My guess is the coaching staff has a better handle on this than many due to his NFL connections/ experience. Just thinking that travel could impact the team. This bye (after the game) is now looking great.
Being an 8pm game, Minnesota time, I don't think it will be a big adjustment. We've just had 2 night games out of the last 3.Wouldn't shock me if PJ has the players adjusting their schedules (within reason) this week even before they travel.
Obviously they already practice in the early mornings (unless that's changed since PJ first became HC), but I wonder if there are other things they do during the day they can adjust that might help? Meal times? Going to bed earlier to try to adjust circadian rhythm a bit? Something else?
Though, understandably, these types of things usually take more than a few days to really change/adjust so maybe it's better to not try to change anything?
Going backwards two time zones is much easier than going forward two time zones.
Fleck has coached the Gophers to wins on the West Coast/Pacific Time Zone in night games previously, Oregon St & Fresno St.My guess is the coaching staff has a better handle on this than many due to his NFL connections/ experience. Just thinking that travel could impact the team. This bye (after the game) is now looking great.
Yea, the State College regional airport is tiny. Luckily we don't have to deal with such issues!<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-media-max-width="560"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Penn State will FLY to L.A. on THURSDAY for its game vs. USC on Saturday after busing to Harrisburg, says James Franklin, who laments the limited length of the runway at the State College airport. WATCH… <a href="https://t.co/i0zQQbC02w">pic.twitter.com/i0zQQbC02w</a></p>— Mike Poorman (@PSUPoorman) <a href="">October 7, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
I feel so bad for them and all the disadvantages that Penn State deals with. /s<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-media-max-width="560"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Penn State will FLY to L.A. on THURSDAY for its game vs. USC on Saturday after busing to Harrisburg, says James Franklin, who laments the limited length of the runway at the State College airport. WATCH… <a href="https://t.co/i0zQQbC02w">pic.twitter.com/i0zQQbC02w</a></p>— Mike Poorman (@PSUPoorman) <a href="">October 7, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
I just like the way the writer capitalized FLY like that is part of the breaking news.Penn State will FLY to L.A. on THURSDAY for its game vs. USC on Saturday after busing to Harrisburg, says James Franklin, who laments the limited length of the runway at the State College airport.
There's a whole series of tweets and articles trying to paint flying coast to coast in college sports as some incredible burden.I just like the way the writer capitalized FLY like that is part of the breaking news.
The future is now.I used to be from the past.
Teams in the central time zone naturally are going to travel the fewest time zones.Unlike a lot of other teams, we’re lucky that this is the only time this season we’ll have to travel 2 timezones and we have a bye week right after. Because of that, I’d assume the staff and players are ready to do whatever is needed to get the team prepared.