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Post by Sons of Vaval on May 17, 2024 18:51:39 GMT -5
Drop the ghost runner period. Kentucky, I know you’re a purist. What are your thoughts on the pitch clock?
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Post by Sons of Vaval on May 17, 2024 16:32:44 GMT -5
There are significant restrictions for traffic near Valhalla during the tournament with attendees parking very far away and taking shuttles. Maybe that’s the case in all golf tournament as I’m guessing the courses don’t have parking spaces to accommodate tens of thousands of cars. You’d think the tournament organizers would find a way for the golfers to get there easily. Louisville has done a good job in the past for the Ryder Cup and a couple of PGA’s. Maybe the congestion was caused by the crush of people trying to get to the course for the opportunity to see Tiger Woods tie the laces on his golf shoes.😊 Update: I’m hearing the congestion was caused by a traffic accident with a fatality Golfers are given courtesy cars at every tournament and that is what he was driving. It had a PGA logo on it to identify him as a player/official that is supposed to have access to the facility. When I covered the USA Amateur at Brookline about ten plus years ago, I had a special parking pass to get on the course. At this type of event, the same type of thing would be going on and pedestrians would be shuttled around. That's when you know you've made it.
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Post by Sons of Vaval on May 17, 2024 7:41:43 GMT -5
The AI is not going away. One-fifth of our students are athletes. You can't significantly lower the admissions standards for a fifth of our students without lowering the admissions profile of the student body as a whole. Think VR, who is doing everything he can to raise our academic profile, will buy into that? And how do we sell it to alumni? We have high admissions standards for students, except the 20 percent who are athletes? UR isn't joining the PL because they think it's an upgrade for football. It's not. They see the handwriting on the wall in the CAA. With the schools the CAA is adding, the admissions playing field for UR is now nowhere near level. In the PL we're pretty much all competing for the same players. No longer true in the CAA. And that's why we may have a shot with 'Nova as well. Very off base here, specifically with what I have bolded above.
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Post by Sons of Vaval on May 16, 2024 20:38:34 GMT -5
The ghost runner counts as an IBB ? No, but the ghost runner and the way in which the inning unfolded caused the IBB to happen.
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Post by Sons of Vaval on May 16, 2024 18:44:08 GMT -5
With the addition of Richmond & possibly Villanova, will Georgetown pull out of the PL & move to the Pioneer League? My rationale: If posters are to be believed PL schools will be taking steps to build up their teams (Loosen academics, drop AI, 5th year non-med redshirts, larger budgets) Georgetown has not indicated any desire to jettison its non-scholarship policy and add to its expenditures to build up its football program. Why would Georgetown stay in a higher level PL? Could see Bucknell, Laffy & Lehigh pulling out down the road. PL adds Elon, Duquesne, Sacred Heart & ? The academics would have shifted downward to a lower level but the football would be played at a higher level. I'm sure some alums would approve. Absolutely zero shot the L's leave the league. Why would the PL want Duquesne and SHU (with their tiny endowments and worse academics) over the L's? Lafayette just won the league and finished as a top 25 team. They will begin the 2024 as a top 25 team. SHU and Duquesne are nowhere near that level.
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Post by Sons of Vaval on May 16, 2024 18:41:25 GMT -5
In his first 11 innings this year he walked 9 batters. In his last 9&1/3 innings he walked 1 batter. I was asked by a fellow poster today whether intentional walks were counted in calculating a pitcher’s WHIP. I wasn’t sure but just calculated Declan’s WHIP and learned that they are. My question is: Should they be, particularly when they are the product of a manager’s decision rather than a lack of control? Perhaps in some instances they should be (e.g when a pitcher puts runners on second and third with first base open and the same pitcher issues the IBB). But perhaps not when a different pitcher puts the runners on second and third and the pitcher who comes in issues the intentional pass. In any event Declan’s WHIP without the intentional walks included would be 1.18 (vs. 1.28 with the IBBs included). Yeah, those IBBs came in the Marlins' first game of the season. DC pitched in the 10th, 11th, and 12th for Miami, where a runner starts the inning on second.
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Post by Sons of Vaval on May 16, 2024 15:55:36 GMT -5
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Post by Sons of Vaval on May 16, 2024 12:39:31 GMT -5
I think we start the season ranked #3 in the PL So my theory on the Chesney decline sounds like it is starting this fall? Theory? LOL. We lost a bunch of guys to the NFL, FBS, and graduation. That might have something to do with a lower ranking.
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Post by Sons of Vaval on May 16, 2024 12:38:06 GMT -5
I think we start the season ranked #3 in the PL I'll take a guess at the PL preseason poll -- Lafayette Fordham HC Colgate Lehigh Bucknell Georgetown
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Post by Sons of Vaval on May 16, 2024 12:30:41 GMT -5
Pull in Villanova & William and Mary for Football...Convert W&M & Richmond into all sports participants down the road...May be as good as it can get for the PL in Football/Basketball The chances of Richmond leaving the Atlantic 10 for basketball are so minuscule they’re not really worth putting into the universe. Can’t we just be excited they will be a part of the the patriot league for football? William and Mary will go back to the So Con for all sports if they make that change. They’re not coming to the patriot league for all sports IMO. Richmond is a basketball school and there's 0.0% chance they downgrading this program to the PL. Just no way. Let's now put our focus on Villanova. They make a ton of sense now. Everyone knows it. The recent shakeup in the CAA no doubt has the New England CAA football affiliates questioning their positioning. The trio of UNH, URI, and Maine in the PL is interesting...but my gut tells me this doesn't move the needle for TPTB at the PL.
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Post by Sons of Vaval on May 16, 2024 10:40:51 GMT -5
For those who have 20+ innings pitched this season, DC has the eighth best ERA.
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Post by Sons of Vaval on May 15, 2024 20:34:14 GMT -5
Brett Nelson to NC State as an assistant( obviously) as per Jin Rothstein The old adage It’s not what you know, …… FHCBN getting back to the Donovan / Pitino coaching tree with Keats. Good for him. Better role. More money. Things have worked out very well. He might not be a head coach ever again, but there are worse ways to make a living.
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Post by Sons of Vaval on May 15, 2024 18:58:16 GMT -5
I don't know if it was offered, but a little surprised Richmond came our way and not to the SoCon. My hunch is that they believe Nova is right behind them in joining our ranks. Curious what the breakdown of undergrads at U of R percentage-wise is from the Northeast...anecdotally knowing friends&family who attended there, I bet it's a fairly high percentage. UR whitewashed much of their southern affiliation about 20 years ago. Along with that came an increasing number of students from the northeast and far fewer from Virginia. They are often teased of being Rutgers South because of the number of NJ students. A lot of their local support in football has declined in part due to fewer local students. The City of Richmond has done same. Monument Avenue was one of the most beautiful avenues in the country but the offensive against anything related to the Confederacy has destroyed it. Its monuments to Lee, Jackson and Stuart were spray painted, basically allowed to be ravaged without punishment. These were huge, historical statues along the Avenue. And being a Richmond native, one big difference I’ve noticed on this - in Virginia, it was always less about the Confederacy, more about pride in Virginia as those men were looked as Virginia heroes in the history books, same vein as Washington, Madison, Monroe and Jefferson. Interesting you mention this. When I was in Richmond about three years ago (my one and only time there), it felt like the downtown areas was more like Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn. Was not expecting that.
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Post by Sons of Vaval on May 15, 2024 14:02:08 GMT -5
Pitched 1 and 2/3 innings today, striking out one and giving up a hit.
Lowers his ERA to 1.33.
Six straight appearances without giving up an ER (9 and 1/3 innings).
He's going to get dealt at some point to a team that is looking for bullpen depth.
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Post by Sons of Vaval on May 15, 2024 11:48:42 GMT -5
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Post by Sons of Vaval on May 15, 2024 11:30:50 GMT -5
The annual PL representative in the playoffs will be battle tested. This PL is trending in the direction of being a multi-bid league.
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Post by Sons of Vaval on May 15, 2024 9:11:14 GMT -5
Brennan to Cornell as an assistant.
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Post by Sons of Vaval on May 15, 2024 9:05:17 GMT -5
Just received word.
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Post by Sons of Vaval on May 14, 2024 21:13:24 GMT -5
Leave it to Phreek to reference “fertility rate” in a thread about Richmond joining the PL.
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Post by Sons of Vaval on May 14, 2024 19:10:58 GMT -5
Maybe it’s time to look in the mirror. These two schools don’t have the institutional support or care compared to the other five (now six) schools. Georgetown has all the institutional support they are going to get for a school with 62 scholarships across 15 men's teams. If they didn't have support, Georgetown football would be sitting alongside Seton Hall and Xavier. Lot of words to say they don’t have the same support as their league peers.
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Post by Sons of Vaval on May 14, 2024 18:57:11 GMT -5
[Regarding your last point, Columbia was once so bad in football that the IL adjusted the floors and bands for its football team. This allowed Columbia to recruit players who would otherwise not have been admitted. After 3-4 years, Columbia was still as bad as before, so the adjustment ended. Am I to infer that the PL then shouldn't adjust Georgetown's bands because it wouldn't matter? How many losing seasons must be registered before the league office sees a problem? The Hoyas are at 22 of 23, and counting. This why PL football can be maddening below the Mendoza Line that is Bucknell and Georgetown: there is little hope among the fan bases for any substantive change. Maybe it’s time to look in the mirror. These two schools don’t have the institutional support or care compared to the other five (now six) schools.
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Post by Sons of Vaval on May 14, 2024 17:46:19 GMT -5
^ The CAA in 2013 looks a lot different than the CAA in 2024.
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Post by Sons of Vaval on May 14, 2024 17:22:51 GMT -5
Richmond CDS for the enrolling class of 202771 percent with a verbal score of between 700-800, 86 percent with a math sore between 700 and 800. For comparison, Colgate for the class of 2026 was 72 percent on the 700-800 verbal score, 76 percent on the 700-800 math score. HC, class of 2027 was 38 percent for the verbal, 30 percent for the math. Richmond has no problem with meeting the AI. You’re taking the numbers of all admitted students. All students are not created equal. I'm guessing Richmond has been able to recruit and admit football players over the years that might not qualify in the PL.
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Post by Sons of Vaval on May 14, 2024 16:31:02 GMT -5
Phreek- would your investigative skills enable us to learn what Richmond spends on football to compare to HC and other PL teams? In 2022-23, Richmond spent $7,322,000 on football. In the PL, Fordham spent the most: $8,505K. (Fordham an BostU are high across all sports most likely due to cost-of-living in their immediate area.) Colgate $8,189K (High travel costs, i.e., Stanford) Lafayette $7,773K HC $7,593K (HC had high operating expenses because of the trip to SDSU Bucknell and Lehigh trail. Georgetown is $3.0 million, no fin aid included. Villanova, $7,560K NCAA picks up the tab for the SDSU trip.
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Post by Sons of Vaval on May 14, 2024 15:13:41 GMT -5
Not very enthusiastic by the coach He does give a nice shoutout to HC and Fordham towards the end, insinuating PL football -- at least at the top of the conference -- has shown it can hang with top FCS programs and beat some FBS programs. In looking at Huesman's resume, he's spent virtually his entire playing and coaching career in either Tennessee (Chattanooga and Memphis) and Virginia (Richmond, W&M) and I think there's a perception that the PL / northern football teams are inferior (he's not entirely wrong). However, this isn't your older brother's CAA. Richmond's program has also taken a bit of a step back compared to where they once were -- they won't come into the league head and shoulders above everyone else.
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