WTF!!! No props to LT for sticking it to mississippi.........
- Thread starter cowbell9
- Start date
G
Goat Holder
Guest
I swear there are some sheep that would rather stick it to Ole Miss than stick up for MSU. Yeah, props for the cowbell, Larry.
I'd say it's more that UM was placed where they should be, than LT doing any "sticking it to them".</p>
I'd say it's more that UM was placed where they should be, than LT doing any "sticking it to them".</p>
LT didnt sit in a room by himself and make out the brackets so I dont see how he stuck it to them. It was done by this thing called a committee.
i had to listen to ole miss clown all morning long on the radio shows cry about this. what a travesty. i mean to be the best you gotta beat the best, woo.
FlabLoser said:
</p>
Actually, if you just barely make it in, you're supposed to get a regional with the best 2 seed and the worst 1 seed, if seeds were done by strength. We just barely made it in, but we boosted our resume with a decent SEC tourney run, allowing us to move up to the high 3 seed/low 2 seed area, which unfortunately, by strength, calls for you to be placed in one of the top national seed regionals.
It is pretty amazing that some of them actually believe this was solely the work of LT and had nothing to do with there severely underachieving baseball team. Nevermind that as of saturday BA and at least one other publication both had them in the Miami regional
They are the overall 1 seed and get stuck with 2 decent teams. While I dont think either of the two will advance, Mississippi proved what having a couple of dominant type pitchers can do in tournament play. They have a chance to give Miami a scare, if they get to them. (Having said all of this they will probably never even face Miami)
Did Lynn beat Georgia? I could see them trying to beat Missouri in game 1 with Pomeranz then matching Lynn up for game 2. I dont see why more people dont do this (ie: Paul Maholm v. MTSU) Winning game 1 or 2 doesnt matter unless you win them both. What do I know though, the guy that wrote the book says throw the ace in game 1 so I am sure that is what they will do.
Damn this is depressing! I am talking strategy about Mississippi's regional matchup. We need to get our program on the rise and fast!</p>
Damn this is depressing! I am talking strategy about Mississippi's regional matchup. We need to get our program on the rise and fast!</p>
supposedly in baseball they only look at strength for the one seeds. All the 2's and 3's are even. Which regional you play in is based more location than actual talent or ranking. Where you play isn't always based on location, but they do try to get you as close to home as possible to boost attendance.
I realize that it's not done by strength, but my point is that we were on the borderline between a 2 and 3 seed, which would mean that if the seedings were done by strength, we would get sent to one of the top national seed regionals.
Point being, we got sent to the destination where we belong strength-wise. We got what we deserved. The only way you can complain is if we were a high 2 seed, close to a 1 seed and got sent to the No. 1 overall seed's bracket. In that case, we'd have a legit gripe about our placement.
I've had friends gripe to me about our placement, but I've told all of them that it's our own fault we're in this position. There is one way you can avoid traveling to a national seed regional, and that's by either being a national seed yourself or hosting yourself. If you earn it, you can guarantee you'll get a decent regional draw. We didn't earn it, so we have to take what we're given.
Point being, we got sent to the destination where we belong strength-wise. We got what we deserved. The only way you can complain is if we were a high 2 seed, close to a 1 seed and got sent to the No. 1 overall seed's bracket. In that case, we'd have a legit gripe about our placement.
I've had friends gripe to me about our placement, but I've told all of them that it's our own fault we're in this position. There is one way you can avoid traveling to a national seed regional, and that's by either being a national seed yourself or hosting yourself. If you earn it, you can guarantee you'll get a decent regional draw. We didn't earn it, so we have to take what we're given.
We definitely have our work cut for us, but two or three more wins could've been the difference in hosting. We made our own bed. Miami, on the other hand, got screwed.
2 or 3 more wins wouldn't have gotten you anywhere close to hosting. You're a #3 seed. 2 or 3 more wins might have gotten Florida or South Carolina a host site, but all it would have gotten Mississippi would be a #2 seed.Someonestolemyusernamedamnit said:
we very well may have hosted as a 2 seed if those extra two or three wins were against the right teams (rpi-wise). Not that it matters anyway.
Someone can check me on this, but I think the only #2 seed that's hosting is Michigan. And the reason they're hosting is location (can't have all 16 regionals played in the south and west). You were closer to being left at home than you to hosting a regional.</p>
Get unlimited access today.