10 hours ago, JoeB said:

Our 3B Coach cost us a run in the 4th or 5th by not sending Coco with 2 outs.  It brought up Chatfield with the bases loaded and he struck out in that at bat and 4 times during the game and has been in a funk for a while.  He struggles big time vs lefties.  I wouldn't be surprised to see Kyle Phillips jump up in the lineup as he always seems to have good at bats, and he had a 4 hit day yesterday. 

That's a tough call for the coach. Conventional wisdom says don't make the last out at the plate. Especially if one of your middle hitter is coming up. But sometimes the situation can dictate a deviation from that wisdom. Its a decision that gets made quick and cant be recanted. I agree about Phillips though, hes been real hot lately. 

21 hours ago, Brad said:

2018 Baseball Standings

SCHOOL	CONF	CPCT.	OVERALL	PCT.	HOME	AWAY	NEUTRAL
Houston	13-5	0.722	28-16	0.636	21-4	7-9	0-3
USF	11-7	0.611	29-15	0.659	24-9	5-6	0-0
UConn	9-6	0.600	25-13-1	0.654	6-2-1	19-11-0	0-0-0
ECU	8-7	0.533	30-12	0.714	16-9	14-2	0-1
Cincinnati	8-7	0.533	22-19	0.537	16-9	4-10	2-0
UCF	9-9	0.500	29-15	0.659	22-7	7-8	0-0
Tulane	7-8	0.467	21-24	0.467	17-10	4-14	0-0
Wichita State	5-10	0.333	28-14	0.667	19-4	9-10	0-0
Memphis	2-13	0.133	15-30	0.333	9-15	5-14	1-1

 

So I guess as long as we can maintain second it is good for our tournament chances.  I admit, I have not paid a lot of attention to USF baseball (I blame Robin, Eddie and Lelo, plus the fact I coach basketball  ).   We have a lot of work to do.

Coaching Baseball doesn't the situation so I feel you on that. I think the reg title is Houston's to lose. A two seed would be good for us. One team I would like to avoid early in that tourny is Uconn. They are better now than when we got them. 

18 minutes ago, Roaming Bull said:

Q is way better than Driskell. He might be the first to lose his spot on Q’s raise

I'll be surprised if he gets put on the roster as a QB. I think Driskel is probably a better NFL QB than Flowers. But again, I doubt they ever find themselves competing for a the same spot on the depth chart. 

I'll be happy with him doing whatever it takes. He can make some big plays if the Bengals get him in some space. 

"His inconsistent play at quarterback but incredible playmaking ability is why some think he could be changing positions at the NFL level. The Bengals sent wide receivers coach Bob Bicknell and running backs coach Kyle Caskey to his pro day, which shows how they likely view him. The Bengals also added quarterback Logan Woodside in Round 7 of the draft, so the quarterback room is a bit crowded."

Jeff Driskel is also on their practice squad. 

Bengals’ Quinton Flowers is one of the most exciting undrafted players- The former USF quarterback may be making a position change at the NFL level, but it doesn’t make him any less interesting.

We have had some threads discussing baseball this season but not much about softball. Seems like they are in a good position to take the conference and possibly host a regional, although their RPI sits at 40. 

Softball battles Witchita State this weekend with AAC top spot up for grabs. 

Baseball is idle this week. ()

May madness beckons for USF baseball, softball

USF's Draft Class heading to NFL teams

I like Bruce Hector to the Eagles. They liked to rotate depth on the DL and moved some guys this offseason. hopefully he can make his way in to the rotation. 

My only shot at watching it was on MLB network and the regional coverage sent me to the WAS-ARI game. Would have been a huge story  had he held on to it though 

Chaperoneing grad bash pretty much wiped me out this weekend so I didn’t but get to watch virtually any of the series. Seems like we played to the competition. Not sure if hosting is a real goal for us at this point. It would take a lot of things to happen that are out side of our control 

I could be wrong, but wasn’t Mike White a baseball only guy up until his JR or SR year in high school? Maybe he just wasn’t ready when he was here. 

MVS to the packers!!!

I kinda want to see Houston win. Right now those two loses are to a bottom 50 team in RPI. Would like to see them move into the top 50. They are at 67 now. I don’t think ECU will drop to much because of what they have done outside of the conference. 

2 minutes ago, JTrue said:

He was sort of all over the place from what I read. Some people loved him and some don't think he can even be a backup. Who knows...

Yeah, I thought he was worth a second or third round selection. I just think in the first round, unless you are absolutely devoid of a QB, you have to pick the player that makes the biggest difference on day one.  But maybe I'm wrong and this bad boy beats out Flacco, its not to hard to imagine. 

4 minutes ago, Triple B said:

They're not going to need any game changing db's ..... Opposing qb's will only have .5 sec to get rid of the ball.

Yeah I thin that's all you need to chuck it up to Julio Jones (although might not be there apparently). 

2 minutes ago, JTrue said:

Well, you were wrong about 4 going in the first round.

Yeah. I'm not sure why I expected Cleveland to do anything else. Jackson in the first really surprised me. 

Earl Thomas Trade Rumors: Seahawks Star May Be Dealt During 2018 NFL Draft

They should offer one or more of those second rounders ASAP. Thomas is a game changer for this defense. 

7 minutes ago, NewEnglandBull said:

Frigginn Uconn? Please...

Yeah, they love them. They have an RPI of 12 but looking at their schedule I just don't see that many good wins, but I guess some of those teams are better than I think they are. Uconn is 9-5 against the RPI top 50, for comparison, we are 9-9. 

18 minutes ago, Triple B said:

You're right. That's who it was. Had my games mixed up

I can't keep him and Bateman straight. Both left about the same time. 

23 minutes ago, Triple B said:

Not him,

I think it was him (at least the person I am thinking of), he just didn't last a half. They started off with three punts with him under center, then they went to Hurts and Barnett threw his TD is garbage time. 

"We got off to a little bit of a shaky start in the first quarter, especially on offense," Saban said. "We scored a lot of points, made a lot of big plays, but still our consistency in execution needs to be much improved. ... My focus with our team right now is what can we do better."

6 minutes ago, Brad said:

But this guy hasn’t “cut it” anywhere has he?  Maybe being a former “5 star”, I say that mockingly is supposed to motivate Kean and Oladokun. He couldn’t get the QB job at ASU?   That’s a story of its own. 

Three questions, not necessarily for Brad

Is this the guy who started for a half at Bama and then was pulled for Hurts?

Is the only reason we think he is talented because of his high school scouting report and the fact that he went to Bama?

Is it possible that he peaked at 18.

If you are looking for bulletin  board material, 2 AAC schools are hosting, and we took 2 of 3 from both. 

16 minutes ago, NewEnglandBull said:

Caught that last night. UGA has two good series wins this year but they are not on the same level as UF and FSU. This would give us a chance. The part I really hate about the NCAA baseball tournament is that they keep it too regionalized. I don’t recall USF ever playing the first round anywhere but in FL. Really is unfortunate relative to the talent in the state.  

Defiantly not the same level as UF. These will obviously fluctuate every weekend but I thought it was surprising to see JU and FAU as two seeds. I think that is what has us going to Ga. Not sure if that will hold but both are currently top 20 in RPI. 

Full article in club.

New Projections sends Bulls to Athens 

UF dropped another mid-week to Mercer. 

1. Upset of the Day: Mercer Topples Florida

A week after getting knocked off by Jacksonville in midweek action, top-ranked Florida was upset at home in another Tuesday game, this time by Mercer, 6-4. The Gators built a 4-1 lead after one inning, but Mercer tied it up with a pair of homers in the third by RJ Yeager and Le Bassett, then took the lead for good on Yeager’s squeeze an inning later. Bullpen wizard Robert Broom improved to 8-1 with six sterling innings of relief for Mercer, allowing no runs on four hits and a walk while racking up 12 strikeouts. Broom now owns a 1.33 ERA and has 84 strikeouts in 54.1 innings over 22 relief appearances this year. After enduring a six-game losing skid, Mercer has now rebounded with three straight victories to improve to 29-14 overall.