There was an item in the D1Baseball chat on 5/6 that I posted and it briefly addressed the ERAs rising in college baseball overall. I was wondering where the B1G stood in that area from 2023 to 2024 and I found that while there was a somewhat rise in the conference's overall ERA it wasn't that significant. The overall conference ERA in 2023 was an average of 5.67, while in 2024 with three games to go for each team, it is 5.90. There might be some jockeying around by teams in the overall ERA standings after the next three games, but I doubt it will move the needle much on the conference's overall ERA for this season. Here's how things went in that area for each team.

Iowa:

2023 (1st) - ERA of 4.19
2024 (8th) - ERA of 6.09

Rutgers:

2023 (2nd) - ERA of 4.55
2024 (5th) - ERA of 5.65

Nebraska:

2023 (3rd) - ERA of 4.64
2024 (1st) - ERA of 4.38

Indiana:

2023 (4th) - ERA of 5.27
2024 (10th) - ERA of 6.28

MSU:

2023 (5th) - ERA of 5.41
2024 11th) - ERA of 6.47

OSU:

2023 (6th) - ERA of 5.63
2024 (9th) - ERA of 6.15

Purdue:

2023 (7th) - ERA of 5.75
2024 (2nd) - ERA of 4.77

Michigan:

2023 (8th) - ERA of 5.85
2024 (6th) - ERA of 6.02

Illinois:

2023 (9th) - ERA of 5.86
2024 (7th) - ERA of 6.04

Maryland:

2023 (10th) - ERA of 5.97
2024 (4th) - ERA of 5.55

Minnesota:

2023 (11th) - ERA of 5.99
2024 (3rd) - ERA of 5.31

PSU:

2023 (12th) - ERA of 6.12
2024 (12th) - ERA of 6.90

Northwestern:

2023 (13th) - ERA of 8.53
2024 (13th) - ERA of 7.10

I have to say it’s a bit depressing reading this board lately. It’s springtime! Even with you heathens back in the Midwest should finally be celebrating! Get your winter white asses out in the sun and enjoy life a bit. Let go of the courtrooms, the war rooms, and the newsrooms and get your butts outside and enjoy! Listen to good music, drink good whiskey, and play some golf.

Out hustled, out rebounded, no toughness. Vastly undermanned Knicks team kicking tail. Halliburton disappeared.

Bloom could coach these pussies better….

Was holding out hope

and you watch the fever instead of the pacers tonight. you should be ??????????

Any word on whether Langdon Hatton showed up on campus for his visit?

Honestly, I'm surprised this hasn't been discussed (or I missed it) with all of the great threads here. So who won the beef and diss battle - Kendrick or Drake? What side are you on?

Drake has a few decent tunes but I'm Team Kendrick on this beef. I assume UncleMark is probably with Drake since he's half-Canadian. Probably the same with the Dream Team because Drake rhymes with fake and he's not from liberal California.

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Next up is Minnesota, which has been decimated by outgoing transfers, and has what has to be one of the worst 6 man transfer classes in P5 basketball.

Their rotation looks like:

--6'11" Dawson Garcia
--6'8" Parker Fox
--6'8" Frank Mitchell
--6'3" Brennan Rigsby (TR)
--6'3" Issac Asuma (FR)
--6'2" Mike Mitchell, Jr.
--6'6" Femi Odukale (TR)
--6'2" Caleb Williams (TR)
--6'2" Lu'Cye Patterson (TR)
--6'10" Trey Edmunds (TR)

Garcia, Frank Mitchell, Fox, and Femi Odukale look like probable starters. The 5th starter probably comes from the group of Rigsby, Asuma, , Williams, and Patterson. Asuma, a borderline top 100 PG, might have the highest ceiling.

This team easily looks like the worst in the BT heading into 2024-25.

Where was all this support during pre trial and jury selection? His kids weren't even there.

Suddenly every day there's a new sieve who has to show up in NYC to support this dude who stepped out on his wife w a porn star then cooked his books about it.

So...just know that these "men" aren't showing up to "support" anybody other than themselves by avoiding Trump's wrath.

He's a ****ing lunatic, fellas.

Cig at 43 out of 68

For what these types of rankings are worth...

I'd just find the most realistic looking fake Bison head out there (or better..., contract with whoever makes that sort of thing to come up with two of them [a primary and a backup]...)

Have the head and horns be the focal point with long sleeves and long pants covering all else aside from the wrist and hand area... We' d have to come up with a couple of fake hooves to cover the hands and wrists...

Once again, stay far away from the clown look and lean towards realism... (Ped Pete is a great example of the ultra creepy "clown look" and what Not to do)...

Just a "Keep It Simple stupid" approach that could have things up and running rapidly and not have a great deal of upkeep and expenditure after the initial outlay for the two heads...

One key would be to find someone at least 6'2" with broad shoulders to wear the head...

The kids under 7 or 8 would love him...

My Avatar endorses this concept. 😎
He's willing to allow his image and likeness to be used as a prototype model if needed...

GLAD I won't pronounce that anymore.

TUESDAY'S SHOW:

🚨 Mike DeCourcy
🚨 Greg Rakestraw
🚨 Chronic Hoosier
🔥 #iubb starting lineup discussion
🔥 Game five of the Pacers-Knicks series tonight
🔥 Thoughts on Great Osobor & his NIL package
🔥 First day of practice at Indianapolis Motor Speedway

Audio - https://www.spreaker.com/episode/is...urcy-greg-rakestraw-chronic-hoosier--60024654

TUESDAY'S SHOW:

🚨 Mike DeCourcy
🚨 Greg Rakestraw
🚨 Chronic Hoosier
🔥 #iubb starting lineup discussion
🔥 Game five of the Pacers-Knicks series tonight
🔥 Thoughts on Great Osobor & his NIL package
🔥 First day of practice at Indianapolis Motor Speedway

Audio - https://www.spreaker.com/episode/is...urcy-greg-rakestraw-chronic-hoosier--60024654

Ever wonder how much it would cost to have Alicia Keys play at your daughter's wedding? ($750K - $1M). A little strapped for cash? How about 10,000 Maniacs (minus Natalie Merchant) for a mere $10K-$20K? Then again, who would want 10,000 Maniacs without Merchant?

Or, how about hiring the two cheapest (of the six) Creedence tribute bands - Creedence Again and Creedence Forever - for $2,500 to $7,500 each, and have them play at opposite ends of the reception hall. Best tribute band gets a $2,500 bonus.

But, my favorite has got to be former Purdue football coach, Darrell Hazell for a mere $25K-$40K. I mean, who doesn't want a coach who managed to win 3 Big Ten games in 3.5 seasons as head coach of Purdue.?

“The bad policies and poor leadership have negatively impacted major life issues. Things like abortion, IVF, surrogacy, euthanasia, as well as a growing support for the degenerate cultural values and media all stem from pervasiveness of disorder.”


I have 3 daughters thanks to IVF. Butker would be fighting me if he uttered those words in my presence.

But he's soooo full of the Holy Spirit, ain't he?

I say yes.

Looks pretty decent but have not read up to much on him

They announced earlier this afternoon that the Thursday game will start at 5 p.m. ET and will be on BTN.


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We need to keep a close eye out on this game since there is a really good chance we might have a midweek game canceled over weather for the second straight week, with the Louisville area expecting rain and thunderstorms throughout the day and into the evening, and the forecast includes the possibility of hail and localized flooding. I'll do the weather forecast first:

It's expected to be 73 at game time (6 p.m. ET) and cloudy with the chance of rain at 47 pct. They are expecting mid-afternoon thunderstorms and thunderstorms mid-evening. Wind is expected to be out of the SSE at 7 mph with gusts to 10 mph.

IU has an RPI of 56, while Louisville (29-22) has an RPI of 62.

The pitchers for both teams are TBD.

Stats: The stats for both teams are incredibly close to each other in pitching and fielding, with Louisville playing in a stronger baseball conference. The B1G's overall RPI is 4th among conferences, while the ACC is 2nd.

Batting: In 50 games played, IU's hitting dropped to a team average of .295 after the Husker series, while in 51 games played, Louisville is hitting .313 as a team. IU has hit 69 homers, 115 doubles, and 7 triples, while Louisville has 74 homers, 113 doubles, and 21 triples (which would be No. 1 in the B1G.)

Pitching: IU's team ERA moved up from 11th to 10th in the B1G at 6.28. In 50 games, IU pitching has given up 80 homers. Louisville's team ERA is 6.63 in 51 games, and their pitching has given up 82 homers.

Fielding: IU's fielding is at .964 and they have 63 errors in 50 games. Louisville's fielding is at .965 and they have 64 errors in 51 games.