Take Away from Oregon Series

[Philly Dawg]

I don't think we saw the best from their staff, but it was encouraging to see us hit quality pitching. And our pitching was solid to excellent. Having said that, Oregon hitting has to improve or they could struggle.

 

[msstate7]

Oregon scored 9 runs this weekend and all but 2 were scored off our bullpen (7th inning on). That tells me our starters were pretty dang good, so maybe some of oregon's offensive struggles were due to us

 

[rugbdawg]

I think Oregon's team batting average went slightly up over the weekend...terrible hitting club...still impressive pitching performance from our three starters.

 

[57stratdawg]

This team really comes down to Sexton and Brown, IMO. If they play well, sky's the limit. They've been up-and-down so far this year though. Hopefully they'll put that behind them, because they both played well this weekend.

 

[121Josey]

I don't think we saw the best from their staff, but it was encouraging to see us hit quality pitching. Having said that, Oregon hitting has to improve or they could struggle.

Oregon is not a Top 25 team at the moment. They have poor hitting and their pitching staff showed little control. Part of it could have to do with the weather, but overall... they sucked hard.

And to think that they missed out on playing Bama on Thursday.

 

[KurtRambis4]

My take is

that our offense will be fine this year, for the most part, like a few of us have said.

The pitching has tons of depth, but they just have to show they're capable of locking it down.

 

[rugbdawg]

Takeaway is that, if we have any glaring weaknesses, it won't be from the offense. It'll be defensively at 3B or relief pitching.

 

[patdog]

that our offense will be fine this year, for the most part, like a few of us have said.

I happily agree with you. The newcomers are producing. I'm liking this team better than any other Cohen team other than 2013.

 

[Hypnodawg]

I'm loving the extra base hits we are getting this year.

 

[coach66]

I think we have some talent and are starting to show some moxey. This might

Have a happy ending.

 

[thekimmer]

Promising turn of events. It was almost a little too easy winning comfortably against a top 10 team in three games which makes me think that UO is more than a bit over ranked. Still quality wins though. What we really need to see from this team is the ability to win on the road (So far 1-1-1) and the ability to win the closely contested high pressure ballgames against a good opponent.

 

[engie]

If we can stack another class like this freshman class and keep guys healthy, that group will be the first to bring us a ring IMO....

First group we've had that collectively has elite talent and the "it" factor early in their career IMO... We have had a lot of classes with one or the other of those traits, and some that developed the rest later on, but as was talked about by a few of us on the front end -/ last year's class just seemed to be a little different breed. Got to continue to develop Breaux and Small(I hope both get midweek starts this week), keep them healthy, and find a long reliever and closer in the group and we will be an elite team the next 3 years. Anything in the field and at the plate is a bonus.

 

[Philly Dawg]

If they don't start hitting better, Oregon will have a long year even if their pitching does better most weekends.

 

[patdog]

It was almost a little too easy winning comfortably against a top 10 team in three games which makes me think that UO is more than a bit over ranked. Still quality wins though.

There is no doubt that Oregon was very overranked. They were pretty average last year and their schedule so far this year was garbage until this weekend. Like you say, still good quality wins. I expect Oregon, UCLA and USC to all make the NCAAT, but probably only 1 will host, and none will be a national seed.

 

[engie]

They've won an average of what? 46? the last 3 years? Hard to fall a mid-40 win team "average". Now, I do agree that this group was over ranked -- but I also do think they are probably a top 25 team when it's all said and done.

 

[drt7891]

With all due respect... We did a pretty good job of falling from 50+ wins to "average" within a year or two. We fell from 51 to 39 to 24 wins in 3 seasons.

The season will prove itself. If we are truly getting better, then we should make a strong showing in the SEC in the coming weeks. Just like a bad weekend doesn't break you, a singe good one doesn't make you, either.

We are getting better, so as long as that trend continues, we will be fine.

 

[KurtRambis4]

One thing is

for certain, that this is our best team since 2013.

 

[patdog]

How are 2013 and 2014 even relevant to this team? They went 38-25 last year and they're 8-5 this year.

 

[engie]

With all due respect... We did a pretty good job of falling from 50+ wins to "average" within a year or two. We fell from 51 to 39 to 24 wins in 3 seasons.

The season will prove itself. If we are truly getting better, then we should make a strong showing in the SEC in the coming weeks. Just like a bad weekend doesn't break you, a singe good one doesn't make you, either.

We are getting better, so as long as that trend continues, we will be fine.

Hard to have an honest discussion when you've been ready to fire every coach we have at some point in the past 3 months.

Cohen teams have a history of being a bit of a roller coaster throughout his career. George Horton's have been a model of consistency.

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
CSUF Titans (Big West Conference) <small>(1997–2007)</small>
1997	Cal State Fullerton	39–24–1	21–9	2nd <small>(Southern)</small>	NCAA Regional
1998	Cal State Fullerton	47–17	25–5	1st <small>(Southern)</small>	NCAA Regional
1999	Cal State Fullerton	50–14	25–5	1st	College World Series
2000	Cal State Fullerton	38–21	21–9	T–1st	NCAA Regional
2001	Cal State Fullerton	48–18	14–4	1st	College World Series
2002	Cal State Fullerton	37–22	14–10	T–4th	NCAA Regional
2003	Cal State Fullerton	50–16	15–6	2nd	College World Series
2004	Cal State Fullerton	47–22	19–2	1st	College World Series Champions
2005	Cal State Fullerton	46–18	16–5	1st	NCAA Super Regional
2006	Cal State Fullerton	50–15	18–3	1st	College World Series
2007	Cal State Fullerton	38–25	10–11	5th	College World Series
Cal State Fullerton:	490–212–1	198–69
Oregon Ducks (Pac-12 Conference) <small>(2009–present)</small>
2009	Oregon	14–42	4–23	10th
2010	Oregon	40–24	13–14	T–5th	NCAA Regional
2011	Oregon	33–26–1	11–16	8th
2012	Oregon	46–19	19–11	3rd	NCAA Super Regional
2013	Oregon	48–16	22–8	2nd	NCAA Regional
2014	Oregon	44–20	18–12	4th	NCAA Regional
Oregon:	225–147–1	88–85

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