Charles Fischer Administrator No. 1 Share Posted Wednesday at 03:31 AM Throughout the baseball season--all you saw on the major sites was articles and drooling over SEC baseball. Yet the eight teams of the Mens College World Series is only made up of two SEC teams from an original 13 that began play in the Regionals. Top seeds of Vanderbilt, Texas, Auburn, Georgia, and Ole Miss went down with a stunning five of eight national seeds not even making it to the Super-Regionals. Either that is bad seeding, or massive overhype... While the SEC has more in the MCWS than any other conference, (two) it is a routine number, and not one that matches the over-the-top-stuff written about them through the season. Arkansas is considered the most talented team remaining, but as Oregon knows...it all depends upon how your pitchers are doing on a given day. The FORGOTTEN Group... Very quietly a group from the West Coast....where little respect is given, outperformed the SEC by the trio of Oregon State, UCLA and Arizona. Didn't they used to be in a good baseball conference that was routinely dismissed in RPI and rankings? These teams out west stunned everyone, and yet Our Beloved Ducks hold SIX wins over two of them...but not at the right time of the season. I salute these other teams because they peaked at the right time, while Oregon peaked just before season end and tailed off. Between these observations, and how two national regionals were hosted in the State of Oregon...I'd say that baseball out west is looking promising, and Oregon will have their say in future tournaments. The deepest group of top teams are not in the SEC or the ACC, but OUT WEST! 1 Mr. FishDuck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porter No. 2 Share Posted Wednesday at 11:03 AM Quote The SEC is considered a hot bed of sports partially due to our old friend East Coast Bias. People in the east do not travel as much as we do in the west to begin with and I'm guessing money is tight for traveling right now. There is also inertia as these team have done well in all three sports recently. Football has that advantage of one less conference opponent than other conferences. To be fair I believe Oregon State is the only school north of the Mason-Dixon line to have won the CWS and they did it more than once. Correct me if I am mistaken. The only B1G teams actually on the east coast are not powerhouses so .. The bias will continue for a while though the SEC continues to drift farther away from their last national championship in football. Alabama is no longer the challenge that Georgia and Texas are becoming but they have not been to the promised land, either. We lived with it in the PAC12 and will to a lesser extent now that we are in the B1G. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
30Duck Moderator No. 3 Share Posted Wednesday at 02:12 PM The SEC still can't believe that they didn't win the football Natty the last two years, didn't even play in the championship game; the B1G has two Natty's in a row. The news about Alabama last season were the L's to Okie and Vandy, and now baseball, 13 up, 2 left. I know it means a lot to Oregon State. but as far as baseball, PAWL sounds like Rhett Butler, Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Joseph Moderator No. 4 Share Posted Thursday at 02:30 PM On 6/11/2025 at 7:03 AM, Porter said: The SEC is considered a hot bed of sports partially due to our old friend East Coast Bias. People in the east do not travel as much as we do in the west to begin with and I'm guessing money is tight for traveling right now. There is also inertia as these team have done well in all three sports recently. Football has that advantage of one less conference opponent than other conferences. To be fair I believe Oregon State is the only school north of the Mason-Dixon line to have won the CWS and they did it more than once. Correct me if I am mistaken. The only B1G teams actually on the east coast are not powerhouses so .. The bias will continue for a while though the SEC continues to drift farther away from their last national championship in football. Alabama is no longer the challenge that Georgia and Texas are becoming but they have not been to the promised land, either. We lived with it in the PAC12 and will to a lesser extent now that we are in the B1G. Great post. None recently, but six B1G teams have won NCAA baseball titles. Minnesota has won three and Michigan two. All titles were won before the Beavers won their two titles. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porter No. 5 Share Posted Thursday at 02:35 PM On 6/12/2025 at 10:30 AM, Jon Joseph said: Great post. None recently, but six B1G teams have won NCAA baseball titles. Minnesota has won three and Michigan two. All titles were won before the Beavers won their two titles. Let me guess. One of the Michigan teams was captained by Gerald Ford 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porter No. 6 Share Posted Thursday at 02:36 PM also .. were the players wearing gloves back in those days? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
30Duck Moderator No. 7 Share Posted Thursday at 04:28 PM On 6/12/2025 at 7:35 AM, Porter said: Let me guess. One of the Michigan teams was captained by Gerald Ford No baseball, Ford was a center om Michigan's back to back football champs, 1931-32. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Joseph Moderator No. 8 Share Posted 12 hours ago In this CWS, Parity has replaced SEC. Talk of power conferences taking over the College World Series was premature judging by 2025 field APNEWS.COM Six conferences and an independent will be represented at the College World Series. None were among the final eight in Omaha a year ago. The dominant conference would have been the former and real Pac-12. Not the Pac-7 plus Gonzo. Arizona, Oregon State, and UCLA. How did 'THEY' screw 'THIS' up? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
30Duck Moderator No. 9 Share Posted 11 hours ago On 6/13/2025 at 10:25 AM, Jon Joseph said: In this CWS, Parity has replaced SEC. Ya know, Parity has pushed the SEC aside in the CFP too. The last two years SEC wasn't even in the Natty game, and the Natty went to the B1G! Yes, the Gators did win "March Madness". but football, keep your 8 Games SEC, the B1G will just keep on keeping on. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
