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  1. #457

    Default Re: Baseball Scheduling (split)

    Personally I'd rather just not play them at all.... We always have to suffer the "both team's fans are at fault".... "all schools have some bad apples"...

    when those that would be honest know exactly what the case is... that you are expected to know your place and simply accept what is heaped upon you and be quiet...for after all you are fortunate just to be invited...

    BS.... I love Tony but he should have simply left well enough alone... We don't need them.... they dont want us.... works for me.............


  2. #458

    Ragin' Cajuns Re: Baseball Scheduling (split)

    Quote Originally Posted by evangelinetiger
    Kal claimed that LSU is afraid to play UL. I pointed out that LSU had crushed UL by 20 points the last time they played. In fact, LSU has beaten UL badly every time they have played in the last couple of years. SO my point was and is, why would LSU be afraid to play a school it crushes so easily? There is no logic in Kals claim, other than Kal made it up to make LSU look bad. HE LIED. simply put, he lied about LSU playing or not playing UL.
    First of all, don't be an IDIOT. Da tiggas have NEVER beaten UL in baseball by 20 points. THIS WHOLE THING STEMS FROM THE FACT THAT THE CAJUNS HAD THE UNMITIGATED GAUL to BEAT lsuambr in that regional at the kat-box and had to come back and beat the CAJUNS twice, which they did. So YEAH, SKIP IS AFRAID TO PLAY US!!!

  3. UL Baseball Re: Comments from a scout ...

    Quote Originally Posted by Clutch0364
    Brian good stuff on Birds Eye View yesterday! College baseball is difficult to cover but you do it better than anybody. Thanks for the input on pagin.
    Thanks for the kind words Clutch.

    BTW, Jay and I will be doing this on a weekly basis (with a few exceptions) in the Thursday 5:05 -> 5:3X time slot.

    Quote Originally Posted by Clutch0364
    Now to my question, what is the best record anyone has finished with?
    As far as winning % is concerned, Arizona State finished 64-6 in 1972 for the best winning % all-time. But they did not win the national championship. They entered the CWS with a 60-4 record and won the first four games (yielding a total of one run in those games). But Southern Cal beat them twice and won the NC. Arizona State yielded a total of five runs in six CWS games and did not win the NC that season.

    Texas finished 59-6 in 1982 and also did not win the NC (Roger Clemens' sophomore season, Calvin Schiraldi was on this squad as well). They did not even make the CWS finals. Some may remember the 1989 Texas A&M team that had a long winning streak to begin the season and finished 58-7. But they lost their home regional to Ben McDonald and LSU.

    Brian

  4. #460

    Default Re: Comments from a scout ...

    Quote Originally Posted by GoneGolfin
    As far as winning % is concerned, Arizona State finished 64-6 in 1972 for the best winning % all-time.
    OH WOW!!!

  5. UL Baseball Re: Basketball scheduling

    Quote Originally Posted by Cajun Express
    I think in Tulane's case it was about needing the home games, and since their conference provides RPI they will not make road trips.
    I don't think they need the home games. I think they just want them and are loading their schedule with them.

    In 2007, Tulane does not play a single non-conference road game once the conference season begins. In fact, Tulane played its last non-conference road game of the season last month when they knocked off LSU in Baton Rouge. Tulane will play 27 of their 32 non-conference games at home this season.

    If you are wondering, Louisiana plays 9 of their 26 non-conference games at home this season.

    Brian

  6. UL Baseball Ragin' Cajuns cruise in opener


      UL's baseball squad found its hitting stroke at just the right time Friday night, and because of that the Ragin' Cajuns got off to a solid start in Sun Belt Conference play.

    The Cajuns had been limited to seven hits and one run over their last two games, road losses at Southern Mississippi and Northwestern State, but topped both of those totals against long-time rival South Alabama on the way to a 7-2 victory at Moore Field.

    UL (12-3, 1-0) put up three-spots in the second and sixth innings off USA starter Dan Goldberg, and posted a double-figure hit game for the first time since having its season-opening 10-game win streak snapped at USM last Friday.

    That was more than enough to support a fourth straight strong mound effort by Buddy Glass, who pitched into the eighth inning and allowed single runs in the second and seventh innings.

    "The thing about Buddy is he's an innings eater," said Cajun coach Tony Robichaux. "He pitches ahead in the count, and he goes out there and manages the game. He's been red hot for us."

    The teams meet in the middle game of the series at 2:05 p.m. today and wrap up the series at 1:05 p.m. Sunday. Lefthander John Zorich (3-0) is slated to pitch for the Cajuns against USA lefthander Brandon Sage (2-2).

    The rest of the story

    Dan McDonald
    dmcdonald@theadvertiser.com


    Homes SO Clean

  7. #463

    Default Re: Comments from a scout ...

    Quote Originally Posted by ULforlife
    OH WOW!!!
    Northwestern State always gives us a run for our money.

    And if we would have won 2 out of 3 against USM, we would've won the mid week game. Losing a weekend series can have negative effects in midweek games. Cajuns just need to sweep this weekend (it will be tough to do even though USA is in a down year; they still have a great coach) and they'll be back on track.

  8. Default Re: Comments from a scout ...

    Quote Originally Posted by GoneGolfin
    Thanks for the kind words Clutch.

    BTW, Jay and I will be doing this on a weekly basis (with a few exceptions) in the Thursday 5:05 -> 5:3X time slot.


    As far as winning % is concerned, Arizona State finished 64-6 in 1972 for the best winning % all-time. But they did not win the national championship. They entered the CWS with a 60-4 record and won the first four games (yielding a total of one run in those games). But Southern Cal beat them twice and won the NC. Arizona State yielded a total of five runs in six CWS games and did not win the NC that season.

    Texas finished 59-6 in 1982 and also did not win the NC (Roger Clemens' sophomore season, Calvin Schiraldi was on this squad as well). They did not even make the CWS finals. Some may remember the 1989 Texas A&M team that had a long winning streak to begin the season and finished 58-7. But they lost their home regional to Ben McDonald and LSU.

    Brian
    Brian,

    I know that it is way too early to predict with any accuracy, but I will ask anyways: Based on Cajuns' schedule and sunbelt conference this year, how many wins do you think it will take for you to feel comfortable that Cajuns will get at large bid? Also, do you think sunbelt can get 3 bids this year? Do you think it is critical for Cajuns to finish regular season in top 2 or top 3 in sunbelt? Thanks in advance for your answers. What I like about Cajuns baseball is that it all does not come down to only the season ending tourney (as usually is the case with basketball) and there is something big to play for during the regular season, goals that can lead to great chance of at-large bid.

  9. UL Baseball Re: Comments from a scout ...

    Quote Originally Posted by miamicajun32
    Brian,

    I know that it is way too early to predict with any accuracy, but I will ask anyways: Based on Cajuns' schedule and sunbelt conference this year, how many wins do you think it will take for you to feel comfortable that Cajuns will get at large bid? Also, do you think sunbelt can get 3 bids this year? Do you think it is critical for Cajuns to finish regular season in top 2 or top 3 in sunbelt? Thanks in advance for your answers. What I like about Cajuns baseball is that it all does not come down to only the season ending tourney (as usually is the case with basketball) and there is something big to play for during the regular season, goals that can lead to great chance of at-large bid.
    Yes, it is early. But I like the start. The Cajuns are looking like they are the team to beat in the Sun Belt.

    It is not so much the # of wins, but whether they are the right wins and how the Cajuns fare in conference play (very important). Yes, I do think it is critical that the Cajuns finish in the Top 3 of the Sun Belt this season. For example, I think it is important that the Cajuns win 2/4 against Tulane and Arizona State (all road games). This will help the RPI immensely. I think that if they do that and finish Top 2 in the SBC, provided they do not tank a bunch of games they should win, I think they will be in the postseason. If the Cajuns win the Sun Belt regular season title, they are in ... case closed.

    Can the Sun Belt get three bids this season? Yes, they can. But I am not expecting it. Especially last season after the NCAA botched the selections at the end of the process. There was strong disagreement among the NCAA Selection Committee members concerning the final teams that made the field and the fact that the Cajuns were left home. I do not have a lot of confidence that things will change w/respect to the bigger conferences sucking up a vast majority of the at-large bids.

    I think that for the Sun Belt to earn three bids, teams like UL and FAU will need to finish first and second in conference and earn at-large bids. That is, some other team will need to win the Sun Belt Tournament. Troy is falling off and is not as strong as they were last season. In the end, FAU will have played a not so impressive non-conference schedule. This may make an at-large bid challenging (as it did for the Cajuns last season). But still possible. FAU does have a single win over Oklahoma State and single losses to Rice and Nebraska.

    Troy has the most difficult schedule in the conference. But they are not winning enough games. They can turn it around and earn an at-large bid (without a Sun Belt regular season title). But they need to get started soon.

    South Alabama simply does not look strong enough for an at-large bid this season. They will need to win the automatic bid.

    My bet at this early stage is that the Sun Belt sees two postseason bids with a chance at three.

    Brian

  10. Default Re: Comments from a scout ...

    Quote Originally Posted by GoneGolfin
    Yes, it is early. But I like the start. The Cajuns are looking like they are the team to beat in the Sun Belt.

    It is not so much the # of wins, but whether they are the right wins and how the Cajuns fare in conference play (very important). Yes, I do think it is critical that the Cajuns finish in the Top 3 of the Sun Belt this season. For example, I think it is important that the Cajuns win 2/4 against Tulane and Arizona State (all road games). This will help the RPI immensely. I think that if they do that and finish Top 2 in the SBC, provided they do not tank a bunch of games they should win, I think they will be in the postseason. If the Cajuns win the Sun Belt regular season title, they are in ... case closed.

    Can the Sun Belt get three bids this season? Yes, they can. But I am not expecting it. Especially last season after the NCAA botched the selections at the end of the process. There was strong disagreement among the NCAA Selection Committee members concerning the final teams that made the field and the fact that the Cajuns were left home. I do not have a lot of confidence that things will change w/respect to the bigger conferences sucking up a vast majority of the at-large bids.

    I think that for the Sun Belt to earn three bids, teams like UL and FAU will need to finish first and second in conference and earn at-large bids. That is, some other team will need to win the Sun Belt Tournament. Troy is falling off and is not as strong as they were last season. In the end, FAU will have played a not so impressive non-conference schedule. This may make an at-large bid challenging (as it did for the Cajuns last season). But still possible. FAU does have a single win over Oklahoma State and single losses to Rice and Nebraska.

    Troy has the most difficult schedule in the conference. But they are not winning enough games. They can turn it around and earn an at-large bid (without a Sun Belt regular season title). But they need to get started soon.

    South Alabama simply does not look strong enough for an at-large bid this season. They will need to win the automatic bid.

    My bet at this early stage is that the Sun Belt sees two postseason bids with a chance at three.

    Brian
    Thanks for your great insight! I think I speak for a lot of Cajuns fans that you make the baseball season much easier to follow.

  11. UL Baseball Ragin’ Cajuns Outlast Jaguars in Friday Slugfest


    LOUISIANA La. - Louisiana’s Ragin’ Cajuns baseball team improved to 13-3 and remained perfect in the Sun Belt Conference (2-0) with a 9-6 win on Saturday afternoon over South Alabama at M.L. “Tigue” Moore Field.

    Hitting was the theme of the day for the two teams. The two teams combined for 24 hits on the afternoon with the Cajuns edging the Jaguars 13-11 in hits. Of the 24 hits in the game 10 were extra base hits, with the two teams combining for six homeruns.

    Nolan Gisclair, Jonathan Lucroy and Jefferies Tatford all had homeruns in the game for the Ragin’ Cajuns.

    Gisclair became the first Cajuns player this season to hit two homeruns in a game. Gisclair finished the game 2-for-5 with two homeruns, two runs scored and two RBI.

    Scott Hawkins and Tim Santiago both had multiple hits in game. Hawkins finished the game 2-for-5 with a double and two runs scored, while Santiago was 3-for-4 with an RBI.

    Matt Pilgreen picked up his first win of the season. The senior hurler entered the game in relief and tossed 2.1 scoreless innings, retiring all eight batters he faced.

    Starter John Zorich got the no-decision for the Cajuns. Zorich worked 6.2 innings, scattering 11 hits. He surrendered six runs – five earned runs.

    After trailing 2-0 after the first half inning of play, the Cajuns took the lead in the bottom of the third inning, 3-2. The Cajuns would hold on to the lead until the seventh inning when back-to-back homeruns by the Jaguars tied the game at 6-6. UL used a three-run seventh inning to regain the lead that they would not relinquish.

    In the first inning, South Alabama got things going by loading the bases with three consecutive singles. A pair of sacrifice flies plated two runners and saw the Cajuns trailing 2-0 after a half an inning of play.

    The Cajuns cut into the lead in the bottom of the first inning. With one out, Gisclair hit a solo homerun to left field to cut the USA advantage to just one run. The homerun was Gisclair’s second of the season and first since Feb. 18 against Texas-San Antonio.

    In the bottom of the second inning, the Ragin’ Cajuns got a two-out single from Santiago. The Cajuns thought they got a two-run homer from Justin Robichaux, but the South Alabama right fielder Billy Kleinschrodt made a leaping catch about a foot over the fence to end the inning.

    The Ragin’ Cajuns took the lead in the bottom of the third inning. With one out, Xavier Alexander, who extended his team-leading hitting streak to 15 games with a single in the eighth inning, drew a base on balls. After a fly ball to centerfield, Lucroy hit his second homerun of the season to give the Cajuns a 3-2 lead. The homerun was hit one of the pine trees behind the left field wall about half way up the tree.

    A one-out double by Kolin Hatfield gave the Cajuns a runner in scoring position in the bottom of the fourth inning. A Santiago single up the middle plated Hatfield and gave the Cajuns a 4-2 advantage.

    In the top of the fifth inning, the Jaguars led off the inning with a single – the fourth inning of the game that USA led off with a hit. With one on and no outs, the Cajuns used a foul out, a fielder’s choice to record the first two outs. The Jaguars lifted a ball to deep right field, but Hatfield recorded the fly ball out against the outfield wall.

    The Cajuns used a two out single from Hawkins in the bottom of the fifth to get a runner on base. Tatford hit a homerun to right field to increase the Cajuns lead to 6-2.

    In the sixth inning, the Jaguars used a two run inning to cut into the UL lead. A double to centerfield led of the inning for USA. A fielding error by the Cajuns gave the Jaguars runners on the corners. A single scored the first run of the inning. The Jaguars would use a fielder’s choice to score the second run of the inning and cut the lead to 6-4.

    After retiring the first two batters to start the inning, the Jaguars used back-to-back homeruns in the top of the seventh inning to knot the score at 6-6. The two homeruns was the first time all season the Cajuns allowed multiple homeruns in the same game.

    The Ragin’ Cajuns responded in the bottom of the seventh inning. Gisclair led off the inning with his second homerun of the game, a solo shot to left centerfield. Gisclair became the first Cajuns’ player this season to hit multiple homeruns in a game. After a pitching change, the Jaguars struck out the next Cajuns batter, but UL got a double to left centerfield by Hawkins. Tatford was intentionally walked to try to set up the double play. A fielding error by South Alabama loaded the bases for the Cajuns. A pop up gave the Cajuns three on with two outs. Robichaux, who was robbed of a homerun earlier in the game, singled up the middle to plate a pair of runners give the Cajuns a 9-6 lead.

    The runs would prove to make the final difference in the game as the Cajuns hung on to the three-run victory.

    The Cajuns and Jaguars will conclude the three-game conference series on Sunday afternoon at 1:05 p.m.

    center>LOUISIANA SI

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  12. #468

    UL Baseball Re: Baseball Scheduling (split)

    Quote Originally Posted by IHateLaState
    Personally I'd rather just not play them at all.... We always have to suffer the "both team's fans are at fault".... "all schools have some bad apples"...

    when those that would be honest know exactly what the case is... that you are expected to know your place and simply accept what is heaped upon you and be quiet...for after all you are fortunate just to be invited...

    BS.... I love Tony but he should have simply left well enough alone... We don't need them.... they dont want us.... works for me.............
    IMO we should play Rice instead, what is another six hours round trip to 20 year old kid? I often spent those six hours at the Keg, and still made class and had a good grade the next day, ok a decent grade. Rise YES, LSU not any fun win or lose.

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