Iowa vs Nebraska Called Off On Sunday

[IowaHawkeyeFBnBB4Life]

Well that really sucks. I can't recall the last time when two let alone one conference game in a season was called off for Iowa. Maybe a game against NW during the Dahm era?

Iowa is 6-4 in the B1G with the next two series being very tough against Minnesota/Michigan. Then we face NW and PSU. Iowa is really at a disadvantage here. Our conference standings and making the B1G tournament is really going to be dependent upon winning percentage.

Only good news I guess is that Heller has never lost a series to Nebraska and he is 9-3 against Nebby/Erstad.

 

[hawkeye bb n fb fan]

You know what, screw this weather. Now all we get is a split against the Big Ten's 11th best team. I hear what Heller is saying about moving the season back a month and I'm starting to buy in. Any chance we could make the NCAA Tournament off RPI without making the BIG Tournament because we had a bunch of games cancelled?

 

[IowaHawkeyeFBnBB4Life]

You know what, screw this weather. Now all we get is a split against the Big Ten's 11th best team. I hear what Heller is saying about moving the season back a month and I'm starting to buy in. Any chance we could make the NCAA Tournament off RPI without making the BIG Tournament because we had a bunch of games cancelled?

Kendall Rogers had this debate 2-3 years ago because there were a few teams RPI wise, SOS wise that looked like NCAA at-large teams. However they did not make the conference tournament. I believe the general consensus is they don't make a practice of doing this. So we NEED to make the conference tournament. Like I said, don't even pay attention to the records now. It's all about what winning percentage says.

Also, some may disagree with me on this. I think you start Cole McDonald on Tuesday and throw him one or two innings to keep him stretched out before a Sunday start vs Minnesota.

 

[hawkeye bb n fb fan]

Kendall Rogers had this debate 2-3 years ago because there were a few teams RPI wise, SOS wise that looked like NCAA at-large teams. However they did not make the conference tournament. I believe the general consensus is they don't make a practice of doing this. So we NEED to make the conference tournament. Like I said, don't even pay attention to the records now. It's all about what winning percentage says.

Also, some may disagree with me on this. I think you start Cole McDonald on Tuesday and throw him one or two innings to keep him stretched out before a Sunday start vs Minnesota.

Wait, it's winning percentage not number of wins?

 

[IowaHawkeyeFBnBB4Life]

Wait, it's winning percentage not number of wins?

Since Iowa, Nebraska, Indiana will not play all 24 conference games. Our standing is based on winning percentage.

For example....13-9 is a .590 an would finish higher than 14-10 which is .583.

12-10 is .545 and 13-11 is .541

Of course 11-11 and 12-12 are both .500 then you get into head to head and such.

Sooooo it's really a winning percentage game for Iowa at this point.

 

[Franisdaman]

its a wonder that teams from the midwest ever make it to the CWS; the CWS is set up perfectly for the teams in the South

I just hope we can keep Heller; teams in the South surely are paying attention to what he is doing here; I wonder if he will ever get sick of the weather and the disadvantages of playing baseball in March and give in to an offer from a team from the South

 

[Alum-Ni]

Wait, it's winning percentage not number of wins?

Conference standings are based off win percentage

 

[hawkeye bb n fb fan]

Conference standings are based off win percentage

Gotcha, thanks

 

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