Locos --I'm pretty sure Nerk will stay Week 1 now. I think the only way that series ends is if Nerk ends it.
I think we'd really like to keep Logan in there somewhere, somehow. That series is starting to approach the Nerk series on our "fan meter." But that's going to be up to Ron and Scott to figure out, eh?
Attack --It's mostly about travel, really. Football usually isn't so much an issue because your trips are limited to weekends (we got home at 1 a.m. from Gallipolis the other night; last year it was around 1:30 getting back from Ironton). But it's the other sports that suffer it more, especially during the week. Granted, the SEOAL has tried to schedule longer trips for the weekend, but it's still fairly long for us for most of the SEOAL sites. It's a relative tie between Marietta, Warren and Logan for the shortest league trip, about 1 1/2 hours. And quite honestly, Marietta is the only "easy" trip (almost all interstate travel). Honestly, it's a lot easier for us to go to Steubenville than it is to go to Logan or Warren -- and the driving time is about the same.
I would also note that our gates have suffered, too. In football, I still contend that some of that is due to 7:30 p.m. kickoffs making it very difficult for many visiting fans to make it to our place in time for the game to start. It's often much easier (and less costly) to stay at home and listen to the game on the local radio.
Right now, in football, our shortest road trip is either to Newark or Licking Valley (depending on the year). Wheeling Park (Wheeling Island Stadium) is a straight-shot hour down I-70. St. Charles was about an hour in the opposite direction.
It's not about to happen, but if we were to be in the MVL, we'd have five opponents who are in the same county, the longest trip being about 20 minutes.
