Rice Series

[Dawg06]

oooh, that looks nasty...Our own worst enemy, again ? But, I bet Coach Goff probably didn't think he'd have to worry about rpi this year.

It just seems like he has all of his bases covered, I bet this season kinda surprised him. If not, then there is no excuse for all of these SWAC games.

You have to play Grambling twice annually -

Southern & PV were part of the Urban Classic which was good for our team to play in NOLA -

If CC doesn't get rained out, they hurt almost as bad at 217 for two games

The loss @ 198 UTSA hurts also

So really the only bad "schedule" game was Alcorn State in my book

We also got a break with one rain out with UALR and got nipped by UA "low" rpi of 108 when they are usually a sub 30 rpi

It all balances out in the end



No ONE thought we would be flirting with what we are flirting with right now -

I don't blame Goff for this schedule, but without those SWAC games, everybody would projecting us in the tourney right now with a Top 30 RPI.

The only game I question is adding a second game against Grambling late in the season.

I agree nobody including Goff thought we would have a shot at an at-large bid. I think you have to schedule wins to build a program, and that's what Goff did.

Also, I know some of these game contracts were signed by Simoneaux like the TAMUCC series. What's interesting about the March floods is that it may have preserved our baseball at-large hopes by cancelling the TAMUCC series, but it may have cost us a 40-win season and a softball conference division championship.

It's good to play in NOLA but not against HBCUs. Grambling is the only HBCU I think we should play only because they are our neighbor. From now on, we can't afford to play the other SWAC teams.

We didn't get a break by UALR getting canceled. A win over UALR (they have winning record) would've helped our resume.

That UTSA game really isn't a big deal. 1) We have to play it. 2) It was on the road so the RPI only counts it as a fraction of a loss. 3) We won the road series.

[Dawg06]

Beat Rice 2 times, and 2 and que in the Conference Tourney and we are in? Let me sip on that kool-aid.

Don't bet against Dawg06

He quoted me before my edit went through to delete that last phrase. I think a series win vs. Rice would put us temporarily in with a Top 40 RPI heading into the C-USA Tourney.

We are looking at at least 16 teams with RPIs worse than us getting auto bids. Then it's really gonna depend on how many bid thieves there are in the conference tourneys.

We definitely don't want to go 0-fer in the tourney.

[Dawg06]

Looks like we will get an angry Rice team...

Houston 24, Rice 6

[HogDawg]

Looks like we will get an angry Rice team...

Houston 24, Rice 6

Yikes!

Timing. So much in life is about timing.

[Cal&Ken]

Looks like we will get an angry Rice team...

Houston 24, Rice 6

Hopefully they are down and beaten up instead of angry- that is a football score.

[Cool Hand Clyde]

Looks like we will get an angry Rice team...

Houston 24, Rice 6

So they saved their pitching

[SicemDawgz]

This team is capable of taking 2 of 3 from Rice. We were one timely hit at Hattiesburg from taking 2 of 3 on the road. Come on boys, go take care of business!

[DJDAWG]

So they saved their pitching

This! They also lost 0-10 to Houston last week. Houston is rpi 67, Rice 30, Tech 48.

This is NOT going to be hard, but very very hard.

[News_Bot]

A new article has been posted on www.latechsports.com:

In its final series before the Conference USA Championship, Louisiana Tech will host one of the league’s top teams on the diamond this weekend when the 16th-ranked Rice Owls travel to Ruston for the final three-game set of the season against the Bulldogs, beginning at 6 p.m. Thursday at J.C. Love Field at Pat Patterson Park.

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Discuss it here.

[born in the burg]

Louisiana Tech has always been my second team after my Eagles, but this weekend, I will be losing my voice cheering for the Bulldogs! Beat Rice!

[PawDawg]

Rain is 50%. Looks like lightning delays could hurt us more than actual rain. Tommorow and Saturday should be fine.

[sportdawg]

Just got a call that Saturday's gametime has been pushed to 2pm. Reason was not given.

[PawDawg]

Just got a call that Saturday's gametime has been pushed to 2pm. Reason was not given.

Good deal for me and Skilldawg. Graduation is likely the reason. I expect Dr. Guice would like to be at the final game of the series.

[Dwayne From Minden]

We have lost 17 straight to these guys....

[Tech77]

We have lost 17 straight to these guys....

Yep, we are something like 3-33 against them, aren't we? We are due.