We look at various links from around the country today.

BleedCrimson.net checks in with Coach Ward (NMSU)
Gotham Magazine Players of the Week/Weekend Recap
Holy Cross Season Preview
Penn Season Preview from Daily Pennsylvanian
Penn’s Tom Grandieri looks to impact lineup
Penn’s Roth looks to have strong Sophomore season
Baseball Zealot talks with Big Ten Hardball

A wedding in Delhi and a stunning workload have kept me from putting together my Vandy and SEC baseball previews (I’ll try to get them up this weekend), but there’s some great news out of Nashville: Vanderbilt will be streaming free webcasts of their games in the opening weekend tournament. You can watch by going to VUCommodores.com and going through a brief, free registration process that will give you access to the video streams of all home Vanderbilt games as well. Read the rest of this entry »

We continue to bring you some of the best articles from student newspapers from around the nation.

The ASU Web Devil: Many questions
The ASU Web Devil:  Changes to Pitching Rotation
Boston College Chronicle: Getting Ready for the Season
The California Aggie (UC Davis): Rex Peters interview
Ka Leo O Hawaii (Hawaii): Bows looking for respect
The Daily Kansan (Kansas): Jayhawks adding new arms to Bullpen
The Battalion (Texas AM): Childress looks to Improve
The Battalion (Texas AM): Thebeau looking to Impress
The Battalion (Texas AM): Stouffer wants a Championship
The Daily Barometer (Oregon State): Ogata getting a chance
The Daily Reveille (LSU): Mainieri looking to youngsters
The Cavalier Daily (UVA):  Young Outfield for Cavs

We continue to bring you Season Previews from different colleges.

UAB: Q & A with Perry Roth
Miami (OH): Outfielders
Missouri: Season Preview- The Schedule
TCU: Season Preview Part 2
La Tech: Season Preview
Canisius Season Preview: Part 1
Canisius Season Preview: Part 2
Army Season Preview from Gotham Baseball Magazine
Kentucky Season Preview

We continue to bring you links to SID previews for the 2008 season. We have linked to a bunch of them below.

Southern Mississippi Preview
Stephen F. Austin: Outfield Preview
Michigan State Preview: Infield and Outfield
Missouri Season Preview: Part 3 Infielders and Catchers
TCU Season Preview: Part 1
Purdue Baseball Preview: Part 3
San Diego State Season Preview
Harvard Season Preview

This weekend a few schools have put out some season previews. They are linked below.
Missouri: A look back at 2007
Oklahoma: Infield and Outfield
GT: Countdown to Opening Day

CSTV writer Eric Sorensen continues his series of interviews with the CAA and Big West Conferences. He lists VCU, Old Dominion, and UNC-Wilmington as the favorites. He puts Delaware led by Alex Buchholz in the contender category and William & Mary as the Darkhorse. The full preview is available here. He also checks in on the Big West Conference where he predicts Long Beach State to win it. He puts Fullerton, Cal-Poly, and UC-Irvine as contenders with UC-Riverside as the Darkhorse. The full preview is available here.

We continue to bring you a list of Season Previews. Here are the ones that came out on February 14th.

Vanderbilt: Pitching
Oklahoma: Pitchers and Catchers
Loyola Marymount: Season Preview
UAB: Pitchers
UCLA: Season Preview

FROM CONFERENCE PRESS RELEASE
The Vanderbilt Commodores are predicted to repeat as the 2008 Southeastern Conference baseball champions, as voted by the league’s 12 baseball coaches in the 17th annual preseason SEC poll.

The Commodores, ranked as high as No. 3 nationally in the preseason polls, seek to capture their fifth SEC Championship, having also won titles in 1973, 1974, 1980 and 2007. Vanderbilt returns eight position starters and four pitchers from their 2007 squad which also won the SEC Tournament and earned the National No. 1 Seed in the NCAA Tournament. Read the rest of this entry »

CSTV continues their season previews with Eric Sorensen checking in on the Big Ten and the Big 12. Sorensen predicts that Michigan will win the Big Ten after a great run into the Super Regionals last season. He puts Minnesota and Ohio State as contenders with Penn State as the darkhorse. The full preview is available here. He also checks in on the Big 12 which is one of the top conferences in the country. He states that the Big 12 is wide open with the favorites being Texas, Missouri, and Texas A&M. He lists Baylor, Oklahoma, and Oklahoma State as contenders with Kansas as a darkhorse. The full article is available here.

FROM PRESS RELEASE
Spokane, Wash. After a disappointing end to an otherwise impressive 2007 campaign, the Gonzaga University baseball team is looking toward another strong run this season. Last year the Bulldogs enjoyed one of the most memorable seasons in the program’s history, including a 33-25 overall record. But the season ended with the Zags narrowly missing out on a bid to the NCAA Tournament. Read the rest of this entry »

Here are some of the 2008 Season Previews that came out on Tuesday from the Media Relations department. We always are on the look out for season previews by SID’s and other information for our great readers. Read the rest of this entry »

FROM CONFERENCE RELEASE
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - The TCU Horned Frogs have been selected to win their third straight regular season Mountain West Conference baseball championship in 2008. In a vote of the seven MWC head coaches and a select media panel, the Horned Frogs received six of a possible nine first-place votes and 60 points, while BYU (three first-place votes) received 52 points to finish second in the poll. Read the rest of this entry »

The CBB continues to bring you extensive coverage of the upcoming season. A few schools have put up their season previews today which are linked below.

Northern Illinois Preview Part 1
Nicholls State: Pitchers and Catchers
Air Force: Season Outlook
Oklahoma Season Preview: Part 1
Stephen F. Austin Season Preview: Catchers
Gotham Baseball Preview: Felician College 

EXCERPT FROM PRESS RELEASE
Oklahoma State enters the 2008 season looking to build on its best showing in nearly a decade.

The Cowboys are fresh off the second Super Regional appearance in school history and hungry to take the next step and return to the College World Series.

Coach Frank Anderson’s ballclub lost six position starters from a year ago, including the entire outfield, but returns a pair of veterans among the best in the Big 12 Conference at their respective positions along with a strong mix of newcomers.
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