Here for the Wins

I’m thinking Dominique Wilkins in a Lakers uniform.

Probably akin to about 44.7% career FG.

But are they scared?

If HC is not the worst team we’ve played, they are very close. Incarnate Word and TAMUCC are the only two with worse RPIs. HC is 201. TAMUCC is 202. UIW is 220. Tarleton is not a strong 3 seed. But, yes they could win. It is possible that we have the most difficult second game draw in the entire tourney.

Completely unnecessary for the ref to go anywhere. You are correct.

This is kinda funny. Tech is creating attention. Maybe even drawing some eyeballs to their games. And timely since in the last week this board discussed viewership and how that’d make a difference in negotiations for breaking away from the NCAA and creating a 40 team league. Coincidence?

Quite mean. But I wouldn’t be disappointed.

Smart move. Will it pay off?

Whippin butt and taking names

I’d like to hear more of the specifics. Strength of record should be well down the list of considerations. It’s more difficult to do, but that can be manipulated. The strength of schedule is far more appropriate, but I’m guessing that needs tweaking. It’d be appropriate for teams only playing 4 games away from home should be dinged for that. And when you play 42 days away from home, those 3rd and 4th games are more difficult than they otherwise would be if they were the 1st and 2nd (last game of a trip). And whatever morons couldn’t figure out margin of victory years ago sure shouldn’t be consulted now. Winning by 28 is far more impressive than winning by 1 and should be incorporated. But, no two late TDs to win by 28 is not the same as leading by 28 heading into the 4th. We have stats that remove garbage time. That can be modeled here and include caps of some sort too. I am not certain where you the draw the line, but Travis out as QB at FSU is enough to leave them out several years ago. But when Dallas Wilson plays his first game and it’s against our backup CB, that is a factor. I don’t think he or Brown played versus Ole Miss at Ole Miss. That was tight late. I don’t expect that thought to be modeled, but I would hope that the committee would delve that deep into things. The Aggies tackling the interior pass rusher for ND on the last play shouldn’t be forgotten either I do not believe the committee has a great grasp on games because I’d wager they’re too busy glad handing and focusing on their programs to give tons of attention elsewhere. Hell, I don’t think are a ton of people that have a great understanding, but there’s a lot more people that take in more live action and have better insight than they do.

The highlight may have been who could design the most chaotic uniform. Im actually disappointed they canceled.

Now this may be NIL related to get to a neutral setting, for the Auburn game anyway. But it may not be an Oregon request. Maybe it was a Baylor request that Oregon thought “sure, we have nothing to gain by playing them.” People keep ignoring or downplaying the thought that mid-tier conference teams might want to downsize their schedule too. So Baylor says, “let’s not play Oregon so we can get a dub against the SHSU Bearkats.” Even the alternative of working for a neutral site is a net negative for college football. It could be anybody that takes a Bill Snyder approach to scheduling.

It is crappy. It is a valid complaint. Just like we should have been given some extra consideration for 42 days away from home.

It’s like we’re brothers.

Or would you prefer he bets on the opponent?

Good information. I had no idea about Arkansas. I wasn’t necessarily clear. My question was more about CJs comment than the tweet. Are we saying the NCAA is holding it all together?

Why do you feel this way?

College stats are pretty crazy these days. An example. Cody Howard. 11.2 innings. He’s only given up 11 hits, 3 walks. Yet 14 runs scored. Not sure I’ve ever noticed a guy give up the same number of hits/walks combined as run over that many innings. i don’t think he’ll pitch, but he could be useful. His first two runs were given up on a Crossland homer. It only got to that point because of a high hopper over his head that went 70 feet. He did give up 2 at Tennessee, but we didn’t have anyone exactly doing well. Then Mizzou he started wth 3 scoreless before giving up 4. Then Arkansas was terrible, but that’s a tough ask against a talented roster that was playing well. With the homers these days stat lines can be chaotic for really all but the best pitchers. Harrison had the A&M game that blew up his ERA.

The committee knows best.

The UCSB number is unusual. Flora accounts for almost 20% of the innings. They only have 5 guys below that team ERA, and one of them only has 2.2 innings pitched. The numbers 2 and 3 in terms of starts are not amongst those 5.

Sure. The goal is to advance to the Super though. If they lose game 1, they should be able to beat Holy Cross in game 2 with their 3rd guy. And still have Flora. We are their biggest threat. Flora is their best threat to beat us. If they win versus Tarleton with their #2, they are far better off in game 2. From a depth perspective, you are better off losing game 1 than game 2 assuming you choose a lower end guy against the 4 seed. It’s similar for us in game 1 if we are not confident in Ruger. Throw a lower end guy so you have better quality against better teams. Thats how I’d play it.

This is the underapprecistion of west coast baseball. One or two top flight starters can be very impactful in this regional format. They are less of a threat in a Super Regional format because it’s only 1 game. I saw this directly in a high school run to a state championship. One dominant starter can’t get it done in a best 2 of 3.

Arkansas is playing well and certainly has the ability. West Virginia might be the most underrated program in the country. They’ve been solid for several years.

Probably but KSU couldn’t pitch. Flora is the X factor. They shouldn’t throw him until they play us. Maybe the best pitcher in America. That could throw us in the losers side.

If you go by RPI, it’s a good draw. UCSB is 38th. Tarleton is 56th. Holy Cross is 201. The biggest question is what type of #2 and #3 starters UCSB has. Overall, it’s favorable.