a break in 2024.

With this kind of travel, Rob Mullens must do his darndest to arrange seven home games every season. It would be better for Rob to schedule Home+Home series with Cal and Stanford instead of OK State and Baylor.

First P4 upset of the season today with No. 17, three point favorite Kansas State, falling to No. 22 Iowa State, in Dublin.

A week from today, hip-hip-hooray, let's herd some Bobcats!😊

It's the cost of being in the B1G.

Love it or hate it ... It's the cost we have to pay. We were never going to be given any benefits for being on the west coast. I think we were all thinking there would be an extended eaat-west division to lower travel but that didn't happen. Frankly I like how we play every team in a two year cycle.

But the Ducks must travel a lot. Not so bad for football but the other sports have it harder.