regional this weekend

wmblanks · Wed May 30, 2012 11:19 pm

I never have minded rolling an rooting for rebs solo... but who is going so we can back each other up. 45 mins is nothing to see rebs play since i left gods country. Btw aggies park is nice however not as nice as swayze anda little small for regional crowd we r used too

Titles 'R Us · Thu May 31, 2012 8:13 am

Not going, but here's the lowdown. OM has one of the Top Five, maybe Top Three facilities in the country. Right up there with LSU, Arkansas and South Carolina. LSU spent a lot of money on the new Alex Box, but it doesn't have all chairbacks like OU does in the grandstand seating. And no grilling areas for the families and students. And think about this--Baton Rouge is now a metro area of 500,000+. Oxford and Lafayette County are about 47,000 if you count the students. Yet both programs can and have regularly attracted 10,000+ to some of their games.

This is not a post about coaching. But the fact is, the NCAA loves to make money, and we have to play ourselves out of a hosting spot from the get-go. We need to be hosting regularly. About 80% of the teams that go to Omaha host regionals to start with.

Rebchuck18 · Thu May 31, 2012 1:39 pm

Okay......but right now we are playing in a regional in college station while many programs including the likes of the Texas longhorns are doing a year end equipment inventory. Perhaps we should focus some positive energy on that!

Titles 'R Us · Thu May 31, 2012 2:13 pm

Rebchuck18 wrote:Okay......but right now we are playing in a regional in college station while many programs including the likes of the Texas longhorns are doing a year end equipment inventory. Perhaps we should focus some positive energy on that!

Okay, how's this? I'm POSITIVE that over 80% of the teams that get to Omaha host regionals, many of them regularly. And OU Stadium, Swayze Field, is a tremendously-POSITIVE part of Ole Miss athletics!

As for what happens at Texas A & M, I have no control over that. Would be nice to win a regional on the road.

mascott · Thu May 31, 2012 4:20 pm

Rebchuck18 wrote:Okay......but right now we are playing in a regional in college station while many programs including the likes of the Texas longhorns are doing a year end equipment inventory. Perhaps we should focus some positive energy on that!

+1
scott

academy reb · Thu May 31, 2012 6:00 pm

Win three in a row. UCLA falls. We host a Super. Win two. Off to Omaha.

wildthang80 · Thu May 31, 2012 6:38 pm

academy reb wrote:Win three in a row. UCLA falls. We host a Super. Win two. Off to Omaha.

Even if the 2 seed wins the UCLA regional? We are a 3 seed.

academy reb · Thu May 31, 2012 7:45 pm

Rivals baseball guy says their number 2, San Diego State, is building a new field. Our bid is a lot bigger. Should come this way IF we win and Bruins lose.

I don't know, don't have any inside info. Just repeating good news IF, IF, IF.

Just win three in a row. Then we'll see what happens and where we go.

wildthang80 · Thu May 31, 2012 8:31 pm

Hope it happens!

Thu May 31, 2012 8:32 pm

I wish I could go but work is getting in the way. I'll check the scores on the computer and hope we win and that I can go on Saturday or Sunday tickets permitting. My son would love this.

OMNOB 1A · Thu May 31, 2012 8:40 pm

Rebchuck18 wrote:Okay......but right now we are playing in a regional in college station while many programs including the likes of the Texas longhorns are doing a year end equipment inventory. Perhaps we should focus some positive energy on that!

As you might be quoted as saying, "Amen and pass the gravy".

Heath · Thu May 31, 2012 10:44 pm

I'll be there yelling loudly and getting sunburned!

rewalters · Fri Jun 01, 2012 7:53 am

cajunrebel wrote:I wish I could go but work is getting in the way. I'll check the scores on the computer and hope we win and that I can go on Saturday or Sunday tickets permitting. My son would love this.

I as well, was really planning on driving down for the Saturday game, but it is looking less likely now.

My biggest concern is making the five hour trip without a ticket, hoping that I can get something there. Pretty big role of the dice especially if we are playing A&M.

Rebchuck18 · Fri Jun 01, 2012 10:40 pm

My #4 child, Billy, graduated from Austin High Today so I was at the Irwin Center on UT's campus....I parked in the parking lot of their baseball park...I could do that today.....because the Longhorns weren't playing in a regional much less hosting one.....so i was in a graduation ceremony for three plus hours! But I had Gametracker on! Great win for us. One down!