Garrett Lanzy wrote: >As far as travel in the U.P. is concerned, it's going to be painful for >someone no matter how the teams are divided up. Lake Superior State is >located in Sault Ste. Marie, which is at the far eastern tip of the U.P. >The distance from there to Houghton is approximately the same as the dis- >tance to E. Lansing, home of Michigan State. What is also true is that Big Rapids (home of Ferris State) is actually closer to the Soo than Houghton is (while it is true that nothing is closer to the Soo than Marquette, as far as hockey towns are concerned). MSU does have an advantage in that we are pretty much located in the geographic center of the CCHA, with the furthest traveling distance being less than five hours (either to Kent, Oxford, Chicago, or the Soo). Since I'm the one that, at least today, started all the talk about the situation of the UP schools, I'd like to thank everyone who wrote to the list and voiced their opinions. Isn't this so much more fun than talking about whether a team skated for an hour after a loss? :-) Just imagine the uproar I would have gotten if I would have said we should try to recruit Wisconsin to join the CCHA! G. M. Finniss Michigan State University WVU '87, UTenn '92, MSU who the hell knows when? P. S. Even though we're in the same state, our connection to the U.P. is somewhat shaky. The Mackinaw Bridge (the only link between the two peninsulae [I took Latin as an undergrad]) was closed today for a short period of time due to poor visibility.