2026 Baseball Mega Thread

[311neers]

Troy’s going to Omaha.
Wow.
Invest in baseball now or it’ll be too late soon. It’s not just Coastal and USM anymore.
Good for the conference and us!

[BambooRdApp]

Congratulations to Troy!!
Memory of a lifetime for those young men!!

[JTApps1]

Who in the conference has NIL at a significant level?

Probably just USM and Coastal.
But I'm sure other teams will start picking up the slack.

As most of these football schools have now realized they have no shot at competing for national relevance...just like us. We're all in the same boat now. We've been priced out of competing in football.

Yes, those two. Also UL and I believe USA may be in the mix some.

Add Troy to this list.

[Stonewall]

Congratulations to them. As to us , again , where is the money going to come from?

[311neers]

Last year we had $499k of scholarships.
Now we have $700k.

Sizable jump, came from somewhere.

Goal is $1.1M

Might be time to think about where our donations are going. Is it worth feeding a 6-6 football program with zero chances of making a playoff? I dk.

[AppSt94]

Last year we had $499k of scholarships.
Now we have $700k.

Sizable jump, came from somewhere.

Goal is $1.1M

Might be time to think about where our donations are going. Is it worth feeding a 6-6 football program with zero chances of making a playoff? I dk.

That increase likely came from a decrease to something else. I know that you are a baseball guy but there is no way we will pull funds from the golden goose to better fund another sport.

[311neers]

Last year we had $499k of scholarships.
Now we have $700k.

Sizable jump, came from somewhere.

Goal is $1.1M

Might be time to think about where our donations are going. Is it worth feeding a 6-6 football program with zero chances of making a playoff? I dk.

That increase likely came from a decrease to something else. I know that you are a baseball guy but there is no way we will pull funds from the golden goose to better fund another sport.

I didn’t mean the school/ADepartment would stop funding football but some individuals/alumni might pull funds if we are consistently mediocre in this portal era.
I’ll still give to both as long as it’s in the budget to do so!

[311neers]

Will be interesting if Skylar Meade gets thrown into the mix for the South Carolina job.
He’s done a fantastic job.

[AppSt94]

Last year we had $499k of scholarships.
Now we have $700k.

Sizable jump, came from somewhere.

Goal is $1.1M

Might be time to think about where our donations are going. Is it worth feeding a 6-6 football program with zero chances of making a playoff? I dk.

That increase likely came from a decrease to something else. I know that you are a baseball guy but there is no way we will pull funds from the golden goose to better fund another sport.

I didn’t mean the school/ADepartment would stop funding football but some individuals/alumni might pull funds if we are consistently mediocre in this portal era.
I’ll still give to both as long as it’s in the budget to do so!

Possibly but I don’t see that happening. We don’t have anyone giving “stupid” money with the sole purpose of putting a winner on the field.

[Bootsy]

Last year we had $499k of scholarships.
Now we have $700k.

Sizable jump, came from somewhere.

Goal is $1.1M

Might be time to think about where our donations are going. Is it worth feeding a 6-6 football program with zero chances of making a playoff? I dk.

That increase likely came from a decrease to something else. I know that you are a baseball guy but there is no way we will pull funds from the golden goose to better fund another sport.

I didn’t mean the school/ADepartment would stop funding football but some individuals/alumni might pull funds if we are consistently mediocre in this portal era.
I’ll still give to both as long as it’s in the budget to do so!

Possibly but I don’t see that happening. We don’t have anyone giving “stupid” money with the sole purpose of putting a winner on the field.

Every single person here needs to own our shame around not funding Kermit’s Kids adequately. There’s only one way we can begin to atone for these sins: go out tonight, buy some scratchers and promise ourselves that if we hit it big, we’ll give half the money to App baseball.

[311neers]

Anyone else feel like there will be an arms race for college baseball stadium expansions? The sport is picking up major attention.

Not one of these parks has the capacity/infrastructure to keep up with the attendances they are getting.
I do like the standing room party areas at these venues though.

The hill at WVU is sweet.
The left field at Troy. The football stadium too.
The “backyard” at Kansas.
The Green house in Athens…
The parking deck in Auburn.

Etc.