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Post mid-week games RPI update (4/21/16)

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EminenceBunt

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Well, after a rough SBW and a offensive thriller against ULM we went 1-3 this week and sit at #17 which is exactly where we were this time last week. We ran into a team in A&M that is hitting better than anyone in the country right now, it happens. Let's take 2 of 3 from LSU this weekend and get right back on track and in the discussion for a national seed. We will get a sweep back, whether it's from Auby, Arky or Bama, we will get one. Can't stress how huge it is to see Daniel Brown and Zac Houston getting it together, we will need both of them come post season.

Let's take a look at the RPI movement of other teams of interest on our schedule. The (+) and (-) values are based on the movement of a teams RPI since this time last week.


-Florida (#1)
-A&M (#4): +6
-Ole Miss (#6): -1
-LSU (#12): +12
-Vandy (#14)
-MSU (#17)
-FAU (#18 ): +17
-South Alabama (#19): -8
-USM (#22): -9
-UGA (#37): +10
-Bama (#47): +12
-Oral Roberts (#69): +20
-Troy (#73): +6
-UCLA (#76): +2, (16-18 ) on the year
-Oregon (#79): +6, (17-13) on the year
-Mizzou (#102): +10
-USC (#103): -6, (16-19) on the year
-Oklahoma (#106): +2, (18-19-1) on the year
-Arkansas (#109): +7
-Auburn (#111): +30
-ULM (#123): -13
-UMASS-Lowell (#166): -6
-SDSU (#208 ): +31
-Memphis (#209): +5
-Nichols State (#218 ): +17
-Eastern Kentucky (#220): -14
-TN-Martin (#278 ): +1
-Alcorn (#288 ): +4
-Valley (#300)

Oregon is continuing to get it together. In the past 20 days they are 6-2 with 2 wins over California, 1 win over Portland, a sweep against USC last weekend and a 10-11 loss to Oregon State on Monday. They play UCLA this weekend btw. Speaking of UCLA, the Dodger Classic is now officially a fail with all 3 teams having a losing record. Oklahoma showed signs of life last week but went 0-4 over the past 7 days, getting swept by TCU and losing to Oklahoma State last night. Georgia had a good weekend, taking 2 from South Carolina. Bama also had a good weekend, going 3-1 in the "USA Baseball Irish Classic" with wins from Notre Dame, Niagra and Brown and a 2-1 loss against North Carolina State. Good to see Bama and UGA in the top 50, I hope that trend continues.

Just like A&M bounced back from getting swept against Florida, we will bounce back from getting swept too. As weird as it sounds, I almost feel better about our team right now then I did last week. You can't do anything about a team getting 40+ hits in a weekend, A&M was just hot and found a hole every time they swung the bat, they may be the best team in the country. We did see some good things this weekend though, we continued to hit will against a tough staff and I saw some really good things from guys like Daniel Brown and Zac Houston. Our Bullpen is starting to shape up, I feel really good with Rigby, Blake Smith, Houston, Brown, Keegan James and Humphries out there, then when you throw in guys like Small, Cyr, Breaux, Paul Young and Billingsley in there we have a very deep looking pen. Lot's of capable arms to throw out there. Once we get Robson back out there I think we will be in full form heading into the final stretch.
 
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WayboDawg

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I believe we will be fine. Most everyone on here wanted to see this team earn a hosting spot more than any other regular season goal at the beginning of the year, and as of today we are very much on track.
 
57stratdawg

57stratdawg

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Incredibly bad luck for basically all of our P5 opponents we played in the pre-conference to be sitting between 75 and 110.

Thanks for posting this BTW.
 
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OleMissLogo

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Well most people would say you could do a lot about a team getting 40+ hits in a weekend. Pitching better being at least one of those...
 
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OleMissLogo said:
Well most people would say you could do a lot about a team getting 40+ hits in a weekend. Pitching better being at least one of those...
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And most of your "most people" did not see the games. Tamu was hitting on a different level than anything I've seen. Plus their defense was insane.

We ran into a hot team with something to prove. But, go ahead and blame it on poor pitching. It was the same pitching that shut your guys down.

..
 
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KurtRambis4

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And this is

why people that just look at stats are idiots about baseball. Did you even watch a game?
 
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EminenceBunt

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OleMissLogo said:
Well most people would say you could do a lot about a team getting 40+ hits in a weekend. Pitching better being at least one of those...
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In 3 games against our pitching, your Rebels managed 18 hits. A&M had 47 hits. Either y'all suck dick or we ran into an A&M team that had bats hotter than Analise Presley. Check yourself before you wreck yourself son.
 
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patdog

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57stratdawg said:
Incredibly bad luck for basically all of our P5 opponents we played in the pre-conference to be sitting between 75 and 110.
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Yep. A lot like when we scheduled a home and home with Arizona when they were coming off a CWS, and they were sub-100 RPI both years. I've been critical of Cohen scheduling so many pansies non-conference a lot, but every time he tries to schedule up, the other teams wind up sucking.
 
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EminenceBunt

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I would like to see us shy away from scheduling the PAC-12 games and focus more on the ACC. I understand that Cohen wants his team to play some West Coast teams, bc they do have a different style of play out there and it's nice to see it in the regular season in the case that we face a West Coast team in the post season. However, the PAC-12 has been very inconsistent and unpredictable the past few years. They will probably only have 1 host team this year, Cal or Oregon State. The PAC-12's RPI as a whole this year is beyond weak. I just think a series against FSU, Miami, NC State, Clemson, North Carolina, etc., would benefit us more, in more way than one.
 
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OleMissLogo

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I didn't say anything about this weekend. But yes, there is always something you can do about it.

Teams get hot, teams have great weekends, but there's always something you can do about it.

Are you telling me you truly believe that State pitched their absolute best last weekend?
 
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OleMissLogo

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Also, when you leave Starkville, you HAVE to get it to count as a road game. A couple midweek like the Gov Cup and USM is one thing, but I was furious that we played the Coastal Carolina tournament this year. We only got one road game out of it.

With the multiplier, if you aren't playing at home then you have to get the benefit of the away multiplier.

Y'all got that this year with UCLA and USC both being classified as away and the neutral game being a tie.

So more of just an "in general" than specifically to this year.
 
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KurtRambis4

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You're trying

awfully hard to convince us that we aren't really that good. You're killing that avg post count.
 
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WayboDawg

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EminenceBunt said:
I would like to see us shy away from scheduling the PAC-12 games and focus more on the ACC. I understand that Cohen wants his team to play some West Coast teams, bc they do have a different style of play out there and it's nice to see it in the regular season in the case that we face a West Coast team in the post season. However, the PAC-12 has been very inconsistent and unpredictable the past few years. They will probably only have 1 host team this year, Cal or Oregon State. The PAC-12's RPI as a whole this year is beyond weak. I just think a series against FSU, Miami, NC State, Clemson, North Carolina, etc., would benefit us more, in more way than one.
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I'd love to see us play some of those ACC teams that you have listed. I also think sprinkling in some Missouri Valley Conference teams would help us as well. They traditionally have one of the very best RPI's out of any conference, and there are some darn good programs in there like Wichita State, Missouri State, and Dallas Baptist. Some have even been to or won the CWS.
 
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RocketDawg

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Who does our scheduling for OOC games? Maybe Cohen should put a little thought into scheduling for maximizing RPI if he's the one who does it.
 
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bulldogcountry1

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Good information. Us getting swept and not dropping is more to do with opponent's win % and really highlights the weakness of the RPI formula. A couple weeks ago, our opponent's win % was around .580. Today, it is .610. Yeah, A&M contributed to that, but most of our former opponents had good weeks last week. That was a big boost, yet completely out of our control.
 
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He's been trying to convince us (and himself) of that for almost a year now....

OleMissLogo was my nomination for DDDY. He says one or two things that actually make sense, then he busts out some ridiculous ****.

This dude spends more time here than he does on Ole Miss boards.I still don't think he is over the age of 20.
 
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OleMissLogo

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GhostOfJackie said:
OleMissLogo was my nomination for DDDY. He says one or two things that actually make sense, then he busts out some ridiculous ****.

This dude spends more time here than he does on Ole Miss boards.I still don't think he is over the age of 20.
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Total posts on SixPack since Dec 2014: 402

Total posts on RCR since Aug 2013: 13,485

Yea I totally spend all of my time over here.


And no one has answered my question: Do you believe that State pitched their absolute best last weekend? 100% of their capability from every single pitcher?

If the answer is "no", then yes something could have been done about A&M getting 40+ hits on the weekend. That's my entire point. All of it. Nothing more.
 
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engie

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^ The guy pretending to know something about baseball while talking in micro-absolutes.
 
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KurtRambis4

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You're trying way

too hard to convince us we aren't that good. I'm not sorry we beat their **** out of your crap team.
 
CochiseCowbell

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What is the different style that West Coast teams play? I was unable to listen or watch that weekend.
 
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EminenceBunt

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CochiseCowbell said:
What is the different style that West Coast teams play? I was unable to listen or watch that weekend.
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Usually teams out West will have more of a small ball, get em on, get em over, get em in approach at the plate. Actually Cohen's teams, minus this year, would be a great comparison to the style of play of a western team. Think UCLA 2013.
 
CochiseCowbell

CochiseCowbell

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EminenceBunt said:
Usually teams out West will have more of a small ball, get em on, get em over, get em in approach at the plate. Actually Cohen's teams, minus this year, would be a great comparison to the style of play of a western team. Think UCLA 2013.
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Gotcha. Yeah, I blew up chat during that second game on a tirade about their HBP's. Sorry, I broke that SPS function errbody.**
 
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