Blanding

My first game was LSU and Tulane, Nov 25, 1961. A beautiful day and witnessed an ole fashion beat down with my Dad, Mother, two brothers and a sister. We were dressed for Sunday services and sat in the south end zone.

My dad coached in north Louisiana after graduating from LSU. My uncle taught real estate law at LSU. Back then coaches could attend with their coaching card. The train ride from Shreveport to Baton Rouge, staying with my uncle and walking to the games. This thread has generated many fond memories.

I say the home run record is in trouble and will fall. The reason for the hypothesis is BBCOR bats were introduced supposedly as safety measures for the pitchers, corner infielders, and coaches in the boxes.

With the BBCOR introduction, there were multiple years inwhich a batted ball never made it to the warning track between the power allies at Schwab Field. The NCAA started tinkering with the ball by lowering the stitching. This brought the homerun back with "safe" exit velocities. We are now seeing exit velocities like in the 90s. If the ball remains juiced and if the bats stay "hot", the record will fall and safety is no longer an issue.

PS: When they lowered the seams on the ball to reduce wind resistance to generate greater carry, few remember the effect that had on ball movement when pitched. All breaking balls are flatter today than they were before the change, simple physics.

Saw LSU beat Texas (Rosenblatt), Florida and Costal. Saw them lose to Florida.

Unbelievable experience. If you love sports is is a bucket list must do.

Thank you

Good afternoon

I'm old and the new technologies drive me up the wall. We have a Samsung Smart TV with a DirectTV Genie. We have ESPN, ESPN +, SEC and SEC +. We have occasionally had to delete our ESPN App and then reload it to make it work. Today, we watched the softball game. After the girls won we wanted to kill our buzz, so we tried to switch to the boys game and the ESPN app would not load. We deleted the app as our usual fix, but when we tried and reload the app, we got a message that the app is busy.

Do you think this is
1. ESPN app related
2. Direct TV
3. User incompetence
4. All of the above?

TIA for any help or suggestions.

PS: We ran a speed test on our network and through the tv and on both tests, the speed was blazing.

Hind sight is always 20/20.

When LSU was, in my opinion, underscored on the floor during the first rotation and OU was inflated or failed to recieve deductions for multiple misses on the vault the die was cast. LSU went to the vault, the same 1/2 steps received much larger deductions than OU. In those two rotations, I believe you're talking at least a .2 swing in total score which would obviously have been the difference. Yes, they took the lead after the 3rd rotation but only by .07. Maybe, those last two roations go differently if there is more pressure on OU.

I'm in for either.

"Mens Basketball is a money maker and with a competent coach and more people in the seats, it could be a big economic driver for the school."

Regardless of the coach or the record, basketball will NOT be a big economic driver, UNLESS the broadcast contracts change. The women's team has large crowds and deep runs in the dance and still lose a bunch of money. Why? Broadcast contract payments are insignificant compared to the men's game. We have been abysmal for four years in men's basketball. Weak attendance and no dancing, yet they make money. Why? Broadcast contract payments which are insignificant to the broadcast contract payments in football. Those willing to pay for advising rights know where the "eyes" are looking.

The men have the potential to make more money. Not because of attendance, but because to television contracts and March Madness. Recently, the women's game has been drawing more eyes but it has not translated to new tv deals and bigger pay outs.

The television contracts are the money maker for football too.

Crawdude
Thank you for the feedback and probably saving my daughter's yard.

I've mentioned that I taught at Clemson (88-92). This was during the end of the Danny Ford era. I was the faculty sponsor for the Letterman's Club. My goodness that was a colorful time. Your explanation of the pronunciation is spot on.

I taught a night class down at Newberry, dangerously close to Gamecock country. I required the class to meet once during the semester on campus. I was giving directions and one of the students said, "Just drive north. When you get close, roll down your windows and follow your nose." Clemsum
is the A&M University for South Carolina and had lots of bovine Agriculture.