<p>Geographic proximity is overrated in a college sports league. Back in the day when teams traveled by train, it mattered a lot. Now you have the Big Ten stretching 1000 miles from University Park to Minneapolis; the Big East (basketball only) reaching almost 1100 miles from Providence to Milwaukee; the ACC spanning 1500 miles from Boston to Miami; and Conference USA reaching 1,900 miles from Greenville, NC to El Paso.</p>