Whoever put this together really crapped the bed. It really shouldn't be super difficult to put together a tournament with no winner where you play three different teams in three days.

Why is this really a problem? Most weekends you play the same team 3 times.

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Whoever put this together really crapped the bed. It really shouldn't be super difficult to put together a tournament with no winner where you play three different teams in three days.

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The Rangers have had three weekend events with 14 teams. It's not easy getting that many teams to come to town, especially when you throw conference affiliation and travel logistics into the mix.

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haven't been able to score vs. the Trojans

runs output in the 6 games ----> 2, 5, 2 (win), 1, 1, 3 (win)

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and there it is again

9 runs scored vs. USC in victory

almost double the previous high in any game

Farmer1906 said:

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trouble said:

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Lamar
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Can someone explain to me why we play ASU twice and not TCU?

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What I read was that since USC and Arizona St. are in the same conference, they don't want to play each other this early since they have a conference series against each other later in the season. So, to accommodate, TCU plays USC twice and we play Az. St. twice.

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Schloss talked about this on TA radio earlier in the week. The weekend was originally A&M, Ms St, USC, Az St. We didn't want to play MSU OOC and the assumption of USC & ASU didn't want to either. Schedule was set. MSU drops out. TCU joins.

No conspiracy. No bad blood. Kind of boring.

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So how the heck far out are these teams scheduled? It's not like any of those have magically changed conferences the last few years.

B-1 83 said:

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Farmer1906 said:

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Rule#2 said:

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trouble said:

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Lamar
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Can someone explain to me why we play ASU twice and not TCU?

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What I read was that since USC and Arizona St. are in the same conference, they don't want to play each other this early since they have a conference series against each other later in the season. So, to accommodate, TCU plays USC twice and we play Az. St. twice.

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Schloss talked about this on TA radio earlier in the week. The weekend was originally A&M, Ms St, USC, Az St. We didn't want to play MSU OOC and the assumption of USC & ASU didn't want to either. Schedule was set. MSU drops out. TCU joins.

No conspiracy. No bad blood. Kind of boring.

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So how the heck far out are these teams scheduled? It's not like any of those have magically changed conferences the last few years.

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Uh, who's gonna tell him?

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USC came to Olsen in 1978, the year Olsen opened, and beat us. Is 2005 the only win A&M has against them?

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I was there as a freshman in 1978. Rod Dedeaux and USC baseball program were something to see. Awesome program back then. Olsen Field didn't have lights until 1980 which I thought was unusual at the time. lol.

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Olsen Field didn't have lights until 1980 which I thought was unusual at the time. lol.

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Not at all unusual for college ball parks then. If I remember correctly, Cougar High didn't even have lights as late as 1993. The Ags swept the Coogs that season but it wasn't easy. Saturday DHs were still the norm then. Despite the first game being a scheduled 7 inning tilt it took a while since it was a football game score slugfest. The second game went to extra innings but had to be concluded on Sunday due to darkness.

B-1 83 said:

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Farmer1906 said:

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hsjnlssmith89 said:

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Rule#2 said:

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trouble said:

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Lamar
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Can someone explain to me why we play ASU twice and not TCU?

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What I read was that since USC and Arizona St. are in the same conference, they don't want to play each other this early since they have a conference series against each other later in the season. So, to accommodate, TCU plays USC twice and we play Az. St. twice.

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Schloss talked about this on TA radio earlier in the week. The weekend was originally A&M, Ms St, USC, Az St. We didn't want to play MSU OOC and the assumption of USC & ASU didn't want to either. Schedule was set. MSU drops out. TCU joins.

No conspiracy. No bad blood. Kind of boring.

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So how the heck far out are these teams scheduled? It's not like any of those have magically changed conferences the last few years.

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The director for the Rangers said on the broadcast Schloss called them last year and said we want in on the tournament but they were booked until 2026. They added us by adding another weekend.

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McInnis said:

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USC came to Olsen in 1978, the year Olsen opened, and beat us. Is 2005 the only win A&M has against them?

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I was there as a freshman in 1978. Rod Dedeaux and USC baseball program were something to see. Awesome program back then. Olsen Field didn't have lights until 1980 which I thought was unusual at the time. lol.

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College baseball was run on the cheap. Even though the Disch was built with lights, the t.u. AD would not let them use them until later in the season. They actually had day games called for darkness despite having lights. That's how ridiculously miserly baseball was treated.

Onto Austin. Keep this Big MO rolling.

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B-1 83 said:

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Farmer1906 said:

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trouble said:

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Lamar
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Can someone explain to me why we play ASU twice and not TCU?

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What I read was that since USC and Arizona St. are in the same conference, they don't want to play each other this early since they have a conference series against each other later in the season. So, to accommodate, TCU plays USC twice and we play Az. St. twice.

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Schloss talked about this on TA radio earlier in the week. The weekend was originally A&M, Ms St, USC, Az St. We didn't want to play MSU OOC and the assumption of USC & ASU didn't want to either. Schedule was set. MSU drops out. TCU joins.

No conspiracy. No bad blood. Kind of boring.

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So how the heck far out are these teams scheduled? It's not like any of those have magically changed conferences the last few years.

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Uh, who's gonna tell him?

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Uh, rather than being a smart ass, why couldn't you have just explained it. Not everybody has your PhD in tournament scheduling.

and the program's second win over Arizona State

Ags are 4-0 in the "big stretch" of 5 games

Actually, Jimmy Carter screwed up night baseball at the time due to an energy ( mismanagement) crisis. My senior year in HS there was no night games in 1976. Carter was POTUS through 1980

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Actually, Jimmy Carter screwed up night baseball at the time due to an energy ( mismanagement) crisis. My senior year in HS there was no night games in 1976. Carter was POTUS through 1980

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Jimmy Carter was president from 1977-1981.

Softball and baseball are combined 30-2. Not a bad start to the diamond sports.

Details.

To be fair, only 20 days in 1981

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To be fair, only 20 days in 1981

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But 0 days in1976.

The smaller the ball, the better the Aggie sports team.

We must have excellent tennis and golf teams.

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B-1 83 said:

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Farmer1906 said:

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trouble said:

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Lamar
Arizona St
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Arizona St
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Can someone explain to me why we play ASU twice and not TCU?

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What I read was that since USC and Arizona St. are in the same conference, they don't want to play each other this early since they have a conference series against each other later in the season. So, to accommodate, TCU plays USC twice and we play Az. St. twice.

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Schloss talked about this on TA radio earlier in the week. The weekend was originally A&M, Ms St, USC, Az St. We didn't want to play MSU OOC and the assumption of USC & ASU didn't want to either. Schedule was set. MSU drops out. TCU joins.

No conspiracy. No bad blood. Kind of boring.

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So how the heck far out are these teams scheduled? It's not like any of those have magically changed conferences the last few years.

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Uh, who's gonna tell him?

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Uh, rather than being a smart ass, why couldn't you have just explained it. Not everybody has your PhD in tournament scheduling.

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TCU replaced Mississippi State on this schedule. We were not going to play Mississippi St, because they are a conference foe, during this preseason slate. So when they slotted TCU in they kept the same schedule. It wasn't a tournament. Just a few games at a MLB stadium to sell tickets and get some decent p5 competition in.

Glad you noticed.

I'm curious, did you guys that attended the games in Arlington see any USC or ASU fans there? I guess those teams were invited because of their name recognition but I'll bet attendance would have been better with some regional teams. The Astros invited Louisiana Lafayette (or whatever they call themselves now) and Texas St. and I'm guessing they brought fans to their games.

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I'm curious, did you guys that attended the games in Arlington see any USC or ASU fans there? I guess those teams were invited because of their name recognition but I'll bet attendance would have been better with some regional teams. The Astros invited Louisiana Lafayette (or whatever they call themselves now) and Texas St. and I'm guessing they brought fans to their games.

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Texas State definitely brought a ton of fans to Houston this weekend...but they were all wearing orange.

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I'm curious, did you guys that attended the games in Arlington see any USC or ASU fans there? I guess those teams were invited because of their name recognition but I'll bet attendance would have been better with some regional teams. The Astros invited Louisiana Lafayette (or whatever they call themselves now) and Texas St. and I'm guessing they brought fans to their games.

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There were some, but not a lot. They had a little section behind their dug out and a few others scatter throughout. I'm sure the tournament knew that going in and didn't expect them to bring many fans. It was pretty much all A&M & TCU. I am guessing with just us there though, the tournament made money.

Arlington had three weekends of games. They had ou, tech, baylor, & osu there in previous weekends. DBU was the regional team playing in the Frisco tournament too. There weren't many other local options left.

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I'm curious, did you guys that attended the games in Arlington see any USC or ASU fans there? I guess those teams were invited because of their name recognition but I'll bet attendance would have been better with some regional teams. The Astros invited Louisiana Lafayette (or whatever they call themselves now) and Texas St. and I'm guessing they brought fans to their games.

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Basically, just parents. One of the attractions for schools like A&M to play in a tournament is to get some different teams on the schedule beyond the usual suspects. It helps a little from an RPI standpoint, and it's just more fun. So, while the organizers might sell a few more tickets with second tier local teams, they may make it a little bit less attractive to the big name local teams to come.

trouble said:

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Lamar
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Win
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Plus TCU was a late addition and our schedule was set. Miss State was originally one of the original four, but they backed out in November I think it was. We were not going to play a conference team either. TCU just slid into the existing schedule.

Who'd thought Texas Southern would be tougher than previous 5 games? Haha.