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College Baseball Thread:
« on: February 11, 2012, 08:54:33 PM »
With the college baseball season starting this coming week I'll start a thread even if I mainly populate it.

http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/college/season-preview/2012/2612951.html



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Re: College Baseball Thread:
« Reply #1 on: February 11, 2012, 09:01:48 PM »
CU just added women's lacrosse (simply to statisfy Title IX) which will start in 2013-2014 and baseball/softball couldn't have seemed further away from reality.  Problem continues to be where to put the facilities.  The city of Boulder is refusing to add water to the CU tennis complex on the South Campus because they are afraid it will lead to sprawl.  ::)  At this point you could say the city of Boulder is the one that is preventing baseball/softball from coming to Boulder.
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Re: College Baseball Thread:
« Reply #2 on: February 12, 2012, 01:21:43 AM »
At least you can tell its you BC haha
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Re: College Baseball Thread:
« Reply #3 on: February 13, 2012, 09:53:12 PM »
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Re: College Baseball Thread:
« Reply #4 on: February 13, 2012, 10:08:31 PM »
Apparently the SEC isn't good at just football.  If you count aTm with the SEC group, that's 5 out of 8.  As for the B1G, I imagine that NU is going to be the team to beat for the time being.
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Re: College Baseball Thread:
« Reply #5 on: February 13, 2012, 11:02:44 PM »
Nebraska will find the B1G easier than the BigXII but they still need to ge their talent level up even in the new conference. I follow college baseball closely mainly due to growing up in Omaha and wanting to know about the teams who could make it in June. The SEC currently is the best conference which cannot be disputed and Mizzou plus A&M will be in for a tough ride next year.
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Re: College Baseball Thread:
« Reply #6 on: February 14, 2012, 03:58:34 PM »
I'm thinking about adopting a Pac-12 baseball team or more.  Oregon State comes to mind and maybe Utah since they are a Mountain school.
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Re: College Baseball Thread:
« Reply #7 on: February 14, 2012, 06:27:53 PM »
Baseball America doesn't think that Nebraska will have the impact in the B1G that some think they will, http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/college/season-preview/2012/2612949.html
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Re: College Baseball Thread:
« Reply #8 on: February 14, 2012, 06:40:58 PM »
Quote from: thedrUNKenLoper on February 14, 2012, 06:27:53 PM
Baseball America doesn't think that Nebraska will have the impact in the B1G that some think they will, http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/college/season-preview/2012/2612949.html


People will pick newcomers to not win their new conferences at first...you just have to prove the conference media members wrong.  NU should easily make an impact in the B1G this year...similar to CU in Pac-12 men's basketball if not bigger than that.  I believe the Huskers will contend and win the B1G this year.
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Re: College Baseball Thread:
« Reply #9 on: February 14, 2012, 06:45:24 PM »
My personal thought is they will be top-3 and due to a solid non-conference schedule they'll get a at-large bid. I need to study up on B1G baseball other than Indiana, Illinois and Minnesota who I've seen in person and on TV.
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Re: College Baseball Thread:
« Reply #10 on: February 15, 2012, 12:35:10 AM »
http://www.pac-12.org/Baseball/Tabid/1448/Article/144104/Pac-12-Coaches-Pick-Stanford-as-2012-Favorite.aspx

Stanford picked by coaches to win the Pac-12 and newcomer Utah is picked to finish last.

http://www.arizonawildcats.com/sports/m-basebl/spec-rel/021012aaa.html

New era for UA baseball as they move to Hi-Corrbet field which used to be the spring training home for the Rockies and D-Backs.

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Re: College Baseball Thread:
« Reply #11 on: February 15, 2012, 12:39:18 AM »
Stanford is going to have alot of talent pitching wise it'll be curious to have they score runs. Utah will not finish last, that's too good of a baseball program to do so. Is that a permanent move for the UofA or are they doing something with their current facility? These comments were made without clicking on your provided links, just to clarify if the field answer was provided.
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Re: College Baseball Thread:
« Reply #12 on: February 15, 2012, 12:44:53 AM »
Quote from: thedrUNKenLoper on February 15, 2012, 12:39:18 AM
Stanford is going to have alot of talent pitching wise it'll be curious to have they score runs. Utah will not finish last, that's too good of a baseball program to do so. Is that a permanent move for the UofA or are they doing something with their current facility? These comments were made without clicking on your provided links, just to clarify if the field answer was provided.


I do not know if they will be at Hi-Corbertt Field for good but I don't think making that kind of move would be a temporary move.  On the Pac12Board, there was even talk about building a new 18,000 seat downtown arena for a minor league hockey team and UA basketball...I don't know if that passed if it came to a vote.

EDIT: UA has history of playing at the new stadium: http://www.arizonawildcats.com/facilities/hi-corbett-field.html

From the looks of it, it seems permanet.  I have heard stories of how athletic facilities could be crumbling on the UA campus.
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Re: College Baseball Thread:
« Reply #13 on: February 15, 2012, 01:23:00 AM »
Looks like an ok move and two miles off campus isn't bad.
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Re: College Baseball Thread:
« Reply #14 on: February 15, 2012, 03:36:30 AM »
Quote from: thedrUNKenLoper on February 15, 2012, 01:23:00 AM
Looks like an ok move and two miles off campus isn't bad.

Two miles is nothing for college students.

I can see more college teams moving to minor league stadiums over the long run in addition to baseball teams being established alongside a minor league team.  I think that will be the only way CU gets a baseball team at this point.
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Re: College Baseball Thread:
« Reply #15 on: February 15, 2012, 05:03:30 AM »
Quote from: Bone Crusher on February 15, 2012, 03:36:30 AM
Quote from: thedrUNKenLoper on February 15, 2012, 01:23:00 AM
Looks like an ok move and two miles off campus isn't bad.

Two miles is nothing for college students.

I can see more college teams moving to minor league stadiums over the long run in addition to baseball teams being established alongside a minor league team.  I think that will be the only way CU gets a baseball team at this point.

Sure that a good model but you still need a place that works for the student athlete, only two states have spring training homes that it could work best. The city of Lincoln has a indy team that doesn't start until after the season so that works, A&M-CC plays only 8-10 games a year at the home of the hooks
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Re: College Baseball Thread:
« Reply #16 on: February 16, 2012, 06:00:31 PM »
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Re: College Baseball Thread:
« Reply #17 on: February 16, 2012, 08:37:58 PM »
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Re: College Baseball Thread:
« Reply #18 on: February 16, 2012, 09:36:00 PM »
It's the truth, they produce one team a year to the NCAA and most of the schools could care less about the sport based on the funding. The Huskers Locker site has had a pretty good preview.
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Re: College Baseball Thread:
« Reply #19 on: February 16, 2012, 10:27:49 PM »
I thought the midwest had their fair share of talent...I guess I'm wrong or like in football, the talent is in the south.
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Re: College Baseball Thread:
« Reply #20 on: February 16, 2012, 10:41:30 PM »
Not true, the midwest has talent but kids who live in the midwest, northeast and Pacific nw take a little longer to develope than say kids in Arizona, California, Florida and Texas plus other states in the south that you can play year round. Heck, Nebraska's glory days were filled with alot of kids from Colorado that Mike Anderson had connections with. That's a state without a school in a major division I conference.   
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Re: College Baseball Thread:
« Reply #21 on: February 16, 2012, 10:45:32 PM »
Quote from: thedrUNKenLoper on February 16, 2012, 10:41:30 PM
Not true, the midwest has talent but kids who live in the midwest, northeast and Pacific nw take a little longer to develope than say kids in Arizona, California, Florida and Texas plus other states in the south that you can play year round. Heck, Nebraska's glory days were filled with alot of kids from Colorado that Mike Anderson had connections with. That's a state without a school in a major division I conference.

That's the truth about Colorado.  It's sad that Northern Colorado hasn't really taken better advantage of that fact but part of that could be due to being part of the Great West Conference which I think will eventually dissolve at one point down the road.
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Re: College Baseball Thread:
« Reply #22 on: February 16, 2012, 10:53:26 PM »
Last year I went with the Islanders baseball team to Texas-Pan American located in Edinburg but they are in the Great West which consists of a school in Illinois, New Jersey, Utah, California and maybe a couple others but it's got to be tough recruiting to a school that's in a conference without a auto-bid. Northern Colorado played annually mainly due to Anderson being from the state and they have gotten better from when the first moved up a level.
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Re: College Baseball Thread:
« Reply #23 on: February 17, 2012, 10:26:18 PM »
http://fourquarterssports.wordpress.com/2012/02/17/2012-college-world-series-predictions-sure-to-go-wrong/

Here are my college baseball predictions, I picked conference champions, super regional teams and Omaha 8
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Re: College Baseball Thread:
« Reply #24 on: February 17, 2012, 10:56:05 PM »
Quote from: thedrUNKenLoper on February 17, 2012, 10:26:18 PM
http://fourquarterssports.wordpress.com/2012/02/17/2012-college-world-series-predictions-sure-to-go-wrong/

Here are my college baseball predictions, I picked conference champions, super regional teams and Omaha 8


Noice....I'm sure you like who would be the B1G champs...and a Pac-12 team would bring in another national championship.  It won't be long before the Pac-12 hits 500 thanks to the nearly 50 national championships that CU and Utah brought in this year.
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