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Posted by tylerdurden24
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Posted on 5/14/26 at 10:30 pm to
Point being that adhering to RPI is like judging a batter solely on batting average when OBP, OPS, and WAR also exist and tell a more accurate story of who a hitter actually is.
Posted by Serraneaux
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Posted on 5/14/26 at 10:30 pm to
Lolsu Fcking sucks d!ck
Posted by Bigbens42
Trussvegas
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Posted on 5/14/26 at 10:32 pm to
I know. I was responding to your boy reading too much into it lol.
Posted by tylerdurden24
Member since Sep 2009
49164 posts
Posted on 5/14/26 at 10:33 pm to
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When your starter started nailing those breaking balls the game flipped immediately. Man.

That’s kinda been his whole deal all year: when he’s on and hitting his spots, he’s as good a Friday starter as there is. But it seems like it’s an every other week thing (he sucked something awful vs LSU last week). Strangely one of those pitchers who seems to perform better on the road than st home for whatever reason.
Posted by HClassof84
Member since Feb 2025
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Posted on 5/14/26 at 10:33 pm to
He's proved he can go 128 pitches. Bet we see him again Saturday. GG on the win.
Posted by Bigbens42
Trussvegas
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Posted on 5/14/26 at 10:40 pm to
Again I just feel bad for Marciano. Dude has been solid all year. Offense fricks him yet again. 6 innings and two runs against a lineup as potent as UGA? He deserved a decision there. Our offense is never on when he is.
Posted by all4AU
Member since Oct 2009
804 posts
Posted on 5/14/26 at 10:48 pm to
quote:

Point being that adhering to RPI is like judging a batter solely on batting average when OBP, OPS, and WAR also exist and tell a more accurate story of who a hitter actually is.


Exactly. RPI is an extremely flawed metric.
Posted by bigDgator
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Member since Oct 2008
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Posted on 5/14/26 at 10:48 pm to
Arkansas 3 Kentucky 4
Ole Miss 4 Alabama 5
South Carolina 1 Vanderbilt 9
Mississippi State 18 Texas A&M 11
Florida 11 LSU 8
Missouri 3 Texas 6
Tennessee 9 Oklahoma 7
Georgia 2 Auburn 1
Posted by bigDgator
Dallas, TX
Member since Oct 2008
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Posted on 5/14/26 at 10:52 pm to
The Road To Hoover
1. Georgia 22-6
2. Texas 17-10
3. Alabama 17-11
4. Texas A&M 16-11
5. Auburn 16-12
6. Florida 16-12
7. Mississippi State 16-12
8. Arkansas 15-13
9. Ole Miss 14-14
10. Tennessee 14-14
11. Oklahoma 13-15
12. Kentucky 13-15
13. Vanderbilt 12-16
14. LSU 9-19
15. South Carolina 7-21
16. Missouri 6-22

Not sure on the tiebreakers.
This post was edited on 5/14/26 at 10:55 pm
Posted by Maroonster
Memphis, Tennessee
Member since Nov 2023
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Posted on 5/14/26 at 11:00 pm to
Georgia is so dang good this season! I already have them and Auburn penciled in for two of the eight teams in Omaha. Georgia will certainly get to the CWS.
Posted by BluegrassBelle
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Posted on 5/14/26 at 11:22 pm to
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He's proved he can go 128 pitches. Bet we see him again Saturday. GG on the win.


The post game hub bub is we might see him in relief all weekend.

The other option is sending him out for 4-5 innings tomorrow and then shut him down for Hoover.

All I know is he’s the best we’ve got and the drop off as of late has been steep. Need Cleaver, Bennett, etc.

Same to you
Posted by HamzooReb
Utah
Member since Mar 2013
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Posted on 5/15/26 at 12:52 am to
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Again I just feel bad for Marciano. Dude has been solid all year.


Maybe he shouldn't have given up a grand slam to MSU last weekend.
Posted by All Gas No Brakes
Member since Jul 2021
993 posts
Posted on 5/15/26 at 5:12 am to
Be careful with “certainly” with anything to do with ncaa tourney
Posted by Kneehigh
Low Country
Member since Nov 2012
17351 posts
Posted on 5/15/26 at 5:27 am to
According to AU fans, we haven’t played anyone yet.
Posted by WG_Dawg
Member since Jun 2004
90747 posts
Posted on 5/15/26 at 6:11 am to
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UGA moved down 2 spots and Auburn moved up one spot. Strange.


All the more reason that rpi should be thrown directly in the trash. It's utterly worthless
Posted by Serraneaux
South of 30a
Member since Mar 2014
22714 posts
Posted on 5/15/26 at 7:10 am to
RPI is too heavily weighted for road wins of any type. Good mid majors like Coastal, Southern Miss, Missouri State, Jax State rack up a lot of road wins in their conference.
Posted by Easye921
Mobile
Member since Jan 2013
3262 posts
Posted on 5/15/26 at 7:21 am to
Never thought Bama would have a shot at possibly being a top 8 national seed after the opening weekend sweep against Kentucky, but Vaughn has done a great job with this squad.
Posted by WG_Dawg
Member since Jun 2004
90747 posts
Posted on 5/15/26 at 7:24 am to
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RPI is too heavily weighted for road wins of any type.


what kills me about RPI is a team's win percentage, which is a pretty big deal, is weight the exact same amount as you're opponent's opponent's win percentage. Like how on earth could anyone justify those things counting the same?

I want ot know how this made up metric made its way to being so heavily relied on by the ranking people and postseason decision makers. Same with Jeff Sagarin and the friggin colley matrix back in the BCS era...like how does some random arse formula get picked as the gold standard?
Posted by captdalton
Member since Feb 2021
24778 posts
Posted on 5/15/26 at 9:03 am to
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shite you not, we dropped 2 spots in the RPI after that win


Alabama has gone 7-1 over their last 8 games, including 7-0 in SEC play.

During this time they have dropped two spots in RPI.

Alabama dropped a spot after beating Ole Miss last night. Ole Miss rose one spot.
Posted by captdalton
Member since Feb 2021
24778 posts
Posted on 5/15/26 at 9:07 am to
quote:

Never thought Bama would have a shot at possibly being a top 8 national seed after the opening weekend sweep against Kentucky, but Vaughn has done a great job with this squad.


He has. If you look at the stats Alabama should be in the back half of the SEC standings, not 3rd.. If Alabama could have just closed out one or two games in the Arkansas series (Alabama was swept even though I think they had a late lead in every game) they would be a lock for a national seed. I think if they split one of the next two with Ole Miss they will be in the conversation for a national seed, and will at least host.
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