tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15857498.post6078292057532802933..comments2023-10-31T08:24:26.150-07:00Comments on The Wizard of Odds: Who Travels, Who Doesn'tUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15857498.post-48433056034541881122007-12-22T19:28:00.000-08:002007-12-22T19:28:00.000-08:00UGAg is by far the luckiest team in the SEC. If th...UGAg is by far the luckiest team in the SEC. If this team had to travel 10,000 miles per year they would be wore out, beat up, less educated and not in the top ten. NO LIE, Just factAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15857498.post-11629792053512712402007-12-22T01:39:00.000-08:002007-12-22T01:39:00.000-08:00While miles traveled can affect a game, one can't ...While miles traveled can affect a game, one can't harp on their conference. Like a poster said...anyone can discount Hawaii's miles traveled because of where they're located. If Guam U were to play in any game, they'd likely have Hawaii beat. For a true comparison, I'd like to see a team's OOC game's miles traveled comparison to how many fans attended the game. Certain schools are known for their fan allegiance. Just because it's an away game, knowing you have 10K+ (more?) fans rooting for you means a lot. Where are these comparisons?4EverLSUhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14491281731163335924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15857498.post-51284662684831306602007-12-21T09:53:00.000-08:002007-12-21T09:53:00.000-08:00I have to admit, I'm shuked as to why you would di...I have to admit, I'm shuked as to why you would directly compare the miles traveled by Hawaii with the miles traveled by Georgia.<BR/><BR/>I do kung fu, so I travel all over the world, but at least I understand that Hawaii is on an island. None of them have suffered 3rd degree burns on their hands while having to work in a kitchen.<BR/><BR/>Do you understand where I'm going with this?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15857498.post-28712700405354154372007-12-21T07:33:00.000-08:002007-12-21T07:33:00.000-08:00"every year everyone touts the SEC as the best con..."every year everyone touts the SEC as the best conference hands down and every year in bowl games they lose more than they win."<BR/><BR/>Bowl Results for the SEC:<BR/>06-07: 6-3<BR/>05-06: 3-3<BR/>04-05: 3-3<BR/>03-04: 5-2<BR/>02-03: 3-3<BR/><BR/>Which of these years did the SEC lose more than it won as you stated? Might want to do some research before saying something that is straight up false.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15857498.post-46828055968231717542007-12-21T07:12:00.000-08:002007-12-21T07:12:00.000-08:00Georgia (anon) fan,you make it sound as if Clemson...Georgia (anon) fan,<BR/><BR/>you make it sound as if Clemson and UGa play every year like Tech and UGa do. cmon man.<BR/><BR/>your schedule is crap. admit it. the SEC is crap. admit that. <BR/><BR/>every year everyone touts the SEC as the best conference hands down and every year in bowl games they lose more than they win.<BR/><BR/>write that down. <BR/><BR/>as far as saying your non-conference schedule is getting better in the future...well it has no where to go but up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15857498.post-9126698158223048192007-12-20T20:57:00.000-08:002007-12-20T20:57:00.000-08:00Freakin SEC.USC: Anyone, anywhere, any time.Freakin SEC.<BR/><BR/>USC: Anyone, anywhere, any time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15857498.post-68676309430729249432007-12-20T16:51:00.000-08:002007-12-20T16:51:00.000-08:00fyi - Uga travels about 230 miles - to home games....fyi - Uga travels about 230 miles - to home games. (approximate distance of Savannah to Athens)Tedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08533506274479307004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15857498.post-42121043739343603832007-12-20T12:26:00.000-08:002007-12-20T12:26:00.000-08:00Future Georgia non-conference schedule:'08 @ Arizo...Future Georgia non-conference schedule:<BR/>'08 @ Arizona St.<BR/>'09 @ Oklahoma St.<BR/>'10 @ Colorado<BR/>'12 @ Louisville<BR/>'15 @ Oregon<BR/><BR/>Rackin' up those frequent fliers!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15857498.post-84870756612369282862007-12-20T11:21:00.000-08:002007-12-20T11:21:00.000-08:00All of Notre Dames games are out of conference.Nic...All of Notre Dames games are out of conference.<BR/><BR/>Nick Saban doesn't have time for this shit.Moon Crickethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11651177076986578876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15857498.post-56455078432593357602007-12-20T10:30:00.000-08:002007-12-20T10:30:00.000-08:00While I agree that OOC scheduling is a joke. The ...While I agree that OOC scheduling is a joke. The SEC and ACC basically share a good part of their real estate, so any games played between those two conferences is likely to result in a short trip.<BR/><BR/>A playoff would go a long way towards allowing teams to schedule better OOC games, but as long as being undefeated is the only metric that counts we will continue to see teams scheduling weak opponents and cashing in for now rather than hoping to cash in by being part of the postseason.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15857498.post-52038806993258228402007-12-20T10:23:00.000-08:002007-12-20T10:23:00.000-08:00This is all a fancy way of saying that the populat...This is all a fancy way of saying that the population is more dense in the Eastern part of the country than in the western part of the country.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for enlightening us all.<BR/><BR/>Next, can we have a series of stats that proves people in Montana drive a greater disctance to see grandma on Christmans than people in Maryland?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15857498.post-38914073376912686142007-12-20T09:59:00.000-08:002007-12-20T09:59:00.000-08:00This is actually pretty misleading. It only takes ...This is actually pretty misleading. It only takes into account the teams that are currently in their respective conferences and not the conference alignments from 1998-2005. If you look closely at Hawaii, they have only played 6 non-conference road games over that span (BYU '02, USC '03, UNLV '03, Mich. St. '05, Bama '06 and UNLV '07), so they should be much farther down the list. All those games against Tulsa, SMU, Rice, etc., were conference games in the years they were played. Good idea to do a list like this, but what he's done is inaccurate as far as conference/non-conference travel.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15857498.post-18759159179206921842007-12-20T09:48:00.000-08:002007-12-20T09:48:00.000-08:00Yes, Georgia has not traveled far for non-conferen...Yes, Georgia has not traveled far for non-conference opponents and many Georgia fans are very glad that the trend is ending. However, some rival fans of the Dawgs have often pointed to the lack of distance as if that in and of itself makes Georgia’s non-conference opponents weak. To use an example of a non conference foe UGA has faced often on the road I will point to Clemson. Just because in 2003 Tech opened up at BYU ( well over a thousand miles away) and UGA opened up at Clemson (about 65 miles away) doesn’t have a single thing to do with the actual difficulty of the opponents, in fact, in this case the closer opponent was much tougher (even though Tech did lose to BYU and UGA won 30-0). Are the opposing fans at a road game somehow not as loud since the visiting team is close? <BR/><BR/>Just so no one is confused, I am very glad that my Dawgs will start to play farther away if for no other reason than to garner more national attention. I just don’t buy the whole argument that UGA’s non conference is so much easier than most team’s just because Tech and Clemson are nearby.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15857498.post-89581557647245244172007-12-20T09:13:00.000-08:002007-12-20T09:13:00.000-08:00It is absurd to see Penn State on a list like this...It is absurd to see Penn State on a list like this. This is exactly why my Nittany Lions have fallen into mediocrity. Paterno, as much as I love him, has stated that the reason they "can't" schedule Pitt is because they need to schedule more home games for the athletic department and university.<BR/><BR/>When the 12th game became the norm Penn State should have done something to make their schedule more attractable not just for fans, but for recruits to send a message; "Come to Penn State and not only will you be the best, but you will play the best in some of the great sites in college football." Instead we get 1-AA schools and weak teams from lesser conferences.<BR/><BR/>This is a great post. Thanks for the info.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05119957238688676300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15857498.post-20022355013417555282007-12-20T09:11:00.000-08:002007-12-20T09:11:00.000-08:00I truly dislike the idea of miles as a metric. Of...I truly dislike the idea of miles as a metric. Of course Hawaii has to travel more than anyone else! Does it suck for them? Yes. Does it mean their scheduling is automatically more legit than any other teams? No.<BR/><BR/>Simply because a Pac-10/Big 10 matchup puts more miles on the jet than a SEC/ACC game does not make it "more legit" OOC scheduling.<BR/><BR/>A much fairer comparative metric than miles traveled would be number of away games vs. BCS opponents. Giving UGA flack for scheduling only 6 OOC away games in ten years is fair, but complaining about the miles logged is silly.Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10535172444903659242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15857498.post-81074882145934399432007-12-20T08:59:00.000-08:002007-12-20T08:59:00.000-08:00They way the BCS is setup it's no wonder that sche...They way the BCS is setup it's no wonder that schedule strength is lacking. Hawaii may have traveled more miles (Obvious alert!) but their schedule ranked 137 in the Sagarin ratings. 20 Div 1-AA teams had tougher skeds. <BR/><BR/>UGA travels to G Tech every other year; UF to FSU, UF picks up Miami next year.<BR/><BR/>Teams need all the home games they can get since football is usually the only profitable sport at any school. That's why PSU won't play Pitt for one example of many.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15857498.post-80394749820463684552007-12-20T08:56:00.000-08:002007-12-20T08:56:00.000-08:00The problem is UGA V gets carsick if he has to rid...The problem is UGA V gets carsick if he has to ride more than an hour, so they cut down on the trips for his sake.Five Pound Baghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03927275111698696108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15857498.post-32093496676976744182007-12-20T08:41:00.000-08:002007-12-20T08:41:00.000-08:00mlmintampa: This is about non-conference schedules...mlmintampa: This is about non-conference schedules, so it has less to do with a bunched-up conference and more to do with a conference that's afraid to play road games against good non-conference opponents.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15857498.post-85738587451558613052007-12-20T08:35:00.000-08:002007-12-20T08:35:00.000-08:00As a Gator, I will admit our scheduling is not, um...As a Gator, I will admit our scheduling is not, um, adventureous. <BR/>For the rest of the SEC, we're pretty bunched up, so there isn't much travel.mlmintampahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05383034310094048696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15857498.post-66704854265489980962007-12-20T08:15:00.000-08:002007-12-20T08:15:00.000-08:00Well the fact that Hawaii is located where it is i...Well the fact that Hawaii is located where it is it would be obvious they would travel more.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13688081796677383870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15857498.post-62863785481821841522007-12-20T07:41:00.000-08:002007-12-20T07:41:00.000-08:00Dan Shanoff thinks this is crapDan Shanoff thinks this is crapAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com