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That's not gonna happen for a while until they win some championships to move us out ****. I'm talking about, what are the parameters to join us..

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They would have to win the SEC title.

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In football.

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Seriously doubt a country will be able to take control of the moon. Doesn't even happen on Earth (Antarctica).

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I don't think you quite understand the monetary and strategic value involved with controlling the moon.

Comparing it to Antarctica is not even remotely similar.

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And really, it's a lot easier to control ACCESS to the moon vs access to Antarctica. You can approach the southern continent from multiple locations, whereas lunar access has a lot more chokepoints.

Toilet fixed!

Sounds like they needed to prime it

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Amazing for a SEC pitcher to be so inconsistent

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People bitch about this every year.

I think a lot of folks simply don't understand what LSU is trying to do in baseball. We're not taking guys who can throw strikes all the time, because those guys would be batting practice for the opposition. We're taking guys who can get the ball past the batter, and those guys need to be developed in order for them to throw that pitch as a strike.

You don't find a Skenes in high school who is already polished, simple as that.

If we're saying jersey but not number, then hell yeah. He deserves to be recognized.

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the college World Series.

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what?

It's one of the fairest formats....especially since they went to the super regional format and made the CWS Championship best of 3.

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I think the change in format significantly alters who can win the CWS now. I'm not going to badmouth last year's team, but it was custom made to win the postseason, and not necessarily be the best team.

2 really good starters, which you try to develop in the SEC weekend series, can carry you far. That's why I won't count LSU out this year, not yet. They have Evans and Schmidt, who if they settle in, could win it for us.

Regional: those 2 starters get you to 2-0, at which point you have your 3rd starter, midweek guy, and most of the bullpen to get you 1 more win.

Super regional: your 2 starters can get you straight to Omaha.

Omaha week one is like the regional, and the best-of-3 finals is like the Super... with the difference being that the ballpark in Omaha is more friendly to pitchers. So your guys in the pen who struggled in the SEC can now pitch to contact, and the stadium will hold the balls in.

WTF
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Dude got caught stealing a Javelin and selling it. Can only imagine where it was intended to go.

edited the title, for those offended by it

LSU and Arkansas have the exact same record, both overall and in conference.

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He’s a good recruiter

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The traditional recruiting he did no longer exists. In basketball, you not only have the agents for NIL, but AAU and it’s politics and scumbag coaches and then the shoe and apparel companies and their NIL deals with HS players that often funnel them to programs that rep the same brands.

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NIL or not, you can't discount the ability to find good players. Some schools (Duke, Kentucky, etc) just suck up all the "name" guys, and play that way.

Other programs find guys who aren't as touted, but are able to win just as well. Look at Houston, for example.

If Jones can get some of those guys, let's take him in.

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Why Do Some Coaches Excel Jumping From Mid Major to Power 4 But Others Wilt?
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Ignoring the troll, this is the million dollar question.

It's hard to tell at a mid-major or G5 school if a coach is really good, or if they're at a place that (relatively speaking) has more resources than their opponents. I mean, look at JMU in football for example. They moved up into the FBS and the Sun Belt, and their budget was already #1 in the Sun Belt year 1.

So, let's look at VCU and Murray State. Similar schools, both have about 20 NCAA tourney appearances, and a fair number of NITs.
VCU coaches, for whatever reason, seem more successful moving up to the big teams.
There's currently 4 guys at P4 schools- Jeff Capel at Pitt, Wade at LSU, Mike Rhoades at Penn State, Ryan Odom at Virginia. Capel and Wade have both coached at other P4 schools (Wade at NC State, Capel at Oklahoma). In addition, you have Shaka Smart (Marquette) and Anthony Grant (Dayton), who both coached at P4 schools (Alabama, Texas). You had Dana Kirk in the past, going to Memphis State and establishing a monster.

Murray State coaches don't have nearly the same level of success. You have Mick Cronin currently at UCLA (went to Cincinnati first), Steve Prohm went to Iowa State and initially was good but cratered. Billy Kennedy had a decent run at A&M. Mark Gottfried was ok at Bama and then NC State. Steve Newton was bad at South Carolina.

All in all, you've got better odds hiring a guy from VCU than Murray State.