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Originally Posted by Blondie93
TCU alum, here.
Yes, that was a common theme back when the conference change was announced, and I do agree that is seems odd at first. However, the crazy thing is that TCU's travel *decreases* with the move to the Big East. Most (all?) the schools in the Big East are a direct flight from DFW, so the team is there in a few hours, max. Many of the teams in the Mountain West were not direct flights, and were 2 time zones removed from Fort Worth. Therefore, the travel was horrendous- sometime feeling like an entire day to get home. This negatively impacted not only the student athlete's time but also the alumnae travel.
Therefore, the travel to Pittsburgh, as per your example, is far more appealing to us that traveling to Laramie or Provo.
I won't argue that in just simply looking at a map the geography is weird.
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Great post! This will certainly help with recruiting and I believe they'll consistently be a favorite to win the conference. This year will be interesting. Defensively, they lost some key guys but also return some key guys like Tank and Brock. Offensively they should be all set in the backfield, and although they lost guys like Johnson, Kerley and Young, I think Boyce is an all-conference talent and Hicks should return to his 2009 form. Pachall was highly recruited and I'm looking forward to see what he can do. The o-line is a question mark with only Dooley coming back. Play some tough games on the road, as well.
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