Cajuns' JUCO signees having solid seasons

[cajun_lannister]

What will the new league schedules entail?

You play like RPI teams so the upper teams in the west won't get hit with the RPI shredders like App or GAST and teams in the east won't get Little rock and ULM.

Rergradless we have heard how great these classes have been since Talbot got here (see current results)

[CajunT]

You play like RPI teams so the upper teams in the west won't get hit with the RPI shredders like App or GAST and teams in the east won't get Little rock and ULM.

Rergradless we have heard how great these classes have been since Talbot got here (see current results)

You only play 3 teams from the other division, so the number of conference games will be reduced.

[cajun_lannister]

You only play 3 teams from the other division, so the number of conference games will be reduced.

If we are still searching for post season come 2021 might be hard to fill those OCS with tough opponents

[talktomewillis]

You'll play 24 conference games. Two bye weeks will be built into the schedule, allowing teams to schedule non conference games against good RPI schools, or in the case of lesser teams, teams you can beat.

Geography helps here because the Big 12, the American, the Southland and the Atlantic Sun all have bye weeks.

Each team will play everyone in its own division and the three opponents from the other division will be based on average RPI over the last three seasons. For the Cajuns, it means playing Coastal, South and Troy in 2021-22.

THe league has not released this because the format for the tournament is yet to be determined.

In 2021 we play:
FIU at home
at Virginia Tech
at Southern Miss
Rice at home.

Our first bye week is the following week. We have TCU at home and then open conference at Coastal Carolina.

Our second bye week we go to Sam Houston.

This league lost a lot in baseball when the Florida schools left. At the time, Middle Tennessee and Western Kentucky were both good as well. We replaced them with UTA, Texas State, Georgia Southern and Georgia State, none of whom have made it to postseason since they joined the league. And that's why we haven't had more than two teams in regional play in any given year since then...and sometimes one. We went from being the 5th or 6th best conference to tenth or eleventh.

Hence the change.

[anhil8tor]

Rergradless we have heard how great these classes have been since Talbot got here (see current results)

This is my only issue with recruiting. I have been to all the past diamond club socials, football recruiting bashes.. etc etc etc. Coach speak rules.

https://ragincajuns.com/news/2015/11...116151333.aspx

I just wanna see the coach speak play out in a Cajun uniform.

[cajun_lannister]

This is my only issue with recruiting. I have been to all the past diamond club socials, football recruiting bashes.. etc etc etc. Coach speak rules.

https://ragincajuns.com/news/2015/11...116151333.aspx

I just wanna see the coach speak play out in a Cajun uniform.

It's part of the game coaches play and some of those rankings are artificially manipulated.

[CajunT]

If we are still searching for post season come 2021 might be hard to fill those OCS with tough opponents

That schedule is already completed and it's very good. They are already working on 2022, so I don't think OCS is going to be a problem with the number of that have contacted Coach Bab and are interested in playing the Cajuns.

[talktomewillis]

That schedule is already completed and it's very good. They are already working on 2022, so I don't think OCS is going to be a problem with the number of that have contacted Coach Bab and are interested in playing the Cajuns.

This is correct. It's interesting that Schlossnagle called Bab, not the other way around. And, he said he wanted to start the series in Lafayette. That's pretty impressive.

[cajun_lannister]

That schedule is already completed and it's very good. They are already working on 2022, so I don't think OCS is going to be a problem with the number of that have contacted Coach Bab and are interested in playing the Cajuns.

That's great to hear though baseball would be as volatile as basketball when it came to OCS RPI for some teams

[CajunRage]

You'll play 24 conference games. Two bye weeks will be built into the schedule, allowing teams to schedule non conference games against good RPI schools, or in the case of lesser teams, teams you can beat.

Geography helps here because the Big 12, the American, the Southland and the Atlantic Sun all have bye weeks.

Each team will play everyone in its own division and the three opponents from the other division will be based on average RPI over the last three seasons. For the Cajuns, it means playing Coastal, South and Troy in 2021-22.

THe league has not released this because the format for the tournament is yet to be determined.

In 2021 we play:
FIU at home
at Virginia Tech
at Southern Miss
Rice at home.

Our first bye week is the following week. We have TCU at home and then open conference at Coastal Carolina.

Our second bye week we go to Sam Houston.

This league lost a lot in baseball when the Florida schools left. At the time, Middle Tennessee and Western Kentucky were both good as well. We replaced them with UTA, Texas State, Georgia Southern and Georgia State, none of whom have made it to postseason since they joined the league. And that's why we haven't had more than two teams in regional play in any given year since then...and sometimes one. We went from being the 5th or 6th best conference to tenth or eleventh.

Hence the change.

I know you said that the tournament format hasn't been released but what are the options with this obviously affecting conference records? What other conferences schedule like this?

[talktomewillis]

You play like RPI teams so the upper teams in the west won't get hit with the RPI shredders like App or GAST and teams in the east won't get Little rock and ULM.

Rergradless we have heard how great these classes have been since Talbot got here (see current results)

Well, again....it's being done differently now. And, if you haven't read the article that spawned all this, you should.

The signees are all from well respected junior college programs where the competition is excellent. Is every one of them going to be an All-American when he gets here? Probably not. Every school misses on recruits.

But I'm telling you, this class is more talented than what we've been signing.

The Angel kid is touching 96. We are hoping to get him to campus but there's no guarantee. Same with the other JUCO pitcher.

We're signing two more juco pitchers (at least). One is a 6-7 guy who throws hard. He visited over the weekend and he's a good looking specimen.

That guy who hit 16 bombs last year is having another solid season. He's a kid that Wells signed when he was at Louisiana Tech. Wells says he saw him hit one about 500 feet last week.

With junior college players, you hope they hit the ground running. Some have a bit of a learning curve, but I think Wells will have them where we need them to be sooner rather than later.

And, with at least four, and maybe more, JUCO pitchers, plus the HS signees we have, there's going to be serious competition just to make the team next year.

I believe our pitching staff next year will be what we are accustomed to.

Sorry for being positive. I understand that doesn't go over well here.

[cajun_lannister]

Well, again....it's being done differently now. And, if you haven't read the article that spawned all this, you should.

The signees are all from well respected junior college programs where the competition is excellent. Is every one of them going to be an All-American when he gets here? Probably not. Every school misses on recruits.

But I'm telling you, this class is more talented than what we've been signing.

The Angel kid is touching 96. We are hoping to get him to campus but there's no guarantee. Same with the other JUCO pitcher.

We're signing two more juco pitchers (at least). One is a 6-7 guy who throws hard. He visited over the weekend and he's a good looking specimen.

That guy who hit 16 bombs last year is having another solid season. He's a kid that Wells signed when he was at Louisiana Tech. Wells says he saw him hit one about 500 feet last week.

With junior college players, you hope they hit the ground running. Some have a bit of a learning curve, but I think Wells will have them where we need them to be sooner rather than later.

And, with at least four, and maybe more, JUCO pitchers, plus the HS signees we have, there's going to be serious competition just to make the team next year.

I believe our pitching staff next year will be what we are accustomed to.

Sorry for being positive. I understand that doesn't go over well here.

We have heard the same thing for the past few seasons ... I will have to see it before I believe things have changed.