College Baseball

PhiGam · #1 03-03-2008, 02:05 AM

Any other big baseball fans out there?

PeppyGPhiB · #2 03-04-2008, 02:22 PM

Well, I'm not a stalker, but I do cheer for my Pepp Waves from afar in Seattle.

ComradesTrue · #3 03-04-2008, 02:35 PM

I love baseball, and since my husband went to Rice, this is the time of year that he can finally be excited about his school's athletic teams.

In 2004 the Rice baseball team won the first ever NCAA championship *in any sport* for the school!

At least they have that stellar education to fall back on.

PeppyGPhiB · #4 03-04-2008, 02:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Blondie93

I love baseball, and since my husband went to Rice, this is the time of year that he can finally be excited about his school's athletic teams.

In 2004 the Rice baseball team won the first ever NCAA championship *in any sport* for the school!

At least they have that stellar education to fall back on.

Though Pepp has several NCAA championships, I can empathize. Does Rice at least have a football team?

ComradesTrue · #5 03-04-2008, 03:00 PM

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Originally Posted by PeppyGPhiB

Though Pepp has several NCAA championships, I can empathize. Does Rice at least have a football team?

They suit some guys up and send them out on the field... does that count?

PeppyGPhiB · #6 03-04-2008, 03:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Blondie93

They suit some guys up and send them out on the field... does that count?

Hey, that's one step up from us!

nittanyalum · #7 03-04-2008, 03:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Blondie93

They suit some guys up and send them out on the field... does that count?

LOL. That's what I would say about Penn State baseball (at least they got a pretty new stadium last year).

Here's the rankings: http://www.baseballnews.com/polls/di...ntpolldivI.htm

BigRedBeta · #8 04-10-2008, 09:26 PM

Living in Omaha...you can kind of say that I have a pressing local interest. Surprisingly though, there are a lot of people who are die-hard CWS fans who really don't follow the season at all.

I definitely pay attention to the Big XII and it helps that my Huskers are playing phenomenally right now - makes it easy.

Other good baseball schools include, LSU, Miami (FL), and Texas (all of these are glaring omissions from the previous list). Nebraska used to be a doormat in the old Big 8 days, but since 2000 has been to the CWS three times and a top 8 National seed several times. You can also include Oklahoma State and Arizona as historically good teams.

I would definitely not include UCLA or Ole Miss in the previous list though.

The Wikipedia article showing CWS Appearances and titles
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College...ces_.26_titles

Boyd's World does a pretty good job of predicting RPI's for teams during the season to give you an idea of where teams stack up.

http://boydsworld.com/baseball/rpi/currentrpi.html

PeppyGPhiB · #9 04-11-2008, 04:53 PM

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Originally Posted by BigRedBeta

Living in Omaha...you can kind of say that I have a pressing local interest. Surprisingly though, there are a lot of people who are die-hard CWS fans who really don't follow the season at all.

I definitely pay attention to the Big XII and it helps that my Huskers are playing phenomenally right now - makes it easy.

Other good baseball schools include, LSU, Miami (FL), and Texas (all of these are glaring omissions from the previous list). Nebraska used to be a doormat in the old Big 8 days, but since 2000 has been to the CWS three times and a top 8 National seed several times. You can also include Oklahoma State and Arizona as historically good teams.

I would definitely not include UCLA or Ole Miss in the previous list though.

The Wikipedia article showing CWS Appearances and titles
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College...ces_.26_titles

Boyd's World does a pretty good job of predicting RPI's for teams during the season to give you an idea of where teams stack up.

http://boydsworld.com/baseball/rpi/currentrpi.html

The teams I listed was obviously in no way meant to be comprehensive. I only listed a few examples in a few categories (I do believe I mentioned Arizona, and Ole Miss and UCLA DO have good programs, whether they make it to Omaha or not. A number of teams that have very strong programs that simply don't make it to the CWS very often just because a number of teams are eliminated by that point of the playoffs.

ETA: Hmmm...maybe I was thinking of Mississippi St., not Ole Miss

PeppyGPhiB · #10 05-16-2008, 09:38 PM

Pepperdine just clinched its 31st consecutive 30+ win season. THAT is consistent!

GO WAVES

PhiGam · #11 05-17-2008, 07:13 PM

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Originally Posted by SECdomination

I'm going to the Florida v Vanderbilt game today, and I have to say- things are looking a lot better than they were in my last post. We've moved back up to No.22 and beat No.13 Vandy last night.

Can't wait to see how this year ends.

GO GATORS!

The SEC is weak

PhiGam · #12 05-19-2008, 01:40 AM

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Originally Posted by SECdomination

I can't fight that one, except to say that EVERYONE is weak compared to the ACC.
But for our first year with a new coach, I'm excited to see us sweeping a series with a "better" Vandy team at the year's end.
I want another '05 season- and soon!

Our 13-12 win today was the most exciting game of baseball I've seen in a while. When's the ACC tournament?

Starts Wed, championship is Sunday at 1.

PhiGam · #13 05-19-2008, 03:28 AM

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Originally Posted by BigRedBeta

Living in Omaha...you can kind of say that I have a pressing local interest. Surprisingly though, there are a lot of people who are die-hard CWS fans who really don't follow the season at all.

I definitely pay attention to the Big XII and it helps that my Huskers are playing phenomenally right now - makes it easy.

Other good baseball schools include, LSU, Miami (FL), and Texas (all of these are glaring omissions from the previous list). Nebraska used to be a doormat in the old Big 8 days, but since 2000 has been to the CWS three times and a top 8 National seed several times. You can also include Oklahoma State and Arizona as historically good teams.

I would definitely not include UCLA or Ole Miss in the previous list though.

The Wikipedia article showing CWS Appearances and titles
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College...ces_.26_titles

Boyd's World does a pretty good job of predicting RPI's for teams during the season to give you an idea of where teams stack up.

http://boydsworld.com/baseball/rpi/currentrpi.html

Nice link!
FSU: 0/18 in CWS appearances... I say we're due!

PhiGam · #14 05-17-2008, 11:27 AM

We are officially the #2 seed in the ACC tournament next week. There seem to only be three strong teams this year, Miami, UNC, and FSU.

TSteven · #15 05-17-2008, 12:53 PM

Woo Hoo! The #20 Kentucky BatCats hit the 40-win plateau for the season this past Thursday.