[Mick]

It did look like BC suffered from some jet lag in the second half, but we all know at that age there’s a lot of adrenaline going on, so who knows for sure.

Adrenaline only works for so long.  I had a feeling that they were going to be hurting coming out of halftime, and I think that was the case.  Once you sit down, so to speak, it gets a little harder to get up when fatigue is setting in like that.  If BC was taking exogenous adrenaline...if we think body clock wasn't a factor...then this Stanford team might be much better than expected now.  But after that Northwestern game almost a decade ago, I think we all know that everything, including biology, affects sports performance.

For me, it was Texas vs. Stanford at Texas. Kickoff was 11:11 a.m. local time, or 9:11 body clock time. Our players were still quite tired, they likely had to be up at 7 a.m. local time, or 5 a.m. body clock time. Result was a 69-17 loss.

The next season, Texas visited Stanford. Kickoff was 7:25 local time, 9:25 p.m. body clock time for the Longhorns. Game ended at 11 p.m., or 1:00 a.m., body clock time for the Texas players. Stanford won, 27-24. 55 point turnaround.

[Mick]

It did look like BC suffered from some jet lag in the second half, but we all know at that age there’s a lot of adrenaline going on, so who knows for sure.

Adrenaline only works for so long.  I had a feeling that they were going to be hurting coming out of halftime, and I think that was the case.  Once you sit down, so to speak, it gets a little harder to get up when fatigue is setting in like that.  If BC was taking exogenous adrenaline...if we think body clock wasn't a factor...then this Stanford team might be much better than expected now.  But after that Northwestern game almost a decade ago, I think we all know that everything, including biology, affects sports performance.

For me, it was Texas vs. Stanford at Texas. Kickoff was 11:11 a.m. local time, or 9:11 body clock time. Our players were still quite tired, they likely had to be up at 7 a.m. local time, or 5 a.m. body clock time. Result was a 69-17 loss.

The next season, Texas visited Stanford. Kickoff was 7:25 local time, 9:25 p.m. body clock time for the Longhorns. Game ended at 11 p.m., or 1:00 a.m., body clock time for the Texas players. Stanford won, 27-24. 55 point turnaround.