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re: Omaha Stats since 2000

Posted by Cornelius on 4/18/24 at 12:05 pm
[quote]Agreed. Corbin has done an incredible job there. It will be interesting to see if it continues over the next 10 years with the NIL changes..[/quote] Less concerned with NIL and more concerned with development at this point. Seems like they've steadily regressed since 2021. ...
[quote]Van Horn was a pitching coach only prior to Arkansas[/quote] ??? Van Horn built Nebraska of all places into a baseball power prior to going to Arkansas. He's been a head coach at various levels for 30+ years. [quote]Corbin and O’Sullivan have also had awful seasons with loaded roster...
[quote]Tang signed a new seven-year, $23.1 million extension in September, which set his buyout at $6 million if he were to leave before April 30 of this year.[/quote] Yurachek willing to pay $6M to buyout Tang? ...
[quote]Could've just done a straight up trade for Muss and saved everyone the headache. That was the only school he could've jumped to where there was no buy out in his contract.[/quote] That was USD not SDSU. ...

re: Vandy Fans

Posted by Cornelius on 4/5/24 at 11:21 am
[quote]Corbin has two national titles in 21 complete years.[/quote] How many do Tennessee and Florida have in a collective 200+ years?...

re: Vandy Fans

Posted by Cornelius on 4/5/24 at 10:28 am
[quote]It's really hard to get transfers into Vandy.[/quote] I'm pretty sure Vanderbilt also has a significant restriction on the number of transfer credits they will accept. I believe that's why most of the transfers we have seen are grad transfers or freshmen. I think Jack Anderson (Prin...

re: Vandy Fans

Posted by Cornelius on 4/5/24 at 9:53 am
[quote]Because "Opportunity Vanderbilt" is an unfair advantage.[/quote] Pre-NIL: VANDY HAS AN UNFAIR ADVANTAGE! Post-NIL: VANDY HAS AN UNFAIR ADVANTAGE! ...
If it is indeed Beard, does he bring Wes Flanigan with him? ...
He'll be coaching the San Diego Toreros within 5-7 years. ...
Why isn't Yurachek fighting like hell to keep Muss? A) It's a lost cause. B) Yurachek wants him gone. C) Yurachek has his replacement lined up. D) Yurachek is an idiot. E) All of the above. ...
[quote]Louisville is hiring Pat Kelsey so that speculation is over[/quote] Louisville never really made much sense unless Muss just wanted out. USC on the other hand seems like the west coast opening he'd really consider. ...
Damn. Juwan and Stack fired within a day of each other. Seems like just last year they were facing off in the NIT....

re: 529 Balance and Investment Options

Posted by Cornelius on 3/12/24 at 4:45 pm
I'm a good ways away from paying for college, but I'd take a look at some target date funds to see how they are allocated. Just a quick look at the Vanguard Target Enrollment 2026/2027 Portfolio shows a 22.5% stock allocation (unevenly split between total stock market index fund and total interna...
[quote]Texas has already stated that they have him in the bag. Just isn't "official" yet.[/quote] Pierce going somewhere? Or just getting fired before heading to the SEC?...
Imagine making the decision to fire that man and hire Stan Heath. ...
[quote]This year: 75.9, 91st in the nation and tied for 2nd best for EM teams.[/quote] The numbers seem to indicate that the total PPG is inflated based on the non-conference. Looking at the conference-only offensive PPG, this is the lowest of the Musselman era. 2024 - 70.4 2023 - 72.3 ...
[quote]Previous 4 years "points against" line has a low of 67.9 and high of 70.3. This year: 77.9, 320th in the nation. That's about it. [/quote] Don't sell them short, they're pretty bad on offense too. ...

re: College Baseball Opening Day!

Posted by Cornelius on 2/16/24 at 4:30 pm
[quote]Vandy walks it off 12-11 in the bottom of the 9th. [/quote] Survive and advance......

re: College Baseball Opening Day!

Posted by Cornelius on 2/16/24 at 3:34 pm
And just like that FAU takes a 9-8 lead. Going to be a long season if we can't pitch. ...
[quote]The Sandlot[/quote]...