NebraskaExPat

According to some on the rant, LSU has not lost a game this season. Any game in the loss column was due to the umpires....

From the baseball rules academy for high school coaches: [quote]As with any play in sports wherein the only people aware of a problem are the official watching for it and the players immediately affected, the crowd and announcers were stunned that someone had been called out. The ruling was uph...

I have family connections to Nebraska. The Nebraska fans are pulling for LSU to get there. Outside of Louisiana fans at the Omaha games, you probably don't find any better LSU fans than Nebraskans. They love having LSU show up. I'm not sure why, but I think because LSU has been there so ofte...

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[quote]I assume that is the same one I saw there in 2017. Worth a look. [/quote] I'm not sure which one you saw. I think there are several. This locomotive was rebuilt and ran for the first time in 2019. It will be parked right next to the baseball stadium for the days of the World Series...

This is probably not in most of the rant members' interest, but when LSU goes to Omaha, if you can make it to the games, this would be neat to see. The Union Pacific will have its Big Boy locomotive on display near the baseball field. It's one of the largest locomotives ever built. [link=(htt...

It shows that the teams that make it to Omaha are all pretty even....

[quote]I do think the tightened strike zone is screwing with many teams. Apparently they’re calling pitches that end up in the strike zone a strike 94% of the time. That number is way way too low.[/quote] Is it easy to find statistics for walks in the SEC this year compared to other years?...

LSU left 13 on base, Auburn only left 5. ...

We lost the game because we left runners on base too many times. It happens at all levels of baseball. It doesn't mean the umps are bad, the opposing coaches are lowlifes, or anything else. We didn't lose because of an umpire....

First reaction is to wonder why he did it. We hear a lot about someone being addicted to gambling. I didn't used to believe that. I thought everyone could just say, "I'm not betting again." Then I met a guy in college who was truly addicted. Very nice guy, very smart, good grades, well-like...

Another state, New Jersey, joined Ohio in suspending all betting on Alabama baseball games. Everyone is tight-lipped about what caused the suspensions. I lived in New Orleans and attended Tulane men's basketball games during the point-shaving scandals that shut down that program. I'll bet l...

On that designed play, where was the first base coach? We tend to blame the baserunner, but when you're diving back to first base, you can't see the ball. The first base coach should be yelling directions at the runner. That's the point of having a first base coach -- to tell you to stay or go....

OK, I know I'm not the brightest. What am I missing? Before, the game stopped after every first down. Time to sneak in more commercials. Now, the new rule says the clock will not stop after first downs (except in the last two minutes of the quarters). No time to get in more commercials. ...

The Rant never fails to amaze. ...

It seems there are a lot of complaints about certain men in women's sports....

I didn't see this anywhere; sorry if it's already been posted somewhere else. [link=(https://247sports.com/college/nebraska/LongFormArticle/10-teams-trending-upward-looking-toward-2025-207527041/#207527041_1)]"The scary thing about LSU's 2022 SEC West Title? The Tigers were ahead of schedule. B...

[quote]quote: Dale’s statue is him in a wheelchair since he handicapped LSU basketball for the next 20 years. OK Guys. We have to make up our minds here on who handicapped basketball: Dale Brown Johnny Jones Joe Aleva Will Wade Scott Woodward The New Coach Dick Vitale... [/quote] ...

[quote]Are Pat Forde and Dick Vitale not national media?[/quote] Sorry. By national media, I should have said the major news networks. The Alabama situation has made the networks' nightly news and the cable news networks. LSU's firing of Wade was limited to sports networks. Poor wording...

[quote]I'm making a comparison because of the media clout that was sprung on both them in the middle of successful seasons.[/quote] I no longer live in Louisiana, so I don't know what the media there said about Wade. The national media did not talk about LSU. The issue in Alabama is all o...