2015 SWAC BASEBALL TOURNAMENT DAY 1
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SUjagTILLiDIE
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This really hurts SU. Before this, I would have gone on record as to saying SU would be a favorite to win the tournament.
Southern loses pitcher Tyler Robinson ahead of SWAC tournament
Advocate staff photo by JOHN OUBRE -- Southern starting pitcher Tyler Robinson throws a pitch to a Grambling
BY MIKE GEGENHEIMER| SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE
May 11, 2015
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After a tumultuous regular season for the Southern baseball team, the Jaguars will travel to New Orleans for the Southwestern Athletic Conference tournament without one of their top pitchers.
Freshman Tyler Robinson was ruled academically ineligible after falling below the required 12 hours for student-athletes as Southern heads into the conference tournament Wednesday. The Jaguars will open play in the double-elimination event with two-time defending tournament champion Jackson State at 9 a.m. at Wesley Barrow Stadium.
“Certainly we’re going to have to go a different route than we planned to,” Southern coach Roger Cador said Monday. “When the team is depending on someone and they’re not around, it does a disservice to the team. We’re hoping now the next guy steps up and does the job.”
http://theadvocate.com/sports/latestsports/12346763-123/southern-loses-pitcher-tyler-robinson
Southern loses pitcher Tyler Robinson ahead of SWAC tournament
Advocate staff photo by JOHN OUBRE -- Southern starting pitcher Tyler Robinson throws a pitch to a Grambling
BY MIKE GEGENHEIMER| SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE
May 11, 2015
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After a tumultuous regular season for the Southern baseball team, the Jaguars will travel to New Orleans for the Southwestern Athletic Conference tournament without one of their top pitchers.
Freshman Tyler Robinson was ruled academically ineligible after falling below the required 12 hours for student-athletes as Southern heads into the conference tournament Wednesday. The Jaguars will open play in the double-elimination event with two-time defending tournament champion Jackson State at 9 a.m. at Wesley Barrow Stadium.
“Certainly we’re going to have to go a different route than we planned to,” Southern coach Roger Cador said Monday. “When the team is depending on someone and they’re not around, it does a disservice to the team. We’re hoping now the next guy steps up and does the job.”
http://theadvocate.com/sports/latestsports/12346763-123/southern-loses-pitcher-tyler-robinson
Their ban specifically states that they won't participate in conference tournaments.
DAHILL
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Only SU folks would believe Southern was a favorite to win the tourney even before this pitcher flunked out.
SUjagTILLiDIE
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He didnt flunk out. He dropped a class lol. As a person that has followed SWAC baseball for years, I just like the place SU baseball is in. The favorite never wins The SWAC baseball Tournament, because it's to many teams. Plus tournament ball is way different. SU has the best pitcher stats wise in Salvador who has 104 strikeouts in 78 innings pitched. That's insane. His win Lost record was hurt when Cador played all freshmen early, because folks weren't cleared yet. Once folks got cleared SU went on a roll. Only loss he has had since everyone was back was to tSU, but it wasn't his fault, we had 6 errors and, only lost 4-2. Salvador ain't losing unless SU has alot of errors. Robinson would have given SU another dominate pitcher.
TSUalum05
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No way that would've happened when I was at TSU. No way! Our academic advising and compliance are 10x better now than when I last played in 2006. If I remember correctly, our AA had to drop us from classes.
SUjagTILLiDIE
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After re-reading the article maybe he did flunk a class lol. The way the author worded it leads to confusion. All I know he is ineligible.
Yep. There is no way he should have been allowed to drop a class. My daughter can't even set her own schedule as an athlete at SU, let alone drop a class. She has to go through compliance.
SUjagTILLiDIE
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After re-reading the article maybe he did flunk a class lol. The way the author worded it leads to confusion. All I know he is ineligible.
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SUjagTILLiDIE
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Anyway back to baseball . Who y'all got winning. I think they should only let the top 2 teams from each side in. That way the best team would win the majority of the time.
SUjagTILLiDIE
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Funny lol. Before Jsu won the last 2, I think the east had only won once or twice in the last 20 years. PB was really good but SU has their number. TSU has SU's number. Should be a good tournament. Salvador ain't losing, unless SU has a lot of errors.
This is not the 1st time for SU. Back in 2010, SU lost their starting 3rd baseman because he changed his major and thus didnt have enough core courses. During the tourney, SU missed him as SU made about 7 errors in a 1 run loss to Alcorn to end their season.
This is just an example of the athletic admin office on campus.
The top west team is probably the best team in the conference this year.
I think it may come down to Bama State and TXSU. Bama A&M and J-State will be in the hunt. Pitching will be the difference.
I would like to see SU do well, but for the conference I don't want to see SU in another televised championship (which sends the tourney champ to the playoffs) until our APR is fixed. I don't wanna hear all the APR crap on ESPN during the game again.
If SU wins the SWAC(seriously doubt it), whoever they are playing in the championship will get the automatic bid.....just like basketball. I wish PB was in it though. They are the best this year.
JayRob
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That's ancient history. The East has won the last three or three out of four. If JSU doesn't win it this year, Bama State will.
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Fixed it for you....
JayRob
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If that was the case then su wouldn't be in the tournament if PB was eligible.