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Posted on 8/9/23 at 8:09 am to paperwasp
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I for one love this stuff, well done.
In my head I don't think of both Texas schools being that close. Pretty wild considering how mind-bogglingly large that state actually is.
For example, the distance between the University of Houston and Texas El-Paso/UTEP is roughly 675 miles (!).
Drove a motorhome from Houston to El Paso about 7 years ago and there is a heaping pile of nothing but Texas in Texas. I-20 dead ends into I-10 in the middle of nowhere...
Posted on 8/9/23 at 8:13 am to KCM0Tiger
Great stuff. Now someone do the new Big 10.
Posted on 8/9/23 at 8:27 am to KCM0Tiger
This is good content. Thanks for putting in the effort!
Posted on 8/9/23 at 8:37 am to KCM0Tiger
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UPDATED: SEC schools ranked by average proximity to each other
How far are you from Kansas?
Posted on 8/9/23 at 8:52 am to KCM0Tiger
Great thread!
You would think that Florida might want to consider playing some in state non-conference teams since they rack up the most frequent flyer miles. Just a thought.
15. Florida – Average miles: 598
FSU - 129 miles
Auburn – 277 miles
Miami - 294 miles
Georgia – 304 miles
South Carolina – 312 miles
Alabama – 396 miles
Tennessee – 445 miles
Mississippi State – 463 miles
Vanderbilt – 520 miles
LSU – 528 miles
Ole Miss – 533 miles
Kentucky – 593 miles
Arkansas – 818 miles
Texas A&M – 840 miles
Missouri – 858 miles
Texas – 921 miles
Oklahoma – 959 miles
Who else has 2 non-conference teams in their state that have won national championships this century? Anyone? Anyone?
You would think that Florida might want to consider playing some in state non-conference teams since they rack up the most frequent flyer miles. Just a thought.
15. Florida – Average miles: 598
FSU - 129 miles
Auburn – 277 miles
Miami - 294 miles
Georgia – 304 miles
South Carolina – 312 miles
Alabama – 396 miles
Tennessee – 445 miles
Mississippi State – 463 miles
Vanderbilt – 520 miles
LSU – 528 miles
Ole Miss – 533 miles
Kentucky – 593 miles
Arkansas – 818 miles
Texas A&M – 840 miles
Missouri – 858 miles
Texas – 921 miles
Oklahoma – 959 miles
Who else has 2 non-conference teams in their state that have won national championships this century? Anyone? Anyone?
Posted on 8/9/23 at 8:53 am to skrayper
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Those long distance matchups are REALLY brutal for the other sports. It's a lot of money and logistics to send a baseball or softball team nearly 1000 miles to play a series.
Yeah, I’d like to see a season cost of all travel for something like Softball.
Posted on 8/9/23 at 9:03 am to KCM0Tiger
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3. Mississippi State – Average miles: 360
Alabama – 74 miles
Ole Miss – 75 miles
Auburn – 201 miles
Vanderbilt – 221 miles
LSU – 249 miles
Only one of these teams is on State's 2024 schedule
Posted on 8/9/23 at 10:08 am to mckibaj
quote:Once you get on an airplane, the travel costs aren't going to change a whole lot within the SEC footprint (travelling from LA to Piscataway, NJ would be a bit different). But, that's why, in my opinion, you want to try to have your schedule set up so that you play the closest schools every in non-revenue sports. It makes no sense, to my mind, that we are going with a 2/8 schedule for baseball (which doesn't work out even mathematically) when a 5/5 schedule would allow you to play everyone every other year, and still keep more of those bus ride matchups intact.quote:Yeah, I’d like to see a season cost of all travel for something like Softball.
Those long distance matchups are REALLY brutal for the other sports. It's a lot of money and logistics to send a baseball or softball team nearly 1000 miles to play a series.
Posted on 8/9/23 at 10:52 am to MNW
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Only one of these teams is on State's 2024 schedule
Fans and sportswriters complained that the first two weeks and the week before Thanksgiving didn’t have enough good games, so here we are.
Posted on 8/9/23 at 11:21 am to bigDgator
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Fans and sportswriters complained that the first two weeks and the week before Thanksgiving didn’t have enough good games, so here we are.
I know State isn't the biggest TV draw in the conference so we'll just get fed a shite sandwich and have our historic series done away with, but in 2024 they scheduled:
State vs. Florida
State vs. Georgia
USC vs. Alabama
USC vs. LSU
Does that really add more juice to the TV ratings than State playing Bama and LSU and South Carolina playing Georgia and Florida? I just really don't understand it.
Posted on 8/9/23 at 11:28 am to Swoopin
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Would AU have ranked #1 prior to latest round of westward expansion? Always thought of Auburn as being at the center in the past
If I recall correctly, AU was #1 prior to Texas A&M and Missouri joining the conference.
Posted on 8/9/23 at 1:21 pm to KCM0Tiger
distances still quite reasonabe compared to B1G and B12 
Posted on 8/9/23 at 1:26 pm to molsusports
Ohio State fans don't have to try very hard to make themselves look stupid.
Posted on 8/9/23 at 1:35 pm to KCM0Tiger
1. Alabama – Average miles: 345
LSU – 285 miles
As someone who has driven this 4 or 5 times a year since 1980,this is at least 60 miles too few.
LSU – 285 miles
As someone who has driven this 4 or 5 times a year since 1980,this is at least 60 miles too few.
Posted on 8/9/23 at 2:04 pm to I-59 Tiger
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1. Alabama – Average miles: 345
LSU – 285 miles
As someone who has driven this 4 or 5 times a year since 1980,this is at least 60 miles too few.
They did straight line as the crow flies.
Tennessee to Georgia – 144 miles
Google maps says driving from Neyland to Sanford is 236 miles.
Posted on 8/9/23 at 2:54 pm to I-59 Tiger
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1. Alabama – Average miles: 345 LSU – 285 miles As someone who has driven this 4 or 5 times a year since 1980,this is at least 60 miles too few.
As the poster above said, these are straight line distances and not driving distances.
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