[Husker] NU v OU

Thu Feb 17 14:55:46 CST 2011

For the safety of the pitcher and the hot corner it is long over due I'm 
Surprised that there were no deaths with the bats of old.

Tony Lambert
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Quinn Coldiron" <qcoldir at yahoo.com>
To: "Skylar Dodds" <sklarbodds at cox.net>; <gzimmerman5 at kc.rr.com>; 
<husker at tssi.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2011 12:41 PM
Subject: Re: [Husker] NU v OU

>> Baseball season starts tomorrow!  :)
>
> I can't wait.  I'll be listening at my desk!!!
>
> Not sure if many pay attention to it, but the bats went through a massive 
> change
> for this year.  All bats, metal or composite must meet a .5 BPF.  A .5 BPF 
> (Bat
> Performance factor) is what a wood bat has.  This is a huge change and you 
> will
> hear a totally different sound when the ball is hit, and a big drop-off in 
> home
> runs.
>
>
> Personally, I think this is long overdue.
>
> http://huskerextra.com/sports/baseball/article_400d2c46-8d94-5136-aa6f-7a4ef3b9f66a.html
>
>
> Along with this, almost all of the youth baseball sanctioning bodies have
> started restricting composite bats for official sanctioned play.  At HS 
> baseball
> and below, a 1.15 BPF is followed, but Little League, USSSA, etc have 
> found that
> most composite bats exceed 1.15, even though they are listed as 1.15, 
> especially
> when they are broken in and hit their prime.  Starting this year, Little 
> League
> and many others have banned a huge selection of composite bats, and 
> starting in
> 2012, USSSA is doing like-wise.
>
> I'm very glad to see them starting to restrict the power that the non-wood 
> bats
> have.  It's just crazy seeing how the ball jumps off those bats. 
> Dangerous
> situation.
>
> Q
>
> -----------------------------
> Quinn P. Coldiron
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Skylar Dodds <sklarbodds at cox.net>
> To: gzimmerman5 at kc.rr.com; husker at tssi.com
> Sent: Thu, February 17, 2011 11:52:51 AM
> Subject: RE: [Husker] NU v OU
>
> Now what the heck does that mean?!?!?!? :)
>
> Just kidding...
>
> Baseball season starts tomorrow!  :)
>
> --
> Skylar
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: husker-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:husker-bounces at tssi.com] On Behalf 
> Of
> gzimmerman5 at kc.rr.com
> Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2011 11:28 AM
> To: husker at tssi.com
> Subject: RE: [Husker] NU v OU
>
> You said it Skylar. Beats arguing about press conferences. :-)
> --
> Greg Zimmerman, UNL '75
> Overland Park, Kansas
>
> ---- Skylar Dodds <sklarbodds at cox.net> wrote:
>> Wow, great breakdown Steve!
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: husker-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:husker-bounces at tssi.com] On Behalf 
>> Of
>> Steve Reichenbach
>> Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2011 9:38 AM
>> To: gzimmerman5 at kc.rr.com; husker at tssi.com
>> Subject: Re: [Husker] NU v OU
>>
>> > Exciting finish in Norman last night.
>> >
>> > Huskers had a 3 point lead with 17 seconds remaining. OU hit a shot
>> > from the corner at the buzzer that was originally ruled a 3 but replay
>> > showed his foot well over the line and the Huskers escaped with a 1
>> > point win.
>>
>> Actually, I think the officials ruled it a 2 point goal, but reviewed
>> the video just to be sure.
>>
>> NU is now 17-8 and 5-6 in the conference, which is tied for sixth with
>> Kansas State and Colorado.  NU has three tough home games and two
>> winnable road games and is still in contention for an NCAA bid.
>>
>> Sagarin has NU at #53 (Predictor) with an 82.12 rating and the
>> home advantage is 3.86:.
>>
>> The home games are:
>>   #4 Texas     92.20 UT favored by 6.22
>>  #24 Missouri  86.40 MU favored by 0.42
>>  #34 Kansas St 84.39 NU favored by 1.59
>>
>> The road games are:
>>  #56 Colorado  81.60 NU favored by 0.52
>>  #67 Iowa St   84.18 NU favored by 1.80
>>
>> The games against Kansas St and Colorado are especially important, as
>> if the Big 12 gets 6 or 7 NCAA bids, then those teams might be on
>> the bubble with NU.  By beating them, NU not only moves up, but the
>> teams it is tied with move down.  Winning at Iowa St likewise looks
>> like a must win unless NU can upset Texas or Missouri.  The games
>> against Texas and Missouri are important from a quality wins standpoint.
>> If NU goes 3-2 in remaining games to finish 20-10 and 8-8, they will
>> be on the bubble without many high quality wins.  In that context,
>> the games against Texas and Missouri are important even if NU wins
>> the other three.  And, if NU beats Texas or even Missouri, but loses
>> one of the remaining games it is favored to win to finish 20-10 and
>> 8-8, then the tournament resume still looks better.  At 8-8 in the
>> conference, winning a first round game in the conference championship
>> would be a must and winning at two games might be required.
>>
>> Kansas St has two relatively easy home games against Oklahoma and
>> Iowa St, a likely loss at Texas, and a tough home matchup with
>> Missouri, so likely will have 7 or 8 wins not considering their game
>> in Lincoln next week.  That game could be the difference between
>> being in or out of the tournament for both teams.
>>
>> Colorado (16-10, 5-6) has winnable games at Texas Tech and Iowa St
>> but also must play at Kansas and face Texas at home.  So, Colorado
>> likely will be 18-12 overall and 7-8 in conference when NU travels
>> to Boulder.  That game could feature two 7-8 teams trying to avoid
>> elimination from the NCAA tournament.
>>
>> The teams just ahead of NU are Missouri (20-6, 6-5) and Baylor (17-8,
>> 6-5).
>>
>> Missouri has two games it should win at Iowa St and with Baylor in
>> Columbia and two toughh games at Kansas St and KU in Columbia, so
>> they figure to have at least 8 wins not considering their game in
>> Lincoln.
>>
>> Baylor's most likely wins are Texas Tech at home and Oklahoma St on
>> the road.  The also have Texas A&M and Texas at home and Missouri on
>> the road.  They also figure to have at least 8 wins.
>>
>> The teams behind NU are Oklahoma St (16-9, 4-7) and Oklahoma (12-13,
>> 4-7).
>>
>> Oklahoma St travels to Kansas but could win its other games, the
>> toughest of which is Texas A&M at home, to get to 8 wins.  NU did
>> beat Oklahoma St by double digits in Lincoln.
>>
>> Oklahoma plays Kansas St and Texas A&M on the road and Kansas at home,
>> so they look to be out of the picture.  And, NU beat them in Norman.
>>
>> At this point, it seems that the Big 12 will send Texas, Kansas,
>> Texas A&M, Missouri, Baylor, and at least one other team to the NCAA
>> tournament.  The current contenders for the bubble spots (in likely
>> order) are: #34 Kansas St, #53 NU, #56 Colorado, and #79 Oklahoma St.
>>
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