NFL Scheduling

I don't care which NFL team you pull for it is very hard for those teams on the west coast traveling due to the fact that only nine NFL teams reside west of the Mississippi River. Case in point today the New York Giants play in San Diego. Regardless of each one of these teams records (5-7)this is one of the big games in the NFL this weekend because it marks the second time ELI Manning has played in San Diego since he rejected playing for them in 2004 draft which has become famous after the Giants drafted Philip Rivers and 15 minutes after Rivers was drafted a trade was made switching quarterbacks. Rivers knew in 2004 that there was something amist after hearing his named called by the Giants since he had never spoken with the Giants at any time during the time preceeding the draft. If you look at stats only San Diego made out like a bandit getting Rivers which at this point in his career is the 6th best passer rated quarterback in the history of the NFL. I would like to pass along a happy birthday wish to Philip as he turns 32 years old today. Just maybe Archie Manning knew something when he didn't want his son in San Diego. Manning despite only average stats has helped the Giants win two Super Bowls in that time. It will be interesting to see the crowd reaction today when these two teams collide. Manning and Rivers have met playing against each other once four years ago when San Diego traveled to New York and Rivers threw a TD pass to Vincent Jackson in the right corner of the end zone with 29 seconds to play to beat the Giants 24-21. Manning and the Giants played in San Diego in 2005 with Drew Brees as the Charger QB and Rivers riding the bench, the Chargers won that one too 45-23. Now back to this travel deal. Today marks only the third trip to the west coast for the Giants in the last four years while San Diego has made four trips to the east coast this year alone Philadelphia,Washington.Jacksonville and Miami. Of their seven road games so far only one to Oakland has been in their same Pacific Time Zone. If I were an NFL coach I would never change my clocks for games. Most NFL teams practice every morning at 8am so for San Diego that would be at 11am EST. Most games on the east coast start at 1pm so if SD never changed their watches they play at 10am PST so they would be finishing up practice then any way. I think people over think too many things in this world and I would never change my watch flip flopping one coast to the other. You are there only for a day anyway so what's wrong with telling your team kick off is 10am.