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(Edited title) The Travel Distances aren't as big as you'd think...

Hmmm. I did a quick-and-dirty calculation of flight distances from Austin, TX to all of the schools in the Big Ten and the ACC:

Big Ten (In Miles):
Nebraska Lincoln, NE 729
Iowa Iowa City, IA 859
Illinois Urbana-Champaign, IL 866
Indiana Bloomington, IN 884
Purdue West Lafayette, IN 929
Northwestern Evanston, IN 986
Wisconsin Madison, WI 996
Minnesota Minneapolis, MN 1044
Ohio State Columbus, OH 1067
Michigan State East Lansing, MI 1130
Michigan Ann Arbor, MI 1136
Maryland College Park, MD 1318
Penn State University Park, PA 1330
Rutgers New Brunswick, NJ 1485

Average Distance 1054.214286
Average Closest 7 892.7142857

The ACC:
Florida State Tallahassee, FL 804
Georgia Tech Atlanta, GA 819
Louisville Louisville, KY 878
Clemson Clemson, SC 921
Notre Dame South Bend, IN 1015
Wake Forest Winston-Salem, NC 1089
Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA 1105
Miami Coral Gables, FL 1112
North Carolina Chapel Hill, NC 1149
Duke Durham, NC 1159
NC State Raleigh, NC 1170
Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA 1220
Virginia Charlottesville, VA 1224
Syracuse Syracuse, NY 1481
Boston College Boston, MA 1696

Average 1122.8
Average Closest 7 947.2857143

Two ACC schools are in the Central Time Zone (Florida State and Notre Dame) while the Big Ten Schools are more evenly split (didn't have time to research the Indiana time zone divisions).

It's interesting how FAR NORTH Texas would have to fly to get to the Big Ten schools. From a flying standpoint, the Big Ten and ACC don't seem all that different for Texas. Not as important for football, but travel distances are gonna be AWFUL for the Olympic sports, no matter what conference they decide to join.
[Post edited by TVLander at 08/19/2016 10:54AM]

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Texas insiders from Orangebloods -- nebraskafaninwi 08/19/2016 07:56AM

(Edited title) The Travel Distances aren't as big as you'd think... -- TVLander 08/19/2016 10:54AM

Boston College is a long way. The rest are comparable. -- HOO86 08/19/2016 11:43AM

Thanks for the correction! Always thought Tallahassee was in Central, -- TVLander 08/19/2016 5:36PM

200 miles is ~15 minutes extra air time ** -- marcbvtgm 08/19/2016 4:35PM

Distance is one thing; proximity to a commercial airport is another -- Tailgate Guru 08/19/2016 12:31PM

Takes longer to get from Logan Airport to BC than from ROA to Blacksburg ** -- VictoryTurkey 08/19/2016 12:46PM

The number of available flights in and out matters too ** -- Tailgate Guru 08/20/2016 2:09PM

Not true ** -- marcbvtgm 08/19/2016 4:32PM

I see what you did there. So true. ** -- Chicago Maroon 08/19/2016 2:25PM

Boston is a little over 4 hour flight from Austin. -- Old Line Hokie 08/19/2016 1:01PM

Re: Boston is a little over 4 hour flight from Austin. -- Wolfman 08/20/2016 8:37PM

So what happens to the LHN? -- Mr. Touchdown 08/19/2016 10:29AM

It's up to Fox and ESPN. Will Fox "give" ESPN a BTN junior? ** -- daveinop 08/20/2016 08:15AM

Not true at all. ND kept its NBC deal. -- chuckd4vt 08/19/2016 7:56PM

UT-Austin cannot be part of another conference network unless ESPN blessed. -- HOO86 08/19/2016 10:56AM

Maybe they would if they are really losing money on the LHN?.. -- Mr. Touchdown 08/19/2016 11:11AM

I'm sure there is a price for everything. -- HOO86 08/19/2016 11:47AM

I suspect it will come down to money OR travel partners -- daveinop 08/19/2016 09:15AM

Texas with some friends and ND as a full member to the ACC would be the end -- Hokies4Life 08/19/2016 10:29AM

What if Texas doesn't want travel partners? What if it wants -- VTHokie2000 08/19/2016 10:54AM

You have 4 pods of 4, but rotate those pods every 2 years.** -- Lead Dog 08/19/2016 11:32AM

I think you missed my point. Hokies4Life was suggesting the end game -- VTHokie2000 08/19/2016 12:10PM

20 teams with 2 divisions means 9 conference games. Very doable... -- jesuisvtguy 08/20/2016 09:32AM

When the WAC expanded to 16 members back in the 1990s -- VTHokie2000 08/20/2016 5:04PM

Fair point. Caliber of teams in WAC < ACC though... -- jesuisvtguy 08/20/2016 6:39PM

If the ACC went with 4 pods of 4 or 4 pods of 5, then -- VTHokie2000 08/21/2016 09:00AM

Interesting perspective. Thanks for taking the time to explain. ** -- jesuisvtguy 08/21/2016 01:11AM

I thought they would be B1G bound... -- EDGEMAN 08/19/2016 09:04AM

Don't forget Georgia and Florida along with the Northeast. -- HOO86 08/19/2016 11:28AM

It did say B1G pound...will want partners obviously and -- nebraskafaninwi 08/19/2016 10:06AM

Well, that helps build natural rivalries too. TX doesn't have a natural -- corvt2000 08/19/2016 3:03PM

An "island problem" in the Big Ten is a lot smaller than it would be -- VTHokie2000 08/19/2016 10:51AM

ACC too far away?? ** -- marcbvtgm 08/19/2016 09:45AM

Isn't the majority of the B-10 in the same time zone as Big Tex? ** -- EDGEMAN 08/19/2016 10:44AM

No. Regardless what does that have to do with distance? -- marcbvtgm 08/19/2016 4:33PM

B1G West yes, B1G East no ** -- nebraskafaninwi 08/19/2016 1:12PM

(Edited title) The Travel Distances aren't as big as you'd think...

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