Big boy going tonight. North Dakota State transfer. Can be good, but has been knocked around some by good teams...
Previewing Cincinnati
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Big boy going tonight. North Dakota State transfer. Can be good, but has been knocked around some by good teams...
Just being real here. Cincy is good, but with TV on the mound, we are the better team. We're the better team without TV on the mound.
Their stars are big time hitters, but we still hit more HRs, have a higher batting avg, a higher OPS and significantly more pop and production throughout our lineup and on the bench.
The wildcard to me is on the bases. They run a lot and they run really well. 119 of 137 on stolen base attempts.
Should be interesting when they get guys on. Tomas is a dog out there holding runners. Should be fun to watch.
Their stars are big time hitters, but we still hit more HRs, have a higher batting avg, a higher OPS and significantly more pop and production throughout our lineup and on the bench.
The wildcard to me is on the bases. They run a lot and they run really well. 119 of 137 on stolen base attempts.
Should be interesting when they get guys on. Tomas is a dog out there holding runners. Should be fun to watch.
Fired up to see that crowd on tv tonight. Wish I could be there.
They haven’t played anywhere’s close to the competition we have. Or that they will see tonight.
I don't think they have either, but some of their opponents are very capable of biting you.
Certainly haven't played nearly as many top level teams, but it's hard to say they haven't performed as well or better than we have against NCAA at large and 9-16 host level teams.
I'll be pleasantly surprised if we make this look at all easy. Feels like TV is the X factor.
Cincy is not a top 10 team which means we have a great chance. Looking forward to getting the W.
Other than Auburn best teams they’ve played were Kansas & West Virginia. Thise teams would struggle to make the tournament in the SEC.
They have hit more HRs than State. But their Top 5 batters have all struck out over 50 times each including 1 guy who has struck out 74 times.
Point was, we haven't performed any better than they have against quality teams. And if you take our strange Ole Miss dominance out of the mix, it's worse.
Hopefully the potential we all see starts to manifest tonight.
That’s why this game is a good matchup for us, as we are rolling out a strikeout pitcher.
We actually have performed better vs opposition comparable to what they faced.
Care to lay out why you think that? Because I don't agree.
And don't bother throwing up a few wins against Top 10 teams when our record in those games is 2-9 and if you go just past that and add Southern and TAMU it's 4-12.
If you wanna bring in Ole Miss, you gotta bring in Arkansas and Tennessee and it's still not impressive.
I expect us to win, but we have not been impressive against good teams, unless you count a lot of close losses. It's time for that to change.
Looking forward to being a part of the atmosphere tonight. I predict another record breaking attendance.
I'm not willing to throw out a bunch of losses and 2 wins vs the Top 10 in looking at the two teams. I'll give Cincy the credit to expect they could match our stellar 2-9 record in those games.
Agree to disagree. We're rooting for the same thing tonight.
Been pretty well relegated to defensive replacement for awhile now. Vito has taken over as the third outfielder of choice.
Maybe but not likely. The vast majority of our Top 25 records are just standard SEC weekends. There's a couple from the '21 post season series with Notre Dame, an AZ St one and a Clemson one but that's it. Rumor has always been that since most (if not all) of the money goes to NCAA we always low ball the attendance number. Yesterday's was announced as just over 10,000 and from all the games I've been to in The Dude there was way more than 10, 000 and Game 2 was less than 8,400 I think announced but way less than that were actually there so it's hard to say
Sounds like they are a poor man’s Georgia.
Their resume isn’t the worst. They have a win over Auburn, and took 2 of 3 from WVU. But other than that, not a whole lot to write home about.
They do have a 4-3 record against the 1-seeds, but 3 of the 4 wins are against #15/#16, so that’s a bit misleading. By comparison, we are only 4-13 against the 1-seeds, but all games have been played against the Top 12. It kinda boils down to where you think the drop off occurs between the haves and the have nots. I think it’s around where we are seeded, honestly. I also think Oregon has no business being seeded higher than 16th, but yet there they are at #11.
Ultimately, we need to simply minimize mistakes (getting behind in counts, free passes, errors, and baserunning mistakes), and that should be enough…..as we are the better team. We’re not THAT much better though, so if we don’t do all of the above, certainly anything can happen.
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This game is our season. Win and we win the regional = good season. Lose and don’t make it out of our own regional = crappy season to go along with the rest of our teams this year.
It's a really important game for sure.
I'd just like to see us meet our potential. I think our seeding is about right, but it sure feels like this team has Top 8 potential that they just haven't lived up to.
There is very literally no better time than the present to prove it.
My bad. I was looking at their stolen bases. 115. Lol not quite the same
State is possibly one of the oldest teams in the tourney. Should have gotten more out of our juniors, seniors, and PHD candidates.
I think a lot of the folks worried about Cincy were also worried about starting Stone vs Lipscomb. Their schedule is garbage and they still have a worse record than us. If Valencius is his usual self we should win fairly easily.