Big opening weekend in Sun Belt baseball. Here is the schedule for the weekend:

Friday:
Appalachian State @ Coastal Carolina
Sam Houston State @ #6 Louisiana-Lafayette
Georgia Southern @ Georgia
Western Michigan @ Georgia State
Northern Kentucky @ Troy
Arkansas State @ UAB
Stephen F. Austin @ UTA
#25 Oklahoma State @ UTA
Indiana State @ Little Rock
Evansville @ South Alabama
Washington State @ Texas State
ULM @ Southeastern Louisiana

Saturday:
Appalachian State vs #9 Virginia (At Coastal Carolina)
Sam Houston State @ #6 Louisiana-Lafayette
Georgia Southern @ Georgia
VCU @ Georgia State
Northern Kentucky @ Troy
Arkansas State @ UAB
#25 Oklahoma State @ UTA
Kansas @ Little Rock
Evansville @ South Alabama
Washington State @ Texas State
ULM @ Southeastern Louisiana

Sunday:
Appalachian State vs Old Dominion (At Coastal Carolina)
Sam Houston State @ #6 Louisiana-Lafayette
Georgia Southern @ Georgia
Purdue @ Georgia State
Northern Kentucky @ Troy
Arkansas State @ UAB
Stephen F. Austin @ UTA
Indiana State @ Little Rock
Evansville @ South Alabama
Washington State @ Texas State
ULM @ Southeastern Louisiana

What are you looking forward to seeing from your team on opening weekend?

I'll be at Foley Field on Saturday. I'll be the one in the Georgia Southern hat.

(02-17-2016 04:50 PM)bullitt_60 Wrote:  I'll be at Foley Field on Saturday. I'll be the one in the Georgia Southern hat.

I was thinking about heading up on Sunday. I'm very interested in the two freshmen we have starting this weekend

Don t know what to expect this year. I think we will have 5 of 8 position players starting for the first time and right now our top 3 starters to start year are sophomore freshman and freshman.

A new team in many ways

(02-17-2016 04:54 PM)GaSoEagle Wrote:  Don t know what to expect this year. I think we will have 5 of 8 position players starting for the first time and right now our top 3 starters to start year are sophomore freshman and freshman.

A new team in many ways

Challenger the Friday night starter is a Junior -- the other two starters are freshmen

Yep. That s right. Taking 2 of 3 this wkend would be a very good start

Lots of sunshine, highs in the upper 70's...lots of cold beers, good food, fresh roasted peanuts...tailgating...watching the Cajuns play with about 4K people...shoukd be fun. Hopefully start off with a sweep but it won't be easy. We are playing SHSU who's head coach is Matt Deggs...he was our hitting coach 2 years ago when we went 58-10 and hosted a Super.

After sweeping UGA at home last year, if we take the series in Athens they'll never schedule is again.

(02-17-2016 05:58 PM)CC Eagle Wrote:  After sweeping UGA at home last year, if we take the series in Athens they'll never schedule is again.

We're 7-2 against them in the last 3 years. This is the last leg of the 2 home/home so we'll see if we get put back on the schedule

This isnt football...even the big schools need good RPI teams to play that are in close range. You are more likely to be removed from the schedule if they were 9-0 against and you had a horrible RPI.

(02-17-2016 06:14 PM)Louisiana99 Wrote:  This isnt football...even the big schools need good RPI teams to play that are in close range. You are more likely to be removed from the schedule if they were 9-0 against and you had a horrible RPI.

They have dropped us in the past after a series win. After several years they will add us back on the schedule.

(02-17-2016 06:21 PM)SBEagle Wrote:  

(02-17-2016 06:14 PM)Louisiana99 Wrote:  This isnt football...even the big schools need good RPI teams to play that are in close range. You are more likely to be removed from the schedule if they were 9-0 against and you had a horrible RPI.

They have dropped us in the past after a series win. After several years they will add us back on the schedule.

Yup. Around the 2003-05 range we took a few from them one year before sweeping two home games and taking 3/4 in Athens the next season. It was almost a decade before they showed up on the schedule again.

(02-17-2016 06:21 PM)SBEagle Wrote:  

(02-17-2016 06:14 PM)Louisiana99 Wrote:  This isnt football...even the big schools need good RPI teams to play that are in close range. You are more likely to be removed from the schedule if they were 9-0 against and you had a horrible RPI.

They have dropped us in the past after a series win. After several years they will add us back on the schedule.

Schedules circulate... If they dropped you because of the series lost they would never add you again. Both teams need openings for a schedule to happen. We have beaten LSU plenty and they never dropped us fur that. We stopped that series for a while after the dugouts cleared in a game which is understandable to let all the guys in on those two teams leave. I've really never seen a group of people think everyone is scared of them like Georgia southern. Not everything is a conspiracy.

Just released our starters for the weekend. Three true freshmen.

(02-17-2016 06:51 PM)T-Dog Wrote:  Just released our starters for the weekend. Three true freshmen.

That's a difficult tournament field to be breaking in 3 freshmen

(02-17-2016 06:51 PM)T-Dog Wrote:  Just released our starters for the weekend. Three true freshmen.

4 true freshmen got us to a super last year...maybe it will work for y'all

Apparently the mid-week starter/4th starter is also a true freshman. All four were highly-rated NC prospects.

The big question is late-game management. Jones left guys in way too long and then replaced them with 2-3 runners on, putting the bullpen in a bad spot that usually they couldn't get out of. Got a new pitching coach so he might be more forceful in making timely changes.

(02-17-2016 06:14 PM)Louisiana99 Wrote:  This isnt football...even the big schools need good RPI teams to play that are in close range. You are more likely to be removed from the schedule if they were 9-0 against and you had a horrible RPI.

Of course, we beat UGA like a drum and always don't do that great in the RPI thanks to having more than our fair share of bad mid-week losses.

(02-17-2016 06:36 PM)Louisiana99 Wrote:  

(02-17-2016 06:21 PM)SBEagle Wrote:  

(02-17-2016 06:14 PM)Louisiana99 Wrote:  This isnt football...even the big schools need good RPI teams to play that are in close range. You are more likely to be removed from the schedule if they were 9-0 against and you had a horrible RPI.

They have dropped us in the past after a series win. After several years they will add us back on the schedule.

Schedules circulate... If they dropped you because of the series lost they would never add you again. Both teams need openings for a schedule to happen. We have beaten LSU plenty and they never dropped us fur that. We stopped that series for a while after the dugouts cleared in a game which is understandable to let all the guys in on those two teams leave. I've really never seen a group of people think everyone is scared of them like Georgia southern. Not everything is a conspiracy.

Give us a little leeway when talking about UGA because in this case I think he's right. That's what I think happened too. And because **** 'em.