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[QUOTE="pfister1, post: 1671350, member: 285"]
It's a way to get a few early season games in, but how long can they actually spend on a southern swing?   A week...ten days?    Then they come home to battle the lingering winter.   They have to move back inside or practice in the snow upon return.    Meanwhile most of the other ACC schools save BC and Pitt are enjoying more moderate temperatures and likely dry ground enabling them to get outside and practice.    And that southern swing costs them a good deal of money that can't go into other things that our more southern competition can invest in.    Finally the scheduling would be difficult because conference games aren't typically one day affairs, they are three (3) game series.   Friday, Saturday and Sunday.    Zipping to Pitt for a Friday, Saturday & Sunday series isn't the same as travelling to Miami, Tallahassee or the Carolinas.   It's not impossible, just not the same as if we were attempting to compete with teams in this same geographic region facing the same challenges.

By the way UVA kicked off its home schedule February 23rd this season.   UNC on February 26th.    Miami and Florida State both played at home on February 19th.

Ithaca's first scheduled home game is March 29th.   LeMoyne's is April 2nd.   OCC's is March 22nd.    But those tend to be regional opponents, where its easier to cancel on short notice, as opposed to a team that has to fly in or make a major bus trip to get here just to take the chance that the weather will hold.

And really the greater challenge is probably practice time, you can back load the schedule to a degree, but the kids are supposed to be attending classes so you can't send them south for the months of January and February so that they can get the same outdoor practice opportunities in as their competition.
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