(01-06-2017 03:25 PM)MoodyBlueRaider Wrote:  

(12-30-2016 12:02 AM)BeagleUSM Wrote:  Some notable weekend OOC series

WVU at Charlotte (2/17-2/19)
Creighton at UAB (2/17-2/19)
Rice at Texas (2/17-2/19)
SELA at Rice (2/24/-2/26)
Utah at UTSA (3/03-3/06)
Pepperdine at Rice (3/03-3/05)
UAB at Georgia (3/03/3/05)
Stanford at Rice (3/09-3/12)
Southern Miss at ULL (3/10-3/12)
Charlotte at ECU (3/10-3/12)
UTSA at Texas Tech (3/10-3/12)

BeagleUSM: Pretty obvious you are either ignoring MTSU or just don't have a lot of respect for the program. So, ya got us ranked 8th in the Conference, nobody makes the All-CUSA Team and we have no notable OOC games, H'mmmm? Here is the MT OOC for ya:
1. Memphis (home/Away) Mar. 7 & 8
2. Indiana (Away) Mar. 10, 11, & 12
3. Tennessee (Home/Away) Mar. 14, April 4
4. Vanderbilt (Home/Away) April 18, May 16
5. Northwestern (Home) Feb 24

(01-06-2017 10:39 PM)BeagleUSM Wrote:  Did a little research on this, someone correct me if I'm wrong.

Seems to me that getting rid of the 25% minimum will help SEC/Big12/PAC/ACC schools and to a lesser extent, schools in "tweener" leagues such as CUSA or AAC.

For example, you might have a situation where someone like a Presbyterian or USC Upstate offers a player 30-35% vs walking on at Clemson or South Carolina. So now CU/USC can offer 10-15% which could maybe sway a guy.

On a somewhat smaller scale, you could have Central Arkansas or Jacksonville State offering 40% to a guy vs Tulane or USM offering nothing. With this rule change, Tulane/USM could offer 15-20% and maybe steal a guy that would rather play CUSA/AAC ball over Southland/OVC for a little less money.

(01-12-2017 11:15 AM)eagle04 Wrote:  

(01-06-2017 10:39 PM)BeagleUSM Wrote:  Did a little research on this, someone correct me if I'm wrong.

Seems to me that getting rid of the 25% minimum will help SEC/Big12/PAC/ACC schools and to a lesser extent, schools in "tweener" leagues such as CUSA or AAC.

For example, you might have a situation where someone like a Presbyterian or USC Upstate offers a player 30-35% vs walking on at Clemson or South Carolina. So now CU/USC can offer 10-15% which could maybe sway a guy.

On a somewhat smaller scale, you could have Central Arkansas or Jacksonville State offering 40% to a guy vs Tulane or USM offering nothing. With this rule change, Tulane/USM could offer 15-20% and maybe steal a guy that would rather play CUSA/AAC ball over Southland/OVC for a little less money.

I found this interesting. If I understand this correctly, Stanford has a system in place where if a family's annual household income is less than $125K (used to be $100k) then the student has no financial obligation to tuition. So now, if they have baseball players who qualify for free tuition, they have more of the 11.7 to disperse amongst other (probably more highly recruited) athletes.

Stanford Baseball

(01-12-2017 04:55 PM)cr11owl Wrote:  

(01-12-2017 11:15 AM)eagle04 Wrote:  

(01-06-2017 10:39 PM)BeagleUSM Wrote:  Did a little research on this, someone correct me if I'm wrong.

Seems to me that getting rid of the 25% minimum will help SEC/Big12/PAC/ACC schools and to a lesser extent, schools in "tweener" leagues such as CUSA or AAC.

For example, you might have a situation where someone like a Presbyterian or USC Upstate offers a player 30-35% vs walking on at Clemson or South Carolina. So now CU/USC can offer 10-15% which could maybe sway a guy.

On a somewhat smaller scale, you could have Central Arkansas or Jacksonville State offering 40% to a guy vs Tulane or USM offering nothing. With this rule change, Tulane/USM could offer 15-20% and maybe steal a guy that would rather play CUSA/AAC ball over Southland/OVC for a little less money.

I found this interesting. If I understand this correctly, Stanford has a system in place where if a family's annual household income is less than $125K (used to be $100k) then the student has no financial obligation to tuition. So now, if they have baseball players who qualify for free tuition, they have more of the 11.7 to disperse amongst other (probably more highly recruited) athletes.

Stanford Baseball

And any player from Louisiana that could get into Rice has a full ride to LSU because of TOPS. (Look at TCU as another example). In the case of Stanford (125k), Rice (80k), and any other high end academic school they set these thresholds to attract students who would never be able to pay the tuition. They basically guarantee the students don't have to take out loans but they're still obligated to do work study programs at the university. Their tuition is paid through grants/merit aid/work study and the university gets to advertise themselves as "need blind" for admissions. https://financialaid.rice.edu/Content.aspx?id=38

Also remember for the kids not on scholarship that Rice and Stanford cost 55-65k each year while a state school is a fraction of that.

(01-12-2017 06:27 PM)techdawg28 Wrote:  

(01-12-2017 04:55 PM)cr11owl Wrote:  

(01-12-2017 11:15 AM)eagle04 Wrote:  

(01-06-2017 10:39 PM)BeagleUSM Wrote:  Did a little research on this, someone correct me if I'm wrong.

Seems to me that getting rid of the 25% minimum will help SEC/Big12/PAC/ACC schools and to a lesser extent, schools in "tweener" leagues such as CUSA or AAC.

For example, you might have a situation where someone like a Presbyterian or USC Upstate offers a player 30-35% vs walking on at Clemson or South Carolina. So now CU/USC can offer 10-15% which could maybe sway a guy.

On a somewhat smaller scale, you could have Central Arkansas or Jacksonville State offering 40% to a guy vs Tulane or USM offering nothing. With this rule change, Tulane/USM could offer 15-20% and maybe steal a guy that would rather play CUSA/AAC ball over Southland/OVC for a little less money.

I found this interesting. If I understand this correctly, Stanford has a system in place where if a family's annual household income is less than $125K (used to be $100k) then the student has no financial obligation to tuition. So now, if they have baseball players who qualify for free tuition, they have more of the 11.7 to disperse amongst other (probably more highly recruited) athletes.

Stanford Baseball

And any player from Louisiana that could get into Rice has a full ride to LSU because of TOPS. (Look at TCU as another example). In the case of Stanford (125k), Rice (80k), and any other high end academic school they set these thresholds to attract students who would never be able to pay the tuition. They basically guarantee the students don't have to take out loans but they're still obligated to do work study programs at the university. Their tuition is paid through grants/merit aid/work study and the university gets to advertise themselves as "need blind" for admissions. https://financialaid.rice.edu/Content.aspx?id=38

Also remember for the kids not on scholarship that Rice and Stanford cost 55-65k each year while a state school is a fraction of that.

TOPS is by no means a full ride. You can have TOPS plus another major scholarship and still owe money. Plus, TOPS has been cut drastically and it's not looking good for its future.

(01-12-2017 06:45 PM)isidnirb Wrote:  Shame no ECU vs Rice this year. Mad respect for the Rice baseball program.

(01-04-2017 08:47 PM)waltgreenberg Wrote:  

(01-04-2017 07:01 PM)techdawg88 Wrote:  what part of Tech's OOC schedule is a joke?

http://www.latechsports.com/sports/m-basebl/sched/latc-m-basebl-sched.html

I'll give you UAPB

UT-Arlington is not very good (usually finish with an RPI in the 150 - 200 range) and Witchita State hasn't had a Top 100 team in years (last year finishing with a #183 RPI). Arkansas State is your best OOC weekend series and they finished last year (one of their best ever) with a #115 RPI.

So, yes, your OOC weekend slate is a joke, especially given the multiple quality programs you have in the region.

(01-15-2017 09:10 PM)waltgreenberg Wrote:  FAU #33 in CollegeSportsMadness.com's countdown (ahead of Stanford, Texas, Tulane, Arizona State and others)...

http://www.collegesportsmadness.com/baseball/top-44-previews

...I suspect Rice will come in at somewhere between #17 - #22.

(01-18-2017 10:37 AM)BeagleUSM Wrote:  Rice #23.

https://d1baseball.com/news/2017-d1baseball-preseason-top-25/?utm_content=bufferb32ee&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

(01-21-2017 03:58 PM)BeagleUSM Wrote:  Not 2017, but it was announced yesterday that Mississippi State is coming to Hattiesburg to open up 2018. We go there in 2019.

Next year we'll have State and ULL (assuming they return our trip) on the weekend + our usual midweek slate of Ole Miss, State, Tulane, USA, SELA, Alabama, etc. It'll be one of the toughest OOC schedules in D1 and when you throw in that Rice will come to Hattiesburg in 2018, it'll be the best USM home schedule that I can remember.