Cohen working to change Valley back to a single game

[Paper Dog]

It appears that MSU will only play 55 games

Cohen is working hard to play only the regularly-scheduled 6:30 p.m. game Tuesday night and not playing the make-up game with the Delta Devils

Obviously, this is to save the RPI

 

[windcrysmary]

be fresh for Thursday....

 

[karlchilders.sixpack]

could be both.

 

[patdog]

We could let walkons and position players pitch the 2nd game against MVSU and still win easily. This is a good move, and maybe a sign that this team is a little better than Cohen expected it to be.

 

[topdawg.sixpack]

Good move

 

[Todd4State]

And I wouldn't have worried about the pitching- we could throw Kendall Graveman about nine innings on Tuesday and be fine. Then Busby, Statz, Diaz, etc could get through the second game.

This is more about RPI obviously.

Plus, playing a double header can be a grind- I think he wants to keep the team reasonably fresh as a whole- not just the pitchers.

 

[Bulldog from Birth]

They certainly need us a lot more than we need them in terms of scheduling. So it's nice to see them be agreeable with the important RPI implications on our at large chances.

BFB

 

[Todd4State]

if we're paying them for both games in exchange for cancelling one.

 

[msufan96]

It appears that MSU will only play 55 games

Cohen is working hard to play only the regularly-scheduled 6:30 p.m. game Tuesday night and not playing the make-up game with the Delta Devils

Obviously, this is to save the RPI

This was done simply because we start our 3 game series with the Bears on Thursday instead of Friday due to being on ESPNU.

 

[8dog]

d

 

[Paper Dog]

The Ole Miss series was shifted back in February, so that has nothing to do with it

Cohen told the media last weekend after the Alabama win, that it might be one game with Valley because the RPI was in the Top 30 and every move possible needed to be made to keep it in that range

When the make up was announced John thought he might need two more overall wins to salvage a .500 season

Now the year has turned out to be better, so at 24 or 25, the goal now is to save the RPI