I sure hope Louisiana can get back to a regional this year. We missed out last year. Its time for Coach Robe to bring us to the promise land again.

Geaux Cajuns!

(02-03-2009 06:24 PM)UL_Cajuns Wrote:  I sure hope Louisiana can get back to a regional this year. We missed out last year. Its time for Coach Robe to bring us to the promise land again.

Geaux Cajuns!

The Cajuns are always gonna be good I think. They've always got good coaching and good players. Last year started rough, but you guys ended it on a good note and with a winning record.

UNO will be better than a lot of people will predict this year. Yes, they lost a TON of talent. However, we have the best young coach in America (if you ask me) and I think we are breaking into "reloading" mode instead of rebuilding. There are several question marks going into this season but I think we will surprise some folks and challenge for another regional. I doubt we'll finish first, but we should be in contention.

NEXT year, on the other hand, looks like it's going to be a huge year.

17 days till first pitch!!!

welcome to the board UNO, good to see some representation from one of our non-football schools.

(02-02-2009 11:03 PM)Cajunman02 Wrote:  Ahhh, yes. The fluke that was UL-Monroe last season. The first team in over 15 years to win the SBC regular season and not receive at least an at-large bid to an NCAA regional. Thanks for breaking the streak.

Still a little bitter from last season I see Cajunman02. Hey, at least yall squeaked over the .500 mark by one win! Geaux Cajuns?!?

We won the conference with 8 pitchers last year which forced us to sacrifice our midweek games to compete on the weekends. When you don't have enough pitching to compete in the midweek games, it hurts your RPI which makes it tough to get an at large bid. This season we will have around 15 pitchers.

MT's best hitting team ever was last year. We return everyone but our 3rd baseman.

Our ace pitcher got hurt last year, and will be back this year. We should have a pretty strong weekend rotation. Not sure about our middle relievers and closers.

I pick MT no worse than third in our new stadium

We find out a lot in our first series, against perennial power Missouri State.

I'm a huge baseball fan. Hope some of you can make it to a game in Murfreesboro. We sit high atop the World Famous Hillbilly Hilton out in centerfield, and have a few "beverages" while we're there. All visitors welcome.

We tailgated a bit with the Cajun announcer last year. He's a great guy.

We usually have quite a few opposing fans join us.

(02-03-2009 10:43 PM)ChrisULM Wrote:  

(02-02-2009 11:03 PM)Cajunman02 Wrote:  Ahhh, yes. The fluke that was UL-Monroe last season. The first team in over 15 years to win the SBC regular season and not receive at least an at-large bid to an NCAA regional. Thanks for breaking the streak.

Still a little bitter from last season I see Cajunman02. Hey, at least yall squeaked over the .500 mark by one win! Geaux Cajuns?!?

We won the conference with 8 pitchers last year which forced us to sacrifice our midweek games to compete on the weekends. When you don't have enough pitching to compete in the midweek games, it hurts your RPI which makes it tough to get an at large bid. This season we will have around 15 pitchers.

look at that smack talk, who says ULM and Louisiana aren't rivals?! lol.

ASU may not be in the running for the championship this year but we have a new coach (Raffo) who studied under Polk at Miss State and I've heard great things about what he is doing with our players. ASU was a team that played with poor fundamentals (lots of errors) and an unusual philosophy at the plate. There will be a whole new mindset and strategy for this team that should lead to positive results. Raffo has a long way to go to get the talent back up to par but fundamentals will not be lacking. I expect ASU to move out of the cellar and be competitive.

(02-05-2009 09:29 AM)Trojan Delta Chi Wrote:  

(02-03-2009 10:43 PM)ChrisULM Wrote:  

(02-02-2009 11:03 PM)Cajunman02 Wrote:  Ahhh, yes. The fluke that was UL-Monroe last season. The first team in over 15 years to win the SBC regular season and not receive at least an at-large bid to an NCAA regional. Thanks for breaking the streak.

Still a little bitter from last season I see Cajunman02. Hey, at least yall squeaked over the .500 mark by one win! Geaux Cajuns?!?

We won the conference with 8 pitchers last year which forced us to sacrifice our midweek games to compete on the weekends. When you don't have enough pitching to compete in the midweek games, it hurts your RPI which makes it tough to get an at large bid. This season we will have around 15 pitchers.

look at that smack talk, who says ULM and Louisiana aren't rivals?! lol.

ULM is not a rival with the state of Louisiana (there is no school that is known by Louisiana in our state). We are rivals with ULL though, no matter how much they want to state otherwise.

(02-05-2009 10:17 AM)JSinLR Wrote:  ASU may not be in the running for the championship this year but we have a new coach (Raffo) who studied under Polk at Miss State and I've heard great things about what he is doing with our players. ASU was a team that played with poor fundamentals (lots of errors) and an unusual philosophy at the plate. There will be a whole new mindset and strategy for this team that should lead to positive results. Raffo has a long way to go to get the talent back up to par but fundamentals will not be lacking. I expect ASU to move out of the cellar and be competitive.

Real Glad for A-State. I hope yall can get it going and get in the mix.
Your success will help the conference tremendously. Best of Luck !

(02-05-2009 10:44 AM)bluephi1914 Wrote:  

(02-05-2009 09:29 AM)Trojan Delta Chi Wrote:  

(02-03-2009 10:43 PM)ChrisULM Wrote:  

(02-02-2009 11:03 PM)Cajunman02 Wrote:  Ahhh, yes. The fluke that was UL-Monroe last season. The first team in over 15 years to win the SBC regular season and not receive at least an at-large bid to an NCAA regional. Thanks for breaking the streak.

Still a little bitter from last season I see Cajunman02. Hey, at least yall squeaked over the .500 mark by one win! Geaux Cajuns?!?

We won the conference with 8 pitchers last year which forced us to sacrifice our midweek games to compete on the weekends. When you don't have enough pitching to compete in the midweek games, it hurts your RPI which makes it tough to get an at large bid. This season we will have around 15 pitchers.

look at that smack talk, who says ULM and Louisiana aren't rivals?! lol.

ULM is not a rival with the state of Louisiana (there is no school that is known by Louisiana in our state). We are rivals with ULL though, no matter how much they want to state otherwise.

We are making plans to eventually change our name to UL . We reserve the right to do so. Why does it bother you so much? did you know that
more than 50 % of all Universities have changed their name ? Including yours. As far as I'm concerned, you can call yourselves what ever you want, it's your school.

Toppers picked to win! I am really excited about baseball this year. Finwood has done an incredible job!

WKU is even receiving votes in the USA Today pre-season polls:

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/b...atpoll.htm

FAU is going thru a transition year after our coach of 20+ years retired. His long time assistant is taking over so hopefully minimial disruptions.

Got this from the FAU board. Had no idea that FAU had been this successful. I don know that UM has been the BANE of our regional existence.

Ill follow up once I hear what the forecast is this year.

http://fauowlsnest.com/board/index.php?topic=6892.0

College baseball is almost back. Now I know South Florida is not the biggest baseball region of the country. If you have never been to FAU Baseball Stadium and watched the Owls, shame on you. One could even make a strong argument that it is Florida Atlantic University's most successful sports program. (If it's not #1 at FAU, it's a very close second to softball.) FAU Baseball has been to Regionals (baseball's version of the NCAA Tournament for basketball) eight times and Super Regionals (baseball's version of the Sweet Sixteen) once in 2002. The Diamond Owls are three time conference champions (1999, 2003 and 2004).

Need more convincing that FAU Owls baseball is a winner?

Recruiting Closer is one of the many "media outlets" that writes about college baseball nationally. They run down a list of the Top 30 (college baseball media has a thing for Top 30s... not Top 25s that you may be used to) programs in the past five years based on win percentage.


Highest Winning % (5 year average)

School Win %
Rice 0.784
Texas 0.738
Florida State 0.731
Oral Roberts 0.718
North Carolina 0.716
Cal State Fullerton 0.706
Arizona State 0.706
Virginia 0.694
College Of Charleston 0.692
Wichita State 0.691
Miami 0.689
Coastal Carolina 0.689
Tulane 0.688
Nebraska 0.682
Georgia Tech 0.680
South Carolina 0.679
Oregon State 0.677
Notre Dame 0.676
Southern Miss0.674
Southern 0.662
Clemson 0.662
TCU 0.658
North Carolina State 0.651
Florida Atlantic 0.648
Vanderbilt 0.647
Arkansas 0.646
Louisiana-Lafayette 0.643
Illinois-Chicago 0.643
Mississippi 0.642
Lamar 0.642

Lo-and-behold... there is FAU at number 24. Nationally. Over the past five years. Winning percentage. Nationally. Yes, every Division I school in the country. Pretty impressive.

Check that list again. We are #3 in the State of Florida, behind only Florida State and Miami. We are also #1 in the Sun Belt Conference.

Get out FAU Baseball Stadium this season. Coach Mac deserves everyone to be behind him and his Owls this season!

Go Owls!

(02-09-2009 02:29 PM)Warhawk08 Wrote:  

(02-05-2009 08:39 PM)CajunFan8301 Wrote:  We are making plans to eventually change our name to UL . We reserve the right to do so. Why does it bother you so much? did you know that
more than 50 % of all Universities have changed their name ? Including yours. As far as I'm concerned, you can call yourselves what ever you want, it's your school.

Unfortunately, you are 100% incorrect on this issue. Louisiana-Lafayette is a member of the University of Louisiana System and is therefor regulated by them.

The following is straight from the UL (University of Louisiana System) website:
http://www.ulsystem.net/assets/docs/sear...licies.pdf
The use of the two-letter University of Louisiana abbreviation, “UL,” and/or the phrase “U of L” are prohibited by the university or any of its affiliated organizations (alumni associations, development foundations, bookstores, etc.). For academic, public relations, athletic, as well as other purposes not specified, the use of the University of Louisiana abbreviation must always include the abbreviation for the municipal location of the institution. For example, ULR is appropriate for University of Louisiana at Rayne.

All uses of the name “University of Louisiana” must be followed by the word “at” and the institution’s geographic location. No typographic variations within the name are permitted. The word “at” must be no less than 50% and the geographic location must not exceed 100% nor be less than 80% of the University of Louisiana name. Any institutional use of “University of Louisiana” without the “at” and geographic location is prohibited.

I'm not too sure...but I think that constitutes as a...ummm...BURN!

(02-09-2009 02:37 PM)Paul of Troy Wrote:  I'm not too sure...but I think that constitutes as a...ummm...BURN!

Absolutely! Take note ULL fans

(02-09-2009 02:29 PM)Warhawk08 Wrote:  

(02-05-2009 08:39 PM)CajunFan8301 Wrote:  We are making plans to eventually change our name to UL . We reserve the right to do so. Why does it bother you so much? did you know that
more than 50 % of all Universities have changed their name ? Including yours. As far as I'm concerned, you can call yourselves what ever you want, it's your school.

Unfortunately, you are 100% incorrect on this issue. Louisiana-Lafayette is a member of the University of Louisiana System and is therefor regulated by them.

The following is straight from the UL (University of Louisiana System) website:
http://www.ulsystem.net/assets/docs/sear...licies.pdf
The use of the two-letter University of Louisiana abbreviation, “UL,” and/or the phrase “U of L” are prohibited by the university or any of its affiliated organizations (alumni associations, development foundations, bookstores, etc.). For academic, public relations, athletic, as well as other purposes not specified, the use of the University of Louisiana abbreviation must always include the abbreviation for the municipal location of the institution. For example, ULR is appropriate for University of Louisiana at Rayne.

All uses of the name “University of Louisiana” must be followed by the word “at” and the institution’s geographic location. No typographic variations within the name are permitted. The word “at” must be no less than 50% and the geographic location must not exceed 100% nor be less than 80% of the University of Louisiana name. Any institutional use of “University of Louisiana” without the “at” and geographic location is prohibited.

I like ULM fans that suck into everything LSUA&M wants them to. Unlike you we won't bow at the feet of LSUA&M.

But back to the topic at hand...UL will go as for as our bats can carry us this year. Lost a lot of pitching depth but Robe always makes due with the pitchers he has. I expect a good season but whether that means post season play or not, I am not sure!

(02-10-2009 10:48 AM)clutch0364 Wrote:  I like ULM fans that suck into everything LSUA&M wants them to. Unlike you we won't bow at the feet of LSUA&M.

Not quite sure what that has to do with ULL thinking they are above the rules that the Louisiana System has in place.

(02-10-2009 11:07 AM)Warhawk08 Wrote:  

(02-10-2009 10:48 AM)clutch0364 Wrote:  I like ULM fans that suck into everything LSUA&M wants them to. Unlike you we won't bow at the feet of LSUA&M.

Not quite sure what that has to do with ULL thinking they are above the rules that the Louisiana System has in place.

The point is one day we will have what we have fought for over 20 years for and that is the title of University of Louisiana.

keep fighting the good fight Cajuns, one day you will prevail.