Nashville it is.
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I’m sure it will be that they swept us in Starkville in March. Whether that’s supposed to be a guideline or not (honestly it probably should be), I feel pretty certain that’s why they got the host and we didn’t.
You know, it could just be that we couldn't host due to the construction....its such a short turnaround to get everything ready.
Not everything is a vast anti-MSU conspiracy.
The whole hotel room argument against Nashville being host was stupid to me. How many people would actually be coming from out of town to fill a 3k seat stadium? How many hotel rooms are there in Svegas?
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Our games start after the ones in Fullerton. I guess they want our ratings? Seems like the only logical reason
That's possible, but I would think we would have said that if it were the case. Regardless, I refuse to *****, whine, cry and moan like Clemson fans did back in 07. Vandy deserves to host about as much as we do, other than ticket sales which apparently isn't as big a deal to the NCAA anymore as it was back in the 80s.
same here. Got a room in Brentwood fairly easily. Very worried about tickets... even on the secondary market.
The way they played in Starkville in early March is irrelevant because we are nowhere close to the same team. We beat up on 3 different Top 10 opponents in Starkville the last half of the season but haven't won a road SEC series the whole year besides barely pulling out the series against a pathetic Bama team. This location decision probably has more impact on the series than any other single factor and puts us at a big disadvantage.
There's also a youth baseball tournament Inn Starkville this weekend with about 100 teams. Hotels were pretty thin already in Vegas...
Nice scheduling, morans...
Nice scheduling, morans...
Completely OT, but what is your avatar a photo of? I've looked at it for years and it's a mystery to me. I'm sure it's something obvious, but I just can't make it out.
My main point is, regardless of how Vandy played in Starkville, we have played very poorly on the road this year in the SEC all the way through. Odds are stacked against us going into Nashville.
Thought that I heard on B&B Show that Construction Co had 'all contingencies' covered for us to host. /Conspiracy lives!
Break .. I want to hear what IB, himself has to say about hosting.
Am I the only one who sees Vandy as more deserving? They had a better conference record, they swept us at our field and they were the higher #2 seed (if that exists, but they were the #2 at a non-national seed which implies higher than us), THEN add our stadium construction on top of that
It's just not that big of a deal to me
It's just not that big of a deal to me
I wouldn't be opposed to the SEC setting a site aside for situations like this. At most it will happen twice a season and one site could handle 3 double headers easily. This is a crazy year with 3 SEC/SEC super matchups and still only one of them needed a debate. Memphis would have been perfect or even Birmingham. Play at a neutral site, everyone is happy and sell tons of tickets.
I don't like it just because we are equally seeded teams yet them hosting gives them a huge advantage. But from a team accomplishment standpoint they are as much or more deserving than we are. I really hate that their sweep of us is a factor though because of all we were dealing with as a team back in March between our coaching turmoil and the inability we had to have normal outdoor practices on our field. We just started the year well behind where we would have been without all of those negatives.
Biggest factors were probably our stadium condition and the fact that we had little to no hotel availability ourselves due to hosting the Little League WS tournament.
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Am I the only one who sees Vandy as more deserving? - PRETTY MUCH, YES.
They had a better conference record, - BY 1 GAME, BUT THEY PLAYED A WEAKER EASTERN DIVISION SCHEDULE
they swept us at our field - MEANINGLESS
and they were the higher #2 seed (if that exists, but they were the #2 at a non-national seed which implies higher than us), - THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A "HIGHER" #2 SEED
THEN add our stadium construction on top of that - AGREED
It's just not that big of a deal to me - AGREED. BOTH TEAMS PRETTY MUCH EQUALLY DESERVED TO HOST. I DON'T THINK WE CAN COMPLAIN THAT THEY'RE HOSTING, AND I DON'T THINK THEY COULD COMPLAIN IF WE WERE.
They had a better conference record, - BY 1 GAME, BUT THEY PLAYED A WEAKER EASTERN DIVISION SCHEDULE
they swept us at our field - MEANINGLESS
and they were the higher #2 seed (if that exists, but they were the #2 at a non-national seed which implies higher than us), - THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A "HIGHER" #2 SEED
THEN add our stadium construction on top of that - AGREED
It's just not that big of a deal to me - AGREED. BOTH TEAMS PRETTY MUCH EQUALLY DESERVED TO HOST. I DON'T THINK WE CAN COMPLAIN THAT THEY'RE HOSTING, AND I DON'T THINK THEY COULD COMPLAIN IF WE WERE.
I don't think the sweep was a factor. If it was they apparently ignored their own guidelines. I think, as has been stated, it had to do with the difficulties created by a stadium still under construction in some facets. I'm fine with it.
First, there's no such thing as a "higher #2 seed". So that's irrelevant. There is only a distinction made among the #1 seeds. And none of the other things you mentioned above matter, according to the NCAA's own guidelines for site selection, which you can see here, on page 20. Here's the relevant part: If the super regional matchup is between equally seeded teams, the committee shall review the hosting proposals according to the site selection criteria (e.g., quality and availability of the facility, revenue potential and other available accommodations) to determine the host.
This definitely mattered.
It was reported, before the regional, that Cohen said that construction would not limit us from hosting a super. I read it on six pack and did not physically hear him say it, so there.
The hotel room argument was always pointless. There was never an issue on either side.
Finebaum is being pressed for an answer on this issue
he says that he will inquire ...and get an answer.
Says give him some time.
he says that he will inquire ...and get an answer.
Says give him some time.
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