Quote Originally Posted by Eric Nies Grind Time View Post
I would think Oregon State would be the closest? Corvallis sucks big time.
That would be a pretty fair comparison.
Oregon State/Mississippi State
Current RPI #44/#17
2015 #40/#132
2014 #14/#27
2013 #4/#8
2012 #25/#19
2011 #22/#16

Very comparable overall in what can fairly be called the "Cohen tenure" outside of the anomaly that was last season.

Both only been to 1 CWS since 07. Took Pat Casey 11 years there to make his first regional but has only missed once in the past 11. His recruiting class in 2005 has to go down as one of the best there has been in college baseball. Class of winners that brought home two titles and went to 3 cws against long odds. Pretty sure the first championship year they lost the first game at every level of the postseason and then won out of the loser's bracket each time. I think our freshman class has potential to carry us a long way over the next 3 years, but I really needed to see more "it" factor from the pitchers though. They've been just as star struck as any group we've brought in, while the position players have been a whole different breed. I'm expecting the light to cut on for one or two of them late in the season and ratchet up how far this team can go another notch though.