Analyzing College Sports Conferences and Nonrevenue Travel

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00:00When you saw USC go to Michigan, play them in, you know, the big house, did you think

00:09that, you know, them and UCLA and these, you know, Washingtons and Oregon's going there

00:15in the end was a good idea.

00:17It was such a great game and the future looks bright with those types of games.

00:22It was such a heavyweight tilt.

00:23It could have been a national championship.

00:25You remember, my whole life, you'd watch Michigan play USC in the Rose Bowl, but never

00:31in this setting in a Big Ten game.

00:33I think that it's been very good for the conferences that have expanded and survived.

00:40And I think it's been very good for the viewers.

00:43And I think there's been much too much histrionics about the travel for the non-revenue sports.

00:49And I pointed out in the column that I wrote last week about why this is good or can be

00:54good that the Pitt volleyball team, I live in Pittsburgh, Pitt's volleyball team is number

01:00one in the country.

01:01They have yet to lose a set.

01:03I think they are 9-0 at this point.

01:04They have won 27 consecutive sets.

01:08That's how good they are.

01:09They began their season by going to Oregon and playing two matches out there.

01:13Then after coming home for one, then they went on the road to Southern California and

01:18played three matches out there.

01:20All of them were non-league matches.

01:22None of them were mandatory.

01:24They chose to do it.

01:25Why?

01:26Because it would make them better.

01:27Fine by me.

01:28Whatever makes you better and whatever you feel comfortable doing, fine.

01:31But at no point did Pitt say, oh, we can't go to the coast twice in the first three weeks

01:34of the season.

01:35It will tire our players out.

01:37No, they went for it.

01:38They played great.

01:39As I mentioned, they played perfectly.

01:41And now they're in the situation that they are joining the ACC competition soon.

01:47And they'll play some more regional opponents.

01:50But also, at some point, they'll probably have to play Stanford and Cal, home or away.

01:55So somebody's going to have to travel.

01:58That's the way it is now.

01:59And I think that the concern about the non-revenue travel, as long as it can be afforded, and

02:05it certainly can be afforded at the Big Ten and SEC level, I don't see any problem at

02:10all.

02:11Who do you like in the Georgia-Bama game Saturday in Tuscaloosa?

02:17I think the tide's going to shock them.

02:19Really?

02:20I think Kalen DeBoer is a magnificent coach.

02:23Jalen Milrow has played great.

02:25And Georgia, man, we saw them against Kentucky.

02:28Did not look like they were vintage Georgia.

02:30So we'll see how it goes.

02:31But I favor the tide.

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