Cal football could be playing Hawaii in Australia in 2016.
According to the San Jose Mercury News, a source said there is "a strong likelihood" the two teams will play across the Pacific and in the Southern Hemisphere next season. The game could become official in the next few weeks.
David Matlin, athletic director for Hawaii, recently told Hawaii News Now that the athletic department is negotiating to schedule the game. Cal athletic director Michael Williams could not immediately be reached for comment.
No date for the game has been finalized, but speculation is the Bears and Rainbow Warriors would meet Aug. 27, possibly in Sydney.
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Cal had previously been reported to possibly play Baylor in Australia next season. But it looks like the possibility of the Bears from Texas heading down under is gone.
If you were wondering about the travel time for a game in Australia, it's not exactly a short trip for Hawaii, either. While it's a 15-hour flight for Cal, it's over a 10-hour flight for Hawaii too from Honolulu to Sydney.
A game on August 27 would also be played a week earlier than the scheduled start of the 2016 season. With Labor Day on September 5, the first Saturday of the college football season is set to be September 3.
Major League Baseball opened the 2014 season in Sydney when the Arizona Diamondbacks and Los Angeles Dodgers played two games in March.
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