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Yes. Agreed. The bad calls could have benefitted either side.
Most Ags will balk at this notion.
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Yes. Agreed. The bad calls could have benefitted either side.
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That is never a claim I made.
quote:You are essentially asking somebody to hypothesize about what might have happened if things had worked differently than they did. Making assumptions.
Recalculate with A&M as the National seed that was erroneously given to TCU.
quote:Here you clearly state that you think simply because a different park is involved, the outcome is automatically going to be different. There is absolutely zero way you can prove that or state it with any accuracy.
You are assuming things happen exactly the same at a different park. I am not.
I am only pointing out that the team with the better resume was not awarded the better seed. That changes things... From where you sleep,
to what you eat, to the morning routine, to the game environment.
Especially when your own Athletic Director discredits a 50 win season.
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When did Aggies become such poor losers?
quote:Looks to me to be based strongly on geographic diversity and getting different sections of the country in the CWS, selling tickets to fans (keep locations within driving distance and with geographic rivals) and keeping travel expenses low.
I stated in another thread that the system is ****ed, and I stand behind that. The national seed system and the method at which they are selected is beyond broken.
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Amen...
At super regional level, the money will be there. It's not about travel expenses... Otherwise how do explain Virginia and Maryland getting shipped to the west coast? The ncaa lucked out in the super with both those teams advancing and really cutting down travel. But looking through the regionals, the travel argument doesn't hold water, so why subject the teams in the supers to it?
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Amen...
At super regional level, the money will be there. It's not about travel expenses... Otherwise how do explain Virginia and Maryland getting shipped to the west coast? The ncaa lucked out in the super with both those teams advancing and really cutting down travel. But looking through the regionals, the travel argument doesn't hold water, so why subject the teams in the supers to it?
By and large, I think the matchups make sense geographically. The NCAA will never be able to and doesn't portend to make a perfectly geographic bracket.
It just isn't going to happen when you've got isolated regions/schools like Southern California or some of those conference winners from the small northeast conferences, or an extra team like Maryland.
That's not me approving of the larger selection process but I'm about to travel and that's all I've got time for.
quote:TCU had better pitching, period. TCU still might have better pitching than anyone else.
the story here is how Mainieri did less with more with this Bregman group of players over the past 3 years. There was enough talent to almost fill out a US national team 1 thru 9 in the batting order.
but LSU really did not play that well (or dominate) in their regional or SR. Similar to A&M...the Tiger offense peaked in April / early May