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Wanted to go with Genus, but I see him as more of a 62 than a 96

i don't think it really matters if the schedule is bad or not. What matters is that there are no real power five teams on it, so we need to make it look as bad as possible. No battles, we need blowouts. 

Way to many missed opportunities 

Big time steal. Its was good pitch for the catcher to throw too.

Anyone know why Kingston was talking to the ump after the double in the sixth. I missed the play and I'm not watching with audio. 

Is there any way to stream the 11 AM game? 

17 hours ago, Ionbull said:

Always love some morning baseball to make a Friday go by quicker, but can't help thinking this is a bad thing for winning the series. It's extremely difficult to win two in one day; especially if you use a ton of pitchers.

Agreed. Game one is a big one in terms of winning the series. Don't want to be in the position of having to go all out in game two 

9 hours ago, Mama_Bull said:

“Last night was kind of the perfect offensive night for us,” Kingston said. “It was a combination of if you don't get your pitch, take your walks and if you do get your pitch, hammer it. Last night was perfect for how we try to approach a game.”

I heard Kingston speak about hitting and his philosophy at a coaches conference the winter before his first spring. I personally took a lot from it and remember thinking that if he can get this going we will be very strong. Well, here we are. 

Houston dismisses top LHP prospect. does't really help us for the regular season but could come into play in the tourny

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2708943-seth-romero-dismissed-by-houston-after-reported-fight-with-teammate-before-game

Couldn't watch the game (my team played a regional playoff game last night) but I remember the announcers talking about the walks the gators were handing out. I now see that number was 17. That many walks also brings a lot pipe shots because pitchers are trying not to fall behind or they need to get back into counts when they clearly don't have it. could have lead to the Home run explosion. 

18 minutes ago, JTrue said:

FGCU wants to know what state we're champs of.

the state were you can go 10-13 against in-sate opponents and still be state champs, I guess.

(for reference  bulls are 12-3 against in state opponents)

Huge game by DJ, cant overstate how much him going 7 helped us moving forward and doing in style. 

3 minutes ago, JoeB said:

We'll be lucky to get 5 out of him.  I can't remember if he's ever gone 7 and thats against midweek level opponents, not the Gators.  Also he's not a strikeout type of pitcher.  He's our only pitcher with less Ks (27) than innings pitched (37).  I think I've actually seen 6 of his 7 starts this year.  I'm hoping for 5 innings, but it might be a 3 inning game from DJ.

Well, if that's the case, I question the decision to start him. Its just not the time in the schedule to plan on the bullpen getting through 12 outs when we need to win the final two weekend series. Especially considering how long the UF hitters can make those 12 outs. I think the starter has to go long even if he gets hit. 

16 minutes ago, Mama_Bull said:

My thoughts as well.

Hopefully, we can put up a few runs against him early, get a good five innings from Roberts and have the bullpen close it out.

Early runs will be key. I'd like to see Roberts go for at least 7, good, bad or ugly. 

would love for these numbers to come.

The last time Strong coached in the AAC (2013), he had two linemen with at least 10 sacks and four defenders with at least 13 tackles for a loss. It's a given that Auggie Sanchez—South Florida's returning leader in tackles and sacks—is going to shine as a senior linebacker. However, it's the second and third members of the front seven who should most benefit from the addition of Strong.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2705910-college-football-players-who-will-benefit-the-most-from-new-head-coaches

59 minutes ago, Ionbull said:

Being on a Tuesday helps a ton. All BP arms should be all go on Friday unless someone has to pitch five innings or so. 

Yeah that does help but it still seems like a game to let the starter get beat around a little, considering its late in the year, its sandwiched between two  conference series with another one following UCONN, and UCONN and UCF are both in the running for the top seed in the conference. I would rather just give the pen as much of the week to rest as possible. 

I want to beat the Gators, I really do. I just hope we don't gut the bullpen. A non-conference game is still the best time for extended rest late in the year. 

5 minutes ago, Mama_Bull said:

It seems like the judge is putting Coach Strong on trial.

If she bothered to do any checking, she would learn that CCS has a reputation for not tolerating bad behavior and has dismissed many players, over the years, for their off the field conduct..

agreed. She clearly has no idea who CCS is.

1 hour ago, Mama_Bull said:

If I had to pick one as being the most important, it would be RPI. The NCAA weighs that very heavily, since it is objectively measured.

We still have 11 regular season games against top 50 RPI teams, to make a good impression. 6 of those are conference road games. How well we do in all those games will go along way in determining whether USF is ranked in the polls:

3 games @UCONN (RPI #30).

3 games vs HOU (RPI #18)

3 games at @UCF (RPI #33)

1 game vs FGCU (RPI #49)

1 game @UF (RPI #12)

http://warrennolan.com/baseball/2017/team-schedule?team=South-Florida

 

 

 

Yeah, we definitely are going to need some more road game wins (or good losses)  to get any more respect. Those conference series are critical. Should be an exciting war on I4 series with a lot on the line 

45 minutes ago, Mama_Bull said:

USF has been getting votes from the Baseball coaches for a number of weeks, but other teams have jumped over us to break into their top 25. Hopefully, we can win at least two out of three against Cincy and that might be enough.

FYI, USF IS ranked #21 by Perfect Game.

https://www.perfectgame.org/Articles/View.aspx?article=13745

USF IS also ranked #25 by the Baseball Writers

http://www.ncaa.com/rankings/baseball/d1/ncbwa

USF IS ranked #23 RPI

http://www.ncaa.com/rankings/baseball/d1/rpi

It is assumed that USF has not been ranked by some of the baseball polls, as a result of a weak OOC schedule and due to having played only a handful of road games, up to this point.

In the Massey Baseball Composite, USF is #19.

http://www.masseyratings.com/cbase/compare.htm

Thank you for the update. Appears to me we are ranked. I don't think baseball really has a clear cut ranking that matters like you find in football, and seems most sites are placing us in the top 25 tier. just gotta stay consistent and get hot in the tourney. 

39 minutes ago, BDYZR said:

Soooooooo the BaseBULLS are receiving votes?

haha right? Three plus pages before the topic gets anything, I was interested to see what people thought of getting the votes.  Guess I gotta wait 

Not a bad loss, but you hate to only score one run on double digit hits. 

Seems like a legal issue since they can't talk about it