Nice job by PM. I know it is early to start talking baseball but I thought this was news worthy. LSU is one of 11 teams tanked in the top 40 by Collegiate Baseball. Tenn is the only team not in ranked. Rank Team Recruits 1. Louisiana St. 19 2. Florida St. 20 3. Oregon St. 16 4. Notre Dame 14 5. UCLA 11 6. Cal. St. Fullerton 16 7. North Carolina 12 8. Arizona St. 17 9. San Diego 18 10. Texas 17 11. Washington 16 12. Auburn 14 13. Virginia 16 14. Oklahoma St. 18 15. Vanderbilt 13 16. Georgia 14 17. Rice 12 18. South Carolina 13 19. Missouri 16 20. Miami, Fla. 8 21. Clemson 10 22. Stanford 13 23. Georgia Tech. 11 24. Arizona 9 25. Mississippi 17 26. Mississippi St. 11 27. Florida 9 28. Louisville 20 29. U.C. Irvine 13 30. Tulane 16 31. Kentucky 15 32. Southern California 14 33. Arkansas 20 34. Wichita St. 10 35. Oklahoma 18 36. Pepperdine 20 37. Alabama 14 38. U.C. Riverside 17 39. Baylor 11 40. Jacksonville 15 Central Florida 12 http://www.ukathletics.com/index.php?s=&url_channel_id=36&url_article_id=20656&change_well_id=2
Never too early to talk about baseball. Interestingly enough, the UC Irvine coach who did such a great job last season quit unexpectedly after promising he wouldn't (pulled a mini Saban) to go back and coach his Alma Mater CS Fullerton. He was replaced by Mike Gillespie who used to coach for USC and will keep the current assistant head coach and heir apparent who used to work with Coach Savage who is now at UCLA but used to be at USC. Congrats on a great class Tigers.
From Dandydon.com this morning: In baseball news, the 2007 LSU recruiting class is ranked No. 1 in the nation by Colligate Baseball. LSU was the only SEC school ranked in the top ten. Auburn came in at No.12, Vanderbilt No.15, Georgia No. 16 and South Carolina No.18. Below is a list of the LSU Baseball's 2007 No.1 recruiting class. [SIZE=-1] - RHP Anthony Ranaudo, St. Rose HS (Jackson, N.J.), 11th round pick bythe Rangers - INF Matt Clark, Riverside CC (Calif.),28th round pick by the Pirates - OF Chad Jones, Southern Lab HS (Baton Rouge, La.),13th round pick by the Astros - INF /OF Rene Escobar, Riverside CC (Calif.),30th round pick by the Braves - OF Leon Landry, Baker (La.)HS, 36th round pick by the Reds - INF DJ LeMahieu, Brother Rice HS (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.),41st round pick by the Tigers - RHP Jordan Brown, Meridian (Miss.) CC, 45th round pick by the Reds - LHP Ryan Verdugo, Skagit (Wash.)College, 47th round pick by the Giants - INF Matt Gaudet, Delgado CC, 40th round pick by Tampa Bayin 2005 - RHP Ben Alsup, Ruston (La.) HS, High School All-American - C Micah Gibbs, Pfugerville (Texas) HS, High School All-American - SS Derek Helenihi, Ohlone (Calif.)College, JC All-American - RHP Taylor Martin, St. Michael HS (Baton Rouge, La.),High School All-American - OF Cody Reine, Walker (La.) HS, Louisville Slugger High School All-American - RHP Austin Ross, Captain Shreve HS (Shreveport, La.), High School All-American - RHP Daniel Bradshaw, Ouachita Christian HS (West Monroe, La.),High School All-American - RHP /INF Taylor Davis, Panola (Texas) College, JUCO All-Conference - OF /C Johnny Dishon, Bridge City HS (Beaumont, Texas), High School All-State - RHP Jordan Nicholson, Ruston (La.) HS, High School All-State :geauxtige [/SIZE]
Sorta hated to hear that. Saw the Anteaters when they played here in the Super Regional against UTexas. Seemed like he really had that team going in the right direction. They were fundamentally sound, they hustled, they battled, and they were a lot of fun to watch.
There were hurt feelings after he made the announcement particularly because he'd said he wouldn't leave. In his defense, he really did want the job but knew a good friend of his also wanted it so he said he wasn't interested to bolster his friend's position. Once he found out that Fullerton was no longer interested in his friend, he moved forward. He also wanted to make sure the job stayed "in the family" so to speak. The predominant thought coming from many of the Athletic teams at UCI is that the Dean is not a fan of athletics and doesn't do much to support them.
