(05-13-2022 03:36 PM)Big Frog II Wrote:  You just have to wonder how long plums like USC, NC, Florida State, Clemson, and Washington would stand pat with their existing conference.

Not long for Nos. 2, 3 and 4 on that list.

We'll see how long it takes until the Pac-12 geography hurdles are or are not determined to be insurmountable (for now).

Interesting note on direct flight times:

Raleigh/Durham to Syracuse: 1 hour, 32 minutes

RDU to Miami: 1:42

RDU to Lincoln, Neb.: 2:35

Seattle to Los Angeles: 2:11

LAX to Lincoln: 3:02

Sea-Tac to Lincoln: 3:12

So the flight for UNC and Duke to Nebraska and vice-versa — the farthest trip for any schools among either the current BIG members and most frequently mentioned expansion candidates — is about an hour longer than UNC and Duke's farthest ACC flights.

Meanwhile, USC and Washington, for example, would be looking at 3 hour-plus flights to the closest B1G school.

Good reminder of just how far away the West Coast is from most other population centers around the country.