[Ballbuster]

Fullerton has been on a serious down swing just lately (mostly outside Boyd's window). Since they took us out in the regional we hosted in 2018, they have been at or below 0.500 every year. That's not a long time (3 seasons plus about 1/3 of a season in 2020), but still very odd to long time college baseball watchers. And a bit of a blow to our RPI as we play them yearly.

Right after that regional, they hosted Washington for the Super Regional, and the Dawgs won in a fashion that was about as epic as our game last night.  I think that Super Regional might have broken the Titans.  And that was Washington's first Super Regional and then first CWS in program history, all less than two weeks after I relocated to the Puget Sound area.  How's that for an omen?

The Big West is no longer run by Fullerton or LBST. The rise of UCSB and others like Cal Poly. The So Cal talent has other places to go and play. Plus, Fullerton has a new HC just hired last year, so I am sure some players ended up leaving the program with a changing of leadership.

[Ballbuster]

Fullerton has been on a serious down swing just lately (mostly outside Boyd's window). Since they took us out in the regional we hosted in 2018, they have been at or below 0.500 every year. That's not a long time (3 seasons plus about 1/3 of a season in 2020), but still very odd to long time college baseball watchers. And a bit of a blow to our RPI as we play them yearly.

Right after that regional, they hosted Washington for the Super Regional, and the Dawgs won in a fashion that was about as epic as our game last night.  I think that Super Regional might have broken the Titans.  And that was Washington's first Super Regional and then first CWS in program history, all less than two weeks after I relocated to the Puget Sound area.  How's that for an omen?

The Big West is no longer run by Fullerton or LBST. The rise of UCSB and others like Cal Poly. The So Cal talent has other places to go and play. Plus, Fullerton has a new HC just hired last year, so I am sure some players ended up leaving the program with a changing of leadership.