A little preseason softball publicity

[CajunAmos]

I didn't see Joy this afternoon but I may have just missed her. I know coach Josh is with the USA National Fastpitch team (http://usasoftball.com/bios.asp?uid=7167) this weekend at a tournament Altamonte Springs FL.

[MisterCajun]

I didn't see Joy this afternoon but I may have just missed her. I know coach Josh is with the USA National Fastpitch team (http://usasoftball.com/bios.asp?uid=7167) this weekend at a tournament Altamonte Springs FL.

Joy quit last week. She has been replaced by Megan Granger. I am sure that Mike will make the official announcement when he feels the time is right.

[CajunRed]

College Sports Madness is currently counting up their poll, from #44 to #1. They are at #24 right now with #23 coming tonight. They are a little hard to guess at, but since we have as many All-Americans on their list as any other team (3), with the exception of Tennessee (5), there is a very real possibility we will be listed in their top 10. The NFCA/USA Today & USA Softball/ESPN preseason polls will be coming out this Tuesday.

This may go down as the toughest schedule the Cajuns have ever played. They are playing 31 non-conference games against 20 opponents. 20 of those 31 games are against 12 post season teams from last year, 5 of which were in Super Regionals and 3 in the World Series, including 2 road games against the national runner-up and their first team All-American pitcher. 13 of those non-conference games are at neutral sites (tournaments), 11 are at home [Houston (2), Mississippi Valley State (2), Texas State (2) and Mississippi State (1) the post season teams], and 7 [Oklahoma (2), Texas (2) and Mississippi State (1) post season] on the road. All of the post season teams we are playing will be back in the post season again this year, with the possibility of two others having a chance to join us.

I want to welcome the transfers (Shelbi, Kristin, Leandra & Victoria) along with all the newcomers to the team and Christina Hamilton back from her injury. I'm looking forward to seeing great things from them. I want to say goodbye to those who have departed and wish them the best wherever they land. I'm anxious for February 9 to get here.

Great info. I think Mike realized that the best way to better position us for postseason seeding was to schedule more quality teams...and, hopefully, beat them. This will be a helluva schedule.

Thanks for the effort in putting this together.

[Frenchie35]

Great schedule this year, it's going to be a good one

You can add to that "tough" schedule, 16 home and 26 road........

[ulforlife]

You can add to that "tough" schedule, 16 home and 26 road........

SOS won't be the issue this year

[lcitsh]

SOS won't be the issue this year

SOS wasn't the issue last year. The decisions of the committee were the issue last year.

[CajunFan3406]

SOS wasn't the issue last year. The decisions of the committee were the issue last year.

Did you bring that up with Scott after the decisions were made?

[lcitsh]

Did you bring that up with Scott after the decisions were made?

Most definitely.

[CrazyCajun]

Most definitely.

Why? Didn't you trust that he had everything totally under control?

[lcitsh]

Why? Didn't you trust that he had everything totally under control?

Scott, though he was the chairman, was one member of the committee. I had questions beyond just how the committee's decisions affected the Cajuns and he was available to answer them.