Gobears49 said:

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As a Group of Five (or six) FBS team, any such team would be eligible to receive a FBS football playoff invitation if it met the FBS rules.

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Gobears49 said:

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For those of you who like to look up plane schedules, are there any direct flights from the Bay Area to ACC locations? To which cities?

For all flights from the Bay Area to ACC locations, which flights on the earliest flight on a Thursday morning, and requiring a plane change, would arrive at the ACC location, Eastern time, based upon current flight schedules. I think that the best arrival time would be really late in the evening, maybe even close to midnight.

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Gobears49 said:

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For those of you who like to look up plane schedules, are there any direct flights from the Bay Area to ACC locations? To which cities?

For all flights from the Bay Area to ACC locations, which flights on the earliest flight on a Thursday morning, and requiring a plane change, would arrive at the ACC location, Eastern time, based upon current flight schedules. I think that the best arrival time would be really late in the evening, maybe even close to midnight.

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Gobears49 said:

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Thanks for your work on this. I could never be able to do that. For non-direct flights to the desired destination, for which destinations are they and when would the flights arrive in the east on the second leg of the trip, assuming, a 9 a.m. departure from the west coast for the first flight Depending on the connection, I'm guessing really late at night.

Thanks.

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Gobears49 said:

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Thanks for your work on this. I could never be able to do that. For non-direct flights to the desired destination, for which destinations are they and when would the flights arrive in the east on the second leg of the trip, assuming, a 9 a.m. departure from the west coast for the first flight Depending on the connection, I'm guessing really late at night.

Thanks.

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Gobears49 said:

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I guess I should also ask how long is the drive from Raleigh-Durham to UNC, Duke, NC St and WF, assuming something could perhaps be arranged to get added transportation from Raleigh Durham in the the afternoon or evening (probably on Thursday, to allow for a good nights sleep before the game) to accomodate all of the extra traffic from Cal fans.

Anyone have an estimate as to how many Cal fans would make those trips?

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Cal88 said:

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OP is 75yo, I would cut him some slack.

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Cal88 said:

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OP is 75yo, I would cut him some slack.

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Gobears49 said:

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I posted this earlier without any backup. A Syracuse fan said on this blog that he expects Syracuse's game this season at Cal will only draw about 1,000 Syracuse fans but their game this season at UNLV will draw about 5,000 fans. This shows the drawing power of playing a game at Las Vegas. Should be the same for almost all games played at Vegas versus games played at Cal.

https://tickets-center.com/search/syracuse-orange-football-tickets/?performerId=1134&performerName=Syracuse+Orange+Football&tagid=156&atid=102&nid=2&accid=140079353&cid=71056133765059&kwid=71056435206489&akwd=syracuse%20football%20schedule&dmt=e&bmt=bp&dist=s&uq=syracuse%20football%20schedule&device=c&ismobile=false&msclkid=2cb80555d1a51b4798ee63c4e2e52284&loc_physical_ms=43897&loc_interest_ms=&exid=&vx=0

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Gobears49 said:

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I promised to make some remarks about Justin Wilcox's coaching career at Cal. This could easily be a long comment, but I will do my best to it a lot shorter than it could be.

1. I believe Wilcox's initial contract was extended all because Oregon expressed interest in hiring him. That is understandable because at the time Wilcox had not beena coach at Cal for a long time. But his relative recent extension to, I believe, 2029, is not justifiable based upon his losing record at Cal.

2. In recent years, Cal's defense, which Wilcox is charge of of, has not been up to snuff compared to its offense.

3. In 2020 Big Game, I am almost sure the Wilcox did not call a timeout when Stanford lined up, twice,to discuss what should be done to address Stanford's lining up in a very unusual double stack defense to block Cal field goal attempt right before half time and, again, when they did the same thing to block a PAT attempt right before the end of the game. Clearly, Stanford's unusual maneuver should have been addressed by Cal by calling a time out. A good rule to address unsual football situations should be "when in doubt call a timeout."

https://www.espn.com/college-football/recap/_/gameId/401249417

"Stanford special teams did a little bit of everything capitalizing on a muffed punt, blocking a field goal moments before halftime, then Thomas Booker getting an elbow on Dario Longhetto's PAT attempt at the end for an impressive showing by a unit that has been a focal point during this strange season.

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Gobears49 said:

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If you had done even a little research you would have known that UNLV has mostly had a losing football program for years and years. Las season was a huge exception to that.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_UNLV_Rebels_football_seasons#:~:text=UNLV%20football%20began%20in%201968.%20After%20spending%20time,of%20which%20it%20has%20been%20a%20member%20since.

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Cal88 said:

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OP is 75yo, I would cut him some slack.

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dimitrig said:

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Cal88 said:

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OP is 75yo, I would cut him some slack.

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Isn't that about the average age of a poster here?

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