2012 College Baseball- Road to Omaha

I'm really surprised USC didn't make a play for George Horton. I know he makes a ton of money and has the biggest budget in the Pac-12 at Oregon but I think he could have been had last year. I think he bunts way too much and burns out his pitchers but he can coach and has done a nice job of building Oregon's program (again, Oregon has made a huge financial investment USC seems reluctant to make).

And Savage has done a solid job at UCLA. Best program in the Southland, even with not-so-hot facilities. Gary Adams always had great talent with the Bruins but couldn't win. Savage still gets the talent and wins games.

 

Gary Adams is one of my favorite people. He refused to burn up his pitchers. That's why he didn't win more. But, yes, he should have won more than he did.
I don't think Pat Haden will wait too long to replace Cruz. I think he got a three-year deal (not sure about that) and just finished the first year. He better start turning it around next year or he'll probably be gone. Cruz has had bad luck on the guessing game of who's going to go pro and who isn't. He has signed some great players, only to have them go pro.
This is a tough business.

 

Almost a hell of an unassisted DP to end the CWS.

 

Catpile at the CWS.

The Pac-10 and SEC have won 6 of the last 7 CWS titles (WAC school won the other). Pretty obvious which conferences play the best college baseball in the country. And it aint the ACC.

(And yes, another sport the Pac-12 doesn't suck in. I think that's nine NCAA team championships this year, plus men's crew, which isn't an NCAA-sanctioned sport.)

 

Man, Arizona made *every* play. Amazing run for the Chickens, though.

 

The last time either the SEC, Pac-10/12 or Texas wasn't in the championship series or championship game was 1999 (Florida State vs. Miami). The last time before that was in 1994.

 

Mississippi State will be in Omaha next season.

 

It's on the schedule:

http://blogs.clarionledger.com/msu/2012/06/08/a-look-at-msus-tentative-baseball-schedule-for-2013/

 

I thought it meant they'd scheduled a nonconference series at Creighton.