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re: Defending champs should automatically qualify for tourney
Posted on 4/29/24 at 6:21 pm to ForeverEllisHugh
Posted on 4/29/24 at 6:21 pm to ForeverEllisHugh
Why even bother playing the season if you'd automatically qualify?
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Posted on 4/29/24 at 6:33 pm to Laman1978
Some people like baseball. The players like to play and compete. Most rational people know you don’t win win every year, no matter how much you want it. Those people avoid the assholes on this site.
Posted on 4/29/24 at 6:35 pm to ForeverEllisHugh
Everybody gets a trophy.
Posted on 4/29/24 at 6:36 pm to LSUfan4444
quote:
Gen z enters the chat
Participation trophy sports programs on isle 3 hal
Posted on 4/29/24 at 6:42 pm to ForeverEllisHugh
This might be the worst take in the history of takes.
Posted on 4/29/24 at 6:53 pm to ForeverEllisHugh
300th downvote. 
Posted on 4/29/24 at 9:25 pm to Pop
quote:It wasn't a serious response. I figured everyone would catch that, but I guess there's always one...
Some people like baseball. The players like to play and compete. Most rational people know you don’t win win every year, no matter how much you want it. Those people avoid the assholes on this site.
Posted on 4/29/24 at 9:27 pm to ForeverEllisHugh
That's the kind of bullshite thinking that stole the All-Valley from Mike Barnes in '89.
Posted on 4/30/24 at 1:08 am to ForeverEllisHugh
quote:We lost to Human Jukebox University........
I promise you this LSU team would have a better chance of winning a regional than any team from the SWAC, Miz Valley etc.
Posted on 4/30/24 at 2:34 am to nicholastiger
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this season is on LSU though
Which seasons aren’t “on LSU”?
Posted on 4/30/24 at 9:36 am to ForeverEllisHugh
There is no welfare in baseball.
Posted on 4/30/24 at 10:21 am to ForeverEllisHugh
I thought of that issue, but then, if a Defending Champ is put in, regardless of record, then that means a team that is more deserving to get in stays home...is that fair? No!
Posted on 4/30/24 at 10:33 am to ForeverEllisHugh
I’m finally convinced that you are a troll
Posted on 4/30/24 at 11:03 am to ForeverEllisHugh
Well thats stupid. Last years team was champions. This team hasn't won shite. Why do they deserve a spot based on what last year's team did?
Posted on 4/30/24 at 12:06 pm to ForeverEllisHugh
Posted on 4/30/24 at 12:35 pm to cdcleary
As others have said this isn’t an unheard of practice. It’s a hallmark of the Masters and has been the case for most World Cups.
I think this only works in sports like college baseball and basketball, with wildly disparate strengths of schedule and huge tournament fields.
Giving the SWAC an auto-bid is much more absurd. Eliminating non-P5 auto bids would be a great place to start.
I think this only works in sports like college baseball and basketball, with wildly disparate strengths of schedule and huge tournament fields.
Giving the SWAC an auto-bid is much more absurd. Eliminating non-P5 auto bids would be a great place to start.
Posted on 4/30/24 at 1:03 pm to ForeverEllisHugh
That is a much better argument to have than just allowing the defending champs in. If the smaller conferences want to dance, then make sure they have quality competition on the schedule, have a resume worthy of being in the dance, and let the selection committee do its job. But allowing LSU automatically in even if they went 0-54 this year, would be a crime. You have to not only show that you deserve it but that you actually have a chance once the tournament starts.
Posted on 4/30/24 at 1:42 pm to FredbullTN
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You have to not only show that you deserve it but that you actually have a chance once the tournament starts.
Well, so far this LSU team has won 62% of its games.
It still has a few elite players like Holman, Jump, and White. Some really talented but inconsistent pitchers in Ack, Herring, Hurd etc. Underclassmen like Jones, Milam, Larson really coming on strong. A maniacally-obsessive head coach.
There’s no universe in which 2024 LSU wouldn’t be one of the 64 most likely teams to win a regional.
Posted on 4/30/24 at 1:53 pm to ForeverEllisHugh
I agree with you bud...the only thing we dont agree on is the national champ getting an automatic bid part and i explained why.
Posted on 4/30/24 at 2:10 pm to ForeverEllisHugh
The purpose of the post season is to determine the best team in the country for that season. It’s not a reward in itself. It’s the chance to put all claims to rest and prove it on the field.
Some schools will not ever have a chance to test themselves against the blue bloods until the post season. If they’ve beaten all the teams they’ve faced during the year, they need to be included to separate the fact from the fiction.
LSU is not in that situation. We’ve played the best teams and we already know we’re not good enough. Sending us to the regionals won’t teach anyone anything about us that they don’t already know.
Don’t like it? Well then you’re not up to big time SEC athletics. It’s why we get the big bucks.
Some schools will not ever have a chance to test themselves against the blue bloods until the post season. If they’ve beaten all the teams they’ve faced during the year, they need to be included to separate the fact from the fiction.
LSU is not in that situation. We’ve played the best teams and we already know we’re not good enough. Sending us to the regionals won’t teach anyone anything about us that they don’t already know.
Don’t like it? Well then you’re not up to big time SEC athletics. It’s why we get the big bucks.
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