Recruiting Forum Football Talk VI

[tnvols72]

 

[mr.checkerboards]

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That’s some Bammer-type donkey shat right thur.

Texas softball coach took advantage of this rule the other day. His team was ahead after the previous inning, but after the top of the inning his team was behind after he gave up 3 runs. He subbed players, put in pinch runners, called time to talk to his hitters, switched pitchers, did everything he could to delay things. They then hit the drop dead time so the game was called and the score reverted back and his team won.

 

[volbeast33]

Texas softball coach took advantage of this rule the other day. His team was ahead after the previous inning, but after the top of the inning his team was behind after he gave up 3 runs. He subbed players, put in pinch runners, called time to talk to his hitters, switched pitchers, did everything he could to delay things. They then hit the drop dead time so the game was called and the score reverted back and his team won.

I hate drop dead rules in travel baseball…. You can be up by a few runs…. Team score one run more than you…. Time limit and you lose without getting to bat in the bottom half of the inning.

 

[Jackcrevol]

I’m here!!!
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Somewhere with a mid century appeal.

 

[Revived2002]

Zig is a big loss, but any team that pins their hopes on just one player deserves to not make it out of the first round of the March Madness. Let’s see what this team can do going forward.

Yep. Notice has been served to Rick Barnes.

Elite 8 or bust.

Using three injured starters (ZZ, James, Philips) to explain anything less is just excuse making.

 

[volbeast33]

 

[volbeast33]

Yep. Notice has been served to Rick Barnes.

Elite 8 or bust.

Using three injured starters (ZZ, James, Philips) to explain anything less is just excuse making.

Good call….. I agree.

 

[Devo182]

Well well well Saturday 2:00 games are going to be BIG!

 

[Volsdeep4]

Very anticlimactic for 8 people to get ejected.

 

[Jackcrevol]

Very anticlimactic for 8 people to get ejected.

At this point im for a full conference coup. Or, a Congressional intervention. College refereeing. Management of NIL. Top to bottom the management sucks.

 

[volbeast33]

Very anticlimactic for 8 people to get ejected.

From reading the story about the game…. Only player ejected for fighting was the girl that threw the ball….. the rest were ejected for leaving the bench.

 

[volbeast33]

We looked REALLY good without ZZ on the floor. It makes us longer defensively. Arkansas had a really hard time. I think every team will going forward. It hurts us one way, but it works out in another way. We can overcome it with elite defense.

We heard the same after the first game without Phillips and JJJ…. We will see how it affects us going forward. This team doesn’t have any true superstars so that helps make it easier to compensate for injured players.

 

[volbeast33]

 

[Jackcrevol]

Would be interested to see SO ratio.

Teach the knockout blow instead of how to hit. You're gonna have Andruw Jones. Out of 7599 AB's he struck out 1748 times. (per MLB) That seems high to me. What is that? .19%?

 

[VolsDoc81TX]

utsports.com has live stats that are pretty good.

Thanks!

 

[volbeast33]

Would be interested to see SO ratio.

Teach the knockout blow instead of how to hit. You're gonna have Andruw Jones. Out of 7599 AB's he struck out 1748 times. (per MLB) That seems high to me. What is that? .19%?

Analytics has figured out that the strikeout is not the worst AB possible…. It is the ground ball. Look at these stats:

Gorman Thomas .244 avg 98 runs 123 rbis league leading 175 SO’s

Andruw Jones .251 avg 34 HRs 104 runs 104 RBI’s 142 SO’s

Tony Gwynn .370 avg 7 hrs 119 runs 54 RBIs 35 SO’s

Both of the 2 strikeout guys accounted for more runs than one of the best pure hitters of all time… he batted 3rd or fourth in the padres lineup as well.

 

[mr.checkerboards]

I hate drop dead rules in travel baseball…. You can be up by a few runs…. Team score one run more than you…. Time limit and you lose without getting to bat in the bottom half of the inning.

I understand it more at the youth level but not at the collegiate.

 

[Jackcrevol]

Analytics has figured out that the strikeout is not the worst AB possible…. It is the ground ball. Look at these stats:

Gorman Thomas .244 avg 98 runs 123 rbis league leading 175 SO’s

Andruw Jones .251 avg 34 HRs 104 runs 104 RBI’s 142 SO’s

Tony Gwynn .370 avg 7 hrs 119 runs 54 RBIs 35 SO’s

Both of the 2 strikeout guys accounted for more runs than one of the best pure hitters of all time… he batted 3rd or fourth in the padres lineup as well.

You surround good hitters with thumpers.

Andruw had the good fortune of playing with two HoFers.

Padres sucked.

 

[JacketVol]

Their basketball and fights are both weak. @bignewt

 

[MoCo_Vol]

Man...Auburn blew a huge lead to Bama and lost in OT. Then Vandy beats Kentucky in Rupp on a last second shot and the evening was topped off by LSU blowing a huge lead and losing to Missouri.

Bama clinches the SEC regular season title at 16-1
A&M is 2nd regardless of their next game at 14-3 (they play Bama at home next)
Kentucky drops to 11-6 (but owns tie breaker beating us twice)
Tennessee sits at 11-6
Missouri is now 10-7
Vandy is now 10-7

We need to beat Auburn to secure 4th place and the double bye. If we lose and Missouri wins they'll jump us with the head to head. Vandy we split with so not sure they'd jump us (would depend on tie breakers).

Of course Vandy gets Mississippi State at home and Missouri will host Ole Miss.

Kentucky will finish their season at Arkansas, so if we win and they lose we could still get a 3 seed.

 

[bignewt]

Very anticlimactic for 8 people to get ejected.

even more anti-climatic to tip off.

 

[Jackcrevol]

Where’d you see that quote?

Above.

 

[mr.checkerboards]

Man...Auburn blew a huge lead to Bama and lost in OT. Then Vandy beats Kentucky in Rupp on a last second shot and the evening was topped off by LSU blowing a huge lead and losing to Missouri.

Bama clinches the SEC regular season title at 16-1
A&M is 2nd regardless of their next game at 14-3 (they play Bama at home next)
Kentucky drops to 11-6 (but owns tie breaker beating us twice)
Tennessee sits at 11-6
Missouri is now 10-7
Vandy is now 10-7

We need to beat Auburn to secure 4th place and the double bye. If we lose and Missouri wins they'll jump us with the head to head. Vandy we split with so not sure they'd jump us (would depend on tie breakers).

Of course Vandy gets Mississippi State at home and Missouri will host Ole Miss.

Kentucky will finish their season at Arkansas, so if we win and they lose we could still get a 3 seed.

The SEC. Tourney is going to be a blood bath.
1 is really good but struggling.
2. Is a decent team.
3. Isn't anything special but somehow snuck into a 3 seed.
4-7 is a log jam.
Arky is a dangerous lower seeded team
MSST is decent.
Florida was decent before Castleton got hurt.
The rest just suck

 

[volbeast33]

You surround good hitters with thumpers.

Andruw had the good fortune of playing with two HoFers.

Padres sucked.

Maybe but analytics has shown that it is better to have all thumpers…. It is why SBs and small ball is not played much at all… I do wish we could go back to the 80’s when SBs was bigger deal although I am teaching my son the same type of swing used in todays game.

 

[volbeast33]

Good grief