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Sun Belt (ED) Schools Mileage & Driving Times

Unread post by Maddog1956 » Tue Mar 26, 2013 9:24 am

I didn't have a clue where some of these schools were so I looked up the driving times. Not a small footprint by any means but if they have an Eastern and Western Division it isn't as bad as I first thought. Hopefully if WKU leaves we get something as close.

I know WKU may be leaving but but them down anyway.

George State - 300 miles, 4.75 hours
George Southern - 336 miles, 5.5 hours
Troy U - 481 miles, 8 hrs
U of South Ala - 628 miles, 9.5 hours
WKU 371 miles, 6.5 hours
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Re: Sun Belt (ED) Schools Mileage & Driving Times

Unread post by appgrad » Tue Mar 26, 2013 10:20 am

Maddog1956 wrote:I didn't have a clue where some of these schools were so I looked up the driving times. Not a small footprint by any means but if they have an Eastern and Western Division it isn't as bad as I first thought. Hopefully if WKU leaves we get something as close.

I know WKU may be leaving but but them down anyway.

George State - 300 miles, 4.75 hours
George Southern - 336 miles, 5.5 hours
Troy U - 481 miles, 8 hrs
U of South Ala - 628 miles, 9.5 hours
WKU 371 miles, 6.5 hours
Is that from Boone, or Charlotte? Not too bad, either way. I live in Atlanta, so I'm pretty well situated to get to all of those easily. Even if we added JMU or Chatty, it wouldn't be that bad.

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Re: Sun Belt (ED) Schools Mileage & Driving Times

Unread post by Maddog1956 » Tue Mar 26, 2013 7:07 pm

appgrad wrote:
Is that from Boone, or Charlotte? Not too bad, either way. I live in Atlanta, so I'm pretty well situated to get to all of those easily. Even if we added JMU or Chatty, it wouldn't be that bad.
That was from Boone.

If the Yosef Club would charter a bus that stopped in Charlotte, most of the times are not too bad.
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Re: Sun Belt (ED) Schools Mileage & Driving Times

Unread post by GoAppsGo92 » Tue Mar 26, 2013 7:42 pm

Maddog1956 wrote:
appgrad wrote:
Is that from Boone, or Charlotte? Not too bad, either way. I live in Atlanta, so I'm pretty well situated to get to all of those easily. Even if we added JMU or Chatty, it wouldn't be that bad.
That was from Boone.

If the Yosef Club would charter a bus that stopped in Charlotte, most of the times are not too bad.
Most folks do not live in Boone as you know I'm sure. Probably will bring a different mix of fans to attend away games. The biggest positive impact should be home game opponent quality and attendance.

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Unread post by ASUPATCH » Tue Mar 26, 2013 7:44 pm

For Charlotte simply subtract essentially 1hr 45mins to 2 hr from each of those trips with the exception of WKU.
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Re: Sun Belt (ED) Schools Mileage & Driving Times

Unread post by Goapps15 » Tue Mar 26, 2013 7:55 pm

ASUPATCH wrote:For Charlotte simply subtract essentially 1hr 45mins to 2 hr from each of those trips with the exception of WKU.
Western Kentucky is 45 minutes longer from Charlotte, about the same amount of time from upstate South Carolina and Atlanta area as compared to Boone.

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Re: Sun Belt (ED) Schools Mileage & Driving Times

Unread post by Goapps15 » Tue Mar 26, 2013 8:07 pm

Driving distances to Sun Belt West schools: (from Boone)

Arkansas State - 619 miles, 9.5 hours
Louisiana Lafayette - 881 miles, 13 hours
Louisiana Monroe - 768 miles, 11.75 hours
Texas State - 1225 miles, 18.15 hours (Just northeast of San Antonio. Could fly there through Southwest.)
New Mexico State - (not a far drive if you flew to El Paso.)
Idaho - is a flight.

Potential New members if WKU leaves as expected:

Liberty - 224 miles, 3.5 hours
James Madison- 282 miles. 4.25 hours

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Re: Sun Belt (ED) Schools Mileage & Driving Times

Unread post by Maddog1956 » Tue Mar 26, 2013 8:18 pm

GoAppsGo92 wrote:
Maddog1956 wrote:
appgrad wrote:
Most folks do not live in Boone as you know I'm sure. Probably will bring a different mix of fans to attend away games. The biggest positive impact should be home game opponent quality and attendance.
I agree! I originally made the chart so people could see what's the team's travel time was and that it wasn't as bad as I had thought at first (if they do two divisions and we're in the East).

Hopefully it will give our Ga., SC, Ala, etc alumni a chance to go to more games.
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