(09-29-2015 10:58 PM)Pellet Wrote:  

(09-20-2015 09:17 PM)waltgreenberg Wrote:  Okay, I'll bite, how is #20 generous? Name 20 programs that should legitimately rank above us in baseball, based on the past 3 - 5 years' performance....and quite honestly, I'm at a loss how Texas and Oklahoma State rank above us based on the criteria set by Kendall himself.

Arizona, Mississippi State, UH, and ULaLa all behind Rice in that list?

I guess national championships, title game appearances, and head-to-head count for nothing.

Top 20 implies a team is potentially good enough to win a game at a SR. That's not Rice, at least not for the last 7 years. Combine the talent drop off and the lack of quality assistant coaching, there's no reason to expect the Owls will achieve success like that in the near future.

Even with the dip in success in recent years compared to the mountain top the program was at for a while, the team consistently makes the post season and the Supers. Couple that with the mountain top time period and 20 makes a lot of sense. Being ranked lower wouldn't make any sense.