ragtimejoe1 said:
ItSucksToBeACSURam said:
I guess I am confused as to what "disadvantage" this puts our guys at? They were brought here to play football. They have an opportunity to go on the road into a area of the country we never go and play a game that we have a great chance to win. AT SEA LEVEL. That doesn't sound like a disadvantage. Going to Oregon and MSU is a disadvantage. Going to Lincoln to play the Huskers, that would be a disadvantage. Winners don't bitch about WHERE they have to go, they just go and win.
Traveling multiple time zones disrupts normal circadian rhythms and can influence performance.
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And yet teams do it every single season and teams have tons of success...
This is just my opinion, do with it what you will. We went east and beat Tennessee. No one was bitching and whining about circadian rhythms then. This sounds like an excuse versus to me. An easy and early reason we may lose. :twocents:
I don't wonder. We traveled west last year and blew out FSU then came home and got blown out by Utah State. And you're right it is much different playing TN. They are a huge name and that was a game we should have lost but went out and took care of business. ITs all in prep and showing up.
Read a little about the NFL. It is a big debate even at that level. Playing TN is not playing Appy State.
Excuse? No. Just a game that doesn't make sense. IMO, there is more than enough evidence to suggest that traveling time zones affects performance. Not to mention that this games precedes an in-conference rivalry game on the road (i.e. AF).
Since you brought it up. Yeah, we went on the road to TN and then got our asses handed to us at UNLV the following week. Makes ya wonder.
The timing and opponent are suspect at best.