Re: How can we encourage more OOC games
I'm not buying it. Any conference that has a rotating off week is not related to OOC issues. That happens with an odd number of schools in the conference which is when it would have trouble lining up with other available teams. Large or small, that is a conference fail if it happens.
No pulling punches. The MIAA started this crap for the conferences in the Midwest and are responsible for the mess they made. No excuses and it has been a very vocal part of objection by the fans of the teams since it was even rumored. Needs to be corrected.
Again, not buying it. Just in the MIAA for example Kearney/UCO/NSU were added stretching the boundaries north and south. Hays (although getting dated at this point) and Lindenwood were added stretching the footprint east and west. Any of those could have been used as OOC for schools for when they were closer but still allowing options for those schools now being forced to travel farther.
Here are some rough average distances travelled for NW over the years using city to city distance of regular season opponents:
2000/2001 - 2332 miles total, 12 games - avg 194 miles per non home game (Mankato and UNO on schedule as OOC)
2008/2009 - 2433 miles total, 12 games - avg 203 miles per non home game (ACU)
2017/2018 - 2626 miles total, 12 games - avg 218 miles per non home game(none)
The silo scheduling has resulted in roughly 15-25 miles more travel per game than was needed in the past. It has INCREASED the travel time, distance and costs. The only thing it has helped is making peoples jobs lazy in scheduling.
This includes going to Abilene, TX for an out of conference matchup in 2009 (~700 miles).
Mankato is actually even closer than any of Hays, Lindenwood, UCO or NSU as well for early 2000s vs today. (Various routes can interchange distances with Hays and Lindenwood as they are about a half hour time closer, although ~10 miles farther, from Maryville)
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Here are some rough average distances travelled for NW over the years using city to city distance of regular season opponents:
2000/2001 - 2332 miles total, 12 games - avg 194 miles per non home game (Mankato and UNO on schedule as OOC)
2008/2009 - 2433 miles total, 12 games - avg 203 miles per non home game (ACU)
2017/2018 - 2626 miles total, 12 games - avg 218 miles per non home game(none)
The silo scheduling has resulted in roughly 15-25 miles more travel per game than was needed in the past. It has INCREASED the travel time, distance and costs. The only thing it has helped is making peoples jobs lazy in scheduling.
This includes going to Abilene, TX for an out of conference matchup in 2009 (~700 miles).
Mankato is actually even closer than any of Hays, Lindenwood, UCO or NSU as well for early 2000s vs today. (Various routes can interchange distances with Hays and Lindenwood as they are about a half hour time closer, although ~10 miles farther, from Maryville)
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