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Analyzing College Sports Conferences and Nonrevenue Travel
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9/26/2024
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When you saw USC go to Michigan, play them in, you know, the big house, did you think
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that, you know, them and UCLA and these, you know, Washingtons and Oregon's going there
00:15
in the end was a good idea.
00:17
It was such a great game and the future looks bright with those types of games.
00:22
It was such a heavyweight tilt.
00:23
It could have been a national championship.
00:25
You remember, my whole life, you'd watch Michigan play USC in the Rose Bowl, but never
00:31
in this setting in a Big Ten game.
00:33
I think that it's been very good for the conferences that have expanded and survived.
00:40
And I think it's been very good for the viewers.
00:43
And I think there's been much too much histrionics about the travel for the non-revenue sports.
00:49
And I pointed out in the column that I wrote last week about why this is good or can be
00:54
good that the Pitt volleyball team, I live in Pittsburgh, Pitt's volleyball team is number
01:00
one in the country.
01:01
They have yet to lose a set.
01:03
I think they are 9-0 at this point.
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They have won 27 consecutive sets.
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That's how good they are.
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They began their season by going to Oregon and playing two matches out there.
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Then after coming home for one, then they went on the road to Southern California and
01:18
played three matches out there.
01:20
All of them were non-league matches.
01:22
None of them were mandatory.
01:24
They chose to do it.
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Why?
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Because it would make them better.
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Fine by me.
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Whatever makes you better and whatever you feel comfortable doing, fine.
01:31
But at no point did Pitt say, oh, we can't go to the coast twice in the first three weeks
01:34
of the season.
01:35
It will tire our players out.
01:37
No, they went for it.
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They played great.
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As I mentioned, they played perfectly.
01:41
And now they're in the situation that they are joining the ACC competition soon.
01:47
And they'll play some more regional opponents.
01:50
But also, at some point, they'll probably have to play Stanford and Cal, home or away.
01:55
So somebody's going to have to travel.
01:58
That's the way it is now.
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And I think that the concern about the non-revenue travel, as long as it can be afforded, and
02:05
it certainly can be afforded at the Big Ten and SEC level, I don't see any problem at
02:10
all.
02:11
Who do you like in the Georgia-Bama game Saturday in Tuscaloosa?
02:17
I think the tide's going to shock them.
02:19
Really?
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I think Kalen DeBoer is a magnificent coach.
02:23
Jalen Milrow has played great.
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And Georgia, man, we saw them against Kentucky.
02:28
Did not look like they were vintage Georgia.
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So we'll see how it goes.
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But I favor the tide.
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