<p>You’re not going to travel with athletic teams unless you have an official reason to do so (i.e. you’re involved with the team somehow).</p>
<p>Check out Megabus, Greyhound and Boltbus… I think one of them goes from either Philadelphia to Ithaca or from Valley Forge to Ithaca. Either way, you can get there affordably, though it will take a pretty long time…</p>