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re: A&M and Arkansas both had 5-3 post season records ....
Posted on 6/17/15 at 3:50 pm to UltimateHog
Posted on 6/17/15 at 3:50 pm to UltimateHog
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didn't, beat the #8 national seed to get there while they lost to the #7 national seed.
Definitely the Hogs.
So winning the head-to-head, going to Omaha and going 0-2 and, in the process beating the #8 seed ....
... that's better than a 50 win season, losing a very tough heart-breaking Super Regional to the #7 seed?
Remember, both teams were 5-3 in the post season and the RPIs of those 8 opposing teams were slightly in favor of A&M - meaning they played tougher teams in their regionals and it was only made close because Arkansas bolstered theirs with two losses in Omaha. Still ... two losses and they were neither close or heartbreaking.
Just playing devil's advocate.
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Posted on 6/17/15 at 3:55 pm to scrooster
Once SEC play started...
Arkansas: 7-2-1 in SEC series
aTm: 6-3-1 in SEC series
Regionals
Arkansas @ Stillwater went 3-0 vs. RPI 11 Oklahoma State, 44 Oral Roberts, 56 St Johns
aTm @ home went 3-1 vs. RPI 158 Texas Southern, 29 Cal, & 19 Coastal Carolina
Super Regionals
Arkansas won 2/3 vs. #8 National Seed
aTm lost @ #7 National Seed
Head to Head
Arkansas took 2/3 AT aTm
Arkansas: 7-2-1 in SEC series
aTm: 6-3-1 in SEC series
Regionals
Arkansas @ Stillwater went 3-0 vs. RPI 11 Oklahoma State, 44 Oral Roberts, 56 St Johns
aTm @ home went 3-1 vs. RPI 158 Texas Southern, 29 Cal, & 19 Coastal Carolina
Super Regionals
Arkansas won 2/3 vs. #8 National Seed
aTm lost @ #7 National Seed
Head to Head
Arkansas took 2/3 AT aTm
This post was edited on 6/17/15 at 3:58 pm
Posted on 6/17/15 at 4:04 pm to scrooster
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... that's better than a 50 win season, losing a very tough heart-breaking Super Regional to the #7 seed?
Convenient use of heartbreaking there when we had a runner on 3rd in the top of the 9th and failed to score and then lost on a walk off base hit in the CWS.
We had the better season. Basically everyone would agree. World Series is the World Series.
Had they won the SEC or something, it may be more of a discussion.
This post was edited on 6/17/15 at 4:06 pm
Posted on 6/18/15 at 8:15 pm to scrooster
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Arkansas bolstered theirs with two losses in Omaha. Still ... two losses and they were neither close or heartbreaking.
Neither close??? Did you watch? Tied with Virginia going into the 8th 3-3...got down 5-3. Had 2 men on in the 8th with no outs to get back in it and couldn't push a run across. A double play and a K.
Against Miami...tied 3-3 in the 9th. We had bases loaded with 2 outs, couldn't score. Miami hit a walk off single to win 4-3 in the bottom of the 9th.
I would say those were close games and one was heartbreaking. It's not like we went to Omaha and got beat 15-3 and 10-1 or something like that. We had chances to win both games.
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