Road trips in your conference

[813Jag]

I'm sure this thread has been done before, but what the hell, we're in the last few days before the start of the season. And I'm almost previewed out xlolx

What are the distances between your school and their league mates? Any trips you don't like taking? (not necessarily talking about the stadium, but the actual trip itself) Any favorite trips?

Southern
AAMU - 505 mi, 7 hours 15 mins
Alabama State - 371 mi, 5 hours 21 mins
Alcorn - 121 mi, 2 hours 9 mins
Arkansas Pine Bluff - 299 mi, 5 hours 37 mins
Grambling - 220 mi, 3 hours 40 mins (we don't play there)
Jackson State - 153 mi, 2 hours 44 mins
MVSU - 253 mi, 4 hours 22 mins
Prairie View - 321 mi, 4 hours 47 mins (don't ever play there)
Texas Southern - 278 mi, 4 hours 8 mins

My favorite trip is to Houston, growing up I enjoyed going to the big city xlolx Knowing you're going there every year (playing TSU and PVU) was a big bonus as a Jag fan.
My least favorite trip is to Itta Bena, I would have voted Alcorn but that's a shorter trip. The trip to Valley is just boring and it's not much to do there. Nothing about the area excites me.

[melloware13]

Delaware to:
Albany - 276 mi, 4:15
JMU - 227 mi, 3:30
Maine - 585 mi, 8:59
UNH - 408 mi, 6:23
UR - 205 mi, 3:20
URI - 291 mi, 4:46
SBU - 195 mi, 3:21
Towson - 58.6 mi, 1:00
Nova - 43.8 mi, 0:48 to Campus; 28.1 mi, 0:32 to PPL Park
W&M - 248 mi, 3:57
Elon (Entering 2014) - 393 mi, 6:02

Maine, UNH, URI, and SBU all involve drives through NYC. JMU, UR, W&M, and Elon all involve drives through Baltimore and DC. Given that, I prefer the drives to the VA schools.

[Sitting Bull]

Being a transplant up in the northeast, my favorite W&M road trip is actually to U. Rhode Island. It's a 2 hour trip from outside NY and easy to get to, off I-95. You are also close to he ocean so after the game, you can easily run down to the shore for a lobster or clam dinner.

Villanova is another fairly easy trip though there is really no tailgating so the actual game environment is not great. There are some great restaurants and old Inns (highly recommend the William Penn Inn) nearby. There is always a solid following of Tribe fans there as it is relatively close to Williamsburg (4+ hours) and we have a large alumni contingent in Philly, nearby NJ and NY.

UMass was also a nice, easy trip in a beautiful area, good tailgating. They have moved on.

Outside the CAA, I have found all the Ivy and Patriot game locations we have played a great day in nice college environments. We may have one of these per year.

For those in Virginia, I think Elon will soon become a great road trip. Two to three hours depending on where you live. They have a nice stadium and one group just ranked their campus #1 most beautiful in the nation.

[carney2]

Lafayette to

Bucknell = 125 mi.
Colgate = 185 mi.
Fordham = 85 mi.
Georgetown = 200 mi.
Holy Cross = 250 mi.
Lehigh = 12 mi.

The worst trip is to Colgate in Hamilton, NY. You can't get there from here - and it doesn't matter where "here" is. Compounding this is the scheduling which places this game in November. In Hamilton there are only two seasons - summer and winter - and summer only lasts for about a week and a half.
Bucknell is a great trip into the country, but too many games have been played up there at night of late. I try to avoid away night games.
Fordham is in a NYC neighborhood with a lot of great Italian restaurants.
Georgetown is in DC and what's not to like about that.
Holy Cross is the longest in-league trek, but it's on the way to places we visit quite often. My car can find it without any conscious effort on my part.
Lehigh's stadium is a lot closer to my house than Lafayette's. I will wander over there every now and then for the first half of a day-night doubleheader when Lafayette is playing a home night game.

[carney2]

Outside the CAA, I have found all the Ivy and Patriot game locations we have played a great day in nice college environments. We may have one of these per year.

I think you're going to like your Patriot League visit this year. If the weather cooperates there should be a great crowd in one of the better FCS football venues in the east. Many complain about parking. (Actually, it's usually the Lehigh types that can grump and groan about anything - except their schedule which is [not] oh so challenging.) If you know what you're doing, it isn't bad at all. Just remember two things, (1) March Field, and (2) keep in touch with me, Pard4Life, Bogie and Frank's Tanks - we'll give you the right information.

[Thundar]

NDSU

Fargo to Brookings - 185 miles
Fargo to Vermillion - 296 miles
Fargo to Cedar Falls - 452 miles
Fargo to Macomb - 660 miles
Fargo to Normal - 694 miles
Fargo to Springfield - 762 miles
Fargo to Terre Haute - 836 miles
Fargo to Carbondale - 900 miles
Fargo to Youngstown - 1,046 miles
Fargo to Frisco - 1,060 miles :D

all mileages based on Google maps quick search

[HailSzczur]

CAA

Albany: 240mi. Can't wait to make this trip and check out the new stadium. Hopefully we get to play you guys up there next year, because it would make a good road trip.

Delaware: 44mi. Made this trip many times, absolutely love the atmosphere, the fans, the tailgating, and all the wins I've seen there.

JMU: 270mi. This was a real hike to get down for the '08 playoff game, but well worth it despite the result. Great fans welcomed us over to a few tailgates, and really packed the place. I'd love to go back and check out the expansion

Maine: 555mi. Longest trip in the CAA for us. Would only think about it early in the season.
UNH: 380mi
URI: 265mi
Richmond: 245mi.

Stony Brook: 165 mi. Nice little road trip for playoff game last year. Hoping we play up there next year, because as a college student with 2 roommates from LI it would be a real easy overnight trip.

Towson: 100 mi. Hoping to making the trek down this year, lines up perfectly with Nova's fall break

William and Mary: 289mi. Zable tops my CAA bucket list at the moment, when I get there is anyone's guess though.

Others:

I've made the trip into Penn and up to Lehigh, great experience both places. I would love to visit some of the other PL schools, especially HC and LC.

[carney2]

I've made the trip into Penn and up to Lehigh, great experience both places. I would love to visit some of the other PL schools, especially HC and LC.

When Talley retires all things are possible.

[lionsrking2]

SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA

U of New Orleans (non-football) - 59 miles
Nicholls State - 77.6 miles
McNeese - 175 miles
Northwestern State - 228 miles
Lamar - 239 miles
Houston Baptist - 325 miles
Sam Houston - 339 miles
SFA - 341 miles
UCA - 400 miles
Incarnate Word - 509 miles
Oral Roberts (non-football) - 632 miles
Abilene Christian - 667 miles

[Sly Fox]

813Jag - As someone who lives in the "Big City", I can feel you. On the other hand, when my Flames were trying to convince the Sun Belt to let us in this spring I was most looking forward to another excuse to eat Cajun & Poboys in Lafayette. But alas ...

As for Liberty football:

Charleston Southern .............. 380
Coastal Carolina .................... 301
Gardner-Webb ...................... 255
Monmouth (Coming Soon) ....... 390
VMI (Going Away) ................... 54

Non-Football:

Campbell ............................. 173
High Point ............................ 131
Longwood ............................. 51
Radford ............................... 103
UNC-Asheville ....................... 287
Winthrop .............................. 232

[heath]

Away games are 289-474 miles,home games are 320 miles from the house. Once again I will be travelling 11 weeks and thousands of miles to make all the games.Just put the 3rd set of tires on the car:)

[Nickels]

I got it pretty easy. Especially until the last 2 weeks.

Houston Baptist - home
Texas A&M - 53
Texas Southern - home
Incarnate Word - home
Eastern Washington - home
Lamar - home
McNeese - 170
Northwestern State - home
Stephen F. Austin (Reliant Stadium) - 78
Nicholls State - home
Southeastern Louisiana - 339
Central Arkansas - 407
Around 2,100 miles there and back.

Sam fans have it pretty easy in the SLC. There's no excuse for poor road attendance.
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From Huntsville;

Football
Central Arkansas - 407
Southeastern Louisiana - 339
Reliant Stadium - 78
McNeese - 170
Lamar - 119
Nicholls - 342
NorthWestern - 180

Future football
Abilene Christian - 313
Incarnate Word - 218
Houston Babtist - 80

Non-football
Oral Roberts - 409
New Orleans - 374
TAMU Corpus - 284
Stephen F Austin - 84

[Bisonoline]

Cant say I have really liked any of the places weve gone but I have enjoyed myself. If that makes sense. Almost all schools have no place for the visitors to tailgate. If they do its pretty far removed for the general tailgate scene. Of course I also understand that most schools dont travel like the Bison do. I have not been to YSU or Indiana State so cant comment on them.

[darell1976]

North Dakota

Big Sky Conference:

Football Members

Grand Forks to Bozeman, MT 827 11:25
Grand Forks to Greeley, CO 900 13:49
Grand Forks to Missoula, MT 1,029 14:17
Grand Forks to Pocatello, ID 1,073 15:32
Grand Forks to Cheney, WA 1,239 17:26
Grand Forks to Portland, OR 1,574 22:23
Grand Forks to Ceder City, UT 1,419 21:00
Grand Forks to Ogden, UT 1,200 17:17
Grand Forks to Flagstaff, AZ 1,601 25:00
Grand Forks to Sacramento, CA 1,764 26:00
Grand Forks to Davis, CA 1,778 26:00
Grand Forks to San Luis Obispo, CA 1,992 30:00

Non football member Idaho

Grand Forks to Moscow, ID 1,276 18:11

Long trip but beautiful country...mountains, ocean, Grand Canyon it sure beats looking at flat farmland of North Dakota.

[Sader87]

North Dakota

Big Sky Conference:

Football Members

Grand Forks to Bozeman, MT 827 11:25
Grand Forks to Greeley, CO 900 13:49
Grand Forks to Missoula, MT 1,029 14:17
Grand Forks to Pocatello, ID 1,073 15:32
Grand Forks to Cheney, WA 1,239 17:26
Grand Forks to Portland, OR 1,574 22:23
Grand Forks to Ceder City, UT 1,419 21:00
Grand Forks to Ogden, UT 1,200 17:17
Grand Forks to Flagstaff, AZ 1,601 25:00
Grand Forks to Sacramento, CA 1,764 26:00
Grand Forks to Davis, CA 1,778 26:00
Grand Forks to San Luis Obispo, CA 1,992 30:00

Non football member Idaho

Grand Forks to Moscow, ID 1,276 18:11

Long trip but beautiful country...mountains, ocean, Grand Canyon it sure beats looking at flat farmland of North Dakota.

Jesus wept.....and I thought going to Bucknell (roughly 400 miles from the Cape) was brutal.

[Thundar]

Jesus wept.....and I thought going to Bucknell (roughly 400 miles from the Cape) was brutal.


if there was a Strength of Travel thread they would defiantly be #1

[BisonFan02]

North Dakota

Big Sky Conference:

Football Members

Grand Forks to Bozeman, MT 827 11:25
Grand Forks to Greeley, CO 900 13:49
Grand Forks to Missoula, MT 1,029 14:17
Grand Forks to Pocatello, ID 1,073 15:32
Grand Forks to Cheney, WA 1,239 17:26
Grand Forks to Portland, OR 1,574 22:23
Grand Forks to Ceder City, UT 1,419 21:00
Grand Forks to Ogden, UT 1,200 17:17
Grand Forks to Flagstaff, AZ 1,601 25:00
Grand Forks to Sacramento, CA 1,764 26:00
Grand Forks to Davis, CA 1,778 26:00
Grand Forks to San Luis Obispo, CA 1,992 30:00

Non football member Idaho

Grand Forks to Moscow, ID 1,276 18:11

Long trip but beautiful country...mountains, ocean, Grand Canyon it sure beats looking at flat farmland of North Dakota.

Good to know that the trip to Frisco from Fargo being 1060 miles would be the 4th shortest trip for UND in the Big Sky....

[IBleedYellow]

Don't give them too much crap, we wanted to be in that conference for the longest time, but they were too good for us. :)


I'd die if I had to travel to Frisco almost every week for a game.

[UCABEARS75]

Too lazy to look up the distances from Little Rock.

I just decide how far in advance I need to leave each week.

Get to spend two nights each fall in New Orleans; oysters and beer, yum!

[UAalum72]

Albany to:
Rhode Island 198 mi., 3:11
Stony Brook 201 mi., 3:29
New Hampshire 236 mi., 3:40
Villanova 249 mi., 3:56
Delaware 276 mi., 4:19
Towson 334 mi., 5:10
Maine 413 mi., 6:14
Richmond 480 mi., 7:30
James Madison 481 mi., 7:12
William & Mary 523 mi., 8:07
Elon 668 mi., 10:13

Probably can make all the conf. road games this year, plus Colgate and maybe ODU.

[Thundar]

Don't give them too much crap, we wanted to be in that conference for the longest time, but they were too good for us. :)


I'd die if I had to travel to Frisco almost every week for a game.

not giving crap, just glad we ended up where we did. Although I would have made a few trips in the Big Sky just wouldn't have been any by car

[PAllen]

Away games are 289-474 miles,home games are 320 miles from the house. Once again I will be travelling 11 weeks and thousands of miles to make all the games.Just put the 3rd set of tires on the car:)

You're a better man than me. I'm a little closer, but not by much and with two tots running around, I concider myself lucky to have gotten everyone to Georgetown last year.

[NoDak 4 Ever]

not giving crap, just glad we ended up where we did. Although I would have made a few trips in the Big Sky just wouldn't have been any by car

Holy ****, you are telling the truth.

[UNDColorado]

not giving crap, just glad we ended up where we did. Although I would have made a few trips in the Big Sky just wouldn't have been any by car

Exactly. I was running some numbers on my annual fall hunting / football trip up to Nodak in the fall and found that flying (two tickets, not just one) is cheaper than driving. Plus, sitting in the car for 17 hours each way driving is not fun...scenery between CO and ND is nothing special.

[ST_Lawson]

Western Illinois (Macomb, IL) to:
Illinois State (Normal, IL) - 105 miles
Indiana State (Terre Haute, IN) - 230 miles
Missouri State (Springfield, MO) - 325 miles
North Dakota State (Fargo, ND) - 657 miles
Northern Iowa (Cedar Falls, IA) - 211 miles
South Dakota (Vermillion, SD) - 448 miles
South Dakota State (Brookings, SD) - 549 miles
Southern Illinois (Carbondale, IL) - 253 miles
Youngstown State (Youngstown, OH) - 620 miles

I'm hugely thankful that our longest in-conference road trip is 170 miles less than UND's shortest. I do not envy that travel schedule.

[IBleedYellow]

Does UND have the longest conference trips in all of the FCS?

[97Torero]

USD has 5 road games this year, with just 1 within driving distance. 4 of the 5 are beyond 2,000 miles.

Sat, Aug 31 @ Cal Poly Mustangs Alex G. Spanos Stadium 306
Sat, Sep 7 Western New Mexico Mustangs Torero Stadium Home
Sat, Sep 21 Harvard Crimson Torero Stadium Home
Sat, Sep 28 @ Stetson Hatters Spec Martin Stadium 2413
Sat, Oct 5 Mercer Bears Torero Stadium Home
Sat, Oct 12 Marist Red Foxes Torero Stadium Home
Sat, Oct 19 @ Dayton Flyers Welcome Stadium 2171
Sat, Oct 26 Butler Bulldogs Torero Stadium Home
Sat, Nov 2 @ Valparaiso Crusaders Brown Field 2112
Sat, Nov 9 @ Morehead State Eagles Jacobs Field at Jayne Stadium 2206
Sat, Nov 16 Drake Bulldogs Torero Stadium Home

[Grizalltheway]

The only one I really care to make is @ PSU. Great town, great stadium, within reasonable driving distance from western MT.

[MSUBobcat]

Does UND have the longest conference trips in all of the FCS?

Initially, I thought they did, being a geographic outlier in an already large conference geographically. Then 97Torero posted and reminded my the PFL has an even larger footprint and they are the outlier of their conference. The shortest conference road trip for USD appears to be Drake at 1,747 miles. Ouch! Going from the SWern-most corner of the US to the Midwest and East has to make them the most travel-weary team in FCS, I think.

[NoDak 4 Ever]

The only one I really care to make is @ PSU. Great town, great stadium, within reasonable driving distance from western MT.

Moving to Eastern Kansas has afforded me the ability to make many more MVFC road trips. WIU, ISUr, USD, SIU, and MoSt are the only schools within the footprint I haven't seen and will be easy to get to from here.

All the time I lived in Ohio, I missed YSU because of the stupid schedule quirk that put them in Fargo two years in a row.

[Grizalltheway]

Moving to Eastern Kansas has afforded me the ability to make many more MVFC road trips. WIU, ISUr, USD, SIU, and MoSt are the only schools within the footprint I haven't seen and will be easy to get to from here.

All the time I lived in Ohio, I missed YSU because of the stupid schedule quirk that put them in Fargo two years in a row.

Same thing happened with PSU and Big Sky expansion. We were due to play there again in 2012, when I happened to be living about 4 hours closer to them (Spokompton). Now that I'm back home it's a much longer trip.

[Bisonator]

North Dakota

Big Sky Conference:

Football Members

Grand Forks to Bozeman, MT 827 11:25
Grand Forks to Greeley, CO 900 13:49
Grand Forks to Missoula, MT 1,029 14:17
Grand Forks to Pocatello, ID 1,073 15:32
Grand Forks to Cheney, WA 1,239 17:26
Grand Forks to Portland, OR 1,574 22:23
Grand Forks to Ceder City, UT 1,419 21:00
Grand Forks to Ogden, UT 1,200 17:17
Grand Forks to Flagstaff, AZ 1,601 25:00
Grand Forks to Sacramento, CA 1,764 26:00
Grand Forks to Davis, CA 1,778 26:00
Grand Forks to San Luis Obispo, CA 1,992 30:00

Non football member Idaho

Grand Forks to Moscow, ID 1,276 18:11

Long trip but beautiful country...mountains, ocean, Grand Canyon it sure beats looking at flat farmland of North Dakota.

Good lord, what is the travel budget for UND? Good thing they got 7 home games!

[darell1976]

Good lord, what is the travel budget for UND? Good thing they got 7 home games!

The FBS games will come in handy especially when UND plays at Utah and Washington. I would also like to know what the travel budget is, their travel distance goes way down in hockey starting this year as Alaska-Anchorage is not in UND's new conference so maybe a little savings there goes into the Big Sky travel fund.

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[MSUBobcat]

The FBS games will come in handy especially when UND plays at Utah and Washington. I would also like to know what the travel budget is, their travel distance goes way down in hockey starting this year as Alaska-Anchorage is not in UND's new conference so maybe a little savings there goes into the Big Sky travel fund.

FBS games definitely help. However, I'm a huge fan of UND hockey, having grown up in Bis-Man until I was 17, and UND only traveled to UAA one weekend every other year. On top of that, UAA pays a lot of travel expenses of the visiting team, and the visiting team gets an exemption that allows them to host an extra weekend of home games which is a HUGE money maker with UND selling out the Ralph. With the larger geographical footprint of the NaCHo league, expect the travel budget of the Men's hockey team to grow in the future, not shrink.

[Hammerhead]

You still have to drive hundreds of miles to find good scenery. Other than the badlands around T.R. Nat'l park, there isn't much to see from eastern N.D. until you get near Billings unless farm fields and freeway exits for "ranch access" are your cup of tea. ;)


North Dakota

Long trip but beautiful country...mountains, ocean, Grand Canyon it sure beats looking at flat farmland of North Dakota.

[UNDColorado]

You still have to drive hundreds of miles to find good scenery. Other than the badlands around T.R. Nat'l park, there isn't much to see from eastern N.D. until you get near Billings unless farm fields and freeway exits for "ranch access" are your cup of tea. ;)

If you think that drive is boring try going from GF / Fargo to Denver. That is a boring trek.

[UNDColorado]

Regarding UND's travel budget for football it has to be pretty high because they charter flights for every trip.

I do know that they sell extra seats in the plane to fans and alumni so i'd imagine that helps offset costs some, but who knows how much.

[Tribal]

Tribe fan in the DC area = every game is a day trip except Maine, UNH, and I usually stay in Rhode Island when we play there. Most years, I only have to get a hotel for one game or miss that weekend. JMU, UD, Nova, UR, and W&M are within a few hr drive. Cannot wait to get down to Elon...very warm response from their fans and their campus is beautiful.

[Model Citizen]

San Diego to Marist: 2,800 miles if you were crazy enough to drive. This year, it's Marist's turn to make the trip.

[Twentysix]

You still have to drive hundreds of miles to find good scenery. Other than the badlands around T.R. Nat'l park, there isn't much to see from eastern N.D. until you get near Billings unless farm fields and freeway exits for "ranch access" are your cup of tea. ;)

You just have to know how to look at it.

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[Redhawk2010]

Southeast Missouri from campus to:

-Murray State 94 miles; 2 hours 7 minutes
-Eastern Illinois 200 miles; 3 hours 22 minutes
-UT Martin 90 miles; 1 hour 58 minutes
-Eastern Kentucky 350 miles; 5 hours 42 minutes
-Tennessee State 204 miles; 3 hours 31 minutes
-Jacksonville State 423 miles; 6 hours 51 minutes
-Austin Peay 164 miles; 3 hours 1 minute

Worst trip I've made is to JSU. Did it twice when I was in college. Once with the football team and once with the women's soccer team.

[Jazzman1522]

Southeast Missouri from campus to:

-Murray State 94 miles; 2 hours 7 minutes
-Eastern Illinois 200 miles; 3 hours 22 minutes
-UT Martin 90 miles; 1 hour 58 minutes
-Eastern Kentucky 350 miles; 5 hours 42 minutes
-Tennessee State 204 miles; 3 hours 31 minutes
-Jacksonville State 423 miles; 6 hours 51 minutes
-Austin Peay 164 miles; 3 hours 1 minute

Worst trip I've made is to JSU. Did it twice when I was in college. Once with the football team and once with the women's soccer team.

I've never made an OVC road trip. I'm curious as to what made JSU the worst. Distance maybe?

[Redhawk2010]

I've never made an OVC road trip. I'm curious as to what made JSU the worst. Distance maybe?

Google is pushing it to say it takes under 7 hours. Pretty sure it was closer to 8 both times. And I didn't feel like JSU were very good hosts. I was actually traveling with the team so I won't go further into it, but definitely some issues.

I traveled to Murray twice, TSU with indoor track, JSU twice, and Austin Peay twice. Grew up going to EIU events and have made numerous trips up there for baseball, football, and basketball..

[clenz]

I'm adding non-con games as well....****ing deal

Distance from the UNIDome to the other stadium
@ Iowa State - 95 miles
vs Drake - 124 miles
@ Northern Colorado - 763 miles
vs McNeese State - 1,049 miles
@ North Dakota State - 459 miles
vs Southern Illinois - 452 miles
vs South Dakota - 248 miles
@ South Dakota State - 357 miles
@ Illinois State - 278
vs Youngstown State - 696 miles
@ Missouri State - 479 miles
vs Western Illinois - 211 miles

Not on schedule
Indiana State - 420 miles

[Pard4Life]

The only one I really care to make is @ PSU. Great town, great stadium, within reasonable driving distance from western MT.

Portland was a somewhat disappointing place to me. What do you like about it? Seattle seems much better and I've never been there.

[Pard4Life]

Lafayette road trips to the Ivy are closer than most of the Patriot:

Penn: 70
Princeton: 40
Columbia: 60

[Go...gate]

Lafayette to

Bucknell = 125 mi.
Colgate = 185 mi.
Fordham = 85 mi.
Georgetown = 200 mi.
Holy Cross = 250 mi.
Lehigh = 12 mi.

The worst trip is to Colgate in Hamilton, NY. You can't get there from here - and it doesn't matter where "here" is. Compounding this is the scheduling which places this game in November. In Hamilton there are only two seasons - summer and winter - and summer only lasts for about a week and a half.
Bucknell is a great trip into the country, but too many games have been played up there at night of late. I try to avoid away night games.
Fordham is in a NYC neighborhood with a lot of great Italian restaurants.
Georgetown is in DC and what's not to like about that.
Holy Cross is the longest in-league trek, but it's on the way to places we visit quite often. My car can find it without any conscious effort on my part.
Lehigh's stadium is a lot closer to my house than Lafayette's. I will wander over there every now and then for the first half of a day-night doubleheader when Lafayette is playing a home night game.

Damned global warming. Summer used to last a day and a half in Hamilton..... xeekx

[Pard4Life]

There is more "civilization" in Siberia than that corner of NY State... and I'm not even referring to the educational quality of Colgate either...

[Go...gate]

There is more "civilization" in Siberia than that corner of NY State... and I'm not even referring to the educational quality of Colgate either...

xlolx

[Skyhawk71]

OVC Road Trips:
47 mi., 1 hr. 3 min.- Murray State
89.8 mi., 1 hr. 59 min.- SEMO
93 mi., 1 hr. 58 min.- Austin Peay
153 mi., 2hrs. 41 min.- Tennessee State
232 mi., 3hrs. 50 min.- Tennessee Tech
258 mi., 4 hrs. 15 min.- Eastern Illinois
328 mi., 4 hrs. 57 min.- Eastern Kentucky
337 mi., 5 hrs. 47 min.- Jacksonville State
Least Favorite: Jax State; Favorite: SEMO

[walliver]

from Wofford ...

App State: 109 miles, 2:33
Chattanooga: 279 miles, 4:11
The Citadel: 206 miles, 3:04
Elon: 178 miles, 2:51
ETSU: 128 miles, 2:05
Furman: 38 miles, 0:47
Mercer: 256 miles, 3:51
Georgia Southern: 241 miles, 3:47
Samford: 324 miles, 4:52
VMI: 308 miles, 4:38
Western Carolina: 111 miles, 1:53

OOC
Baylor: 1002 miles, 14:55
Gardner-Webb: 33 miles, 0:42
Presbyterian: 40 miles, 0:46
Frisco, TX: 978 miles, 14:11 - We'll finish the season right about where we start it.:)

[WeAreNorthDakota]

Does UND have the longest conference trips in all of the FCS?

I can't imagine anyone else even comes close.

EDIT: I stand corrected. Didn't realize San Diego was such an outlier.

[97Torero]

USD is definitely the outlier in the group. 18011

[Hammerhead]

IMHO, Portland is more like a really big small town than a relatively small big city as far as major American cities go. The heart of Seattle's downtown is all concrete and steel while Portland has the park blocks and tree-filled plazas and even street trees along some blocks downtown. Portland also has a nice waterfront park and esplanade lining the Willamette River. Head a mile west of the stadium where PSU plays and you're in an forest with the coyotes. I've even seen coyotes walking 2 blocks from PGE park on warm summer mornings just before sunrise.



Portland was a somewhat disappointing place to me. What do you like about it? Seattle seems much better and I've never been there.

[RabidRabbit]

Does UND have the longest conference trips in all of the FCS? USD does. Not the Yotes, the OTHER USD, in California.

UND should have at least listened to Summit League presentation prior to jumping into the Big Sky. Who knows, perhaps the Grand Forks team would have been reunited with their other Dakota schools, and the MVFC to boot.

Would still like to see UND and NoCo back into an NCC 2.0.

[darell1976]

USD does. Not the Yotes, the OTHER USD, in California.

UND should have at least listened to Summit League presentation prior to jumping into the Big Sky. Who knows, perhaps the Grand Forks team would have been reunited with their other Dakota schools, and the MVFC to boot.

Would still like to see UND and NoCo back into an NCC 2.0.

It would have done no good, the eastern MVFC teams didn't want another Dakota team, if a YSU or an Illinois St were to have jumped UND may have had a shot of getting in. Hopefully we all can be reunited at the next level.

[bojeta]

USD is definitely the outlier in the group. 18011

I have no idea what all the factors are regarding San Diego's membership in the Pioneer League are, but it seems to me they might be able to justify the additional cost of scholarships, and joining the Big Sky, if they could save the enormous travel costs they must incur from all sports.

[Go...gate]

San Diego to Marist: 2,800 miles if you were crazy enough to drive. This year, it's Marist's turn to make the trip.

Marist must have a lot of frequent-flyer miles saved up.

[walliver]

I have no idea what all the factors are regarding San Diego's membership in the Pioneer League are, but it seems to me they might be able to justify the additional cost of scholarships, and joining the Big Sky, if they could save the enormous travel costs they must incur from all sports.

The Pioneer is football only, they are in the West Coast Conference for other sports. Even if they could join the Big Sky for football only, there would still be a lot of flying around, although the flights would be shorter. 63 scholarships at $40,900 (http://www.sandiego.edu/admissions/tuition_and_fees.php) each would cost $2,576,700 : That would pay for a lot of charter flights.

[BluBengal07]

USD is definitely the outlier in the group. 18011

wow!

[AmsterBison]

USD does. Not the Yotes, the OTHER USD, in California.

UND should have at least listened to Summit League presentation prior to jumping into the Big Sky. Who knows, perhaps the Grand Forks team would have been reunited with their other Dakota schools, and the MVFC to boot.

Would still like to see UND and NoCo back into an NCC 2.0.

I think that UNC fits better in the Big Sky being in Mountain Time and all... oh, I get it now, the NCC 2.0 so we're talking more than football so they could be Denver's travel partner. Still think that UNC is happier in the Sky because nobody wanted conference stuff at their place. In fact, I don't think that UNC hosted any conference events until their final year when they got wrestling.

Anyway, San Diego might have the longest plane trips but the other USD has gone on some epic bus trips. Measured in time spend travelling, it might be a toss up between the two :)

Come to think about it, Sacramento State must be up there because their AD claimed that it would take his team 14 hours to get to Fargo (of course, their AD is an ex-UND dude and that might have added some hours onto his estimate.)

[Model Citizen]

63 scholarships at $40,900 (http://www.sandiego.edu/admissions/tuition_and_fees.php) each would cost $2,576,700 : That would pay for a lot of charter flights.

Yes...and Title IX would force them to spend millions more on women's sports.