BB G3 Final: Louisiana 14, Troy 13

[CajunVic]

I think Troy is currently the best team in the league. Sweeping Coastal on the road is strong no matter how Coastal is playing.

So sweeping the no. 8 ranked team in the league who is currently on an 8 game losing streak is how you determine the best team in the league?

I prefer Rages more detailed and refined analysis.

[CrazyCajun]

Exactly. Had the Coastal series been in week 2 or so, and the Troy series prior to S. Miss, it would be sunshine and rainbows around here

Also, to your point about not being swept, one of this weekends whiners mentioned our coach’s mentality of “don’t get swept on the road” as a loser’s mentality. Obviously that person feels every college baseball coach…ever…is a loser. That’s how you win conference titles, and EVERY college baseball coach says it, take care of your business at home (win series), don’t get swept on the road, and have a couple of good weekends where you sweep a couple teams. It’s tried and true.

And it’s EXACTLY what this Cajuns team has done so far.

Not a whiner, you can feel a way and not say it. You think a coach should always tell his team what he is thinking? Obviously after you drop 2 you try not to get swept but thats not a season long goal. It souldn't be a spoken mindset. You can disagree or just whine about it I guess. It's about timing, troy and us are almost idnetical in metrics but tehy are timing it right and we arent, sorry if the frutration of that bothers you. They struggled to pitch early and are figuring it out at teh right time, we are having struggles at the wrong time. Its also frustrating that it seems we are struggling to pitch and hit at athe same time at the end of the year. Deggs hasnt been vocal about not getting swept on the road until this year, he has always been a "we gonna win every game we play" guy.

[sportsfanatic21]

Not a whiner, you can feel a way and not say it. You think a coach should always tell his team what he is thinking? Obviously after you drop 2 you try not to get swept but thats not a season long goal. It souldn't be a spoken mindset. You can disagree or just whine about it I guess. It's about timing, troy and us are almost idnetical in metrics but tehy are timing it right and we arent, sorry if the frutration of that bothers you. They struggled to pitch early and are figuring it out at teh right time, we are having struggles at the wrong time. Its also frustrating that it seems we are struggling to pitch and hit at athe same time at the end of the year. Deggs hasnt been vocal about not getting swept on the road until this year, he has always been a "we gonna win every game we play" guy.

Sorry man, but that’s just not accurate. Every college baseball coach in the country says what the formula is. And they all state it publicly. And have forever

Of course they are trying to win every game and every series, but that’s not realistic in baseball. The goal is always to win more than 2/3 of your conference games. Doing so will have you in the mix for a title. And the way to do that is to win series at home, sweep a couple times, and….dont get swept on the road.

It’s hard to win against the better teams (obviously) and even more difficult on the road. The Cajuns just have happened to play 2 of their 3 toughest opponents on the road. And they avoided getting swept. And beat the one they played at home. And they’ve swept a few teams. And guess what…it all adds up to them being in position to win the conference title.

[sportsfanatic21]

Strange RPI situation:

Team A
27-20 overall
11-13 in the SBC
2-9 vs Q1 teams
RPI 32

Team B
27-20 overall
11-13 in the SBC
5-3 vs Q1 teams
RPI 65

A is Coastal
B is S. Alabama

Sure seems like losing to more good teams is better than winning against a couple fewer, which is obviously an absurd system.

[CajunRage]

quick analysis of the top RPI conference in the country... 5 of the top 6 teams in the SEC have lost multiple conference series. It's just part of being in a more competitive conference. Also, looking at the scores (can't say for sure because I didn't watch), it seems that some of those top teams had "meltdowns" at the plate and/or the mound in those series.

Do want to add that I'm not saying we haven't played poorly in the Coastal and Troy series. It's just unrealistic to be on fire like we were for that long. There's going to be a lull and I'm glad that we were a) in the position to weather the storm and b) this wasn't in postseason where we just completely ____ the bed and go home.

[sportsfanatic21]

Yep. Thats college baseball. I really wish some Cajun fans would spend some time watching other programs and follow what goes on around the country.

Also, some of the SEC parks are VERY hitter friendly. Alabama’s is embarrassingly small (320 lines, 360 alleys, 390 center). We all know how the ball flies in BR, the prevailing wind in College Station is strong and out to left center. And there are others. Not SEC, but check out the dimensions at Wake Forest (310 to LF, 300 to RF)

Mix that with elite talent hitting, COLLEGE pitchers that struggle to throw strikes at times (this happens in EVERY program) and you get pitching “meltdowns”

[sportsfanatic21]

Also, for those with the pitchforks wanting to cancel the rest of the season and saying this Cajuns team is a fraud, the guys at D1Baseball, who are the top of the mountain as far as covering college baseball goes, have the Cajuns ranked #22 in the country this morning. Troy is #21

[CrazyCajun]

quick analysis of the top RPI conference in the country... 5 of the top 6 teams in the SEC have lost multiple conference series. It's just part of being in a more competitive conference. Also, looking at the scores (can't say for sure because I didn't watch), it seems that some of those top teams had "meltdowns" at the plate and/or the mound in those series.

Do want to add that I'm not saying we haven't played poorly in the Coastal and Troy series. It's just unrealistic to be on fire like we were for that long. There's going to be a lull and I'm glad that we were a) in the position to weather the storm and b) this wasn't in postseason where we just completely ____ the bed and go home.

Totally understand getting beat/losing to good teams.. or to anyone in baseball. Ground balls between your legs, horrendous base running and terrible approach at the plate is much different. Pitching didn’t look anything like the other 40 plus games and I get those offenses and parks do that to people. We looked like a different team against coastal and Troy. Those are the types of teams you are going to see in regional.

[CrazyCajun]

Also, for those with the pitchforks wanting to cancel the rest of the season and saying this Cajuns team is a fraud, the guys at D1Baseball, who are the top of the mountain as far as covering college baseball goes, have the Cajuns ranked #22 in the country this morning. Troy is #21

At least we were drinking and mad when we said what we did. You’re just being a drama Queen now

[JamesTheJeweler]

Coastal, Troy, Southern Miss and Louisiana... arguably the top programs in the belt. Here's how we all fared against each other:

Coastal: W 2/3 Against UL (home), Swept by Troy (home) and USM (road)
Troy: W 2/3 Against UL (home), L 2/3 to USM (road), Swept Coastal (road)
USM: W 2/3 Against Troy (home), L 2/3 to UL (road), Swept Coastal (home)
UL: W 2/3 Against USM (home), L 2/3 to Troy (road) and Coastal (road)

The only road series win was Troy going to Coastal and sweeping.

Now look at the rest of the results:

Coastal: Lost series to App and haven't swept a weekend
Troy: Lost a series to USA and only swept stAte
USM: Lost series to both GA schools and swept Marshall
UL: Dropped first game to stAte and then ran off a series win and 4 additional sweeps

We've lost 1 game to the rest of the conference while the others are losing series.

All said and done, we have a 2 game lead with 6 to play because we took care of business early. Going to Troy and to Coastal are no easy tasks. The timing of the series with us cooling off didn't help. Regardless, we didn't get swept. Look at the 4 above resumes without the emotion attached, I'll take ours over the rest.

Time to go to Statesboro and take at least two and then come home to a rowdy crowd for SouthAlSucks week and take the regular season championship.

Great perspective

[CajunVic]

Totally understand getting beat/losing to good teams.. or to anyone in baseball. Ground balls between your legs, horrendous base running and terrible approach at the plate is much different. Pitching didn’t look anything like the other 40 plus games and I get those offenses and parks do that to people. We looked like a different team against coastal and Troy. Those are the types of teams you are going to see in regional.

We looked like a different team against Coastal and Troy for about 3 innings. It’s not ok the melt for 3 innings of play separated by weeks of playing.

[CajunVic]

Great perspective

Don’t get out there on a limb.