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The 2021 College Baseball season was wild and crazy. The Arkansas Razorbacks, #1 team for most of the year, led by a Golden Spikes award winning "closer" in Kevin Kopps, didn't even make it to Omaha. The College World Series in Omaha became, as far as I know, one of the biggest college event effected by COVID. NC State, having won the Fayetteville Super Regional and up 1-0 over Vandy, was hit hard by COVID. They had to play one game heavily limited players and then had the winner-takes-all game called off entirely due to COVID, sending Vandy and their two rockstar pitchers to the CWS. But Will Bednar, who I think could have easily won a host of national awards in any season where Kevin Kopps was not doing his thing, and Tanner Allen stepped up and led Mississippi State to their first NCAA baseball title. I have watched the NCAA Baseball tournament in the past, but with WFH due to COVID I got to watch more of the tournament than I usually get to, and even with my teams heartbreak I think last years tournament was one of the best I have ever seen. Lets hope this year goes strong! College baseball needs a big injection of fans and I think this is a season where the sport as a whole can build on last year and push on. Here is the composite poll I found, with high/low rankings in parenthesis code:Stolen from previous OP by elentar: The only really important resource is the scoreboard at D1Baseball, which is the most reliable one around. Oh and there's a lot of random games that pop up on the various ESPN and Fox regional feeds, though fewer than there used to be. Popete posted:If anyone is looking to get into following college baseball I highly recommend checking out Wheels Youtube Channel they do a great job editing games down to 10-15 minutes and they tend to feature exciting games.
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Where does the composite rankings pull from? Someone didn’t rank us?
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Joey Freshwater posted:Where does the composite rankings pull from? Someone didn’t rank us? Composite combines Baseball America, Perfect Game, USA Today coaches' poll, D1Baseball.com, Collegiate Baseball Magazine, and the National Collegiate Baseball Writers' Association polls. Tenn was ranked as: BA: 17 PG: 21 USA: 16 D1: 19 CB: NR (#34 here) NCBW: 16
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Feb 20, 2022 01:49
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Yeah the whole CWS thing went from being amazing to sucking like few other things ever have in college sports in the space of about a week and a half there. State really seemed to have the momentum behind them after absolutely catching fire the second half of the season and I think with a full roster they could've at least finished off Vandy to get to the Final series. Ah well, all that is in the past now and the future is all Tommy White: https://twitter.com/NCStateBaseball/status/1495176308212441090?s=20&t=n03k6V5J9YqM_fwRl-S3gA Dude cranked every one of those 4 bombs well over the center field fence, all while looking like his sole athletic achievements would be beer pong-related. A folk hero in the making. I really have no idea what to expect from this team, the ACC doesn't look like it'll be dominated by any one team this year but lots of good ones as usual. They could return to Omaha, they could host a regional, or they could scuffle and not make the same turnaround as last year. Time to get hurt again!
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Feb 20, 2022 03:25
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The CWS was amazing but a tragedy for NCSU. UF is 1-1 against liberty as a top 10 team which isn’t great after being dumped from our regional attempting defense of our 2020 title. shut up
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Feb 20, 2022 04:55
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TTU seeming like it's gonna take a few weeks to find their bats...
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Feb 20, 2022 05:29
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Tommy White hit another dong today, has 9 hits in 14 ABs, and has now been intentionally walked twice in his first college weekend.
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Feb 20, 2022 21:16
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UF dropped opening series to Liberty. More of the same underperforming horseshit incoming I guess. Might be following the pack more closely though holy moly
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Feb 20, 2022 21:23
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Joey Freshwater posted:Tennessee baseball and basketball on at the same time what do I dooooo I hope you picked baseball lol
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Feb 21, 2022 13:38
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tactlessbastard posted:I hope you picked baseball lol I somehow thought that the baseball game was on at 3 and basketball at 4 but it was really at 1, so unfortunately I was able to watch the "basketball game" in full
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Feb 22, 2022 20:30
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Ok so there is no USA Today Coaches Poll that I can find so I did a composite from the other 5. Here's what I totaled up, forgive me for any mistakes.code:
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chaoslord posted:Ok so there is no USA Today Coaches Poll that I can find so I did a composite from the other 5. Here's what I totaled up, forgive me for any mistakes. Nice to see LBSU got a big bump but not quite enough to pass us after winning the series lol Hitting ended up being kinda spotty all weekend - it's almost become a hallmark of our hitting coach Gautreau that the bats start the season off cold. Not too worried yet. In other news, Landon Sims is still real good. After being probably the best closer in the nation not named Kopps last year, he's moved to a starting role and was fantastic - 7 IP, 1 ER, 13 SO, 5 H. Pretty optimistic about our whole pitching situation this year.
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Feb 23, 2022 17:40
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https://twitter.com/PitchingNinja/status/1496651966843437061?s=20&t=Kcp0EsGs0OGrxN2PdMqSNg Just the prettiest thing I ever did see
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Joey Freshwater posted:https://twitter.com/PitchingNinja/status/1496651966843437061?s=20&t=Kcp0EsGs0OGrxN2PdMqSNg Wild that kids throwing in the triple digits are actually making it to college now. Great for the sport!
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Traitorous Leopard posted:Wild that kids throwing in the triple digits are actually making it to college now. Great for the sport! He had Tommy John surgery not too long ago. It’s why he’s still in college instead of MLB
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there was an article in the courier and press about how Evansville was gonna build on their moderate success last year. First game loses by *18 runs* to an admittedly powerhouse NC State. just stop being a cupcake in a single sport i beg you
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Feb 25, 2022 07:46
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LeeMajors posted:UF dropped opening series to Liberty. More of the same underperforming horseshit incoming I guess. https://twitter.com/ShitBsbPlyrsSay/status/1496914113888460807 Opinions on Liberty University set aside I have to give them a tip of the cap for both the power blues and the uni reveal.
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Feb 25, 2022 10:57
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Vols have scored 70 runs in 4.5 games not including the postponed one, opponents have scored 8
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Feb 26, 2022 00:57
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Tommy White hit another grand slam https://twitter.com/ncstatebaseball/status/1497364508318134272?s=21 I’m sorry about the nickname things are starting to get out of hand
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Feb 26, 2022 01:19
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Yeah well did he hit for the cycle and have 9RBIs in 5 innings?? https://twitter.com/Vol_Baseball/status/1497361934177472512?s=20&t=cfinsCRspGcO8fHmUF23jA
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Feb 26, 2022 01:24
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27-1 final, moved us from 14th most Runs scored to second lol
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Feb 26, 2022 02:15
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elentar posted:Tommy White hit another grand slam https://twitter.com/ncstatebaseball/status/1497364508318134272?s=21 Hit another dong tonight too. 7 in what, 4 games? Beast. NCSU gonna be legit I think.
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State is playing like poo poo today and losing to Quinnipiac but Tommy White did hit dinger number 8, this time an oppo job https://twitter.com/NCStateBaseball/status/1497677210752221184?s=20&t=sBXrxxcFO9NHPnre4qfVjw
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Feb 26, 2022 22:07
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Vols are leading Iona 29-0. Won yesterday 27-1
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103 runs in 6 games lol
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elentar posted:State is playing like poo poo today and losing to Quinnipiac but Tommy White did hit dinger number 8, this time an oppo job https://twitter.com/NCStateBaseball/status/1497677210752221184?s=20&t=sBXrxxcFO9NHPnre4qfVjw came back to win it, White ended up 3-5 with 4 more RBIs. not sure i've ever seen a run like this, even with college bats. will still most likely end up a curiosity but what even is baseball if not a machine for generating improbable happenings.
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elentar posted:came back to win it, White ended up 3-5 with 4 more RBIs. not sure i've ever seen a run like this, even with college bats. The competition has been weak. Better pitchers will find a hole in his swing but he’s got easy power.
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LeeMajors posted:The competition has been weak. Better pitchers will find a hole in his swing but he’s got easy power. oh, undoubtedly, Notre Dame's on the schedule soon and Campbell might throw their very legit ace in the midweek game. but in last night's nightcap he hit his 9th homer and picked up 4 more rbi's so i think everyone's just along for the ride at this point.
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elentar posted:oh, undoubtedly, Notre Dame's on the schedule soon and Campbell might throw their very legit ace in the midweek game. but in last night's nightcap he hit his 9th homer and picked up 4 more rbi's so i think everyone's just along for the ride at this point. We agree. I still think he’ll put up some numbers though. Dudes a stud if he can stay out of his own head.
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I know y’all doing care but idgaf Vols bitch 117-7 through 7 games
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Joey Freshwater posted:I know y’all doing care but idgaf Vols bitch You guys look really good this year. UF seems to have tightened up a bit but the competition still isn't great. We are at Miami this weekend so that should be a litmus test with them being top 25.
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Jake Gelof hit for the cycle on Sunday, first UVA cycle since 2001. If the pitching comes together on that team they become an ACC contender pretty quick.
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I am very excited about the Tennessee Texas game tonight. Should be a good game, we've got some DUDES on our pitching staff and have obviously been hitting well. What I'm less excited about is apparently having to watch the game on Astros.com??
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Well dam LSU get some Now get off the drat field
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This score bug is garbage
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Tennessee with 2 TOOTBLANs tonight
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Evan Russell can get it
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This ump sucks. That’s probably 3 punch outs off the plate
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https://twitter.com/bigdonkey47/status/1500210018184048647?t=9KMRopcgaw-XXJg9fH67jQ&s=19 https://twitter.com/bigdonkey47/status/1499582911623974912?t=U6VgmrAbBP66duCZTDMN4w&s=19 Luke Cheng is cool and good. This is a Redbird Appreciation Post.
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