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WhiteSoxSteve
06-13-2006, 03:11 PM
I'm suprised I haven't seen anything about this posted here. The tourney starts Friday, I can't wait for it to start, the NCAA tourney has been great so far and every team has a great chance to take home the national title in Omaha. I will stick with my pick at the beginning of the tournament, Rice.

The teams-

Clemson
Georgia Tech
Cal. St. Fullerton
North Carolina
Rice
Georgia
Oregon St.
Miami
jpenrod
06-13-2006, 04:38 PM
Actually I was posting some stuff in the Amatuer Baseball thread in Web Improvements. Currently there is not a good place to discuss Amatuer Baseball here at BBF so there has been some discussion about adding a forum or something. That being said, the tournament has been great thusfar with three national seeds already eliminated. I also noticed that the SEC has only one team left (they started with 8, tops in the tourney). I cannot wait toill this weekend and the CWS gets started, unfortunately my team (Georgia Tech) got a tough draw in Game 1 (Clemson).
Dravecky43
06-13-2006, 10:42 PM
Heck, I'm going for the team that knocked out my 'Dogs, Cal State Fullerton. They have 3 or 4 very good pitchers (one was named co-national player of the year by College Baseball News, I believe) and a lot of hot bats. But I think that Clemson will take it. They seemed to breeze through the regionals and super-regionals the easiest.
flash143817
06-14-2006, 05:51 AM
Heck, I'm going for the team that knocked out my 'Dogs, Cal State Fullerton. They have 3 or 4 very good pitchers (one was named co-national player of the year by College Baseball News, I believe) and a lot of hot bats. But I think that Clemson will take it. They seemed to breeze through the regionals and super-regionals the easiest.

Fullerton has 3 good starting pitchers, led by Wes Roemer (who went to my high school). They also have a good closer and the guy that was supposed to be their closer but got injured could be back for the CWS. I think they have enough pitching depth to take down the CWS. Most teams have 1 great starter but how many have 3?
jpenrod
06-14-2006, 07:33 AM
Heck, I'm going for the team that knocked out my 'Dogs, Cal State Fullerton. They have 3 or 4 very good pitchers (one was named co-national player of the year by College Baseball News, I believe) and a lot of hot bats. But I think that Clemson will take it. They seemed to breeze through the regionals and super-regionals the easiest.

Clemson is the #1 seed and deservedly so. They are definitely the team to beat and it would not surprise me to see them sweep to the championship (not saying they will). They have an abundance of talent and they have their focus in the right place.
SamtheBravesFan
06-14-2006, 08:53 AM
Georgia Tech will have learned their lesson :dance, they'll beat Clemson next time. :D
jpenrod
06-14-2006, 10:17 AM
Georgia Tech will have learned their lesson :dance, they'll beat Clemson next time. :D

Well I hope you are right, but sometimes it is not about learning a lesson. they are 3-3 against them this season, but Clemson is playing Good ball right now. All that being said GT is playing some good beesball themselves so Game 1 should be a lot of fun to watch, to bad I will be at work. the games are not being broadcast on XM are they?
SamtheBravesFan
06-14-2006, 11:01 AM
Well I hope you are right, but sometimes it is not about learning a lesson. they are 3-3 against them this season, but Clemson is playing Good ball right now. All that being said GT is playing some good beesball themselves so Game 1 should be a lot of fun to watch, to bad I will be at work. the games are not being broadcast on XM are they?

Don't think so. But don't worry, I'll keep tabs on it for you. ;)
jpenrod
06-14-2006, 12:20 PM
Don't think so. But don't worry, I'll keep tabs on it for you. ;)

Thanks Sam:rolleyes::D

By the way your sig line is brutal


SV: Chris Reitsma, 8 <- Mr. DL :waving
:laugh
SamtheBravesFan
06-14-2006, 01:32 PM
By the way your sig line is brutal

:laugh

He deserves it. ;P
jpenrod
06-15-2006, 08:25 PM
So the odds makers have spoken and this is how the break it down:
C.S. Fullerton 3-1
Rice 16-5
Clemson 9-2
Tech 6-1
Oregon St. 7-1
UNC 9-1
Miami 13-1
UGA 14-1
flash143817
06-16-2006, 02:33 AM
Fullerton has the best pitching and I think that will carry it for them. I believe they led the NCAA in ERA this season and they have 3 great starters and a good closer. Tough to compete with that pitching depth when most teams only have 1 good starter.

Offensively, they are good but not great. They lack power but they have great speed and play small ball. They put extreme pressure on the defense and are always looking to take the extra base and force the defense to make plays. This keeps them from being prone to outages when they aren't hitting HR's.
jpenrod
06-16-2006, 11:21 AM
Tech Jumps out to an early 3 run lead on Clemson in Game 1!
Erik Bedard
06-16-2006, 11:59 AM
The ACC has half the teams, whereas the Pac 10 and SEC combined only have two. And what was this talk I heard about the Pac 10 and SEC being to dominant? :rolleyes:
jpenrod
06-16-2006, 09:02 PM
Well Tech blew a 4 run lead and will now have to face the tournament favorite C.S. Fullerton (who lost to UNC) to avoid elimination. Must be something in the water in Atlanta.
SamtheBravesFan
06-16-2006, 09:49 PM
Well Tech blew a 4 run lead and will now have to face the tournament favorite C.S. Fullerton (who lost to UNC) to avoid elimination. Must be something in the water in Atlanta.

Yeah. I was listening to the game on the radio while on a friend's boat, and I just happened to hear the go-ahead homer. Wasn't happy, that was for sure.
flash143817
06-18-2006, 05:16 AM
The ACC has half the teams, whereas the Pac 10 and SEC combined only have two. And what was this talk I heard about the Pac 10 and SEC being to dominant? :rolleyes:


Historically the Pac 10 has dominated the CWS but this year is a majorly down year. The Pac 10 has won almost half of all the CWS that have been contested.
flash143817
06-18-2006, 05:18 AM
Well Tech blew a 4 run lead and will now have to face the tournament favorite C.S. Fullerton (who lost to UNC) to avoid elimination. Must be something in the water in Atlanta.

GT gave up their chance to win that game when they removed the starter. He had a 2-hitter through 7 and then the bullpen was just awful. I think Clemson scored 7 runs before GT even got an out in the inning. Complete collapse.
Matthew C.
06-18-2006, 08:04 AM
GO TAR HEELS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I hope they can somehow beat Clemson today!
Erik Bedard
06-18-2006, 08:13 AM
Did anyone see UNC's nailbiter win? That 11th inning was AWFUL! I mean, you should never get picked off of third. A dropped third strike is rare, but two in an inning? Just sloppy play. And a throw HITTING the baserunner?
Erik Bedard
06-18-2006, 08:15 AM
Historically the Pac 10 has dominated the CWS but this year is a majorly down year. The Pac 10 has won almost half of all the CWS that have been contested.

I know, just over in the thread in Web Improvements, someone said that he was kind of upset at the Pac-10 being too dominant.
flash143817
06-20-2006, 03:51 AM
Did anyone see UNC's nailbiter win? That 11th inning was AWFUL! I mean, you should never get picked off of third. A dropped third strike is rare, but two in an inning? Just sloppy play. And a throw HITTING the baserunner?

Fullerton gave away that game. They threatened in seemingly every late inning and just couldn't push a run across because they kept screwing up.


They managed to rebound in their second game with a late rally though. I really thought that they were going to lose their second game because of that fan interference HR that gave Georgia Tech the 5-4 lead late in the game.
jpenrod
06-20-2006, 05:17 AM
Well, both Georgia teams took a page from the Braves manual for post season success and bowed out early. The #1 seed and the CWS favorite play an elimination game today. The Pac-10 fights to keep their lone representitive alive tonight. It has been a surprising series so far.