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re: SEC baseball is more competitive and deeper than SEC football
Posted on 3/26/14 at 11:59 am to northalabamacracker
Posted on 3/26/14 at 11:59 am to northalabamacracker
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Only LSU cares about college baseball.
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Posted on 3/26/14 at 12:02 pm to Patton
agree
Posted on 3/26/14 at 12:17 pm to Cheese Grits
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Pretty sure all but Missouri (13 of 14) baseball teams are in the Top 35 nationally in attendance.
That's not saying much when you actually look at the attendance figures.
Posted on 3/26/14 at 12:23 pm to Patton
@ 3 downvotes 
Posted on 3/26/14 at 12:26 pm to Patton
This year, no doubt, going to see a lot of teams at the end hovering around 500 mark. Not one team is dominant - several teams have really good pitchers but not a whole staff of them. The hitting is not very good across the conference which means a lot of close games that could go either way once starters are out.
The freshmen UGA threw Sat against LSU was consistently throwing 95-97 the whole game.
The freshmen UGA threw Sat against LSU was consistently throwing 95-97 the whole game.
Posted on 3/26/14 at 12:28 pm to Cheese Grits
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SEC W basketball is probably most competitive and deepest of all the SEC sports
No such thing as SEC W in basketball...
Posted on 3/26/14 at 12:30 pm to Aubie83
Grits is talking about womens basketball.
Posted on 3/26/14 at 12:31 pm to pvilleguru
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That's not saying much when you actually look at the attendance figures.
From last season - listed by averages, reported here by season totals (why State is #4, not #2)
1. LSU 449,138 = impressive
2. Arkansas 250,055 = excellent
3. Ole Miss 239,909 = excellent
4. Mississippi State 281,840 = excellent
5. South Carolina 260,605 = excellent
9. Texas A&M 149,263 33 = good
12. Florida 126,421 = good
14. Alabama 101,137 = good
23. Auburn = 85,049 = servicable
24. Vanderbilt 103,520 = good, excellent by Vanderbilt standards
34. Georgia 56,267 = needs work
36. Kentucky 53,022 = needs work
37. Tennessee 48,010 = needs work
NR Missouri = pick it up Mizzou
Which is to say if you are in the Top 10 to Top 20 the numbers are worth talking about.
Posted on 3/26/14 at 12:33 pm to Cheese Grits
Alabama's number this season should be a good deal higher with the addition of the right field seats.
Posted on 3/26/14 at 12:39 pm to Cheese Grits
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1. LSU 449,138 = impressive
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4. Mississippi State 281,840 = excellent
Viewed another way
LSU fans in baseball would fill Tiger Stadium about 4.5 times
Bulldog fans in baseball would fill up DWS about about 5.1 times
(using DWS capacity from 2013 to match 2013 baseball data)
Posted on 3/26/14 at 12:43 pm to Cheese Grits
I counted roughly 32 home games for Alabama in 2013. That comes out to an average of 3,161 per game and that number is probably inflated a little. That doesn't sound "good" to me. And you say we were #14 in the nation?
Posted on 3/26/14 at 12:45 pm to Cheese Grits
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Alabama 101,137
That's really close to the capacity of BDS.
Posted on 3/26/14 at 12:53 pm to Patton
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SEC baseball is more competitive and deeper than SEC football
Women basketball = strong and deep
Baseball = strong and deep
Football = strong at top and middle
Track & Field = strong at top
Men basketball = strong at top
Gymnastics = strong and deep, but limited as not all schools participate
Softball = strong and getting better at top and in depth
Volleyball = strong and getting better at top and in depth
Golf, tennis, swimming / diving, and equestrian all seem top heavy and soccer is still in flux
Posted on 3/26/14 at 12:57 pm to pvilleguru
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That's really close to the capacity of BDS.
Which is why I had them as good, but not great. They cover their football stadium about 1:1
Hitting 100,000 in any non football sport is worthy of some notice. Look at other schools in other conferences drawing say 10K or less for an entire season and it gets pretty obvious.
Posted on 3/26/14 at 1:26 pm to Patton
It's about the same
This post was edited on 3/26/14 at 1:27 pm
Posted on 3/26/14 at 1:32 pm to Cheese Grits
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1. LSU 449,138 = impressive
2. Arkansas 250,055 = excellent
3. Ole Miss 239,909 = excellent
Big 3
Posted on 3/26/14 at 2:39 pm to Riseupfromtherubble
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You don't see the vandy's and tennessee's of the conference beating the Alabama's and LSU's in football.
Vandy is coming off two back to back 9-4 seasons and four bowls in the last 7 years. Additionally, our history was very good up to 1960 when the academic elites destroyed our success story. But make no mistake, it was the elites who reigned in our success. If they stay out of the way, the environment will be dramatically altered.
I am surprised you even mentioned Tennessee. They have the second most SEC titles, national titles and all time winning percent among SEC schools. Do you homework.
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