2014 Husker Baseball

Post by **Coyote** » Fri May 23, 2014 10:28 pm

Iowa. 1
Michigan. 7

Nebraska. 9:00 am. (5:00 pm if necessary)
Michigan. BTN

Post by **Coyote** » Fri May 23, 2014 10:33 pm

Day 1: 10,424
Day 2: 11,758
Day 3: 7,580

29,762

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Fri May 23, 2014 10:34 pm

That has to be tickets sold.

skinzfan23 · Post by **skinzfan23** » Fri May 23, 2014 10:51 pm

iamjacobm wrote:That has to be tickets sold.

I bet it is...I remember reading earlier that there were around 6,000 all-session tickets sold.

Either way almost to 30,000 with two days to go. Could possibly finish with 40-45,000 total, which would be almost 4 times more than the previous record.

skinzfan23 · Post by **skinzfan23** » Sat May 24, 2014 11:45 am

Looks like another huge crowd there today. I would guess 12-14,000. And the Huskers are up 6-0 and probably headed to tomorrow's championship game.

Post by **Coyote** » Sat May 24, 2014 11:58 am

Kubat pitched 8.2, almost a complete game shutout! but the bullpen is well rested for tomorrow's Championship game.

Michigan. 1
Nebraska. 6

Post by **Coyote** » Sat May 24, 2014 12:16 pm

Day 1: 10,424
Day 2: 11,758
Day 3: 7,580
29,762
Day 4: 12,011 (OWH guesstimation)
Day 5: 14,000 (guesstimation)
57,000 ???

2010: 12,219 B1G Tournament total attendance record at Bill Davis Stadium in Columbus, Ohio
2015: 6,444 (Target Field Minneapolis in 2013)
2016:

Target Field hosts B1G tourney in '15. And then?

Lincoln Journal Star wrote:Delany said during the interview the Big Ten will access what happens this year and next. "Then we'll make judgments going forward. But this is pretty impressive." Indeed.

And while the home crowd does give the Huskers a clear advantage, you wonder: Wouldn't a player from an opposing team just as soon play a baseball game in front of 12,000 people, even if they're rooting against them, over 120 people?

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Sat May 24, 2014 1:12 pm

I think an Indy Omaha rotation would be fair. Indy has got a growing fan base in IU to draw from and a nice DT stadium to use. Omaha obviously supports college sports as well as anyone.

As for this year MSU would obviously be easier, but IU vs Nebraska in front of a big crowd would be really good for B1G baseball. Plus they didn't get to play all year.

guitarguy · Post by **guitarguy** » Sat May 24, 2014 2:22 pm

The early season head scratching seems to be smoothing out quite a bit.. At this point I'm indeed impressed with Coach Erstad. I have seen a killer instinct this year that's been sadly missing these last few years. Hoping Erstad continues to develop the Husker Baseball team going forward.

Post by **BRoss** » Sat May 24, 2014 3:19 pm

Coyote wrote:Day 1: 10,424
Day 2: 11,758
Day 3:    7,580
29,762
Day 4: 12,011 (OWH guesstimation)
Day 5: 14,000 (guesstimation)
57,000 ???

2010:    12,219 B1G Tournament total attendance record at Bill Davis Stadium in Columbus, Ohio
2015:    6,444 (Target Field Minneapolis in 2013)
2016:

Target Field hosts B1G tourney in '15. And then?

Lincoln Journal Star wrote:Delany said during the interview the Big Ten will access what happens this year and next. "Then we'll make judgments going forward. But this is pretty impressive." Indeed.

And while the home crowd does give the Huskers a clear advantage, you wonder: Wouldn't a player from an opposing team just as soon play a baseball game in front of 12,000 people, even if they're rooting against them, over 120 people?

Its things like this that makes me hope Omaha will never turn professional. We have such a great college backing here and that is what makes us such a great place to host things like this.

Post by **Coyote** » Sat May 24, 2014 4:08 pm

12,011. No official attendance numbers released yet, but.

Indiana 7
Michigan St. 4

Nebraska 1:00
Indiana BTN

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Sat May 24, 2014 4:36 pm

Only 8 tickets left on Stubhub? Do they need to open the outfield?

Post by **Coyote** » Sat May 24, 2014 5:18 pm

Day 1: 10,424
Day 2: 11,758
Day 3: 7,580
Day 4: 12,319
42,081

Day 5: 18,000(guesstimation)
60,000 ???

skinzfan23 · Post by **skinzfan23** » Sat May 24, 2014 5:36 pm

Truly amazing numbers. I think we all knew it was probably going to break Columbus' record, but the attendance is over 3 times more already and another Husker game upcoming. Great showing for the Huskers and the city of Omaha.

Stargazer · Post by **Stargazer** » Sun May 25, 2014 7:37 am

It will be funny to see it go to Target Field next year... attendance dwindle back into the few thousand, at most (some guy on the Big Ten network facebook page posted "Next year it will be at a real MLB park."

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Sun May 25, 2014 1:06 pm

Holy |expletive| they actually went into te outfield bleachers!

Post by **Coyote** » Sun May 25, 2014 1:22 pm

"The largest crowd Indiana has played in front of during this regular season was 3,862."
I thought maybe we would see 18k today, I don't know about that now...

Post by **Coyote** » Sun May 25, 2014 3:14 pm

Day 1: 10,424
Day 2: 11,758
Day 3: 7,580
Day 4: 12,319
Day 5: 19,965*
62,046

* Record NCAA Conference Tournament game.

2014 NCAA Single Game Attendance
21,310 (5/13/14) Georgia vs Georgia Tech, Turner Field, Atlanta
19,965 (5/25/14) Nebraska vs Indiana, TD Ameritrade, Omaha

Post by **Coyote** » Sun May 25, 2014 3:34 pm

Coyote wrote:19,965*
* Record NCAA Conference Tournament game.

TOP 10 CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT ATTENDANCE DATES
17,860—Florida st. (3) vs. north Carolina (2), may 25, 2005, The Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida (Atlantic Coast)
16,498—Georgia Tech (5) vs. Florida st. (4), may 25, 2005, The Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida (Atlantic Coast)
16,165—Alabama (9) vs. Arkansas (4), may 23, 1999, Hoover metropolitan stadium, Birmingham, Ala. (southeastern)
14,390—Auburn (11) vs. Alabama (8), may 13, 1998, Hoover metropolitan stadium, Birmingham, Ala. (southeastern)
14,427—Alabama (7) vs. Auburn (5) and LsU (7) vs. mississippi st. (2), may 23, 2003, Hoover metropolitan stadium, Birmingham, Ala. (southeastern)
13,941—Texas A&m (3) vs. Texas (2), may 22, 2003, Ameriquest Field, Arlington, Texas (Big 12)
13,367—Alabama (6) vs. south Carolina (2), may 26, 2002, Hoover metropolitan stadium, Birmingham, Ala. (southeastern)
13,327—Texas (9) vs. nebraska (6), may 26, 2002, The Ballpark in Arlington, Arlington, Texas (Big 12)
13,066—oklahoma (9) vs. oklahoma st. (4), may 16, 1998, southwestern Bell Bricktown Ballpark, oklahoma City (Big 12)
12,674—Texas A&m (8) vs. Baylor (5), may 16, 1998, southwestern Bell Bricktown Ballpark, oklahoma City (Big 12)

Post by **Coyote** » Sun May 25, 2014 4:37 pm

Nebraska. 4
Indiana. 8

Indiana a top 4 National seed?
Nebraska a top 8 #2 seed?

skinzfan23 · Post by **skinzfan23** » Sun May 25, 2014 4:49 pm

Pretty impressive attendance numbers. That is over 5x more than the previous Big 10 Tournament record.

Uffda · Post by **Uffda** » Tue May 27, 2014 3:04 pm

Thank you, Nebraska

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Post by **Coyote** » Fri May 30, 2014 1:19 pm

Sinclair loses the perfect game after 14 batters with a 4 pitch walk, but still has a no hitter bottom of the 5th.
NU only has three singles, needs some offense.

Post by **Coyote** » Fri May 30, 2014 3:06 pm

Fullerton 5
Nebraska 1

Post by **Coyote** » Sat May 31, 2014 12:29 pm

Looks like he Huskers are playing Johnny Wholestaff today, and get a great cushion with a nice crooked number in the first.

Post by **Coyote** » Sat May 31, 2014 2:47 pm

NU scores 3 in the top of the 9th, lives to play another day.

Nebraska. 8
Binghamton 6

Post by **nebugeater** » Sun Jun 01, 2014 8:19 am

The Sunday game is at Noon today and will be on ESPNU

Post by **Coyote** » Sun Jun 01, 2014 2:52 pm

Nebraska. 3
Fullerton. 4 ( all unearned )

NU is 0-8 against Cal St Fullerton.

guitarguy · Post by **guitarguy** » Sun Jun 01, 2014 3:09 pm

Thats just sad lol.. do like the way the program is heading though!

Greg S · Post by **Greg S** » Sun Jun 01, 2014 3:30 pm

Rough way to finish the season. That being said love the trajectory of the program. Lots of people questioned the Erstad higher and baseball in the Big 10. Erstad definitely seems to have a great blueprint.

Greg

Post by **Coyote** » Sun Jun 01, 2014 9:26 pm

Future B1G Maryland ousts S. Carolina for their first Super Regional Appearance in school history.

Greg S · Post by **Greg S** » Mon Jun 02, 2014 9:05 am

Nice to see Maryland playing well. Hopefully with the Big 10 money coming in, they can keep this going and invest more in football. With basketball they make the very strong Big 10 even stronger.

Greg

Post by **Coyote** » Mon Jun 02, 2014 1:48 pm

Kyle Peterson just said on 1620 that S Carolina was the best team to go down yesterday now that they are healthy. That they had not lost a home post season game since the 70's. And... Maryland just blew them out.

MadMartin8 · Post by **MadMartin8** » Mon Jun 02, 2014 5:03 pm

Is Maryland loaded with seniors? Or can they expect sustained success?

Post by **Coyote** » Mon Jun 02, 2014 5:11 pm

MadMartin8 wrote:Is Maryland loaded with seniors? Or can they expect sustained success?

That really isn't applicable to baseball. Few good players make it to their senior year, heck good players don't even make it to college these days... If the University is willing to invest in the program might be a better question, which I couldn't answer right now...

MadMartin8 · Post by **MadMartin8** » Mon Jun 02, 2014 5:15 pm

Coyote wrote:
MadMartin8 wrote:Is Maryland loaded with seniors? Or can they expect sustained success?
That really isn't applicable to baseball. Few good players make it to their senior year, heck good players don't even make it to college these days... If the University is willing to invest in the program might be a better question, which I couldn't answer right now...

Ah, makes sense, forgive my ignorance on that. Admittedly I do not follow baseball, and only do so as a casual observer. Good to know, so thanks!

And with Maryland's finances being eased by Big 10 money, i'd imagine we'd see an uptick with their Athletic Department?

Post by **Coyote** » Mon Jun 02, 2014 5:23 pm

Not only joining the B1G, but with Delaney wanting to establish a big footprint on the East Coast, holding their 2017 basketball tournament in Maryland's viewing area, you know they will be helping the Terps.

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Mon Jun 02, 2014 5:26 pm

A top 3 of IU, Maryland and NU isn't a terrible conference. Certainly better than they were a few years ago. And really Illinois isn't too far off, they went down to Florida and beat the Gators twice this season. MSU, Michigan and OSU are good enough for a northern conference and Rutgers did decent in a pretty good AAC conference this past season. The programs killing the conference right now are NW, PSU and Iowa. Those are just RPI anchors.

MadMartin8 · Post by **MadMartin8** » Mon Jun 02, 2014 5:38 pm

iamjacobm wrote:A top 3 of IU, Maryland and NU isn't a terrible conference. Certainly better than they were a few years ago. And really Illinois isn't too far off, they went down to Florida and beat the Gators twice this season. MSU, Michigan and OSU are good enough for a northern conference and Rutgers did decent in a pretty good AAC conference this past season. The programs killing the conference right now are NW, PSU and Iowa. Those are just RPI anchors.

It just befuddles me how a conference with the footprint of the Big 10 could be as troubled (perhaps that's too strong of a word there) as they are in baseball. I suppose the warmer climates win out for the younger kids, but once they reach the MLB there are quite a few "cold" weather locales...

Post by **Coyote** » Mon Jun 02, 2014 5:38 pm

And that is why Nebraska has to have a good Pre Conference schedule. Playing the likes of Oregon State, UC Irvine, Washington, go out to Fullerton for four last year... and as you say Illinois going south helped to keep them in the conversation.