Here's the press release on the coach's voting for 2012 SEC baseball. Germanic? ...
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Here's the press release on the coach's voting for 2012 SEC baseball. Germanic? ...
They have won head to head something like 12 years in a row or something. But I do agree that baseball doesn't need divisions either- just no push to eliminate them because play is pretty equal
They have won head to head something like 12 years in a row or something. But I do agree that baseball doesn't need divisions either- just no push to eliminate them because play is pretty equal
Here's the press release on the coach's voting for 2012 SEC baseball. Germanic? ...
Why don't we do away with divisions in football then? Because the West is at least as dominant in football as the East is in basketball? I'm really not bitching about the divisions in basketball though, I'm really seriously asking why we need them in baseball? It makes no sense at all to have divisions when there's no scheduling difference between the two divisions. And it has as much effect on the baseball tournament as it does on the basketball tournament because it screws up the breakdown into two brackets for the baseball tournament.
Why don't we do away with divisions in football then? Because the West is at least as dominant in football as the East is in basketball? I'm really not bitching about the divisions in basketball though, I'm really seriously asking why we need them in baseball? It makes no sense at all to have divisions when there's no scheduling difference between the two divisions. And it has as much effect on the baseball tournament as it does on the basketball tournament because it screws up the breakdown into two brackets for the baseball tournament.
Here's the press release on the coach's voting for 2012 SEC baseball. Germanic? ...
The only sport that needs them is football because of the limited schedule and the need for a championship game for money purposes.
That said, the baseball tournament is much less important than the basketball tournament. Since only 8 teams are invited (going to 10 I believe), almost all of the teams are regional bound and playing for seeding. In basketball, over half the league is playing for their tournament life most every year. The seeding deal doesn't bother me in baseball either for that same reason. Whether you have a good route to the title game or not really doesn't matter all that much, especially since in baseball a one game slice depends so much on pitching match ups and things like that.
There still isn't a reason to have divisions though, other than to allow more than one team to claim a version of a championship each year. Back when they used to have the East and West tournaments separately, it served some purpose, but not these days. With 14 teams now, I say you keep it at 30 games and rotate which 3 teams you miss each year. If the league wants to keep rivalries as permanent, you can designate certain match ups to not rotate, but rotate all the rest.
The only sport that needs them is football because of the limited schedule and the need for a championship game for money purposes.
That said, the baseball tournament is much less important than the basketball tournament. Since only 8 teams are invited (going to 10 I believe), almost all of the teams are regional bound and playing for seeding. In basketball, over half the league is playing for their tournament life most every year. The seeding deal doesn't bother me in baseball either for that same reason. Whether you have a good route to the title game or not really doesn't matter all that much, especially since in baseball a one game slice depends so much on pitching match ups and things like that.
There still isn't a reason to have divisions though, other than to allow more than one team to claim a version of a championship each year. Back when they used to have the East and West tournaments separately, it served some purpose, but not these days. With 14 teams now, I say you keep it at 30 games and rotate which 3 teams you miss each year. If the league wants to keep rivalries as permanent, you can designate certain match ups to not rotate, but rotate all the rest.
Here's the press release on the coach's voting for 2012 SEC baseball. Germanic? ...
Allow them to schedule a series with their rival schools without it counting towards SEC play?
Allow them to schedule a series with their rival schools without it counting towards SEC play?
Here's the press release on the coach's voting for 2012 SEC baseball. Germanic? ...
back when we had the original divisions in baseball or when we went to the new divisions with expansion. I don't see any reason why they would when we go to 14 teams. Those are big football rivalries, but they really hadn't played in baseball hardly at all until the late 80s, and then again when the schedule expanded to 30 games. And those are really the only significant cross-divison rivalries there are.
back when we had the original divisions in baseball or when we went to the new divisions with expansion. I don't see any reason why they would when we go to 14 teams. Those are big football rivalries, but they really hadn't played in baseball hardly at all until the late 80s, and then again when the schedule expanded to 30 games. And those are really the only significant cross-divison rivalries there are.
Here's the press release on the coach's voting for 2012 SEC baseball. Germanic? ...
I'm talking about if you go to one league of 14 teams and no divisions, and you play 10 series every year. That's 3 teams that are left off the schedule every year that would have to rotate.
If you do a full rotation than Ole Miss-MSU and Bama-Auburn would have years where we didn't play a series. I think you'd want to at least allow one permanent series that didn't rotate off. Pair up Missouri-A&M, LSU-Arkansas, Florida-Georgia, South Carolina-UT, and Vandy-UK as well, and let all the others rotate.
I'm talking about if you go to one league of 14 teams and no divisions, and you play 10 series every year. That's 3 teams that are left off the schedule every year that would have to rotate.
If you do a full rotation than Ole Miss-MSU and Bama-Auburn would have years where we didn't play a series. I think you'd want to at least allow one permanent series that didn't rotate off. Pair up Missouri-A&M, LSU-Arkansas, Florida-Georgia, South Carolina-UT, and Vandy-UK as well, and let all the others rotate.
Here's the press release on the coach's voting for 2012 SEC baseball. Germanic? ...
That's the only reason for the divisions- to determine who does and who doesn't have to play every year.
The only way to do it without having divisions is to have all 14 teams somehow play conference games agianst each other midweek or do away with the pre-conference weekends. I don't think the coaches or the AD's would be in favor of either one of those.
That's the only reason for the divisions- to determine who does and who doesn't have to play every year.
The only way to do it without having divisions is to have all 14 teams somehow play conference games agianst each other midweek or do away with the pre-conference weekends. I don't think the coaches or the AD's would be in favor of either one of those.
Here's the press release on the coach's voting for 2012 SEC baseball. Germanic? ...
You play a 10-series conference schedule, with 3-5 permanent opponents and 8-10 rotating opponents. That said, divisions make more sense in a 14-team league than they do in a 12-team league when you play 10 conference teams. At least then, there's some differentiation between the schedules of the two divisions.
You play a 10-series conference schedule, with 3-5 permanent opponents and 8-10 rotating opponents. That said, divisions make more sense in a 14-team league than they do in a 12-team league when you play 10 conference teams. At least then, there's some differentiation between the schedules of the two divisions.
Here's the press release on the coach's voting for 2012 SEC baseball. Germanic? ...
Though I'd hate to not play Alabama or LSU some season.<div>
</div><div>Perhaps each team could have 4 permanents and rotate through 6 of the other 9. Or even 7 permanents and rotate 3 of the other 6.</div>
Though I'd hate to not play Alabama or LSU some season.<div>
</div><div>Perhaps each team could have 4 permanents and rotate through 6 of the other 9. Or even 7 permanents and rotate 3 of the other 6.</div>