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Brutus Buckeye

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Re: College World Series
« Reply #28 on: June 04, 2021, 10:35:02 AM »
In the 2019 Conference RPI the Big Ten ranked 7th out of 31 Conferences. 

That puts them ahead of quite a few southern conferences. 
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betarhoalphadelta

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Re: College World Series
« Reply #29 on: June 04, 2021, 02:25:32 PM »
Quote from: 847badgerfan on June 04, 2021, 07:34:32 AM
B1G sucks at baseball, because baseball starts when there is still snow on the ground.
Exactly. Same reason B1G sucks at golf, because the schools that field great golf teams are the ones where weather allows you to play year-round.
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Re: College World Series
« Reply #30 on: June 04, 2021, 02:33:05 PM »
Quote from: betarhoalphadelta on June 04, 2021, 02:25:32 PM
Exactly. Same reason B1G sucks at golf, because the schools that field great golf teams are the ones where weather allows you to play year-round.
MSU might be better at golf than any other non-revenue sport.  I think the women have made the NCAA tournament like 10 consecutive years, and advanced to the finals a number of those times.  The men haven't been quite as good recently, but nearly won a national title one year when I was there.  I think they finished #5 nationally.

Golf and men's soccer (which has been to 4 Elite 8s, including a Final 4 in the past 6-7 years) have been basically it.  They've sucked at everything else.  They had a couple decent volleyball teams, but largely bad; terrible at track, swimming and diving, field hockey, softball, etc...
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betarhoalphadelta

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Re: College World Series
« Reply #31 on: June 04, 2021, 02:52:20 PM »
Quote from: ELA on June 04, 2021, 02:33:05 PM
MSU might be better at golf than any other non-revenue sport.  I think the women have made the NCAA tournament like 10 consecutive years, and advanced to the finals a number of those times.  The men haven't been quite as good recently, but nearly won a national title one year when I was there.  I think they finished #5 nationally.

Golf and men's soccer (which has been to 4 Elite 8s, including a Final 4 in the past 6-7 years) have been basically it.  They've sucked at everything else.  They had a couple decent volleyball teams, but largely bad; terrible at track, swimming and diving, field hockey, softball, etc...
Purdue actually won a NC in women's golf recently. 

I'm not saying it's impossible to be good... Especially in golf which [like basketball] is a pretty small team so a couple of great players can turn the tide. 

There's a lot more that teams can do now in the world of indoor launch monitors and the like so that teams can still practice during the off-season. 

But any college in a place with winter has much more of an uphill battle than someplace where the courses are playable year-round. 

It's not impossible, just much harder. 
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Brutus Buckeye

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Re: College World Series
« Reply #32 on: June 04, 2021, 06:24:57 PM »
It is a good thing that Jack Nicklaus attended a southern school. Otherwise he might not hold the majors record.
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Re: College World Series
« Reply #33 on: June 04, 2021, 10:45:59 PM »
I'm all for celebrating, but he nearly took out his teammates with his bat and his helmet


https://twitter.com/Vol_Baseball/status/1400990902567333888?s=19
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Re: College World Series
« Reply #34 on: June 05, 2021, 12:02:01 AM »
N v Ark Saturday.   Neither team was particularly sharp Friday.  
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Re: College World Series
« Reply #35 on: June 05, 2021, 03:08:04 AM »
Florida lost to a .500 team, so that's fun.
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Re: College World Series
« Reply #36 on: June 05, 2021, 09:20:53 AM »
Quote from: OrangeAfroMan on June 05, 2021, 03:08:04 AM
Florida lost to a .500 team, so that's fun.
That was surprising.  Internet rumors that LSU is currently making a run at your coach and he is distracted.  I believe that about as much as I believe any other internet rumor...

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Re: College World Series
« Reply #37 on: June 05, 2021, 09:24:11 AM »
I made it for about half of the Texas game yesterday afternoon, it was great to be at the ballpark with full attendance allowed.  Horns looked pretty good, but against a woefully overmatched opponent.  Tonight's game against ASU is gonna be a tough one and could certainly go either way.

Where oh where is @DevilFroggy ?
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Brutus Buckeye

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Re: College World Series
« Reply #38 on: June 05, 2021, 09:36:08 AM »
Oh great. Now he's going to be watching the game on his phone while he is supposed to be engineering. 

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Re: College World Series
« Reply #39 on: June 05, 2021, 09:48:32 AM »
Quote from: utee94 on June 05, 2021, 09:20:53 AM
That was surprising.  Internet rumors that LSU is currently making a run at your coach and he is distracted.  I believe that about as much as I believe any other internet rumor...


I've heard very much that LSU is making a run at their coach. I don't know if that means he's distracted, because frankly, it's baseball. 

I know the last time another big program made a run at their coach, he kept putting it off until they lost in the tournament. They they won the whole thing. 
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Re: College World Series
« Reply #40 on: June 05, 2021, 09:49:51 AM »
Quote from: betarhoalphadelta on June 04, 2021, 02:52:20 PM
Purdue actually won a NC in women's golf recently.

I'm not saying it's impossible to be good... Especially in golf which [like basketball] is a pretty small team so a couple of great players can turn the tide.

There's a lot more that teams can do now in the world of indoor launch monitors and the like so that teams can still practice during the off-season.

But any college in a place with winter has much more of an uphill battle than someplace where the courses are playable year-round.

It's not impossible, just much harder.
I once talked to a mid-major college baseball coach in the midwest. He said the south is basically playing a different sport. 

I also remember watching a women's golfer I knew at UW miss every Thursday-Friday class for like a month. 
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Re: College World Series
« Reply #41 on: June 05, 2021, 11:10:36 AM »
Quote from: bayareabadger on June 05, 2021, 09:48:32 AM
I've heard very much that LSU is making a run at their coach. I don't know if that means he's distracted, because frankly, it's baseball.

I know the last time another big program made a run at their coach, he kept putting it off until they lost in the tournament. They they won the whole thing.
Oh I believe that LSU is pursuing O'Sullivan.  Just don't think it would really have much to do with the outcome of a game.

Baseball's a funny sport.  Great teams lose to lesser ones pretty regularly.  It's precisely why they usually play a series against an opponent rather than a single game.  Tournaments are obviously different.
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