The Official College Baseball Thread

[tmay407]

Originally Posted by jville819

I gotta read up on the Noles but i will check back in this thread

You want me to PM you the rivals.com preseason preview?

 

[htownrox14]

NTers who are interested in going to the college classic in Houston. I work in the Astros ticket office... PM me and I might be able to get some comp tickets.I wont be using mine, so I might as well give them to someone. Shoot me a PM if interested... I get 4 per day.

 

[Retroballer]

Vanderbilt

 

[i am toddzo]

Where can I watch college baseball on tv? I feel like its never on til the postseason.

 

[tmay407]

There's not really anywhere to watch games until then, toddzo. A lot of times the school's athletics website will have a stream. Or check out CBSCollege Sports.

 

[ThaxbyChamblis]

Originally Posted by tmay407

Originally Posted by dreClark

Is D'vontrey Richardson any good?

I keep hearing that he has 1st round talent in baseball.

And how good is Riley Cooper from UF?

D'vo didn't play last season, but he was pretty solid in 2007. He hit over .350 with a slugging percentage of roughly .500. He started like 25+ games at CF as a freshman. He's on the roster again this season, and has started three out of four games in RF, batting .400.

Riley Cooper was decent last year. He only hit a little over .200 during the season, but showed some pretty good potential during regionals.

Bet.

Many think that he won't be playing FB (D'vo) anymore b/c he's gonna get drafted in the 1st/2nd round.

He sat out last season b/c of his academics.

It's hard for me to follow College Baseball b/c it's rarely, if ever on TV and when it is it isn't advertised.

 

[tmay407]

Originally Posted by dreClark

It's hard for me to follow College Baseball b/c it's rarely, if ever on TV and when it is it isn't advertised.

Yea, it's tough to find the games on TV. They usually come on Fox Sports Network, which I never really watch...

And I just realized that when CBS bought out CSTV they axed the college baseball coverage

So no more streams through there like you used to be able to get...

Edit: You can still get streams through CBS, but you have to subscribe to the XXL service, which is $120 a year. So in other words...no streams

There are some free streams through CBS XXL, but a good portion of 'em are for subscribers only.
http://all-access.cbssports.com/player.html?code=cs

 

[timcity2000]

Several schools in the SEC are opening new and/or renovated stadiums: LSU, South Carolina, and Ole Miss, I believe. It's amazing what this league puts intoits college baseball programs.

I don't follow college baseball as closely as basketball or football, but I do know that we (Mississippi State) are picked dead last in the SEC this year.Ron Polk finally stepped aside, so we have a new coach (John Cohen... MSU alumni and former Kentucky coach). Should be an interesting year.

 

[jonfarr]

Originally Posted by tmay407

Originally Posted by dreClark

It's hard for me to follow College Baseball b/c it's rarely, if ever on TV and when it is it isn't advertised.

Yea, it's tough to find the games on TV. They usually come on Fox Sports Network, which I never really watch...

And I just realized that when CBS bought out CSTV they axed the college baseball coverage

So no more streams through there like you used to be able to get...

Edit: You can still get streams through CBS, but you have to subscribe to the XXL service, which is $120 a year. So in other words...no streams

There are some free streams through CBS XXL, but a good portion of 'em are for subscribers only.
http://all-access.cbssports.com/player.html?code=cs

Some schools have feeds for baseball on their websites. I know OSU does this and I found out last weekend that Tennessee does also.

 

[vctry20]

I'll hopefully be at the home opener for the Ducks on Friday.

%%++#$ weather may beg to differ though

 

[i am toddzo]

I guess I might have to catch some games at Olsen this year.

 

[vctry20]

bump because I'm going to the Oregon vs Fresno State game in like 5 minutes

 

[jonfarr]

How the hell did you guys beat Fresno State? Thats what i want to know!

 

[tmay407]

The Houston College Classic hasn't disappointed yet. There have been a couple of good games already (UCLA vs. Rice went 10 innings last night, Houston vs.Baylor was a good, close game, UCLA vs. Baylor starts here in a little bit). There are also a handful of really good series and tournaments around the nationthis weekend.

A&M smashed UC Irvine yesterday, 9-2

On to A&M's poison over the last few seasons, Rice, tonight...

For those interested, the following link has a few free streams today: http://all-access.cbssports.com/player.html?code=cs
Penn State @ Texas, starting at 3:30 CST (already started)
Rice vs. Texas A&M, starting at 7 CST
Stanford @ Cal State Fullerton, starting at 6 PST

 

[rc49ers]

Nevermind we suck this year

 

[tmay407]

Originally Posted by rc49ers


Nevermind we suck this year

Eh, it's early in the year and Cal State Fullerton is a consensus top 10 team this year. I'm gonna start posting a composite poll withrankings from each of the four major polls (Baseball America, Collegiate Baseball, National Collegiate Baseball Writers' Association, ESPN/USA Today) nextweek, which is just an overall ranking based on the averages of the four polls.

 

[rc49ers]

Originally Posted by tmay407

Originally Posted by rc49ers


Nevermind we suck this year

Eh, it's early in the year and Cal State Fullerton is a consensus top 10 team this year. I'm gonna start posting a composite poll with rankings from each of the four major polls (Baseball America, Collegiate Baseball, National Collegiate Baseball Writers' Association, ESPN/USA Today) next week, which is just an overall ranking based on the averages of the four polls.

Yeah,we are only 2-3, I feel as if someone on this team needs to step up, because the starting pitching has been crud so far.I think as the seasongoes along, the sophmores will begin to play better,and the big time freshman pitchers will be used. How's A&M doing?

 

[tmay407]

Originally Posted by rc49ers

How's A&M doing?

6-1, with a loss against Centenary

Beat UC Irvine 9-2 yesterday, and play Rice tonight...this could be a big weekend for us if we win tonight and beat Houston tomorrow...

 

[rc49ers]

That's college baseball for you, you can beat the top team and then get a let down against a horrible team. I see you guys in the cws this year, I dont seeany teams except for texas competing with you in the big 12.

 

[tmay407]

The Big XII South this year is pretty damn loaded. Texas A&M, Texas, Baylor, Oklahoma State, and Oklahoma are all top 25 teams, with Texas Tech lookingpretty impressive early. I think it's gonna be a really close race for first, probably coming down to the last weekend of the season (which is the Texasseries).

 

[depast]

Thank god I found this thread. College baseball is my second favorite college sport next to football.

My squad, the South Carolina Gamecocks, are now 4-0 after a win against Clemson this afternoon. We've been a Top 5 ballclub the last few years butweren't ranked in the preseason since we lost everyone from last year's HR-happy lineup. 1B Justin Smoak was picked up by the Rangers in the lottery,hopefully he can get some big league time soon.

We opened this season with a three-game sweep of Duquesne at our brand-new 36 million stadium. Sporting News rated it the best college baseball stadium in thenation.

 

[depast]

Originally Posted by ddot7

We should be pretty good this year from what I've followed. One kid who pitched this weekend is supposedly legit, struck out 5 of the first 6 he faced.

I miss college, going from beautiful weather watching football (and soccer) in the fall, heading inside to watch basketball in the winter to back out for baseball games in the spring. Always was a game to chill and watch live.

After today's 3-1 Gamecocks' win, we've beaten the Clemson Tigers 8-of-9 since 2006. During last season's four-game sweep, weoutscored you guys 10-1, 5-1, 6-1, 7-0.


Here's a few shots of the new stadium taken from various places.

 

[vctry20]

Originally Posted by JONFARR

How the hell did you guys beat Fresno State? Thats what i want to know!

We just beat them again 7-1...be afraid Jon...be very afraid

Once they have the stadium finished next season it's going to be

,too bad i'm graduating in a few months

 

[depast]

How could anyone forget this. Boy did we have some hitters a few years ago

 

[tmay407]

That's a damn nice looking stadium at South Carolina. A&M recently got approval of something like a $25 million renovation plan. I'm interested tosee how it turns out.

And A&M lost to Rice yet again, 2-0 tonight. They're the only obstacle I see in A&M's way of making to Omaha. Hopefully they can both get SuperRegionals, which should have happened last year had A&M not choked down the stretch...