Here for the Wins

That’s good. Some of us have to change things up to remain safe.

May be premature. Are you certain they are someone you want back? And I ask that as someone who has been scolded a time or two maybe thrice for my behavior.

Robbins and Armstrong had multiple good years with year 2 better than year 1. Armstrong has quite a bit of experience and against some decent competition. A great get.

I find this funny yet solid phrasing.

When runs are at a premium, this should have done sooner. Larsen wasn’t the OBP guy he was earlier in the season.

Interesting. Attorney-client privilege type deal? The discussion was regarding integrity of the game. If persons turned blind eyes…….

https://texaslonghorns.com/sports/football/roster/kai-money/10673 This makes no reference to him starting.

I’ve never gotten over that OU game I missed due to a wedding. Just something to think about.

You are living in a conference with those with a history of wrong doing, no?

I don’t recall the new parameters. Top 4 conference champions advance? I’d think the committee could black ball them. Big 12 opponents could raise a stink too.

Good job Mendoza allowing Closezart additional time.

That was more of a very low fly ball.

Watching Georgia extend their starter then struggle from the pen and MSU using a starter to hang on are pretty solid indicators of how other programs feel about their bullpens. I am not even sure what Oregon was doing - two low use relievers then a guy that had started.

How else is one to proclaim “I’m a man” other to make such a proclamation on a message board?

A bit of an odd question, but I have my reasons. Any idea which junior high he attended?

I’m not sure to what part of my post this response pertains. If you just wanted to reiterate the point you stated, point taken. Perhaps my post wasn’t clear, but I was merely pointing out to 4th that we have a former Beaver hanging out on our 2nd team. The inference being that our 3rd team losing to OSU would not necessarily be a problem. So what you’re saying is that Sark took a shot at a dozen teams not Tech? I guess that’s better.

Well we did grab an Oregon State dude that was a starter then a backup who presumably is 2nd team for us. So maybe tap the breaks a tad.

ACC guys lack the will to win.

Brandon Weeden, Drew Henson. We haven’t seen much of this lately so maybe that’s why it feels less familiar.

Two of my favorites. If they aren’t yours, something is amiss.

They don’t want the best teams there. They never have. There are flaws around every corner of the selection process. Look a little deeper at St. Mary’s for example. Top 5 in team batting average. Their #1 starter is top 25 in terms of ERA. That’s ridiculous that the #1 overall gets that for their opener. Nice that we get a Holy Cross though. And I just watched a bit of Illinois State. Yet they’re #3 in Tallahassee. Finished 3rd in a conference/region that has never done much in the tourney. And I haven’t gotten to Schloss’s point that every conference plays 3 games series. Yet we do that differently here.

Cozart time in the 7th.

We should get those guys that have given up 16 to Troy. Maybe those that gave up to Northeastern. Welcome to college baseball.

Winning a conference title is not an automatic qualifier for all champs. See Duke. Why would those other schools schedule Tech? All 3 of those would likely be underdogs. Let’s use Duke as a comp. Do you know why Miami got the nod over them for a CFP invite? It was not conference results. You know cause Duke won the ACC. Had Duke been undefeated in non-conference they were in the CFP. Their schedule was pretty weak but the incentive to dumb down their schedule is present. It is also ridiculous to expect Tech to be the only team to have 12 P4 teams on their schedule then win a championship game. We absolutely know that it’s impossible for a team to get up for every game of season. That’s why the SEC had a late season cupcake. The list of teams incentivized to dumb down their schedule exceeds those that benefited. Vandy may be one that can look back and say we should have upgraded but keep in mind their odds of winning would decrease had they upped the non-con. Maybe Miami but they also hardly left home. Texas, Notre Dame, Duke are teams that fell short that could have had different outcomes by scheduling weaker teams under their own control. You could reason that Tech, Ole Miss and one of James Madison or Tulane (another difficult non-con loss means they’re likely out) were reinforced to not make their schedules more difficult. A&M got limited benefit from beating Notre Dame. Indianas scheduling efforts reinforced theirs. Sark commented. You know Tech would respond. Tech was talking up scheduling Texas since news broke that Texas was going SEC so it’s not as though it’s a new thing. Everybody knows including Tech we weren’t going to adjust to accommodate here. In the end, neither team has an incentive to schedule more difficult games.

25% is pretty high I’d think. It was a manual count but think 8 #2 seeds lost with 3 more two seeds tied or losing.