B10 Proposes: Fall Baseball games that count

[SB Shock]

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/b10-trial-balloon-fall-baseball-212639084-ncaabb.html;_ylt=Am7SPwxpu.U7QOcq8gcxRjULcykA;_ylu=X3oDMTUzaWg1ZTN1BG1pdANMSVNUUyBNaXhlZCBMaXN0IENPTExFR0UgQkFTRUJBTEwgSGVhZGxpbmVzBHBrZwM4NWI0NjQ1Mi1hMjBjLTM1NzMtOTE3YS03MzI0MjA5Yjc5NGQEcG9zAzIEc2VjA01lZGlhQkxpc3RNaXhlZExQQ0FUZW1wBHZlcgM2YjU0Zjk2MC04NTEzLTExZTItOTdmYy0wNTYwMmZmZDkzMzQ-;_ylg=X3oDMTFwc3FxNzY4BGludGwDdXMEbGFuZwNlbi11cwRwc3RhaWQDBHBzdGNhdANtb3JlfG5jYWFiYgRwdANzZWN0aW9ucw--;_ylv=3

interesting, I don't think it will go far.

The Big Ten is measuring support for a proposal that would give baseball teams the option of playing non-conference games in the fall that would count toward determining the NCAA tournament field the following spring.

There is no agreement on the maximum number of fall games. Schreiber suggests teams be allowed to practice 24 times beginning in late August and then have the option to play up to 14 games from mid-September to late October. A team that plays 14 games in the fall would have a maximum of 42 to play the following spring.

[shoxlax]

Let's play spring football too why we are at it.

[tru2thaduce]

I love this idea considering the weather we have here in October vs Feb/Mar.Maybe we could get a decent opponent to come to Wichita for a series.

[rrshock]

I love this idea considering the weather we have here in October vs Feb/Mar.Maybe we could get a decent opponent to come to Wichita for a series.

I'm sure that is the thinking of the B1G as well. They are even colder weather teams than WSU.

[Awesome Sauce Malone]

Essentially you're splitting the season up into two halves.... which is just freaking weird...

on the other hand there would be a nice 3-4 month gap to heal//mend etc.

[RoyalShock]

I like the idea on the surface. I wonder how it might change summer ball since pitchers would be playing meaningful games within a couple of months after the summer season ends.

[kstarheel]

Beats the heck out of 30 degree games with a North wind.

[tripleshock]

That would certainly make it tough to figure out if your freshman are worth a damn. I guess you can just throw them in the fire and see how it works out.

[WeWillShockU]

The Big10 stole my idea. I brought this up last year on shockernet.net.

[shox1989]

I like the idea. We usually have some pretty nice weather in the fall.