Has the price of Gas changed any of Away game trips

[BULLfreak]

I heard that gas could be up to $4 or $5 bucks by the summer is so are you still going to ravel to any away games?

[flsportsfan83]

a dollar more a gallon. What would that mean.......

Lets just look at the NC state Game

650 miles away

650 miles back

1300 miles total. 30 miles to the gallon.

you will use about 44 gallons of gas both ways. So if its a dollar more a gallon you are talking about $44 extra dollars. If that makes that much of a difference you prob should not go even if gas prices dont go up.

[BULLfreak]

I wish my SUV got 30 milles a gallon

[BULLfreak]

a dollar more a gallon. What would that mean.......

Lets just look at the NC state Game

650 miles away

650 miles back

1300 miles total. 30 miles to the gallon.

you will use about 44 gallons of gas both ways. So if its a dollar more a gallon you are talking about $44 extra dollars. If that makes that much of a difference you prob should not go even if gas prices dont go up.

Trust me I make more than enough money if prices go up but that doesnt mean I want to pay it

[flsportsfan83]

my point was that if people want to go and can they will. The jump in gas prices is not a reason to stay home.

[Jihme]

I wish my SUV got 30 milles a gallon

i hear ya man

[Jihme]

well with football season being election season this year, maybe gas will go down.  im jsut saying let's wait and hope it goes down so that more people can come

[WoolyBully]

I don't see where the cost of gas is a real issue. I know there are people who distribute the cost among participants, and there are those who budget for these weekend getaways.

Remember, as Americans, we have a long and storied history of liking to whine and moan about stuff. So we'll complain about the cost of gas, as we wheel our single-occupancy vehicle of choice through the daily commute. We'll pay for the gas, complain about it, but we'll still hit the road.

Same with road trips. The point of the road game (to me) is that it is a weekend-getaway, and as such, the budget is not

such that gas/hotel/tickets/meals/entertainment need to be accounted for. It's a vacation. The benefit of relaxing more than offsets the price of gas.

[snarling Bull]

The gas prices won't change any of our planned road trips.  None of our away games are anywhere near as far as El Paso!

[BULLfreak]

It has change any of our plans. We are going to UCF, FIU, NC State, and the bowl.