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It seems the Troy plan is to give roughly seven outs of responsibility to each of three pitchers … ideally facing each hitter in the lineup once. The Cajuns sent ten to the plate against the starter....

Precisely to all.

Brian

Only the WP component utilizes home/road weighting.

Brian

It is a combination of 1) winning 14 road games 2) only losing 1 home game 3) playing only 12 home games and 4) playing a schedule that has a number of teams with good winning percentages (regardless...

Do you mean what Kittrell did w/scheduling Florida State last minute? That was a component of the strategy employed with the Lotief schedules. But obviously it went much deeper than that. Most of the...

When I think of Steve Kittrell, I think of gamesmanship.

Brian

This practice has essentially forced the NCAA to admit that there are real problems with the RPI. This is the first step in admitting that you have a problem. :D

Brian

The Cajuns dropped three spots in the RPI rankings primarily because Colorado State (1 win) and Chattanooga (2 wins) fell out of the Base RPI Top 75, costing the Cajuns .0039 in RPI bonus points....

It bothers me to this day.

If you recall, Steve Kittrell added a game (late in the season) on the road midweek (Tuesday) against Florida State between their last conference game and the Sun Belt...

Yes, another "gaming the system" example due to the exploitable RPI.

Brian

Because not every team would play along. It would take full collusion to really work. But some teams would have Grambling or Prairie View A&M midweek and would come to the conclusion that they do not...

First priority is that there is not a sweep. If USM were a threat to take an at-large away from the Cajuns, I would say Coastal. But I do not think that will be the case (like it was with South...

Clete Hartzog, Troy’s top middle reliever, is in the game now against Alabama State. He came on with two outs in the 4th. Hartzog also earned the opening game win at Coastal.

Alabama State 2 Troy...

It was less than two weeks ago when I watched the same 14-27 Jacksonville State team go into Troy and beat the Trojans, holding them to three runs. Not a lot of difference between Jacksonville State...

I would also add that JMU has been horrible on the road ... 7-14.

Brian

It had a small impact on the Cajuns' RPI.

It pulled the Cajuns closer to Missouri. Missouri lost .00295 in RPI yesterday and fell from #8 to a #9 ranking. The Cajuns are now just .00052 away from...