Admission is free and the Salvation Army will be taking donations for the tornado victims in Ruston.
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Admission is free and the Salvation Army will be taking donations for the tornado victims in Ruston.
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Very nice
And if La Tech starts to turn it around they could be a top 50 RPI game.
It's good to play them anyway out of principle.
Great gesture! Hope they draw a good crowd and lots of donations.
Cool. Where will the game be held?
Pretty sure it's in Starkvegas.Quote:
Originally Posted by RC3
LaTech's field was destroyed.
You serious Clark?Quote:
Originally Posted by RC3
Yes I was serious. I assumed the game was in Starkville but it was not specified in the OP. It was to make up a neutral site game I thought, not a home game. So.Quote:
Originally Posted by Harrydawg
ETA- certainly did not realize the damage to their facilities was that catastrophic
Yes- sorry. It's going to be played at Dudy Noble Field.
This is outstanding! You called it earlier Todd. Regardless of their RPI, this is a good thing. Kudos to everyone involved.
We will have played Sunday against OM and will start the SC series on Thursday. So it will be finding pitchingQuote:
Originally Posted by State82
Yep, I don't like this at all.Quote:
Originally Posted by cujo
I have a question because I have only followed baseball closely for about 3 years. How does this game help us when our RPI is already so high?
It might have been played in Shreveport. It was a good question.Quote:
Originally Posted by Harrydawg
It's another potential Q1 or Q2 win and it helps bring our SOS up.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dawg2003
Okay. Makes sense.Quote:
Originally Posted by Todd4State
I'm glad we are doing this. Lane Burroughs is one of the good guys and I hope we give a ton of donations.
It's the right thing to do. Throw guys that you won't need on the weekends. A loss would suck, but it's still the right thing to do.
I am too. Lane was Cohen's "good cop" as was Butch when they were all here. He's a tremendous recruiter and has given a lot of Mississippians a chance to play D-I baseball at La Tech and he has them as one of the top three programs in that league.Quote:
Originally Posted by Commercecomet24
Can we get the freshmen some work i this game, I mean it really doesn't matter compared to the weekend matchup.Quote:
Originally Posted by Todd4State
The real issue with our schedule is we scheduled five SWAC teams. IMO we should have scheduled La Tech to start with and dropped Texas Southern, Grambling, or Pine Bluff. We also should have played USM in Pearl and someone like Tulane in Biloxi. I'd actually like to see us play LSU midweek in Biloxi but they aren't going to do it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dawg2003
My guess at this time is that we will probably throw either Keegan James or Plumlee against them. Probably Keegan since I would imagine that we are going to want to get Plumlee back in the SEC weekend rotation as soon as we can. The recent rotation shake up has me wondering who we are going to pitch against Memphis because if it's Plumlee that could affect who we throw against Ole Miss. And it may be that they don't want to throw Plumlee again against Ole Miss since they have seen him before.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lord McBuckethead
I don't get why we wouldn't play in Biloxi every year. Second best stadium in the state behind Dudy Noble and also beefs up our presence on the coast, which is a good bit closer to Baton Rouge than Starkville.Quote:
Originally Posted by Todd4State
I don't either. I'd guess that travel is an issue because when we play in Pearl the players are probably back in Starkville around 1 AM which is like 10 PM for college kids. So, our team would have to stay overnight in a hotel or even possibly fly down so that they could get back at a reasonable time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Johnson85
But that said, I agree that we should play a game there every year because it's good for baseball in the state of Mississippi and good for MSU and MSU baseball.
Personally I like Trustmark Park better than MGM but that's me.
I guess nobody wants to give up a weekend at Dudy Noble, but I wish we'd play a three game weekend down there before the conference season starts; ideally have a four team round robin, or if not, maybe have four teams and play two games each.Quote:
Originally Posted by Todd4State
I probably am penalizing Trustmark because when I leave Trustmark I see Pearl and when I leave MGM I see the Mississippi sound.Quote:
Originally Posted by Todd4State
I guess nobody wants to give up a weekend at Dudy Noble, but I wish we'd play a three game weekend down there before the conference season starts; ideally have a four team round robin, or if not, maybe have four teams and play two games each.Quote:
Originally Posted by Todd4State
I probably am penalizing Trustmark because I prefer the coast to Pearl and Jackson.Quote:
Originally Posted by Todd4State
No doubt the surrounding area is much better at MGM, but I don't think there is any comparison in the parks. Trustmark gets my vote hands down.Quote:
Originally Posted by Johnson85
Exactly. No one loves winning or hates losing more than me but sometimes doing the right thing trumps that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Political Hack
I bet we could work out a deal with someone where we play them in Starkville one year and Biloxi the next. I bet South Alabama would love to play us twice- once in Starkville and once in Biloxi.Quote:
Originally Posted by Johnson85
And I do agree that MGM has the decided advantage over Trustmark Park when it comes to backdrop and scenery and locale. Although Pearl has some nice conveniences. I wish the restaurants in Pearl would stay open until midnight after games like the Governor's Cup instead of closing at 10. Especially Moss Creek Fish House.
As I said.