danman31

Forgetting that World Cup is every four years, I say BCS because most of the field doesn't control their destiny at the beginning of the year. We've seen teams go undefeated in a BCS conference and not even get to the title game. Besides, if you ask Brazil or Italy the World Cup is actually pretty easy to win...

QUOTE (Heads22 @ Jun 10, 2010 -> 09:47 PM) As a basketball conference, that would be flat nasty. As opposed to now? It already is, but I gotta say that would be fun.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 10, 2010 -> 09:17 PM) Out of curiousity, why isn't there more excitement for Petricka? Dude is bringing at 98 right? Likely because his profile sounds like a reliever. He's a right-handed Aaron Poreda with maybe more potential to remain as a starter than Aaron had.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jun 10, 2010 -> 05:15 PM) I agree. Didn't want to say anything because I didn't want to sound like a whiner. I fully admit every year that I've never heard of a lot of the guys we end up drafting. Therefore I make it a point to check all around the web to see what those much more knowledgeable (i.e. draft experts) have to say about our drafts. And so far, other than Sale, which most feel was a steal at #13, the consensus is that our draft was pretty underwhelming. Underwhelming might be a bit harsh, but I'll bring up that a lot of people were pretty mad at the Morel pick when it was made.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Jun 10, 2010 -> 05:21 PM) I guess it depends on how you define "many". My guess is that half of the SEC was eliminated, the bottom few Pac-10, the bottom few Big-12, etc. I guess I dont understand what the argument is. Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, ISU are all similar academically... So the Big 10 should have added them by US News ranking? Where exactly are we going with this argument? I'm saying if the Big Ten's standard for academics was being an AAU school (which in itself is a rather arbitrary list) that's not the most exclusive group. Most BCS schools are in it. It's not a big deal.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Jun 10, 2010 -> 05:11 PM) I think youre misinterpreting my argument. Im not saying that when it came to those 4 schools, academics were the factor. I am saying when the Big 10 made a list of "all potential candidates" academics were a major factor. So academics had a part in the decision of who to consider in expansion, it probably played very little role in actually selecting Nebraska over 3 very specific schools. Except they have a dozen or so schools within a few hundred miles of the Big Ten's current territory that fit the academic standards if Nebraska was accepted. Nebraska is an average state school. State schools are usually good academically. Missouri, Kansas, etc. are average state schools as well. I'm saying that the Big Ten's academic standards didn't eliminate many BCS caliber schools.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Jun 10, 2010 -> 04:56 PM) Nebraska is slightly lower than ISU, tied with Kansas, and slightly above Missouri (According to any college reporting site ive seen. I understand you dont like US News, but here are the ranks: http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews....onal-top-public) If you can provide me some links where any of those schools are drastically better than Nebraska in academics, Id love to see it. Its not like your talking about Texas Tech or something. Academics absolutely a consideration. Its not the "only" consideration, but they are a consideration. Because Nebraska is similarly ranked to ISU, Kansas, Missouri and because Nebraska is perceived as a University on the rise (Warren Buffet money) and has a far stronger football tradition, its the choice. Youre acting like ISU, Missouri and Kansas are Stanford and Nebraska is ASU. Any of these schools would be on the low end for academics. None of them make a great case academics wise, which is why you look to the other criteria. I didn't say they were worse, but as you just said they aren't different academically so it's other factors that were the difference. Therefore, academics were not a factor in the decision to take Nebraska.

Sale was a great steal. After that nothing that stands out (maybe Grimes as a good pick) either way. Nothing offensive in terms of value, no one with big upside or tools.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Jun 10, 2010 -> 12:27 PM) Football and academics are the top 2 motivating factors at the moment. If Kansas had a scholastic reputation like Michigan, it would already have been in the Big 10. Same problem Missouri is experiencing. The Big 10 just does not seem willing stray to far from its academic priorities. You can't talk about academics and bring in Nebraska. Saying academics matter is a farce. AAU is all the Big Ten wants and there are plenty of those in consideration.

QUOTE (daa84 @ Jun 10, 2010 -> 08:38 AM) id imagine nebraska will be the heavy favorite year in and year out in baseball in the big 10/11/12 (whatever it will be called) Not that most people care about baseball, but Nebraska just finished last in the Big 12 and didn't qualify for the conference tournament for the 2nd straight year. They're a historically good program, but not in recent years. My favorite part of this saga is the non-stop rumors. They get more absurd by the day.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Jun 9, 2010 -> 11:18 AM) Its not about "markets" its about a very specific contract clause between the big 10 network and tv networks. The Big 10 network gets a certain amount per subscriber in states not in the "footprint" they get exponentially more for subscriber states in the "footprint". The footprint is based on teams being located in that state. This is why Pittsburgh is unnecessary because Penn St. covers Penn., its why MU is some what desirable because STL is located in that state and it has a decent population base, its why Rutgers is desirable because its in NJ, its why they want Syracuse, because youd get the entire state of NY. This is the part that makes it a little odd that Nebraska is the new favorite. They are 38th in population among the states at 1.8 million. That is the only defense for Rutgers and Syracuse. Both have big populous states. Missouri is more towards the middle in that category.

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Jun 9, 2010 -> 04:00 PM) FYI Dan, saw on your draft tracker you listed Ronzelle Fort as a RHP. He is in fact a LHP IIRC. Well crap. Took me all those picks to make a mistake. Given the overload of stuff I'd be thrilled if that's the only one. QUOTE (JPN366 @ Jun 9, 2010 -> 04:02 PM) Too bad he's gonna be catching TD's for the Seahawks! Go 'Hawks!!! Just don't let him eat too many maple bars...

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 9, 2010 -> 08:24 AM) Thank you, I thought I was alone in not seeing what was so inflammatory about the quotes. Yeah, I'm with the growing numbers. He's allowed to be mad that his son wasn't picked higher. I don't think he was mad at the White Sox specifically, just a frustrated parent.

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ Jun 9, 2010 -> 03:02 PM) IF we can sign Grimes to sign, this is a pretty good draft. If we can get Grimes and Griset to sign, they'll be even more to like from this draft. Yes. I think Grimes will sign. I highly doubt Griset will. Even though that second article you linked (good find) mentioned that he would sign for the right price, he also expected to go in the top 10-15 rounds. Usually guys with his talent don't slip this low without word getting out that the kid wants to go to college.

QUOTE (bighurt4life @ Jun 9, 2010 -> 12:08 AM) Well I guess I won't use that euphemism again. Or you could spell it beebee.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jun 8, 2010 -> 07:28 PM) Struck out the side for a second time. 11 Ks through 6. 11 K to 0 BB is that the best K:BB performance of the year?

QUOTE (zenryan @ Jun 7, 2010 -> 03:02 PM) The NCAA admitted that they choose UCONN in attempts to showcase college baseball to that area. That's really the only reason a northern team outside of the Pac-10 should ever host a regional. Problem is that when you do that, you usually cant find enough quality teams from the area to send to that regional. So a southern team will be forced to bite the bullet. As opposed to a team like Missouri going to California often. The geography sucks, there is no way around it. Multiple teams get shipped half way across the country every year.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Jun 8, 2010 -> 06:09 PM) This guy's like 2005 Bobby Jenks, but a starter... That's what I thought, but his curve is more of a slurve than Jenks' was when he first came up.

If you haven't seen we've been updating the FutureSox draft tracker with tidbits on every draft pick so far. Link

QUOTE (pktmotion @ Jun 8, 2010 -> 02:47 PM) Ross Wilson is a Beckham clone. They play SEC baseball. It's almost assumed they look like that.

BA seems to like Moran's stuff, but dislikes his attitude. They like his slider, but it's inconsistent.

QUOTE (Cowch @ Jun 8, 2010 -> 02:03 PM) Think it's pronounced Yo-sef? They said it like Joseph on the conference call. I've seen it abbreviated to Joe elsewhere so no.

QUOTE (Ozzie Ball @ Jun 8, 2010 -> 01:59 PM) I like Saladino. Me too. Good defensive SS with some pop? Hard not to like that in the 7th.

Ravelo isn't even in the top 100 of Florida players in Baseball America.

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Jun 8, 2010 -> 01:42 PM) I believe my boy Jordan Shipers is still on the board. Obviously scouts are worried about his small frame. This might interest you BA says he won't sign though.