Just So's Ya' know

[Sudden Sam]

Only 5 of the top 8 teams are SEC schools right now.

Dammit!

[Sudden Sam]

The SEC shit the bed this year.

[txangler74]

Pretty much, lets hope that O'Sullivan stays at Florida. Texas doesn't need the Mack Brown of college baseball. It has been fun watching ESECPN eat crow over their all SEC/ACC CWS predictions.

[Sudden Sam]

I'm now a Coastal Carolina fan! At least for the next few days.

[txangler74]

How 'bout that shit? Over the mighty Pac12 as well!

Thats the beauty of baseball, anything can happen. Arizona was just as much of a Cinderella story as Coastal. The so called experts had predicted an 8th place finish in the PAC for the Wildcats preseason.
With the scholarship advantages that private and small public schools supposedly have in baseball I would expect to continue to see this happen often.

[txangler74]

The advantage lies with the cheap schools

Definitely, the private school advantage would be the ability to create academic scholarships targeted at baseball players. It has been rumored that the likes of Miami, Vanderbilt and Rice practice this. Since they are private this can go unreported.

[Left Seater]

While this is partially possible it isn't nearly as wide spread as you might think.

However close to 60% of Rice students get some sort of scholarship or grants. So many on the baseball team do as well. In fact two players this season have full rides based on combinations of academic scholarships and grants. That allows the 11 full scholarships to be split among fewer players. However if 100% of the baseball team had full rides the Conf and NCAA would chime in real quick.

[Python]

SEC! SEC!

[Sudden Sam]

After LSU got pounded by OSU in their first meerting, I didn't have much hope, but LSU took it to 'em this weekend.

As glad as I am to see LSU playing for it all, the umpiring behind the plate in that last game was as bad as I've ever seen. Beaver hitters didn't know what to swing at! And the guy was terribly inconsistent with his calls.

[Python]

We had the same ump with the same strike zone and did just fine. It didn't stop us from going yard a few times. Good teams adjust. They didn't. They're home now.

The end.

[Sudden Sam]

Yeah, you'd have thought they'd have realized at some point he was calling that waaaay outside pitch a strike.

Pulling for your Tigers to win 2 in a row.

[Sudden Sam]

Oh well...

I turned the final game off after that LSU runner was sent back to 3rd on the double play ball in the 7th.

Didn't know 'til this morning what happened.

[Python]

Baseball's a stupid sport.

[Dinsdale]

We had the same ump with the same strike zone and did just fine. It didn't stop us from going yard a few times. Good teams adjust. They didn't. They're home now.

The end.

That horribly botched foul call in Game 2 quite possibly changed the outcome of the series. Also, the strike zone (Game 3) was very inconsistent. But, like you said, LSU adjusted. And ended the best regular season a team has ever had.

And watching Beaverfan cry is OK in my book.