Stanford and California are ready for the challenges that will come with cross-country travel for football games in their new Atlantic Coast Conference home this fall. The schools join SMU as new arrivals to the league. They landed in the ACC after the Pac-12 disintegrated as a power conference with teams leaving for other leagues.
Stanford quarterback Ashton Daniels speaks during the Atlantic Coast Conference NCAA college football media days, Tuesday, July 23, 2024, in Charlotte, N.C. California quarterback Fernando Mendoza speaks during the Atlantic Coast Conference NCAA college football media days, Tuesday, July 23, 2024, in Charlotte, N.C. Stanford head coach Troy Taylor speaks during the Atlantic Coast Conference NCAA college football media days, Tuesday, July 23, 2024, in Charlotte, N.C.
“I couldn’t imagine that the Pac-12 would ever disintegrate like that,” the former Cal quarterback said of the moves that scattered schools to the ACC, Big Ten and Big 12 while leaving behind Oregon State and Washington State. Instead, Taylor and Cal coach Justin Wilcox both said they’d travel on Thursdays to give extra acclimation time. Wilcox added that the Bears would get “the biggest plane that Delta makes” with lie-down seating.
Cal and Stanford players, meanwhile, shrugged off worries about the multiple cross-country flights in league play. Mendoza volunteered that he sleeps on planes anyway and added: “If you let it affect you mentally, it’s going to affect you mentally.”
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