Texas State Leaves Sun Belt for PAC-12

[MarlinMan3]

So i went ahead a googled ncaa conference travel partners.... not really that much comes up. Are we putting these extra parameters on ourselves or is it real? Or yet again just something sunbelt has to do but everyone else doesnt have to?

[Turbine]

So i went ahead a googled ncaa conference travel partners.... not really that much comes up. Are we putting these extra parameters on ourselves or is it real? Or yet again just something sunbelt has to do but everyone else doesnt have to?

I never understood the value of travel partners.

Its been bandied about for so long as being a must have that it must be a real thing, but I never really grasped the concept.

[Cajunsmike]

I never understood the value of travel partners.

Its been bandied about for so long as being a must have that it must be a real thing, but I never really grasped the concept.

Travel partner is a misnomer. It really applies to basketball teams on road trips. For example if App State is coming down south, they likely would play Troy on Thursday and South Alabama on Saturday. Idea is to have only a bus trip on Friday. If Tech joins the SBC, USM could be our travel partner while Tech and ULM would be travel partners. The Eagles and Cajuns would play the same two teams on a road trip, just on alternate nights. We could play Georgia State on Thursday and Georgia Southern on Saturday. USM would do the opposite. If the 2 Georgia schools came west, they would play in Lafayette and Hattiesburgh on alternate nights. Hope that helps explain the "travel partner" concept.

[Turbine]

Thanks Mike.

Understood

[ULvictory]

It's official. Texas State is going to the Pac-12.

[MarlinMan3]

Thanks Mike.

Understood

I understood it, i meant in my search i am not seeing its usage as widespread or being discussed in places other than RP

[MarlinMan3]

Travel partner is a misnomer. It really applies to basketball teams on road trips. For example if App State is coming down south, they likely would play Troy on Thursday and South Alabama on Saturday. Idea is to have only a bus trip on Friday. If Tech joins the SBC, USM could be our travel partner while Tech and ULM would be travel partners. The Eagles and Cajuns would play the same two teams on a road trip, just on alternate nights. We could play Georgia State on Thursday and Georgia Southern on Saturday. USM would do the opposite. If the 2 Georgia schools came west, they would play in Lafayette and Hattiesburgh on alternate nights. Hope that helps explain the "travel partner" concept.

Should be hosting partners. Diesnt really matter where the road teams are from as far as cost ergo the misnomer...
However, does the bus then have to go all the way back to first game spot to catch the outbound flight? Or fly from 2nd spot amd then arent reaping roundtrip savings... possibly still losing time and money?

[JamesTheJeweler]

Next obvious and most logical step for the PAC is LaTech and Jackson State, right?

[facelessjonmoon]

Next obvious and most logical step for the PAC is LaTech and Jackson State, right?

LOL

WAC 2.0 for la tech?

[VObserver]

Next obvious and most logical step for the PAC is LaTech and Jackson State, right?

I know you are sort of feeding the troll with this, but let's be very clear that the PAC is not the WAC 2.0. It is the MWC 2.0, with schools that add value FAR beyond what any other non P-4 FBS conference provide. We are making a major mistake if we are not pursuing admittance to the PAC. Football is on par with the AAC and the SBC, but basketball is light years ahead of every conference not named SEC, Big 10, Big 12 or ACC. Just belonging to the PAC would likely give us enough prestige to get some Big 12 schools to schedule us home and home.

The economic value of PAC basketball membership is immense.