- November 24th, 2009, 3:17 pm
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Before our trip to Stony Brook was half over, some of us (OK, mostly me and Cider) were talking about when we could do another one, possibly for basketball.
Under the old Saturday/Monday BSC schedule the "Beach Trip" to CSU and CC would have been awesome. Travel down Saturday for the first game and then get rooms in Myrtle Beach (DIRT CHEAP THAT TIME OF YEAR) for Saturday and Sunday night. You spend all day Sunday and most of Monday in Myrtle Beach and then go to the Monday night game and directly home from there. You only miss one day of work/school. I've done this trip myself 8 or 9 times at least, but it would be even better in some ways with a group and someone else driving.
Unfortunately, with the Thursday/Saturday schedule, that trip would mean 2 work/school days missed, and I'm thinking there would be a lot of people who couldn't afford to do that. This year the dates are 2/25 (Thurs) and 2/27 (Sat).
In looking at other possible games to travel to, my thought was that places that are really close like Radford and VMI it would be easier just to drive yourself or carpool. The date that stood out to me on the schedule is Jan. 9 at Winthrop. Rock Hill isn't a marathon trip like SB, but it's a pretty good haul to drive down and back in one day. The game is at 4 in the afternoon, which means we could stop for a nice dinner somewhere after the game and still get back at a decent hour. The only thing I don't know is whether the students are back from semester break.
What do you guys think? Who would be interested? I'm willing to help organize it again. I wouldn't count on having a doner to subsidize this one, but it shouldn't cost nearly as much to begin with.
Under the old Saturday/Monday BSC schedule the "Beach Trip" to CSU and CC would have been awesome. Travel down Saturday for the first game and then get rooms in Myrtle Beach (DIRT CHEAP THAT TIME OF YEAR) for Saturday and Sunday night. You spend all day Sunday and most of Monday in Myrtle Beach and then go to the Monday night game and directly home from there. You only miss one day of work/school. I've done this trip myself 8 or 9 times at least, but it would be even better in some ways with a group and someone else driving.
Unfortunately, with the Thursday/Saturday schedule, that trip would mean 2 work/school days missed, and I'm thinking there would be a lot of people who couldn't afford to do that. This year the dates are 2/25 (Thurs) and 2/27 (Sat).
In looking at other possible games to travel to, my thought was that places that are really close like Radford and VMI it would be easier just to drive yourself or carpool. The date that stood out to me on the schedule is Jan. 9 at Winthrop. Rock Hill isn't a marathon trip like SB, but it's a pretty good haul to drive down and back in one day. The game is at 4 in the afternoon, which means we could stop for a nice dinner somewhere after the game and still get back at a decent hour. The only thing I don't know is whether the students are back from semester break.
What do you guys think? Who would be interested? I'm willing to help organize it again. I wouldn't count on having a doner to subsidize this one, but it shouldn't cost nearly as much to begin with.
Last edited by olldflame on November 24th, 2009, 3:20 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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I don't think Rocco would go for that though.
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