Junior Jason Stidham
FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Florida State Baseball is gearing up for what looks to be an exciting season in 2009. Following a run to the College World Series last year, the Seminoles hope to make a return trip to Omaha in ’09 returning 18 letterwinners, including five position starters, while welcoming 13 newcomers.
To provide fans with an inside look into the 2009 season, Seminoles.com is featuring daily highlights including interviews with all 33 players as well as a preview for the upcoming season as we count down the days to first pitch on Friday, February 20 against Hofstra.
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With the start of College Baseball season starting on February 20th and the Big 12 starting conference series on March 13th we will be taking a look at the teams of the Big 12. In 2008, Texas A&M won the regular season title but the Texas Longhorns ended up winning the Big 12 Tournament in Oklahoma City. Which teams will make a run for the conference title this year? A&M will have the top pitching staff in the Big 12, Baylor has a top Recruiting class of ’06 that are now Juniors and ready to get the Bears back to Omaha. What about Texas and the downfall they have gone through for the last 3 years? Will Andy Oliver get reinstated to help lead Oklahoma State? What about Oklahoma? They return a very good group of guys but are ready to make a run for the Big 12 Title? Can Missouri replace Aaron Crow and Jacob Priday? What kind of year will first year coach Dan Spencer have with Texas Tech?
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We are now less then a month until the start of the 2009 season. This past week saw a ton of new information posted on the site highlighted by the interviews with head coaches from around the nation. The biggest news of the week was the Texas Longhorns suspending Augie Garrido for the first four games of the 2009 season for a DUI charge. We have put out our Top 10 for the NAIA season which started up this weekend with some great games. CBB contributor Bryan Young visited Eugene Oregon recently and supplied us with 15 pictures. The Big West and the West Coast Conference have put out their 2009 Preseason Coaches Poll. Our bonus article this week is by BoydWorld who looks at what programs abuse their pitchers most. It is one of the most interesting studies I have seen over the last few years. 
Yesterday, we saw the news that Texas suspended legendary head coach Augie Garrido for the first four games of the 2009 season after picking up a DWI last week. I believe this is absolutely a horrible decision by the University of Texas to only suspend him for those games. Would Augie have suspended one of his players for only four games of the season for doing the same thing? I don’t think so. 
