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Who did Purdue-FW replace on the schedule?

Posted on 2/20/25 at 6:18 pm
Posted by Le Tenia
Member since Feb 2015
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Posted on 2/20/25 at 6:18 pm
JJ referred to a team canceling late after the schedule was pretty much set but would not name them. Said they had a coaching change and the new coach asked out of the weekend which left him scrambling to find replacement

Just wondering who it might've been?
Posted by ProjectP2294
South St. Louis city
Member since May 2007
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Posted on 2/20/25 at 6:28 pm to
One of these schools:

Program Conference Head coach First season
South Florida The American Mitch Hannahs 2025
Bellarmine ASUN Ben Reel 2025
Dayton Atlantic 10 Scott Loiseau 2025
VCU Atlantic 10 Sean Thompson 2025
Charleston Southern Big South Karl Kuhn[26] 2025
Longwood Big South Ray Noe 2025
USC Upstate Big South Kane Sweeney 2025
Winthrop Big South Mike McGuire 2025
Minnesota Big Ten Ty McDevitt[32] 2025
Ohio State Big Ten Justin Haire[33] 2025
Washington[d] Big Ten Eddie Smith 2025
West Virginia Big 12 Steve Sabins 2025
Bakersfield Big West Jordon Banfield 2025
Long Beach State Big West T. J. Bruce 2025
Campbell Coastal Athletic Chris Marx 2025
William & Mary Coastal Athletic Rob McCoy 2025
Liberty Conference USA Bradley LeCroy 2025
Oakland Horizon Brian Nelson (interim) 2025
Youngstown State Horizon Trevor Charpie 2025
Manhattan MAAC Steven Rosen (interim) 2025
Niagara MAAC Matt Spatafora 2025
Rider MAAC Lee Lipinski (interim) 2025
Indiana State Missouri Valley Tracy Archuleta 2025
Missouri State Missouri Valley Joey Hawkins[62] 2025
Delaware State Northeast Pedro Swann 2025
Morehead State Ohio Valley Chris Rose (interim) 2025
Southern Indiana Ohio Valley Chris Ramirez 2025
South Carolina Southeastern Paul Mainieri 2025
Texas[n] Southeastern Jim Schlossnagle 2025
Texas A&M Southeastern Michael Earley 2025
The Citadel Southern Russell Triplett 2025
Houston Christian Southland Clay VanderLaan[83] 2025
New Orleans Southland Dax Norris 2025
Nicholls Southland Brent Haring 2025
Stephen F. Austin Southland Matt Vanderburg 2025
Alabama A&M SWAC Louis Whitlow (interim) 2025
Alcorn State SWAC Carlton Hardy 2025
Arkansas–Pine Bluff SWAC Logan Stout 2025
Arkansas State Sun Belt Mike Silva 2025
Coastal Carolina Sun Belt Kevin Schnall[91] 2025
Pacific West Coast Reed Peters 2025
Pepperdine West Coast Tyler LaTorre 2025
UT Arlington Western Athletic Mike Trapasso 2025
Utah Valley Western Athletic Nate Rasmussen 2025
Posted by tzimme4
Metairie
Member since Jan 2008
30061 posts
Posted on 2/20/25 at 6:30 pm to
Well it definitely wasn't Texas or South Carolina
Posted by ProjectP2294
South St. Louis city
Member since May 2007
73512 posts
Posted on 2/20/25 at 6:33 pm to
Wouldn’t have been Nicholls or UNO either. Or A&M


I sincerely doubt it would have been any of the swac schools.
Posted by Tigercowboy
Baton Rouge
Member since Nov 2007
4495 posts
Posted on 2/20/25 at 6:37 pm to
I vote Long Beach State
Posted by Le Tenia
Member since Feb 2015
4865 posts
Posted on 2/20/25 at 6:38 pm to
Yeah some of those are pretty safe to eliminate I thought it could have been Washington w Kelly leaving but he made it sound like he was a 1st year coach and Eddie has HC experience at Utah Valley.
Posted by ProjectP2294
South St. Louis city
Member since May 2007
73512 posts
Posted on 2/20/25 at 6:40 pm to
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I vote Long Beach State


They almost always play at home to open the season. And they’re coached by the guy that took over Nevada from Jay. I doubt they were the team but I also doubt Bruce would bitch out.
Posted by ProjectP2294
South St. Louis city
Member since May 2007
73512 posts
Posted on 2/20/25 at 6:42 pm to
quote:

he made it sound like he was a 1st year coach


I know Missouri State has a first year HC, but he’s been on staff there a while and knew for at least a couple years he was taking over. I don’t think they’d have scheduled us in the first place.

But I would have liked to have Caden Bogenpohl see Alex Box for when he inevitably hits the portal after this year.
Posted by Le Tenia
Member since Feb 2015
4865 posts
Posted on 2/20/25 at 6:56 pm to
I was thinking Mizz State. They played ULM to open last year and then went to USM the following week. I think it was probably a cold weather team, seems to be the MO.


Could probably safely strike:
all SWAC teams
all SEC teams
any teams from the South/in-state
Manhattan (Miss St.)
Washington (Eddie Smith)
Ohio St. (Arizona St; vet coach)
Minnesota (Houston; vet coach)
Indiana St (vet coach)
Posted by Asleepinthecove
Lafayette
Member since Jan 2023
1574 posts
Posted on 2/20/25 at 6:57 pm to
Probably a school from above the Mason Dixon line. Usually the northern teams come down and play teams from the south the first few weekends of the season.
Posted by burreauxxx
Member since Dec 2019
5227 posts
Posted on 2/20/25 at 7:07 pm to
Likely someone from up north like Dayton or Minnesota

New coach says he doesn’t want to start with Ls at LSU, but another factor may be the Portal. Now, if you think you have some solid players then you don’t want to show them off in Baton Rouge if you don’t have to and risk them getting plucked.

Jay’s proven to take portal players he’s directly played against and had the chance to see in person.
Posted by austiger
Austin
Member since Apr 2012
843 posts
Posted on 2/21/25 at 7:58 am to
I am almost 100% sure VCU was on the schedule to start the season some time ago...
Posted by ProjectP2294
South St. Louis city
Member since May 2007
73512 posts
Posted on 2/21/25 at 8:01 am to
quote:


I am almost 100% sure VCU was on the schedule to start the season some time ago...


That makes some sense. Their coach is only 29 years old too.
Posted by Tigercowboy
Baton Rouge
Member since Nov 2007
4495 posts
Posted on 2/21/25 at 8:04 am to
quote:

They almost always play at home to open the season. And they’re coached by the guy that took over Nevada from Jay. I doubt they were the team but I also doubt Bruce would bitch out.


I just picked a name off the list that is decently recognizable in NCAA baseball. It put zero effort into it.
Posted by Choupique19
The cheap seats
Member since Sep 2005
63208 posts
Posted on 2/21/25 at 8:08 am to
Bellarmine lines up with our usual non-conference strength of schedule.
Posted by WigSplitta22
The Bottom
Member since Apr 2014
2036 posts
Posted on 2/21/25 at 8:10 am to
Is Omaha supposed to be an upgrade in talent to PFW ?
Posted by ProjectP2294
South St. Louis city
Member since May 2007
73512 posts
Posted on 2/21/25 at 8:19 am to
Maybe slightly.
Posted by ProjectP2294
South St. Louis city
Member since May 2007
73512 posts
Posted on 2/21/25 at 8:24 am to
quote:

Bellarmine lines up with our usual non-conference strength of schedule.


Kind of. Based on Jay's previous comments, I don't think the opening weekend is the only one that changed.

If Omaha was already on the schedule, I don't think Bellarmine would have been. If there was someone on the schedule better than Omaha for week 2, I could see Bellarmine on the schedule.

I don't think he likes to have nothing but complete butt asses on the schedule. In the past some of the teams that by name look bad were at least coming off regional appearances.
Posted by TigerCub
Team Boxtard
Member since May 2006
21419 posts
Posted on 2/21/25 at 8:33 am to
quote:

I don't think he likes to have nothing but complete butt asses on the schedule. In the past some of the teams that by name look bad were at least coming off regional appearances


A team like VCU would certainly fit that bill.
Posted by nicholastiger
Member since Jan 2004
50337 posts
Posted on 2/21/25 at 8:35 am to
LSU will play a game in Biloxi next season
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