FredJacket
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Va Tech has won 5 straight ACC games after starting 0-4. Last 3 wins on road at ND(1) at UNC(2).
4 out of 10 ACC series in...
2 home 2 road.
5-7
Giving up waaaaay too many runs.
Fix that going forward & it's a different season. How/If we fix it? [Shaking my head... with fingers crossed]
Well, we don't give up a 7 run inning in game 2 against UVA, we win 9-6.4 out of 10 ACC series in...
2 home 2 road.
5-7
Giving up waaaaay too many runs.
Fix that going forward & it's a different season. How/If we fix it? [Shaking my head... with fingers crossed]
All three of those upsets were clinched series today. Duke over the Irish, Hokies over Miami, and FSU over Lville.
It seems like there have been a lot more runs scored overall this year. I don't know what it is, but there have been some crazy scores. Texas A&M beat ugag 23-9 yesterday.Clemson & Wake total of 1 run on Friday. And 21 on Saturday.
Great news that ND got swept. UVa came back to beat Pitt 18-0.
Ever notice the distribution of scores is not normal? It's baseball, just seems wackier this year than usual.
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Rolled and modified illegal bats...not conjecture it’s fact…not saying they can’t swing it but they juice their batsGeez..... I want whatever is in the water in Knoxville!
If that is a fact, and I'm not questioning the veracity, how are they getting away with it. I would think the traditional SEC baseball powerhouses would have the league office, the police and the FBI on the case by now. Particularly Vanderbilt who has had all the power in the state for the past decade.Rolled and modified illegal bats...not conjecture it’s fact…not saying they can’t swing it but they juice their bats
If that is a fact, and I'm not questioning the veracity, how are they getting away with it. I would think the traditional SEC baseball powerhouses would have the league office, the police and the FBI on the case by now. Particularly Vanderbilt who has had all the power in the state for the past decade.
Thanks for the detail. If I were an opponent of Tennessee I would be checking the bat for every single batter. While it is possible for a team like Tennessee to have vast improvement year to year, the massive improvement they have shown smells a bit fishy to me.most interesting part was the post game bat testing revealed the bat‘s psi was significantly below standard making the bat in fact lighter.The giant hole in the NCAA’s bat inspection process, the safety hazard it creates and the NCAA’s reluctance to fix it - Baseball | Southeastern Fourteen
Recent events shine light on some major flaws with the NCAA's bat inspection process, as well as the issues it's causing with safety and the game's integrity.southeastern14.com
Agree. Very interesting. I sort of went the other way in my reaction. Typical kind of NCAA crap, right? There are rules. The NCAA "hopes" the teams will play by them and when there is evidence that might not be happening, the NCAA is not prepared to work to fix it and clean it up.most interesting part was the post game bat testing revealed the bat‘s psi was significantly below standard making the bat in fact lighter.The giant hole in the NCAA’s bat inspection process, the safety hazard it creates and the NCAA’s reluctance to fix it - Baseball | Southeastern Fourteen
Recent events shine light on some major flaws with the NCAA's bat inspection process, as well as the issues it's causing with safety and the game's integrity.southeastern14.com
Since the bat incident with Vandy in the past 12 games they have averaged 6.5 runs per game. As a comparison, the 12 games prior to that (against fairly similar competition) they averaged 9.75 runs per game. They also have experienced 2 of their losses, including one to Tn Tech, in the last 12 games. Prior to that they had only lost one game all year. Coincidence???Agree. Very interesting. I sort of went the other way in my reaction. Typical kind of NCAA crap, right? There are rules. The NCAA "hopes" the teams will play by them and when there is evidence that might not be happening, the NCAA is not prepared to work to fix it and clean it up.
Whenever something like this is going on... and assuming Tennessee is guilty of blatantly cheating (as that article implies), then you can bet there are a BUNCH of other teams doing the same or similar things. Teams 'get away with' breaking rules because of the slow drip drip of them and other 'testing' the rules without repercussions.
[fingers crossed my team is clean]