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Tidbits of interest the next time you sit down beside someone who thinks the SEC is all that.
Now I know the SEC is a tough conference but we'll never know exactly how good they are because the conference simply doesn't play many non-conference road games. Combine this with how most of the Bowl games are located in the South and West coast they also enjoy "home field"
advantages the schools from the East, North and Midwest don't. I came across this website last night that validated this....
I wasn't the least bit surprised to find the following:
* Georgia has traveled a total of 358 miles for nonconference road games since 1998. By comparison Ohio State has traveled 7,222 miles for nonconference games during the same timeframe and will be playing USC next September on the road not to mention home/away games already under contract with the Miami Hurricanes, Cal Bears, Virginia Tech and Oklahoma in the next few years.
* Teams from the Southeastern Conference hold down seven of the top eight spots for teams having traveled the fewest miles.
(This includes Florida, which last played a nonconference road game outside of the Sunshine State on Sept. 21, 1991, at Syracuse.) This is an incredible stat!
Here's the sites that detail each conference / school and their respective travel details.
http://thewizardofodds.blogspot.com/2007/12/who-travels-who-doesnt.html
http://www.mapgameday.com/travels/
Now I know the SEC is a tough conference but we'll never know exactly how good they are because the conference simply doesn't play many non-conference road games. Combine this with how most of the Bowl games are located in the South and West coast they also enjoy "home field"
advantages the schools from the East, North and Midwest don't. I came across this website last night that validated this....
I wasn't the least bit surprised to find the following:
* Georgia has traveled a total of 358 miles for nonconference road games since 1998. By comparison Ohio State has traveled 7,222 miles for nonconference games during the same timeframe and will be playing USC next September on the road not to mention home/away games already under contract with the Miami Hurricanes, Cal Bears, Virginia Tech and Oklahoma in the next few years.
* Teams from the Southeastern Conference hold down seven of the top eight spots for teams having traveled the fewest miles.
(This includes Florida, which last played a nonconference road game outside of the Sunshine State on Sept. 21, 1991, at Syracuse.) This is an incredible stat!
Here's the sites that detail each conference / school and their respective travel details.
http://thewizardofodds.blogspot.com/2007/12/who-travels-who-doesnt.html
http://www.mapgameday.com/travels/