#1 Florida and #2 Stanford are easy picks as they are both absolutely stacked. Florida has a deeper pitching staff led by RHP Hudson Randall and LHP Brian Johnson and the best player in the country in C Mike Zunino. Stanford has arguably the best pitcher in the country in Mark Appel and tons of offensive weapons. #3 South Carolina is a bit of a surprise considering how much talent they lost from the last 2 CWS teams. #4 Arkansas will go as far as Ryne Stanek's right arm and Dominic Ficociello's bat takes them. #10 Vandy is a little low. They lost a lot from last season but have recruited well and have unsigned 1st rounder Tyler Beede ready to step in the weekend rotation. #17 ASU is very low. They are disqualified from post season play because of recruiting violations but SS Deven Marerro , RHP Jake Barrett and the top recuiting class in the nation will make life hell for the other Pac-10 teams. #24 Louisville is a team on the rise with many Chicago area players including Nick Burdi (Downers Grove), Joe Ceja (Ottawa), Joey Filomeno (St Rita) and Nick Ratajczak (Joliet Catholic). Should be a fun season.

1. Florida 53-19
2. Stanford 35-22
3. South Carolina 55-14
4. Arkansas 40-22
5. Arizona 39-21
6. Rice 42-21
7. Texas A&M 47-22
8. Louisiana State 36-20
9. North Carolina 51-16
10. Vanderbilt 54-12
11. Georgia 33-32
12. Georgia Tech 42-21
13. Texas 49-19
14. UCLA 35-24
15. Texas Christian 43-19
16. Clemson 43-20
17. Arizona State 43-18
18. Miami 38-23
19. Oklahoma 41-19
20. Florida State 46-19
21. Central Florida 39-23
22. Mississippi 30-25
23. Oregon State 41-19
24. Louisville 32-29
25. Cal State Fullerton 41-17

Keyser, I was thinking of you last night. I was reading my Hawgs Illustrated magazine and there is a great article in there on Cox and McCann. If you want to read it, PM me your e-mail address and I will get if for you.


There facilities and with what they are about to do will be 2nd to none in college.

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Anyone in the Big 10 going to sniff the top 25?

Purdue should be the preseason Big 10 favorite. Michigan St and Minnesota will compete too though I doubt any of them will sniff the top 25. It will be interesting to see how Nebraska fares in the Big 10. They've had some good teams in the past but have fallen on hard times the last few years but new head coach Darin Erstad and all his grindiness will surely bring the program back to it's past glories.

How is that Wisconsin team going to fair.

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BA did their Big 10 preview today. This is a down year even for the Big 10. They picked Purdue 1, Michigan St 2, Minnesota 3 and Nebraka 4. Any of those teams can win the conference and I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if Minnesota is there in the end.

It's funny that 2 of the top 5 newcomers are from the same high school team (Providence).

3. Sam Travis, 3b, Indiana (HS—New Lenox, Ill.) This Kid can REALLY hit.
4. Brandon Magallones, rhp, Northwestern (HS—New Lenox, Ill.)


http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/co ... 12949.html

#1 Florida stayed on top after winning 2-3 from previously ranked Cal St Fullerton. #2 Stanford swept #17 Vanderbilt at home outscoring the 'Dores 35-13. #3 South Carolina swept VMI while #4 Arkansas did the same to Villanova. #8 Arizona dropped 3 spots after winning 2-3 vs North Dakota St and #22 UCLA dropped 8 spots after losing 2-3 at home. #13 ASU and #14 Miami each moved up 4 spots after sweeping their home series. #24 Louisville stayed put after winning 2-3 in the Big East/ Big 10 challenge. #25 Baylor moved into the top 25 and Cal St Fullerton dropped out.

1. Florida 2-1
2. Stanford 3-0
3. South Carolina 3-0
4. Arkansas 3-0
5. Rice 3-0
6. Texas A&M 3-0
7. Louisiana State 3-0
8. Arizona 2-1
9. Georgia 3-0
10. North Carolina 2-1
11. Georgia Tech 3-1
12. Texas 2-1
13. Arizona State 3-0
14. Miami 3-0
15. Texas Christian 1-1
16. Clemson 2-1
17. Vanderbilt 0-3
18. Florida State 3-0
19. Central Florida 3-0
20. Mississippi 1-1
21. Oregon State 3-1
22. UCLA 1-2
23. Oklahoma 1-2
24. Louisville 2-1
25. Baylor 3-0

no chance

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Purdue is getting some love after kicking the crap out of UConn, Cincinnati and Notre Dame in the Big East/Big 10 challenge this weekend. They have some tough games coming up against East Carolina, Auburn and Southern Miss and if they hold their own against those teams they could break into the top 25.

BTW- Fr. Sam Travis hit 3rd for Indiana this weekend and went 4-11 with 2 RBI. This Kid can REALLY hit.

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Arkansas lost yesterday 10-9

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Possibly add to that an oral commitment from Corey Ray (Simeon), one of the 3-4 highest ranked Jrs. in the State & certainly one of the best hitters in the country.

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Ray would be a huge get for them. I saw his name on a list of top juniors in the country. Louisville also has an oral commitment to another junior named Nick Solak from Naperville North and a commitment from Sr. RHP Kyle Funkhouser from Oak Forest. If Funkhouser doesn't sign with a pro team they'll have a nasty 1-2 punch with Funky and Nick Burdi who won his college debut against Eastern Kentucky this week (4IP 2H 0ER 3BB 4K's).

Louisville is building a nice little program. I wonder if they're eyeing a move to the ACC or Big 12.

Hawger- Your Hogs are on ESPN3 this Friday and Saturday.

The top 6 teams stay the same but #2 Stanford is pushing hard after they destroyed #21 Texas outscoring the Longhorns 26-3 in a 3 game sweep. #13 Florida St and #17 UCLA both moved up 5 places after wining 2-3 from Florida International and #25 Baylor. #18 Oregon jumped into the top 25 after a road sweep of then #10 Vanderbilt. #14 LSU dropped 4 places after winning 2-3 vs Appalachian St and #22 TCU dropped 7 places after losing 2-3 vs #20 Cal St Fullerton. #24 Louisville stayed put again after a weekday win vs Eastern Kentucky and a home sweep vs Oakland. Vanderbilt and Oregon St dropped out of the top 25.

1. Florida 7-1
2. Stanford 7-0
3. South Carolina 6-0
4. Arkansas 7-1
5. Rice 8-0
6. Texas A&M 6-1
7. Arizona 5-2
8. Georgia 7-0
9. North Carolina 5-1
10. Georgia Tech 6-2
11. Arizona State 5-1
12. Miami 7-0
13. Florida State 6-1
14. Louisiana State 5-2
15. Clemson 4-2
16. Mississippi 5-1
17. UCLA 4-3
18. Oregon 7-1
19. Central Florida 5-2
20. Cal State Fullerton 3-3
21. Texas 2-5
22. Texas Christian 2-4
23. Oklahoma 4-2
24. Louisville 6-1
25.Baylor 6-2

#1 Florida stayed on top after a an impressive road sweep of #15 Miami. #2 Stanford won 2-3 from Fresno St, #3 South Carolina won 2-3 from #20 Clemson and #4 Arkansas won 2-3 in the Houston Classic which included a win over now unranked Texas. The rest of the top 10 stayed the same except for #8 North Carolina moving up a spot after winning 2-3 from USC. #24 Louisville stayed put again after losing a weekday game to Eastern Illinois but taking 2-3 from an upstart Pepperdine team. #21 Texas St, #23 Mississippi St and #25 Maryland (1st time in school history) enter the top 25 while Texas,
TCU and Baylor (tough go for the state of Texas) all drop out.

1. Florida 10-1
2. Stanford 10-1
3. South Carolina 9-1
4. Arkansas 11-2
5. Rice 11-1
6. Texas A&M 11-1
7. Arizona 8-2
8. North Carolina 8-2
9. Georgia 10-2
10. Georgia Tech 10-2
11. Arizona State 8-2
12. Florida State 9-1
13.Louisiana State 10-2
14.Mississippi 9-2
15. Miami 8-3
16. UCLA 8-3
17.Oregon 10-1
18. Central Florida 10-2
19. Cal State Fullerton 8-3
20. Clemson 5-4
21. Texas State 8-3
22. Oklahoma 7-3
23. Mississippi State 10-2
24. Louisville 8-3
25. Maryland 9-1

#1 Florida remained on top after a home sweep of Florida Gulf Coast, #2 Stanford stays put after winning 2-3 from #8 Rice, #3 South Carolina swept Princeton and #4 Arkansas did the same to Binghampton (whoever the hell that is). #5 North Carolina moved up 3 spots after sweeping Clemson while #9 UCLA moved up 9 spots after a road sweep of #18 Georgia. #7 Florida St moved up 5 spots after a 5-0 week against Central Florida and Duke. #15 Cal St Fullerton moved up 4 spots after winning 2-3 on road against #10 Texas A&M. #23 North Carolina St entered the top 25 after winning 2-3 on the road against #16 Georgia Tech. Look who's at #24. Purdue is ranked for the first time since 2001 after sweeping Murray State last weekend and also winning games against Auburn, East Carolina and Southern Mississippi during their 11-1 start. #25 Oregon also entered the top 25. Clemson, Louisville ( I call bullshit) and Maryland dropped out of the top 25.


1. Florida 15-1
2. Stanford 13-2
3. South Carolina 13-1
4. Arkansas 14-2
5. North Carolina 13-2
6. Arizona 13-2
7. Florida State 14-1
8.Rice 13-4
9. UCLA 12-3
10. Texas A&M 13-3
11. Arizona State 10-4
12. Mississippi 13-2
13. Louisiana State 13-3
14. Miami 12-3
15. Cal State Fullerton 10-5
16. Georgia Tech 11-5
17. Oregon 12-3
18. Georgia 11-5
19. Central Florida 13-4
20. Texas State 11-4
21. Mississippi State 14-3
22. Oklahoma 11-5
23. North Carolina State 11-3
24. Purdue 11-1
25. Oregon State 11-5

The catch the Arkansas left fielder made Friday night was pretty damn amazing.

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Did you watch it online, Hawger? Saturday's game was on CSN. I couldn't believe it. Stanek looked awesome. He has a real chance to be the #1 pick next year.

#1 Florida stays on top after a home sweep of Vanderbilt. #2 Stanford was idle. #3 Arkansas moved up a spot after a home sweep of Alabama. #4 North Carolina moved up a spot after wining 2-3 at Maryland and #5 Arizona moved up a spot after winning 2-3 vs Washington St. #7 UCLA moved up 2 spots after winning 2-3 on the road against #14 ASU. #16 Kentucky moved into the top 25 after a sweep of #8 South Carolina. #23 Texas moved back into the top 25 after sweeping Oklahoma. #25 Purdue slid back a spot after splitting a 4 game set with Wichita St. Mississippi St and Oklahoma dropped out of the top 25. Louisville is still on the outside looking in despite a 2 game weekday split against #17 Ole Miss and a weekend sweep of Ball St.

1. Florida 19-1
2. Stanford 13-2
3. Arkansas 19-2
4. North Carolina 16-4
5. Arizona 16-4
6. Florida State 16-2
7. UCLA1 5-4
8. South Carolina 15-4
9. Rice 15-6
10. Texas A&M 16-5
11. Louisiana State 16-4
12. Miami 16-4
13. Cal State Fullerton 12-7
14. Arizona State 12-7
15. Georgia Tech 14-6
16. Kentucky 21-0
17. Mississippi 15-5
18. Georgia 15-6
19. Oregon State 14-5
20. North Carolina State 15-3
21. Central Florida 16-5
22. Texas 10-8
23. Texas State 13-6
24. Oregon 13-5
25. Purdue 14-3

No, I haven't seen them yet this year. I have been paying attention though and it is amazing how good they are considering how much they lost.

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I've watched them on ESPN3 and Comcast. They're on ESPN3 this sunday afternoon. ESPNU starts their Thursday night SEC games this week so they should carry a couple Arkansas games too.

ESPNU kicks off the season with a bang. Florida vs. South Carolina. Hudson Randall vs Michael Roth. That will be a REAL good one.

Nice, I look forward to watching that. I am ready for baseball.

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#1 Florida stays on top again after wining 2-3 from #11 South Carolina. #2 Stanford won 2 games against USC and #3 Arkansas took 2-3 from a tough Mississippi St team. #4 Florida St moved up 2 spots after winning 2-3 from Wake Forest, #7 Texas A&M moved up 3 spots after sweeping Pepperdine on the road and #10 Kentucky moved up 6 spots after taking 2-3 from Tennessee. #15 LSU dropped 4 spots after losing 2-3 at Auburn#19 Purdue also moved up 6 spots after winning 2-3 at Ohio St. #21 Baylor re-enters the top 25 after sweeping Kansas and #24 San Diego makes their debut after sweeping Santa Clara. Georgia Tech and Texas St fell out of the top 25. Louisville (18-6) is still on the outside looking in despite sweeping Cincinnati this weekend. 2B Nick Ratajczak (Joliet Catholic) is hitting a cool .406 on the season.


1. Florida 22-2
2. Stanford 15-2
3. Arkansas 22-3
4. Florida State 21-3
5. North Carolina 18-5
6. UCLA 17-4
7. Texas A&M 19-5
8. Arizona 18-7
9. Rice 18-8
10. Kentucky 24-1
11. South Carolina 17-7
12. Miami 19-5
13. Cal State Fullerton 14-8
14. Arizona State 15-8
15. Louisiana State 18-6
16. Mississippi 17-7
17. Central Florida 19-6
18. Texas 13-9
19. Purdue 16-4
20. North Carolina State 16-5
21. Baylor 18-7
22. Oregon State 15-7
23. Oregon15-6
24.San Die go 20-6
25. Georgia 17-8

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What is the highest a Big Ten team has been ranked in the past 5 years or so?

Is this pretty surprising that one would be in the top 20?

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Keyser would have to answer that, but it would not surprise me.

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I don't think a Big 10 team has been ranked in the top 20 in the last 10+ years and it's surprising Purdue is there this year. They are a very good offensive team led by two legit pro prospects in C Kevin Plawecki and 3B Cameron Perkins but nobody expected them to pitch this well. If they continue to play like this they could possibly host a regional and there is no one who would have predicted that.

Tough week for last week's top ranked teams. #1 Florida stays on top after losing a road series to #10 Mississippi who jumped up 6 spots. #2 Florida St moved up 2 spots after sweeping Va Tech, #3 North Carolina moved up 2 spots after taking 2-3 vs Wake Forest and #4 Arizona moved up 4 spots after sweeping #6 Stanford. #12 LSU moved up 3 spots after sweeping #13 Arkansas who dropped 11 spots. #16 Baylor moved up 5 spots after sweeping Oklahoma St. #24 ASU dropped 10 spots after getting swept by #22 Oregon and #25 Texas dropped 8 spots after losing 2-3 to Cal. #23 Auburn entered the top 25 after winning 2-3 at Mississippi St. Georgia dropped out of the top 25 after losing 2-3 to #8 Kentucky (the SEC is a meat grinder). Unranked Louisville went 2-2 on the week losing a weekday game to #19 Purdue and winning 2-3 vs Villanova.


1. Florida 24-4
2. Florida State 24-4
3. North Carolina 22-6
4. Arizona 21-7
5. UCLA 20-5
6. Stanford 16-6
7. Texas A&M22-6
8. Kentucky 27-2
9. Rice 21-9
10. Mississippi 20-8
11. South Carolina 20-8
12. Louisiana State 22-6
13. Arkansas 22-6
14. Cal State Fullerton 17-10
15. Central Florida 23-6
16. Baylor 22-7
17. North Carolina State 19-7
18. Miami 21-7
19. Purdue 20-5
20. Oregon State 17-8
21. San Diego 23-7
22. Oregon 18-8
23. Auburn 17-11
24. Arizona State 16-12
25. Texas 15-11

Alright Keyser pardon my bitch mode, but here goes. Please explain to me how Stanford can go 1-4 for the week and Arkansas gets swept and L.S.U. and how big the drops were?


*Bitch Mode Off*

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The reason Stanford didn't drop too much after being swept by a very good Arizona team is because they have played a much tougher non-conference schedule. Stanford has played series versus Vandy, Texas, Fresno St and Rice and destroyed them all. LSU was Arkansas' first big test of the year and they didn't fair too well though Sat and Sun games were close. I think this was a hiccup for both teams and they should move back up the rankings in the next couple weeks.

Bitch mode pardoned.