Inspired73

Is any of this really important?

There are some basic rules in baseball. Rule 1: Strike One. Your first or second pitch must be a good strike. From that point the pitcher has the upper hand. 0-2 the hitter has the advantage for the AB. In general, watching college baseball is difficult. Too many pitchers refuse to throw a strike. They get behind then shove it right down the pipe. You will never be great at pitching until you are willing to throw Strike One. Part of me wants to finger the coaches, but damn, every college game i watch is Ball, Ball, Ball, Foul, boom..... It would also help the pitching if we turned a routine double play, caught a fly in the gap and blocked a few pitches in the dirt. That crap is on the players. Frankly, lasts weekend showed that our players couldn't handle the bright lites, not that they can't play.

For what it is worth and a view from FarAway: The NCAA should consist of 4 units - Super, Large, Medium and Small. Each unit should have its own rules and governors (the rules making /enforcing body). To be in the Super group you must play football and have a total of 12 varsity sports minimum...........pretty easy mark. A fixed 24 team football tournament. The remaining group members can play a bowl game it they choose, or they could make their players go to class. A Super conference team can only play one Large conference team annually. That will help UT system funnel money to UTEP/SA/SFA. LSU will be required to place one of the Louisianna directional schools, and A/M (as part of its Bryan Eagle awarded annual National Championship) can choose between Tarlton or Commerce. Notre Dame will be restricted to only Catholic directional institutions or Northwestern. Essentially each team has one "warm up game", one game from another conference and 10 games that mean something. UIl money will be allowed but allocated among sports based on the number of players in each sport and percentage of total revenues generated for the athletic department. Each sport then allocates its own mulla based on simple math. Yes, women will not get the same as football, although basketball would probably be even split. At OU softball will get a larger split than baseball. This is due to Sooner softballs larger than normal crowds and, of course, having larger balls than the boys. The NCAA executive committee will get an annual box at the Circuit of Americas race if they never meet or talk to one another. Any conversations of any type or mode (texting) among themselves will automatically disqualify them from The Box and the inevitable hotties that come with it. You see, these things aren't nearly as complicated as the academics make them!