(01-24-2013 12:03 PM)EagNBran Wrote:  State and Louisville aren't that good. I'd take either of us in a 3 game series with them any week.

(01-24-2013 12:07 PM)shiftyeagle Wrote:  

(01-24-2013 12:03 PM)EagNBran Wrote:  State and Louisville aren't that good. I'd take either of us in a 3 game series with them any week.

Been a while since we have beaten State. Just saying.

(01-24-2013 01:24 PM)EaglehasLanded Wrote:  

(01-24-2013 12:07 PM)shiftyeagle Wrote:  

(01-24-2013 12:03 PM)EagNBran Wrote:  State and Louisville aren't that good. I'd take either of us in a 3 game series with them any week.

Been a while since we have beaten State. Just saying.

Can't stand State's coach, Cohen. He stopped playing us twice a year and we only play once in Jackson each year now. He also loads up his schedule with nothing but home games against generally weak competition.

Quote:Baseball Guy (Tx): Really looking forward to Friday nights in C-USA this year (Hoffman, Blair, Moll, Kubitza, Pierce, Napoli, Lively). Who are your top 3 for C-USA Pitcher of the Year? 2- Which 3 are your best pro prospects? Thanks

Aaron Fitt: Good call — that's a nice group. For C-USA POY, I think it's Pierce, Kubitza and Blair. For long-term prospect, I'll go with Hoffman, Kubitza and Blair. But I like all of those guys.

Quote:Chigoy (New Orleans): What are your thought on Tulane? Pitching staff looks like it will be a strength this year. Can the bats be solid as well?? Regionals and farther a possibility??

Aaron Fitt: Tulane is interesting. Assuming they can finally stay healthy, the pitching staff looks a lot deeper this year. I'd love to see Randy LeBlanc re-establish himself, but it sounds like his stuff was down in the fall. The Green Wave is excited about Anthony Rizzotti, who was a big-deal recruit for TCU who didn't pan out and now gets a second chance in D-I, potentially as a weekend starter. You've got some nice veterans with Byo and Napoli and Facundus to anchor the staff, and a quality sophomore in Massey — it's got a chance to be a good group. And I actually kinda like the lineup, now that Cannizaro, Middleton and Boudreaux are established seniors at key up-the-middle spots. In fact, this lineup could have eight upperclassmen, and experience really matters in college baseball. Yes, I certainly think it's a regionals team.

(01-24-2013 05:53 PM)waltgreenberg Wrote:  He's also high on Tulane, given their upperclass/Senior-laden squad. Here's Aaron Fitt's responses to two C-USA related questions during his online chat...

Quote:Baseball Guy (Tx): Really looking forward to Friday nights in C-USA this year (Hoffman, Blair, Moll, Kubitza, Pierce, Napoli, Lively). Who are your top 3 for C-USA Pitcher of the Year? 2- Which 3 are your best pro prospects? Thanks

Aaron Fitt: Good call — that's a nice group. For C-USA POY, I think it's Pierce, Kubitza and Blair. For long-term prospect, I'll go with Hoffman, Kubitza and Blair. But I like all of those guys.

Quote:Chigoy (New Orleans): What are your thought on Tulane? Pitching staff looks like it will be a strength this year. Can the bats be solid as well?? Regionals and farther a possibility??

Aaron Fitt: Tulane is interesting. Assuming they can finally stay healthy, the pitching staff looks a lot deeper this year. I'd love to see Randy LeBlanc re-establish himself, but it sounds like his stuff was down in the fall. The Green Wave is excited about Anthony Rizzotti, who was a big-deal recruit for TCU who didn't pan out and now gets a second chance in D-I, potentially as a weekend starter. You've got some nice veterans with Byo and Napoli and Facundus to anchor the staff, and a quality sophomore in Massey — it's got a chance to be a good group. And I actually kinda like the lineup, now that Cannizaro, Middleton and Boudreaux are established seniors at key up-the-middle spots. In fact, this lineup could have eight upperclassmen, and experience really matters in college baseball. Yes, I certainly think it's a regionals team.

(01-28-2013 08:49 AM)waltgreenberg Wrote:  Wow, Eric "Stitchhead" Sorenson (Easton Baseball, College Baseball Today, and also writes periodically for ESPN) is usually much better than this. He just released his Top 298 for 2013 (I kid you not-- he actually ranked all D-I programs) in advance of his incredibly comprehensive conference writeups, and I must say that IMO even Collegiate Baseball's preseason poll has it more "right" than Stitchhead. While I can quibble with his ranking of Rice (#23, but still leading CUSA, though his writeup has inaccuracies),, what really blew me away was his rankings of UCF (#25) and Tulane (#53) ahead of USM (#66). That's just plain crazy, given that USM has Top 25 caliber returning talent (as all the other polls of acknowledged), whereas UCF has lost virtually it's entire offensive production from last season (5 of it's top 6 hitters, 65% of HRs, 90% stolen bases), as well as their two elite bullpen arms.

Regardless, here's his ranking...

http://blogs.eastonbaseball.com/collegeb...mment-7351

(01-28-2013 09:05 AM)TTT Wrote:  Not surprised one bit. Tulane and UCF are located in bigger markets. You gotta tag those schools and give them more press so you can get more readers on his website.

(01-24-2013 12:07 PM)shiftyeagle Wrote:  

(01-24-2013 12:03 PM)EagNBran Wrote:  State and Louisville aren't that good. I'd take either of us in a 3 game series with them any week.

Been a while since we have beaten State. Just saying.