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If we end up raiding Virginia’s roster, we could be dang good pretty quickly. They had some serious talent this year.

I am actually really struggling to figure out how they missed the NCAAT. Top 25 nationally batting average and Top 50 in ERA. It looks like they played a bad nonconference schedule and then weren’t able to bounce all the way back from a slow ACC start.
 

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Does this mean we won't get any more of those Lemonis on a bucket pics if we're not doing well?
 
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Back in 1994 or so, I was living and working in Memphis. I listened intently to 560 am, the sports talk station, every night for any State-related news I could get. There wasn't much. But one night, I was in my car in the parking lot of Albertson's, when Keith Easterwood started talking about us. He was reporting some recruiting news, and I remember crystal clear him saying, "Richard Williams is building a monster in Starkville." A year and a half later, I always remembered him calling it as we mowed down Cincy and then UConn.

So I don't say this lightly, but I think Brian O'Connor is building a monster in Starkville right now. I think some of you boys need to get on board.
The Wake Up Crew on Rock 103 followed by Sports 56 was great radio
 

QuaoarsKing

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If we end up raiding Virginia’s roster, we could be dang good pretty quickly. They had some serious talent this year.

I am actually really struggling to figure out how they missed the NCAAT. Top 25 nationally batting average and Top 50 in ERA. It looks like they played a bad nonconference schedule and then weren’t able to bounce all the way back from a slow ACC start.
They got screwed over by the committee. I know their RPI wasn't great, but that's largely due to the AD tanking their schedule and their series with Florida State getting canceled.

They finished 16-11 in the ACC. That should have gotten them in. Turns out that 3 (!) teams who finished below them in the ACC standings won Regionals, with probably 2 headed to Omaha.

But Virginia's bad luck is our extremely good fortune.
 

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They got screwed over by the committee. I know their RPI wasn't great, but that's largely due to the AD tanking their schedule and their series with Florida State getting canceled.

They finished 16-11 in the ACC. That should have gotten them in. Turns out that 3 (!) teams who finished below them in the ACC standings won Regionals, with probably 2 headed to Omaha.

But Virginia's bad luck is our extremely good fortune.
I doubt the AD had much to do with the schefule. Losing a 3-gsme road series at Florida St hurt the RPI. But they OOC schedule was awful. Only 2 game vs a decent team. Home series vs Dartmouth (3 games ) and VCU, Navy & Towson killed them. The 2nd one maybe they get a break on since it was during conference play. But if you know you’ve got that one & you scheduled week with the opening tournament vs Michigan, Villanova & Rice you can’t schedule Dartmouth.
 

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I loved 96X night at the Chick’s games. Can’t beat .96 beer and hot dogs.
I definitely remember $.96 beer night sponsored by 96X. You got a 10oz plastic cup of draft beer. But I'm not complaining.

the wake up crew, Tim, Bev and Bad Dog.

Also, when 56am was one sec sports talk show after another. The grizzlies coming to town killed that.
 

QuaoarsKing

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I doubt the AD had much to do with the schefule. Losing a 3-gsme road series at Florida St hurt the RPI. But they OOC schedule was awful. Only 2 game vs a decent team. Home series vs Dartmouth (3 games ) and VCU, Navy & Towson killed them. The 2nd one maybe they get a break on since it was during conference play. But if you know you’ve got that one & you scheduled week with the opening tournament vs Michigan, Villanova & Rice you can’t schedule Dartmouth.
The AD apparently didn't let them spend very much bringing in opponents or traveling to them, so they had to do the best they could given their budget. O'Connor definitely wanted a tougher schedule that wouldn't tank their RPI
 

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So when does this Dnc portal crap shake out? I mean, yes, it's fun to see all the staff announcements, but I want to see roster