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  • Art Vandelay
    Striving for mediocrity
    • Jul 2009
    • 10516
    #16951
    Originally posted by BlueK View Post
    parity in college baseball is actually greater than in other sports because the blue chip athletes go straight into the pros. In what other D1 sport would Coastal Carolina win a national championship?
    gator wrestling?

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      • BlueK
        Senior Member
        • May 2011
        • 7112
        #16952
        I would bet even in Texas that a HS team typically gets close to zero players drafted on average and maybe a half dozen per year at most play D1 college ball.

        Just checked MLB.com. The 2016 draft results are there. You can look it up by state. I didn't see a single HS in Texas have more than one player drafted through the first 27 rounds.
        Last edited by BlueK; 07-20-2016, 01:18 PM.

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          • Color Me Badd Fan
            Senior Member
            • Jan 2009
            • 12519
            #16953
            My high school had the #1 baseball team for the two years after I graduated. I think only one of those guys made the pros. I don't think they would have beaten BYU.
            Part of it is based on academic grounds. Among major conferences, the Pac-10 is the best academically, largely because of Stanford, Cal and UCLA. “Colorado is on a par with Oregon,” he said. “Utah isn’t even in the picture.”

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              • Maximus
                Senior Member
                • Sep 2009
                • 5997
                #16954
                So I thought seattleute said the big 12 is never expanding

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                  • Jarid in Cedar
                    CS Institutional Memory
                    • Jun 2009
                    • 13234
                    #16955
                    Originally posted by BlueK View Post
                    parity in college baseball is actually greater than in other sports because so many of the blue chip athletes (including one this very year who had committed to BYU) go straight into the pros. Also, there are only 7 full scholarships per team that have to be divided 27 ways. In what other D1 sport would Coastal Carolina win a national championship?

                    Minor correction. Baseball has 11.7 scholarships per team.

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                      • Moliere
                        One man.....one pie
                        • Oct 2009
                        • 27764
                        #16956
                        Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View Post
                        Too late.
                        It was a euphemism.
                        "Discipleship is not a spectator sport. We cannot expect to experience the blessing of faith by standing inactive on the sidelines any more than we can experience the benefits of health by sitting on a sofa watching sporting events on television and giving advice to the athletes. And yet for some, “spectator discipleship” is a preferred if not primary way of worshipping." -Pres. Uchtdorf

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                          • Sleeping in EQ
                            Philosopher of Men
                            • Nov 2008
                            • 4188
                            #16957
                            Originally posted by Moliere View Post
                            BYU can't shake a stick at baseball in Texas. It's not even close. It's light years away. I bet my local high school baseball team could give BYU a run for its money.
                            LOL.
                            We all trust our own unorthodoxies.

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                              • falafel
                                loves to talk on things
                                • Mar 2009
                                • 37836
                                #16958
                                Originally posted by Maximus View Post
                                So I thought seattleute said the big 12 is never expanding
                                What? He never said that. He would never say that.

                                You must be mistaken.
                                Ain't it like most people, I'm no different. We love to talk on things we don't know about.

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                                  • The_Douger
                                    Athletic Supporter
                                    • Jun 2012
                                    • 5413
                                    #16959
                                    Originally posted by SeattleUte View Post
                                    Maybe not literally, but it works as euphemism.
                                    Everything you post about sports is stupid.
                                    Will donate kidney for B12 membership.

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                                      • falafel
                                        loves to talk on things
                                        • Mar 2009
                                        • 37836
                                        #16960
                                        Originally posted by The_Douger View Post
                                        Everything you post about sports is stupid.
                                        C'mon man, come up with some better insults! You're making us look bad!
                                        Ain't it like most people, I'm no different. We love to talk on things we don't know about.

                                        Dig your own grave, and save!

                                        "The only one of us who is so significant that Jeff owes us something simply because he decided to grace us with his presence is falafel." -- All-American

                                        "I know that you are one of the cool and 'edgy' BYU fans" -- Wally

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                                          • smokymountainrain
                                            Impressive Member
                                            • Nov 2008
                                            • 22593
                                            #16961
                                            Eddie Jones. lol. c'mon man!
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                                              • SeattleUte
                                                Faith crisis consultant
                                                • Nov 2008
                                                • 20837
                                                #16962
                                                Originally posted by Maximus View Post
                                                So I thought seattleute said the big 12 is never expanding
                                                No. What I actually said is that the Big 12 will never admit BYU. I think it's been obvious they'd like to expand; they just have hated the candidate pool.

                                                I didn't think y'all wanted to know what I think about this, but since you asked.
                                                Last edited by SeattleUte; 07-20-2016, 03:01 PM.
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                                                  • Blueintheface
                                                    Senior Member
                                                    • Sep 2009
                                                    • 15382
                                                    #16963
                                                    Originally posted by SeattleUte View Post
                                                    No. What I actually said is that the Big 12 will never admit BYU. I think it's been obvious they'd like to expand; they just have hated the candidate pool.

                                                    I didn't y'all wanted to know what I think about this, but since you asked.
                                                    Huh?
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                                                      • SeattleUte
                                                        Faith crisis consultant
                                                        • Nov 2008
                                                        • 20837
                                                        #16964
                                                        Originally posted by Blueintheface View Post
                                                        Huh?
                                                        I left out a word. It's fixed.
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                                                          • Uncle Ted
                                                            The Big 12 money shot.
                                                            • Apr 2010
                                                            • 28853
                                                            #16965
                                                            Originally posted by SeattleUte View Post
                                                            No. What I actually said is that the Big 12 will never admit BYU. I think it's been obvious they'd like to expand; they just have hated the candidate pool.

                                                            I didn't y'all wanted to know what I think about this, but since you asked.
                                                            LOL... The PAC10 had their chance to pick up BYU and they blew it. They picked Colorado ( ) instead. Y'all need to live with that decision now and move on.

                                                            BTW, did you catch Colin Cowherd this morning?

                                                            Last edited by Uncle Ted; 07-20-2016, 03:09 PM.
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                                                            GIVE 'EM HELL, BRIGHAM!

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