Warm-weather advantage pays off again

[Cuyahoga Falls Eers]

Think being in warm-weather states has anything to do with who makes it to the College World Series? Louisville isn’t Alaska, but it isn’t Florida, which has TWO teams in it. Otherwise, looks like it sure helps to be in Florida or Texas (which also has 2 teams in it) or California.


Saturday, June 17

Game 1: Cal State Fullerton vs. Oregon State* (3 p.m., ESPN)

Game 2: Florida State vs. LSU* (8 p.m., ESPN)

Sunday, June 18

Game 3: Texas A&M vs. Louisville* (2 p.m. ESPN)

Game 4: TCU* vs. Florida* (7 p.m. ESPN2)

 

[WVUFanForever]

So the SEC has three teams...the ACC 2, the Big XII 1, the Pac 10 1 and the Big West has 1.

No Big 10.

 

[Cuyahoga Falls Eers]

So the SEC has three teams...the ACC 2, the Big XII 1, the Pac 10 1 and the Big West has 1.

No Big 10.

Too cold for baseball in March and earlier.

 

[GoWVU]

Corvallis has substantially lower average temperatures in both April and May than Morgantown does.

 

[hbeacheer]

What? No big 10? Where's Osu? Tosu? Can't be?

 

[Orlaco]

That's it...we're moving WVU to Jacksonville.

 

[WVUALLEN]

Think being in warm-weather states has anything to do with who makes it to the College World Series? Louisville isn’t Alaska, but it isn’t Florida, which has TWO teams in it. Otherwise, looks like it sure helps to be in Florida or Texas (which also has 2 teams in it) or California.


Saturday, June 17

Game 1: Cal State Fullerton vs. Oregon State* (3 p.m., ESPN)

Game 2: Florida State vs. LSU* (8 p.m., ESPN)

Sunday, June 18

Game 3: Texas A&M vs. Louisville* (2 p.m. ESPN)

Game 4: TCU* vs. Florida* (7 p.m. ESPN2)

Fullerton weather averages
Annual high temperature: 75.1°F
Annual low temperature: 54.9°F
Average temperature: 65°F

Corvallis, Oregon weather averages
Annual high temperature: 63.4°F
Annual low temperature: 41.9°F
Average temperature: 52.65°F

 

[KeatonsCorner]

And yet there is still posters mad we don't recruit WV baseball players