Michigan only has to go to the west coast once, as do most teams. We have to go the Eastern and Central Time Zones three times. It's an obvious disadvantage in a stupid system and in a conference we have no business being in.
I think every eastern team always has 1 east coast trip each year, whereas the Pac-12 schools that joined will always have at least 3 to central or eastern.
Edit: in 2026, we're at MSU, Nebraska, and Purdue for eastern games and USC and Oregon for Pacific.
In 2027, it's Minnesota, Northwestern, Penn State, and Rutgers with no Pacific away games.
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Michigan only has to go to the west coast once, as do most teams. We have to go the Eastern and Central Time Zones three times. It's an obvious disadvantage in a stupid system and in a conference we have no business being in.
Football should be able to cope with it. Barely
The other sports with multiple games in a week are going to get chewed up with the travel.
I think every eastern team always has 1 east coast trip each year, whereas the Pac-12 schools that joined will always have at least 3 to central or eastern.
Edit: in 2026, we're at MSU, Nebraska, and Purdue for eastern games and USC and Oregon for Pacific.
In 2027, it's Minnesota, Northwestern, Penn State, and Rutgers with no Pacific away games.
That was a good 5-7 Zona skwad.