Jaybird

OSU-Purdue is tied at 1 after 1 inning.

I say lets get Purdue earlier as they have played less ball and so that way we get them with better pitching for us. The later on we get with the teams that had to play yesterday I would think they would be getting low on pitching. Indiana and Purdue have one less game so it will be tougher to out depth them on the mound so lets get them early so we have better depth and then johnny wholestaff against others who are as deep into their staffs as we are and hope we are deeper. Just a thought.

Game over. Indiana won 6-4. MSU left the bases loaded.

For a minute there the gamecast has MSU scoring a run but has since corrected itself.

Correction. It is still 6-4 T9 but bases are loaded with 1 out.

MSU has a run in and guys on 1st and 2nd with nobody out t9.

Ground out. MSU needs 2 to tie T9.

6-4 IU now. Guy on 2nd still 2 out of course.

I think the venue and where that venue is located matters a lot but there are other factors in play as well. From the sounds of it the ballpark in Columbus really wasn't very well prepared for this tournament at all with grounds crew issues on both days of the tourney so far. Yesterday they weren't prepared for the team to want to take bp on the field and then had to be told to re drag the field before play. Today I guess they over watered the mound so they had to put drying agent on the mound to make it playable delaying the game slightly. How can you expect to grow an event when little things like this hold it back. I am not sure if there are places that it would be better suited to hold in terms of facilities, interest and ability to hold a big time event? Maybe close to Michigan/Michigan St they seem to have at least some attendance at their games. I am not so sure holding it in a MLB stadium like next year in Minneapolis is the best idea as it will just more empty. I know this is a long process and we are just at the beginning but important decisions need to be made if the goal is to improve baseball in the conference and make B1G baseball more relevant. How well was the Big 12 tourney attended? It was played in a venue similar to the one we are playing in now at Bricktown in OKC correct?

I watched the replay of the MSU game last night and from what I am hearing it was not any better today. If you are hosting a championship tourney and there is no one there why are you hosting? I understand it is in the middle of the day during the work week but that stadium looked totally empty. I understand that when OSU played there was around 1,500 butts in the seats but still. Having said that where would be a better place to host it to get more interest generated. OF course I am selfish and I say put it in TD Ameritrade or Werner here in Omaha and leave it here cuz I could see a few thousand fans going regularly to a game especially if the Huskers were playing. I would even go to watch a team I am not associated with if the ticket wasn't too expensive. Sounds like it is in Minneapolis next year and then in Omaha the year after that. What ideas do you have Husker nation? It is little things like this that need to be considered to get B1G baseball on track to improving the product on the field as well as the talent between the chalk. Gotta get more exposure.

I don't think it is a coincidence that we have put up ridiculous numbers and lots of runs against these teams bullpens. Sometimes you don't even necessarily have to get a hit early on but if you make the starter work and see a lot of pitches it can pay off later on in the game.

It is not radio but you can follow the gamecast here: http://www.cstv.com/gametracker/launch/gt_mbasebl.html?event=1115415 That is what I am doing since I am at work.

7-1 Good guys T6 guys on 2nd and 3rd no one out.

Make that 1-1 T4 as Kelly singled home a run. Still 1 out guy on 1st.

1-0 PSU T4. We have a guy on 3rd with 1 out.

At least that was a productive out for Scheffert.

Gotta get some offense going. I am not sold on the fact that our pitching can keep putting zero's on the board especially when they load the bases. Gotta get some runs guys. The 4th inning is our inning lets put a crooked number up guys!

I definitely think there needs to be some universalization of the process. Either all teams need to have a championship game or we should all do away with them. It seems like the process of deciding who is a conference champion varies greatly and It sounds like the conference championship issue may end up deciding who gets into the playoff. Granted ND's schedule this upcoming year looks pretty tough on paper but some years in the recent past their schedule has been a lot easier. The issue of ND ends up being a touchy one. If they get the official despensation from the BCS to be in the playoff if they are in the top 4 or whatever then why would they want to schedule tougher games when they can fill the schedule with easier games, get a higher ranking and backdoor their way into the playoff. The teams in conferences have to play certain teams every year so this is not as likely for a team in a conf. Granted a conf may have a down year and a team may end up with an easy schedule by missing the other top teams in the conference but it was not by design. This is the same argument I have against Boise making the major games they end up making. If you only play one big game each year it is easier to stay healthy and run the table against lesser oppontents. In a conference you have to go against physical teams week in and week out as even the worst teams in the Big 12 and B1G are better than the teams in the WAC they played on a weekly basis. When push comes to shove conferences are good in some instances but in the case of college football it may be better not to have them at all. Maybe college football should cleave itself off from the NCAA and make an association where the top 60 or so teams meet to play each other to decide the national championship. The teams represented in this group of 60 teams are the best college football teams in the country. If you are at the bottom of the group regularly maybe you can be dropped for a team that is just outside of the top 60. This way there is a level of consistency as all teams are playing top level talent each week. Can you imagine a college football season where your schedule is against a top 60 team every week all season long. No money games and there would be less of a worry about scheduling as you would all have the same pool from which to set your games for the year.

Baseball is a funny game. It is a game of inches. You can be killing the ball right at people while the other team is hitting bloopers and just hitting it where you are not. I am not saying that is what happened today but it is just a matter of a couple inches because if that ball that ended the game is 2 inches higher or if the 2b had not moved there (from what I heard he was playing further over toward 1st base earlier against Kelly that is a single at least and the game is most likely tied. I know you can't do the if this would have happened then blah blah blah but we shouldn't have put ourselves in that situation to begin with. I did not get to watch the game (followed stats on gamecast) so I am asking for anyone who listened or watched the game but did this game come down to pitching? It seemed like we maybe didn't do the best job of making their starter work to get to the bullpen especially since he was their ace. I see guys striking out on 3 pitches etc, did we do the job we need to at the plate (outside of the b9 of course)?

I just saw it on CFB Live now. They also said that ND's 2012 schedule is so hard that "The 95 Huskers would have trouble getting through it." We can't afford to take the chance and be regionalized. Apparently we don't even dominate Northwest Indiana, Southern Cal just got a commitment from the top RB. The midwest is just losing people. I really think the jury is still out on your life in the B1g. The solidarity and the money are good. But recruiting wise, going against Urban Meyer and the Michigan machine is not going to easy. And can you still pull in Texans? Also you have the entire state of Nebraska to yourself (we share Indiana with 2 schools that are technically in the BCS) NU can at least get linemen locally and go abroad vs everyone for speed. See this is what I don't get. Football is totally different from even back when Nebraska was truly competing for national Championships, this holds true for ND. The National thing hasn't been working and risking it by going more regional may be a benefit to you because you may have a better chance at keeping the guys from IN, IL, MI, OH etc. Yes the jury is still out on what effect this will have on Nebraska's recruiting but I still feel we will be in the running with guys from CA, FL and TX. Maybe not to the extent it had been when we were in the Big 12 and played there a time or 2 a year but we should still be able to grab a guy here and there as need dictates. We are certainly recruiting IL, IN, OH a lot better than before and this extends into PA, NJ, MD etc. This whole conference realignment thing kind of throws a wrench into historical recruiting ties. I have zero problem with ND staying ind if that is best for them but I am just not understanding the regionalization argument as no matter waht ND will always be a national brand.

This whole ND thing just doesn't make sense to me. They want to stay Independent I get that, but they say if they join a conference they loose their ability to recruit nationally and become a more regional commodity (which by the way has not worked the best lately). That is where they lose me. I feel that NU having been in a conference a long time recruits nationally pretty well and since we have now switched Conferences it is a benefit to have certain ties to specific places. We had ties in the Big 12 footprint and now we are making in roads in the B1G footprint. But we always will attempt to recruit CA, TX and FL. Basically I just don't understand all the arguments against joining a Conf. If you can make more money as an IND and you can find a place for your non-revenue sports to play then knock yourself out.

This is just getting ridiculous. Of their 15 hits so far I would have to say all but what 2 have been singles? Pitching really needs to improve for NU to be where we should be in Baseball. I am not sure if it is attitude (hangover from Anderson) or what but they just don't seem to have that killer instinct to put a team away or the fire to come out after giving up a crooked number in the top of an inning to get a couple back in the bottom. This has got to get better!

Tomorrow against Michigan St. Hope Kubat comes out and has a solid start. It is a double elimination tournament if we can come out and play the way we are capable we have the ability to at least make the Conference championship game. Gotta get good pitching and play smart baseball. Looked like maybe Purdue wasn't playing super focused down the stretch losing 2 to Iowa. Lets come out and take care of business against the Spartans and then see who we have to play after that! Only way to the NCAA tourney is to win the whole thing. Lets go do it boys!

Man am I really glad they got some runs back after blowing another lead late in the game. Lets close this game out and get the win boys. Looks like no matter we play MSU in the first round of the B1G tourney. 7-3 good guys b9.

Bases loaded and only one out you gotta at least hit a fly ball to get a run in Stock, you cannot gidp there! Argh!