Husker Schedule

[HuskerFan31]

The schedule was already two games short coming into the season and with one game that won't be rescheduled (MSU) and two that are question marks (UNO and NDSU) we need to figure out how to add some games.

For all of the mistakes that have happened under the Erstad regime, not playing a full schedule in 2013 and then not scheduling a makeup game was probably his biggest failure.

It's a little too early to look at the RPI, but if it can halfway hold up (we finish the season with 9 of 12 games against Illinois, Arizona State, and Michigan) we will likely need to play more than the 51 games currently on the schedule.

Finals week is April 29-May 3, which should leave opportunities to play at a minimum on April 24, May 8, and May 14.

I understand that winning at home against the Northern Colorados of the world end up hurting RPI, but it's worth losing a couple spots to make sure we finish above .500 this season.

 

[RobsterMobster]

Wonder if Kansas would be willing to come up here for a double header. Seems the only realistic options are one of the Dakota's or Omaha. Both of which hurt the RPI like you said but we may not have a choice since the wins are needed.

I still don't know how one fails to schedule all allotted games knowing some could and most likely would be cancelled.

 

[k9_r]

Wonder if Kansas would be willing to come up here for a double header. Seems the only realistic options are one of the Dakota's or Omaha. Both of which hurt the RPI like you said but we may not have a choice since the wins are needed.

I still don't know one fails to schedule all allotted games knowing some could and most likely would be cancelled.

I like the Kansas thing but would it be better to travel there? Win or lose, away would be better for the whole RPI thing.

 

[RobsterMobster]

I like the Kansas thing but would it be better to travel there? Win or lose, away would be better for the whole RPI thing.

Probably, if I were them I'd schedule it the Wednesday after we play KSU on the road. This is also assuming Kansas needs a couple games themselves. I would think every northern school does though.

 

[HuskerFan31]

Wonder if Kansas would be willing to come up here for a double header. Seems the only realistic options are one of the Dakota's or Omaha. Both of which hurt the RPI like you said but we may not have a choice since the wins are needed.

I still don't know one fails to schedule all allotted games knowing some could and most likely would be cancelled.

KU has only had one game cancelled, ironically against UNO. They do have an open date on April 3rd if we wanted to do a KSU/KU road trip.

 

[coolonetoo]

I wrote last month I would sacrifice 10-ish RPI places for 10-ish more wins. But I wouldn’t schedule a handful of games against bad teams at this point unless it’s truly believed it will make the difference in finishing with a winning record. With the way the team has played the last two weekends, I will be quite disappointed if the record at the end of the season is anywhere near .500.

I don’t know much about the formula but I know it’s too early to put a whole lot of stock in it. That said, a quick look at the current rankings says there don’t appear to be too many future opponents on the schedule that have the potential to drag down the RPI.

 

[RobsterMobster]

I wrote last month I would sacrifice 10-ish RPI places for 10-ish more wins. But I wouldn’t schedule a handful of games against bad teams at this point unless it’s truly believed it will make the difference in finishing with a winning record. With the way the team has played the last two weekends, I will be quite disappointed if the record at the end of the season is anywhere near .500.

I don’t know much about the formula but I know it’s too early to put a whole lot of stock in it. That said, a quick look at the current rankings says there don’t appear to be too many future opponents on the schedule that have the potential to drag down the RPI.

I’m not sure how they calculate the formula but Warren Nolan currently predicts us to finish 62 in RPI with a 29-24 record. If that came into fruition we’d miss a regional. Not that it means jack at this point, like you said.

However, just for the heck of it I have followed the RPI projections the past few years and only once did we finish above the projection and that was a couple years ago when we won the Big Ten. Oddly enough we were still a bubble team but our regular season title probably saved us.

Last year we were predicted much higher throughout the year but steadily finished lower than projections.

Once again, means nothing right now but the interesting thing is how much our RPI is predicted to drop even with an above .500 record.

 

[k9_r]

Might just as well go on and win 40 games. That'll do it.

 

[RobsterMobster]

Might just as well go on and win 40 games. That'll do it.

It’s odd how I don’t even consider that an option anymore. I’m a broken down piece of meat.

 

[gunNrun]

Creighton (rpi 106) had their series cancelled with Purdue this last weekend.
Purdue was able to scramble and find 2 games the same weekend with New Jersey Tech.
Creighton was left home in the cold, needing games to play.
The Bluejays have some of those dates available mentioned above.
Just seems like the easiest solution to me.

 

[HuskerFan31]

Might just as well go on and win 40 games. That'll do it.

That would require roughly a 31-7 finish to the regular season and 3-0 in the Big Ten tourney.

Creighton (rpi 106) had their series cancelled with Purdue this last weekend.
Purdue was able to scramble and find 2 games the same weekend with New Jersey Tech.
Creighton was left home in the cold, needing games to play.
The Bluejays have some of those dates available mentioned above.
Just seems like the easiest solution to me.

Servais won't want to play NU more than three times in a season...Or if it sprinkles out...Or if it's too cloudy...Or if it's too warm...

 

[k9_r]

That would require roughly a 31-7 finish to the regular season and 3-0 in the Big Ten tourney.

You interrupted my dream with math? Seems rude.

 

[HuskerFan31]

You interrupted my dream with math? Seems rude.

I mean it's possible, Joba still has a year of eligibility left doesn't he?

 

[k9_r]

I mean it's possible, Joba still has a year of eligibility left doesn't he?

Speaking of pitchers, finding myself a little confused by the strong start to the season from the Waldron brothers. Maybe not buying it just yet.

What do you see going on there?

 

[HuskerFan31]

Speaking of pitchers, finding myself a little confused by the strong start to the season from the Waldron brothers. Maybe not buying it just yet.

What do you see going on there?

Matt seems to finally be building off his stellar Freshman season. Mike has cut his ERA in half from last season, which is nice but I don't see it holding up. I still can't figure out why Matt struggled so much the past couple years or why they went to Mike out of the bullpen so often last year, but I guess nothing this staff does or doesn't do should surprise me.