> > in my experience, short-term exposure to altitude can be a bitch on
> > recovery. so i'm wondering if that's going to have an effect on D2 vs
> > A3 saturday morning at nats. i've never liked that schedule, but in
> > the thin boulder air maybe it's even worse.

> > we'll assume michigan and texas are battling for the pool win in the
> > final game on friday, and we'll assume that it's a sick game because
> > it's 4v5, so it goes to the end of the round at 6:30. the loser of
> > that game gets to play A3 at 8:30am the following morning. my problem
> > is that A3 has been done since 3:30 (at the latest). those three hours
> > might not seem like much. but i think it's tough for D2 to fit in
> > warmdown, travel, shower, dinner, ice-bath and enough sleep to be back
> > at the fields at 7:15 the next morning.

> > non-issue? does anyone else think that north texas or illinois is
> > gonna be in a good position to take down D2 saturday morning?

> > -phil

> I think it's an issue.  Not quite as big of an issue as the pre-
> quarter bye that the pool winners get, but still a serious issue.