2011 schedule

[uabaseballdad]

Just found this on rivals.com forum; assuming it's accurate, out of conference schedule seems very weak??

UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA 2011 SCHEDULE

Date Opponent

Friday, Feb. 18 Alcorn State
Saturday, Feb. 19 Alcorn State
Sunday, Feb. 20 Alcorn State

Tuesday, Feb. 22 Alabama State

Friday, Feb. 25 South Alabama Tournament (Mobile)
Saturday, Feb. 26 South Alabama Tournament (Mobile)
Sunday, Feb. 27 South Alabama Tournament (Mobile)

Wednesday, Mar. 2 Southern Miss.

Friday, Mar. 4 Northwestern State
Saturday, Mar. 5 Northwestern State
Sunday, Mar. 6 Northwestern State

Tuesday, Mar. 8 Troy Univ.

Wednesday, Mar. 9 Georgia at Gwinnett, Ga.

Friday, Mar. 11 Eastern Illinois
Saturday, Mar. 12 Eastern Illinois
Sunday, Mar. 13 Eastern Illinois

Tuesday, Mar. 15 Auburn at Riverwalk Stadium in Montgomery

Wednesday, Mar. 16 (Auburn rain make-up game ? Mont.) If needed

Friday, Mar. 18 at Ole Miss
Saturday, Mar. 19 at Ole Miss
Sunday, Mar. 20 at Ole Miss

Tuesday, Mar. 22 UAB at Regions Park in Birmingham

Wednesday, Mar. 23 Jax. State

Friday, Mar. 25 Kentucky
Saturday, Mar. 26 Kentucky
Sunday, Mar. 27 Kentucky

Tuesday, Mar. 29 at UAB

Wednesday, Mar. 30 South Alabama

Friday, April 1 Arkansas
Saturday, April 2 Arkansas
Sunday, April 3 Arkansas

Tuesday, April 5 Samford

Friday, April 8 at Vanderbilt
Saturday, April 9 at Vanderbilt
Sunday, April 10 at Vanderbilt

Tuesday, April 12 Miss. Valley State

Wednesday, April 13 Miss. Valley State

Friday, April 15 Tennessee
Saturday, April 16 Tennessee
Sunday, April 17 Tennessee

Tuesday, April 19 at Samford

Friday, April 22 at Florida
Saturday, April 23 at Florida
Sunday, April 24 at Florida

Tuesday, April 26 at Southern Miss.

Friday, April 29 at Miss. State
Saturday, April 30 at Miss. State
Sunday, May 1 at Miss. State

Friday, May 6 LSU
Saturday, May 7 LSU
Sunday, May 8 LSU

Friday, May 13 at Auburn
Saturday, May 14 at Auburn
Sunday, May 15 at Auburn

Thursday, May 19 South Carolina
Friday, May 20 South Carolina
Saturday, May 21 South Carolina

 

[bamamick]

Well, the USA tournament is usually tough, but I agree that that is about the weakest OOC schedule I can remember seeing us play and I wonder about who put that together and why?

Ah well, it's good that I can see the Tide here in Mobile, as well as the trips to the Joe I plan on making.

rtr

 

[TrampLineman]

Might be a tactic to boost Bama's record and help recruiting.

But I agree its the weakest I've seen in awhile.

 

[Harmost]

So our only big name OOC matchups are against... SEC teams...

Granted, it will be an odd numbered year - time for UGA to be good again.

 

[Zona]

Alcorn State on a 3-game series?

Mitch should be ashamed of himself

 

[Bama210]

Can't wait to nab some free shirts.

 

[bamabaseballfan]

Looks like Bama has a good shot at winning the SWAC this year...

 

[bamzoo]

The schedules are made 1.5-2 years in advance so I don't know if we can really blame Coach Gaspard for the weak schedule. And be realistic, we lost our entire infield-a weak schedule may not exactly be a bad thing this year.

 

[Zona]

Either he's already counting an NCAA berth as not happening, or he better go 20-10 in the SEC with that abortion of a non-conference schedule.

 

[baseballfanatic]

I wish we'd get a tougher non-con schedule, but with the team being so inexperienced in so many areas, having a weak OOC may be a blessing in disguise. May can give the young guys some experience, and lets face it, SEC play is what really matters in the end. Do good in that and you'll be in the NCAAs.

I'd love to see us schedule games with some of the bigger name schools once we get our program back on track. Maybe a H and H with Coastal Carolina, or Minnysota, UNC would be a good series too.

I like our solo games at neutral sites against the team from the East left out. I hope we keep it up when it's someone other than UGA.

Who knows, with the schedule we have, maybe we can get to 50 wins hahaha

 

[bamamick]

We played in a Super last year. How much more on track do we need to be? Are we saying that if we had played a 'normal' schedule with this team that we would have been run out of the park? Well, that's encouraging.

rtr

 

[baseballfanatic]

Back on track means making Supers (at least) year after year. (re)Building a program is not a one-year deal. It means having talent in place such that we don't have to rely on freshman unless they are EXTREMELY talented, I'm talking game-changer type talented, like the kid from UF (whose name escapes me).

That's what I mean by back on track.

I may be unrealistic in my wants and dreams, but I think we can be one of the top programs in the SEC West again, alongside LSU, we just have to get there.

 

[bamamick]

Not a problem. Those are admirable goals that I think all of us would like to see. Jim Wells in his heyday kind of teams would be great. We did it once, we can do it again, although the age-old excuses/reasons like the lack of Hope scholarship money and the like are out there.

Whatever it takes, I am in favor of the University doing. We want to excel at everything, not just football, gymnastics, softball, cross country and golf. I want to make it back to Omaha and win one before I die. I ain't planning on checking out any time soon, but I sure would like to see us take a step in that direction.

rtr