Close Menu
The Daily Hoosier
    Facebook X (Twitter) Instagram
    Trending
    • IU football game day: Kennesaw State at Indiana primer and prediction
    • No. 1 center in 2026 Arafan Diane sets final 5, he’ll take October visit to IU basketball
    • IU defense looking for discipline and improvement against quarterback runs
    • IU basketball recruiting: 2026 guard Junior County official visit primer
    • Curt Cignetti gives scouting report on former IU QB playing the Hoosiers this weekend
    • Radio show: IU football coach Curt Cignetti talks ODU win, previews Kennesaw St.
    • Hoosiers in the NFL: McCrary-Ball a Jets captain, Price a Vikings starter
    • Hoosier sounds: IU football LB Aiden Fisher on the radio
    • Sign Up
    • About/Support
    • Jobs
    • Tickets
      • IUBB Tickets (Stubhub)
      • IUFB Tickets (Stubhub)
    • Shop
      • Official IU Store
      • IU Adidas Store
      • Amazon: Support TDH
      • IU Memorabilia
      • IU Press (Books)
      • The Daily Hoosier T-Shirt
    • Radio/Podcasts
      • East 17th Street
    • Pro IU
      • IUBB NBA
      • IUFB NFL
      • IUBASE MLB
    • Hoosier History
      • Basketball History
      • March Madness Classics
      • Football History
    Facebook X (Twitter) Instagram YouTube
    The Daily HoosierThe Daily Hoosier
    Saturday, September 6
    • IU Basketball
      • Latest IU Basketball News
      • 2025-26 IU Basketball Roster
      • DeVries’ new staff
      • Future Schedules
      • Scholarship Chart
      • Big Ten Coming and Going
      • IU Basketball 2024-25 Schedule
      • 2024-25 Big Ten Standings
      • 24-25 IU Basketball Stats
      • Rankings & Bracketology
      • IU Basketball Media Guide
    • IU Football
      • Latest IU Football News
      • 2025 Schedule
      • Current roster
      • 2025 IUFB Stats
      • 2025 B1G Standings
      • 2025 scholarship tracker
      • Future opponents through 2032
      • IU Football 2025 Record Book
    • IU Recruiting
      • IU Basketball Recruiting News
      • IU Football Recruiting News
      • IUBB 2026-28 Prospects
      • Recruit Interviews
      • Recruit Highlights
      • IU Football Recruiting Commits
    • IU Women’s Basketball
      • IU Women’s Basketball News
      • 24-25 Schedule
      • Big Ten Standings
    • IU Men’s Soccer
      • 2024 Schedule
      • Indiana Men’s Soccer: Program History
    • More Hoosiers
      • Fan and Business NIL options
      • IU Baseball
        • Baseball Schedule
        • Statistics
        • Big Ten Standings
      • IU Swim & Dive
      • IU Olympic Results
    • Community
      • Join our Discord Server!
    The Daily Hoosier

    IU football will travel fewer miles than any Big Ten team in 2024

    Mike SchumannBy Mike SchumannAugust 3, 2024 IU Football 5 Comments
    Share
    Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Email

    The introduction of four West Coast teams to the Big Ten Conference will mean more travel for everyone in the now 18-team league.

    Just how much of a factor that is remains to be seen.  With players able to study, sleep, or do film review on the plane, just how much difference is there between a four-hour and one-hour flight?  We’re way past the era of traveling to games via train.  So in the end, probably not much.

    IU coach Curt Cignetti shrugged off the idea that Indiana’s week three trip to UCLA would present any special challenges for his team.

    “On away games I like to leave as late as possible, get into the hotel as late as possible,” Cignetti said at Big Ten Media Days.  “I like for them (the players) to be able to go to class, have a team meeting, have our walk-through, give them a snack, get on the plane, get to the hotel, eat, meeting, bed.  It’s not a big deal.”

    But if there is an advantage for less travel out on the margin, Indiana is in the best position in the Big Ten to capitalize on it.

    According to Bookies.com, IU will travel the least of any team in the conference this year — they’ll cross eight time zones while traveling 4,895 miles this fall.  With just four road games, that’s an average of 1,224 miles per trip.  Obviously the trip out to California accounts for most of that distance.  Indiana’s other three road games are relatively short trips to Columbus, Ohio; East Lansing, Mich.; and Evanston, Ill.

    Already benefitting from the dismantling of the divisional structure, this is just one more factor that might help Cignetti get off to a fast start in year one as head coach.

    Because most of the Big Ten teams reside in the Eastern or Central time zones, UCLA, USC, Washington and Oregon will be doing most of the traveling in all sports.

    We know you’ve been waiting for this one…

    “Maps” is here and it’s beautiful. #B1GWelcome pic.twitter.com/vPfVeEdonn

    — Big Ten Conference (@bigten) August 2, 2024

    Here’s a summary sent to The Daily Hoosier of the football travel for each team during the 2024 campaign:

    For complete coverage of IU football, GO HERE.


    The Daily Hoosier –“Where Indiana fans assemble when they’re not at Assembly”

    • Find us on Facebook:  thedailyhoosier
    • You can follow us on Twitter:  @daily_hoosier
    • Seven ways to support completely free IU coverage at no cost to you.

    Related

    Curt Cignetti
    Mike Schumann

    Keep Reading

    IU football game day: Kennesaw State at Indiana primer and prediction

    IU defense looking for discipline and improvement against quarterback runs

    Curt Cignetti gives scouting report on former IU QB playing the Hoosiers this weekend

    Latest Hoosier News
    • IU football game day: Kennesaw State at Indiana primer and prediction
    • No. 1 center in 2026 Arafan Diane sets final 5, he’ll take October visit to IU basketball
    • IU defense looking for discipline and improvement against quarterback runs
    • IU basketball recruiting: 2026 guard Junior County official visit primer
    • Curt Cignetti gives scouting report on former IU QB playing the Hoosiers this weekend
    • Radio show: IU football coach Curt Cignetti talks ODU win, previews Kennesaw St.
    • Hoosiers in the NFL: McCrary-Ball a Jets captain, Price a Vikings starter
    Sign Up



    Facebook X (Twitter) Instagram YouTube
    © 2025 The Daily Hoosier, LLC.

    Type above and press Enter to search. Press Esc to cancel.

    Ad Blocker Enabled!
    Ad Blocker Enabled!
    Our website is made possible by displaying online advertisements to our visitors. Please support us by disabling your Ad Blocker.