Why did Athens regional start early?

[jllanclos]

Anyone know?

[ulforlife]

I assume you meant the Chapel Hill regional? That is where Georgia is playing

The Columbus regional also started yesterday, scores:

Game 1: BYU - 6, Kentucky - 2
Game 2: Ohio State - 3, Canisius - 0

Chapel Hill scores

Thursday:
Game 1: No. 1 Georgia 3, No. 4 Radford 1
Game 2: No. 2 North Carolina 21, No. 3 Campbell 2 (5 innings)
Friday (so far):
Game 3: No. 1 Georgia 6, No. 2 North Carolina 0

This is not a big deal that these regionals started early, just the way it was planned out.

[jllanclos]

Just seemed odd that 2 of 8 regionals start on thursday when all the others start on Friday...also odd that I made a mistake, which rarely happens....are you sure Turbine didn't use his Superman admin powers to change "Chapel Hill" to "Athens" in my above post? That's a way more logical explanation...

[Rebel02]

My guess is because BYU can't play on Saturdays (religious reasons), so they start it early and if they make it to Saturday, skip that day, and then continue on Sunday.

The Chapel Hill regional...no idea why they started early.

[gatadotcom]

Campbell also doesn't play games on Sundays. It is a Baptist university.

[Frenchie35]

Campbell don't play on Sunday and BYU don't play on Saturday. What would happen if both teams were in the same regional and are matched up after Friday......just a thought.

[BeauCajun]

_ Just seemed odd that 2 of 8 regionals start on thursday when all the others start on Friday...also odd that I made a mistake, which rarely happens....are you sure Turbine didn't use his Superman admin powers to change "Chapel Hill" to "Athens" in my above post? That's a way more logical explanation... _

LOL. Actually there are 16 regionals.

[jllanclos]

_ LOL. Actually there are 16 regionals. _

um, yeah...what he said!

Excuse of the day:
I was having a flashback to the days when only 20 teams made the NCAA's and there were 2- and 3- team regionals

[DestinCajun]

My guess is because BYU can't play on Saturdays (religious reasons), so they start it early and if they make it to Saturday, skip that day, and then continue on Sunday.

Correct me if I am wrong but doesn't BYU play football on Saturdays? Is there something in the Book of Mormans that says no baseball on Saturdays?

[CajunDawgPound]

_ Correct me if I am wrong but doesn't BYU play football on Saturdays? Is there something in the Book of Mormans that says no baseball on Saturdays?
_

They go by a different book when it comes to football..... their BANK book.