Cal 1/1 game starts at 2pm

[SteelBowl70]

ACC announced today. I don’t see the ACC logic of playing a game on a day which is saturated with other more interesting sports events (CFP playoffs) and forcing the kids to travel from California during the holidays and zoo is on break. ACC has 4 games that day which is the only power conference playing (BE also a few games).

 

[Pittnerski]

It’s the pod because we play Cal & Stanford the same week. They travel together. Not literally together but you get the point…

 

[Joe the Panther Fan]

Isn't "forcing" the kids to travel from California during the holidays far preferable to "forcing" them to travel during the semester?

 

[pittchagg]

It was always scheduled for 1/1. They just announced the time today.

 

[Sean Miller Fan]

ACC announced today. I don’t see the ACC logic of playing a game on a day which is saturated with other more interesting sports events (CFP playoffs) and forcing the kids to travel from California during the holidays and zoo is on break. ACC has 4 games that day which is the only power conference playing (BE also a few games).

Ratings and attendance for Jan 1 at 2PM is much better than a random Wednesday at 7 and 10 times better than 9.

 

[Protes]

The upcoming schedule seems weird. We don't play for 10 days after Wednesday's game and then another 11 days after the next. That's one game in almost a 3-week span. Hopefully, that doesn't hurt us.

 

[Franb]

The upcoming schedule seems weird. We don't play for 10 days after Wednesday's game and then another 11 days after the next. That's one game in almost a 3-week span. Hopefully, that doesn't hurt us.

Good time to have a starter rehabbing.

 

[Pittnerski]

The upcoming schedule seems weird. We don't play for 10 days after Wednesday's game and then another 11 days after the next. That's one game in almost a 3-week span. Hopefully, that doesn't hurt us.

They have finals week off. They do this every year

 

[Sean Miller Fan]

Isn't "forcing" the kids to travel from California during the holidays far preferable to "forcing" them to travel during the semester?

I doubt Cal & Stanford will ever play ACC home games over the semester breaks. Perfect time to get a road trip out of the way.

These are their only road trips during when school is in session:

UNC/NC St
Duke/GT
Lou/ND

Then they both have one-off roadies in Dallas that where they probably leave the day before and fly home right after the game. 3.5 hour flight, which isnt terrible.

 

[Joe the Panther Fan]

I doubt Cal & Stanford will ever play ACC home games over the semester breaks. Perfect time to get a road trip out of the way.

These are their only road trips during when school is in session:

UNC/NC St
Duke/GT
Lou/ND

Then they both have one-off roadies in Dallas that where they probably leave the day before and fly home right after the game. 3.5 hour flight, which isnt terrible.

Yeah, it makes too much sense to send them on a road trip at the very beginning of the month like that.

 

[Bethlehemjohn]

The upcoming schedule seems weird. We don't play for 10 days after Wednesday's game and then another 11 days after the next. That's one game in almost a 3-week span. Hopefully, that doesn't hurt us.

It should help. We need practice and in some cases need to get back to the basics.

It also helps us get a bit more healthy.

 

[Fredact]

Isn't "forcing" the kids to travel from California during the holidays far preferable to "forcing" them to travel during the semester?

You say that like these are students. That’s no longer the case.

 

[Sean Miller Fan]

You say that like these are students. That’s no longer the case.

Stanford actually still does have stringest admission requirements. I mean its easier to get in there as an athlete than a regular student but their athletes have to be essentially Patriot League-level academically. Cal, on the other hand, can and does take minimim academic qualifiers like any "normal" school. That said, I would think that more is expected of Cal athletes academically than a "normal" school.

 

[Tvax1]

I doubt Cal & Stanford will ever play ACC home games over the semester breaks. Perfect time to get a road trip out of the way.

These are their only road trips during when school is in session:

UNC/NC St
Duke/GT
Lou/ND

Then they both have one-off roadies in Dallas that where they probably leave the day before and fly home right after the game. 3.5 hour flight, which isnt terrible.

3.5 hour flight isn't terrible? for basketball players? on what airplane? it has got to be hell as I doubt they fly first class

 

[MarshallGoldberg]

You say that like these are students. That’s no longer the case.

Stanford players are students, you picked a bad example. They have % of degree completed requirements for every season and recruit smart kids.

 

[Joe the Panther Fan]

You say that like these are students. That’s no longer the case.

Sure they are. They just happen to be student who now get paid for their work, instead of having to work for nothing more than room and board.

I can guarantee you that the administrators at Cal and Stanford expect their basketball players to be students in good standing, no matter how good they are at the basketball part of it.

 

[Sean Miller Fan]

3.5 hour flight isn't terrible? for basketball players? on what airplane? it has got to be hell as I doubt they fly first class

They charter. And I meant 3.5 isn't as bad as an East Coast trip. Really, the Bay Area to Dallas flights are sort of like a normal conference flight now with these expanded conferences. BC goes to Miami. Rutgers goes to Nebraska. South Carolina goes to Austin.

 

[Tvax1]

They charter. And I meant 3.5 isn't as bad as an East Coast trip. Really, the Bay Area to Dallas flights are sort of like a normal conference flight now with these expanded conferences. BC goes to Miami. Rutgers goes to Nebraska. South Carolina goes to Austin.

3.5 hrs is tough, charter makes it the best it can be, it being normal doesn't make it not suck but less than the ultimate high level of suck flying Spirit or Frontier

I know everyone other than Iowa and Nebraska has some tough ones and many more now

how big and comfortable are these charter planes for 6'8" guys?

 

[Joe the Panther Fan]

how big and comfortable are these charter planes for 6'8" guys?

Probably just as comfortable as they are for 6'0" guys.

 

[Sean Miller Fan]

3.5 hrs is tough, charter makes it the best it can be, it being normal doesn't make it not suck but less than the ultimate high level of suck flying Spirit or Frontier

I know everyone other than Iowa and Nebraska has some tough ones and many more now

how big and comfortable are these charter planes for 6'8" guys?

I think far too much is made about flying/travel. We have all flown long distances on packed flights and no internet. These guys are more spread out on a charter flight and they can watch TV on their phones or scroll through Tiktok for hours, which is what they'd do if they were in their dorms anyway.