[petersalas]

It’s hard to say or predict all the what ifs. This season hasn’t been an easy one and that’s something everyone can agree with. Now here’s hoping the transfer portal opens and closes without losing anyone. Brighter days are ahead!!

The extra travel didn't seem to bother the Oregon football team. Doesn't seem like it's bothering the USC or UCLA womens basketball teams. Do the effects of extra travel only seem to impact lesser talented teams? :>

Here's a question...let's say our current Stanford team played the exact same ACC teams we've lost to on the road (Duke, Notre Dame, Louisville, SMU, Clemson, Virginia) but instead their home cities were Phoenix, Tucson, Eugene, Corvalis, Seattle, and Pullman (so basically those same teams with the old Pac-12 travel schedule). Anyone think the outcomes would be much different?

I think the season-defining trip, in so many ways, were the losses to SMU and Clemson.  Those two games were very close, including one overtime, and it is easy to imagine different outcomes.  The team was healthy, its confidence must have been good after the close game at LSU, and SMU and Clemson were among the weakest teams on the travel schedule. 

Losing those two put us on a bad trajectory.  And it was the very first cross country road trip.  Would we have won if they were in Arizona or Washington?  Very possibly.  The other games?  Nope.

[petersalas]

It’s hard to say or predict all the what ifs. This season hasn’t been an easy one and that’s something everyone can agree with. Now here’s hoping the transfer portal opens and closes without losing anyone. Brighter days are ahead!!

The extra travel didn't seem to bother the Oregon football team. Doesn't seem like it's bothering the USC or UCLA womens basketball teams. Do the effects of extra travel only seem to impact lesser talented teams? :>

Here's a question...let's say our current Stanford team played the exact same ACC teams we've lost to on the road (Duke, Notre Dame, Louisville, SMU, Clemson, Virginia) but instead their home cities were Phoenix, Tucson, Eugene, Corvalis, Seattle, and Pullman (so basically those same teams with the old Pac-12 travel schedule). Anyone think the outcomes would be much different?

I think the season-defining trip, in so many ways, were the losses to SMU and Clemson.  Those two games were very close, including one overtime, and it is easy to imagine different outcomes.  The team was healthy, its confidence must have been good after the close game at LSU, and SMU and Clemson were among the weakest teams on the travel schedule. 

Losing those two put us on a bad trajectory.  And it was the very first cross country road trip.  Would we have won if they were in Arizona or Washington?  Very possibly.  The other games?  Nope.