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re: SEC vs ACC baseball
Posted on 3/14/13 at 11:46 am to TXGunslinger10
Posted on 3/14/13 at 11:46 am to TXGunslinger10
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There are 12 teams in the top 10?
The highlighted terms do not go together. If you read it correctly, you would know that he said the SEC has 6 of the top ten, not both conferences. Both conferences have 7 of the top 30, as clearly stated in the quoted sentence.
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Posted on 3/14/13 at 12:03 pm to SwayzeBalla
Baseball America = Baseball ACC
Posted on 3/14/13 at 12:34 pm to TXGunslinger10
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There are 12 teams in the top 10?
wut... did not compute. Everyone else gets it
This post was edited on 3/14/13 at 12:39 pm
Posted on 3/14/13 at 12:35 pm to ProjectP2294
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The highlighted terms do not go together. If you read it correctly, you would know that he said the SEC has 6 of the top ten, not both conferences. Both conferences have 7 of the top 30, as clearly stated in the quoted sentence.
Thanks
Posted on 3/14/13 at 12:37 pm to SwayzeBalla
either way sec > acc
Posted on 3/14/13 at 12:41 pm to TXGunslinger10
They don't teach reading comprehension at _______(insert your elementary school here), do they?
Posted on 3/14/13 at 12:58 pm to JimMorrison
You know I don't know if Pitt or Syracuse plays baseball. Syracuse, Uva and Duke will have a big Lacrosse rivalry.
Posted on 3/14/13 at 1:09 pm to JEAUXBLEAUX
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I don't know if Pitt or Syracuse plays baseball.
Pitt has a team and I don't think that they are awful but I am not sure. The Cuse have no team.......
Posted on 3/14/13 at 1:11 pm to gamecocks22
weird they have no team. LeMoyne in the same city went to the NCAA tournament in baseball I believe
Posted on 3/14/13 at 1:13 pm to JEAUXBLEAUX
Five reasons why Syracuse Baseball is dead and gone forever.
1. Competition. Like stated above, the Orange would have to compete with two major baseball teams in the area. The Syracuse Chiefs, AAA semi-pro baseball affiliate of the Washington Nationals, and the Lemoyne College Dolphins are the two main dogs in this city.
Not only that, but they would have to compete with their own Lacrosse team. Could Syracuse gain more popularity than them? Sure. But the reason they won't is for my next reason.
2. Money. This is by far the most prominent reason. Giving out scholarships and paying for coaches are not cheap. With Syracuse being a Lacrosse town, popularity with Syracuse Baseball would always be second fiddle to something.
This program would lose money, and if there is one thing I have learned from Dr. Gross over these past years, Syracuse loves money.
3. Weather. The weather sucks in Syracuse. There are ways around this, sure. Build a training facility. Build batting cages indoors. While this is all good, it is all money as well. When I attended the University of Tennessee, they just had inter-squad scrimmages outside at their ballpark. In December. Can Syracuse do that?
4. Title IX. This is what killed the baseball program, and I'm afraid this is what is going to bury it as well. The program will never come back because of this.
If you bring back the baseball program, you need to bring in a women's program to counter the men's program. Because it has to be balanced, bringing back one program would be the cost of two. And I think we all know that is all about the Benjamins.
5. Lacrosse. Like stated above, when you have the most storied Lacrosse program in all the land, it would be difficult to have a successful baseball team on top of it. At other schools, baseball is IT.
1. Competition. Like stated above, the Orange would have to compete with two major baseball teams in the area. The Syracuse Chiefs, AAA semi-pro baseball affiliate of the Washington Nationals, and the Lemoyne College Dolphins are the two main dogs in this city.
Not only that, but they would have to compete with their own Lacrosse team. Could Syracuse gain more popularity than them? Sure. But the reason they won't is for my next reason.
2. Money. This is by far the most prominent reason. Giving out scholarships and paying for coaches are not cheap. With Syracuse being a Lacrosse town, popularity with Syracuse Baseball would always be second fiddle to something.
This program would lose money, and if there is one thing I have learned from Dr. Gross over these past years, Syracuse loves money.
3. Weather. The weather sucks in Syracuse. There are ways around this, sure. Build a training facility. Build batting cages indoors. While this is all good, it is all money as well. When I attended the University of Tennessee, they just had inter-squad scrimmages outside at their ballpark. In December. Can Syracuse do that?
4. Title IX. This is what killed the baseball program, and I'm afraid this is what is going to bury it as well. The program will never come back because of this.
If you bring back the baseball program, you need to bring in a women's program to counter the men's program. Because it has to be balanced, bringing back one program would be the cost of two. And I think we all know that is all about the Benjamins.
5. Lacrosse. Like stated above, when you have the most storied Lacrosse program in all the land, it would be difficult to have a successful baseball team on top of it. At other schools, baseball is IT.
Posted on 3/14/13 at 1:13 pm to gamecocks22
Two best conferences for sure. Would be awesome to extend season all summer long and have a joint super baseball league. usc owes unc a couple of L's
Posted on 3/14/13 at 1:20 pm to scrooster
quote:Well, I think everybody gets that. It just makes for some interesting discussion.
All these polls really do not matter, as we tried explaining to the piggies in the preseason.
It's all about staying solid all season, positioning yourself to host in the post season, getting hot right about then and making a run to Omaha, and then getting hot all over again against the hottest teams in the country.
quote:And why does this matter?
BTW, Billy Ray Barnes is a good friend of mine.
Posted on 3/14/13 at 1:21 pm to CockStrong
quote:Nah that's us and the PAC, not ACC.
Two best conferences for sure.
Posted on 3/14/13 at 1:37 pm to CockRocket
GTFO
Posted on 3/14/13 at 2:14 pm to Indfanfromcol
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Looks like Arkansas has been on the decline since their pre-season championship.
They are resting on their laurels....
Once I saw the thread in question was on tigernet.com, that answered everything. That place is a lice-bed for fomenting ignorance....there's a lot of stupidity posted here, but IMO 90% of it is with tongue firmly planted in cheek and only to stir rival teams up. But tigernet is a Clemson-dedicated website that does not tolerate trash talk from outsiders....99% of the idiocy posted on those boards are actually honestly believed as truth by the posters. Sometimes they are corrected by CU fans that just can't swallow the delusion, but most of the time, not.....
Posted on 3/14/13 at 2:17 pm to gamecocks22
The ACC hasn't won a national championship since the 50's. They aren't even in the same conversation with the SEC until they change that.
Posted on 3/14/13 at 2:32 pm to HoLeInOnEr05
quote:Do you have some kind of argument/facts to support your belief that the ACC is better than the PAC or SEC?
HoLeInOnEr05
Posted on 3/14/13 at 2:36 pm to CockRocket
I never said the ACC was better than the SEC. They are definitely better than the PAC this year.
Posted on 3/14/13 at 2:43 pm to HoLeInOnEr05
quote:I guess I thought we were talking historically. It's too early in the season for me to care about who's better this year. I'm confident that the PAC will have a better post-season showing than the ACC though.
They are definitely better than the PAC this year.
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