Source: http://collegebaseball360.com/2012/02/28/college-baseball-week-2-top-50-notebook/
Friday, March 2, 2012
College Baseball Week 2 Top 50 Notebook
A Rundown Of The Second Week Of 2012… The first weekend of the 2012 season was relatively light on upsets, but week two saw some big shockers. SEC powers LSU and Arkansas were among the top teams to fall prey to upsets at the hands of Appalachian State and Valparaiso, respectively. Meanwhile, Stanford continued to make an early season statement by sweeping No. 8 Texas in Palo Alto. Following is the week two rundown of how the Top 50 teams in the country fared (all rankings based on the Week 2 CB360 Composite National Rankings). Friday (2/24) Top 50 Scoreboard Page Saturday (2/25) Top 50 Scoreboard Page Sunday (2/26) Top 50 Scoreboard Page ____________________________________________________________________ Take advantage of this exclusive offer from�Baseballtips.com�? your first choice for baseball training aids and baseball field equipment. With 34 pitching machines & 14 batting cages, field tarps, foul poles, custom netting, bleachers, windscreens, drag mats, and MUCH MORE! Now through March 5th, you?ll save $20 off all purchases of $99 or more when you enter the coupon code CB360. ____________________________________________________________________ (Overall Record/Record Last Week) 1.Florida (7-1, 5-0) Defeated Bethune-Cookman 8-6 on Tuesday. Mike Zunino homered twice. Four pitchers combined to beat No. 30 UCF 8-0 [...]
College Baseball 360 Primetime Performers #2
Appalachian State senior righthander�Ryan Arrowood�(Rutherford, N.C.) and Stanford junior centerfielder�Jake Stewart�(Ft. Collins, Colo.) turned in noteworthy efforts during the past week while facing top-10 opposition, earning �them the top honors among the week-2�CB360 Primetime Performers Weekly Honor Roll, as presented by CollegeBaseball360.com. Arrowood and Stewart ? who are joined by 10 others on the Primetime Honor Roll ? are the lead honorees among this group, as the CB360 Primetime Pitcher of the Week and Player of the Week. (note ? this page will be updated on Wed. with photos and brief text on all 12 honorees) CLICK HERE for the week-1 Primetime Performers (Feb. 17-19) The Primetime Performer awards program (also utilized on affiliate sites CollegeSports360.com, CollegeSoccer360.com and CollegeFencing360.com) seeks to recognize players based on more than simple raw stats, instead taking into account quality of opponent, contribution to team success and various situational factors (such as clutch play, all-around performance, leadership, adversity overcome, etc.). The 12 week-2 Primetime Performer honorees are listed below ? check back later tonight, as headshots, action photos and brief player info. are in the process of being added to this page. ARROWOOD set the tone for Appalachian State’s series win�at LSU (cbs360 #10), earning [...]
Source: http://collegebaseball360.com/2012/02/28/college-baseball-360-primetime-performers-2/
Florida Falls In USA Today/ESPN College Baseball Coaches? Poll ? Feb. 27
Gators Replaced By Cardinal Atop Poll… Florida has been the unanimous number one team in the nation in the major polls since before the start of the 2012 season, but the Gators have dropped in one major poll this week. Florida (7-1) has slipped from first to second in this week’s USA Today/ESPN College Baseball Coaches’ Poll. The Gators were replaced at the top of the poll by Stanford (7-0) which has recorded series sweeps over then No. 11 Vanderbilt and then No. 8 Texas over the first two weekends of the season. Team – Record – Points 1. Stanford (7-0) – 747 2. Florida (7-1) – 743 3. South Carolina (6-0) – 731 4. Rice (8-0) – 661 5. Texas A&M (6-1) – 606 6. North Carolina (5-1) – 589 7. Arkansas (7-1) – 580 8. Miami (7-0) – 548 9. Florida State (6-1) – 540 10. Georgia (7-0) – 431 11. Georgia Tech (6-2) – 429 12. Oregon (7-1) – 298 13. Arizona (5-2) – 247 14. Virginia (5-1-1) – 243 15. Cal State Fullerton (3-3) 239 16. Texas (2-5) – 224 17. Louisville (6-1) – 212 18. TCU (2-4) – 191 19. Clemson (4-2) – 181 20. [...]
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Pac-12 Commissioner: College Football Playoff on the Way
Well, I think it's safe to say that his qualifies as big news.
According to Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott, college football could have a playoff system in place as early as the 2014 season.
...Tuesday?s College Baseball Top-50 Scoreboard & Wrapup
Scores & More Presented By�Baseballtips.com? A busy Tuesday produced six upsets of�CB360 top-50 teams in the�Composite National Rankings, including a pair of losses within the top-25: Eastern Illinois 3-2 at #21 Louisville and Texas State’s 4-hit shutout (1-0) at #22 TCU. Liberty also registered a noteworthy win by knocking off its top-ranked in-state rival, 8-0 at #27 Virginia.��front-page photo courtesy of Liberty Favorites went 20-6 (77%), with a pair of rainouts, in Tuesday’s top-50 action. One of the upsets came in a head-to-head battle between CB360 top-50 teams, as #42 Pepperdine picked up another top win after beating #30 USC, 7-2. In other top-50 head-to-head matchups, #6 North Carolina won 8-4 over #44 St. John’s while #45 Tulane improved to 8-1 with a 12-1 win over #49 Southeastern Louisiana. In addition to the wins by Pepperdine, Eastern Illinois, Texas State and Liberty, Tuesday’s other top-50 upsets included Mercer’s 12-4 win at #46 Georgia Southern and Middle Tennessee State being previously-unbeaten #47 Tennessee (5-4, in 10 innings). There was one game on Monday involving a current CB360 top-50 team, as #37 Texas Tech rallied to beat Northern Illinois, 3-2 (postgame links for that game at bottom of this page). Tuesday’s top-50 [...]
Source: http://collegebaseball360.com/2012/02/28/tuesdays-college-baseball-top-50-schedule-10/
TCU Stung by Drug Bust
As if we needed it, college football has yet another scandal to deal with.
The latest stunning and depressing news comes out of Fort Worth, where four TCU football players were among the 17 students arrested this week in relation to a campus drug bust. The arrests come after a six-month investigation that, according to police, included instances of Horned Frogs players selling marijuana to undercover officers.
...Source: http://collegefootball.about.com/b/2012/02/16/tcu-stung-by-drug-bust.htm
More 2012 Season Previews: Ohio State, USC
Another day, another look ahead to the season to come in college football.
For the next few weeks, we're going to be taking a look at the teams that make up my (somewhat controversial) 2012 Preseason Top 25. Yesterday, we kicked off our previews with in-depth analyses of national title contenders LSU and Alabama, a Michigan team that has found new life under coach Brady Hoke and a Penn State team that is attempting to rebuild in the wake of an absolutely crushing scandal.
...Source: http://collegefootball.about.com/b/2012/02/29/more-2012-season-previews-ohio-state-usc.htm
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