[82lsju]

Or they choose to go elsewhere because of the long travel for Stanford athletes in the ACC interrupting their training and pre-event preparation.  We heard the WVB coach say their attempt to accommodate the time zone change last year was a mistake.  I take that as a tacit admission that the time zone change (and presumably the hours on the plane) are issues yet to be accounted for.

which is why the best hope for us is to be one of the Pacific/Mountain time zone teams that ends up in coming super conferences, the Big 10 already has four, the SEC none....

[82lsju]

Or they choose to go elsewhere because of the long travel for Stanford athletes in the ACC interrupting their training and pre-event preparation.  We heard the WVB coach say their attempt to accommodate the time zone change last year was a mistake.  I take that as a tacit admission that the time zone change (and presumably the hours on the plane) are issues yet to be accounted for.

which is why the best hope for us is to be one of the Pacific/Mountain time zone teams that ends up in coming super conferences, the Big 10 already has four, the SEC none....