Our good buddy Eric Sorenson of CSTV checks in with his final Extra Innings column wrapping up the 2008 postseason. He talks about the future of CSTV/CBS College Sports and how Fresno State winning the 2008 CWS is not the biggest upset in sports history. I tend to agree with him. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2008 College World Series, 2008 NCAA Tourney, CSTV, Fresno State, WAC

Good friends of The College Baseball Blog in Eric Sorensen of CBS College Sports (Formerly CSTV) and Doug Kroll of NCAA.com have put out a video previewing the winner take all game that will take place tonight.

Tags: 2008 College World Series, 2008 NCAA Tourney, CSTV

Brody Logan of CSTV recently sent us a video of Gordon Beckham having some fun in the Georgia clubhouse before some games. The full video is after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2008 Top Players, CSTV, Georgia, SEC

Eric Sorensen checks in on the SWAC, Southern Conference and the SEC as he heads down the final stretch of previews.

SWAC
Southern Conference
SEC

Tags: 2008 Conference Preview, CSTV, SEC, Southern Conference, SWAC

Eric Sorensen continues his season previews today for February 18th checking in on six conferences over the last two days. He checked in on the MEAC, MAC, Mountain West,  Missouri Valley, Ohio Valley, and the Northeast conferences. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Akron, Austin Peay, Bethune Cookman, Bradley, BYU, Central Connecticut, Central Michigan, Creighton, CSTV, Eastern Kentucky, Eastern Michigan, Jacksonville State, Kent State, MAC, MEAC, Miami (OH), Missouri Valley, Mountain West, New Mexico, Norfolk State, North Carolina A&T, Northeast Conference, Northern Illinois, Ohio Valley Conference, Quinnipiac, Samford, San Diego State, Southern Illinois, TCU, Tennessee Tech, Wagner, Wichita State

CSTV writer Eric Sorensen continues his series of conference previews on Saturday as he checks in on four conferences.

MAAC
Horizon League
Conference USA
Ivy League

Tags: 2008 Conference Preview, Conference USA, CSTV, Horizon League, Ivy League, MAAC

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.

Tags: 2008 Conference Preview, 2008 Season Preview, Big West, CAA, Cal State Fullerton, Cal-Poly, CSTV, Delaware, Long Beach State, Old Dominion, UC-Irvine, VCU, William and Mary

CSTV continues their series of previews with the West Coast Conference and the WAC. Sorensen picks San Diego to win the West Coast Conference with Pepperdine as a contender and Santa Clara is the darkhorse. The preview is available here. He picks Fresno State to win the conference with Louisiana Tech and Nevada in the contender category and Sacramento State in the darkhorse category. The full preview is available here.

Tags: CSTV, Fresno State, Louisiana Tech, Nevada, Pepperdine, Sacramento St., Santa Clara, University of San Diego, WAC, West Coast Conference

CSTV continues their series of articles with two conference previews and Doug Kroll checking in on the coaching carousel. Eric Sorensen previews the ACC which he lists North Carolina, UVA, and Miami as favorites. He lists FSU, Clemson, and Georgia Tech as contenders. He puts Wake Forest as the darkhouse. The full preview is available here. Sorensen also previews the Atlantic Sun conference. He puts Stetson as the overwhelming favorite after they qualified for the 2007 NCAA Tournament. The contenders are Belmont, Mercer, and Jacksonville. The darkhorse candidate is Lipscomb. The full preview is available here. Doug Kroll checks in with an article about the coaching carousel which took place after George Horton left Fullerton to go up to Oregon to restart the Oregon Ducks program. The article is available here.

Tags: 2008 Conference Preview, ACC, Atlantic Sun, Belmont, Clemson, CSTV, FSU, GT, Jacksonville, Lipscomb, Mercer, Miami (FL), Stetson, UNC, UVA, Wake Forest

CSTV contributor Eric Sorenson checks in with two conferences previews in the Atlantic 10 and America East. In the Atlantic 10, he lists Charlotte as the clear favorite with Richmond, Fordham, and St. Bonaventure as contenders. His darkhorse in the conference is Xavier. The full A-10 preview is available here. In America East, Eric can not decided on any clear favorite listing Albany, Binghamton, Maine and Stony Brook as contenders for the conference championship. He lists Vermont as the darkhouse after 10-13 conference mark. The full America East preview is available here.

Tags: 2008 Conference Preview, Albany, America East, Atlantic 10, Binghamton, Charlotte, CSTV, Fordham, Maine, Richmond, St. Bonaventure, Stony Brook, Vermont, Xavier

CSTV has started up their season preview with Doug Kroll checking in with two-time National Champion Oregon State. They have become a power in the Northwest as they have been to the CWS three times over the last 3 seasons with the back to back national titles in the last two seasons. OSU’s recent success has made the Oregon Ducks bring back their baseball program in 2009. The full article from CSTV is available here.

Tags: 2008 Season Preview, 2008 Top Players, CSTV, Doug Kroll, Oregon, Oregon State

CSTV has put out their 2008 Preseason Player of the Year list which puts Pedro Alvarez in the top spot. Former Vanderbilt teammate David Price was able to win the award in 2007 after an oustanding campaign. Alvarez led the Commodores in hitting at a .386 clip while finishing second on the team with 18 homers. He picked up several awards in 2007 being named to several All-American teams. The CBB voted in the poll and put Justin Smoak in the top spot slightly ahead of Pedro. The full article from CSTV is available here.

Tags: 2008 Top Players, CSTV, Doug Kroll, Pac 10, SEC, South Carolina, Vanderbilt

CSTV editor Doug Kroll recently checked in on new Florida International coach Turtle Thomas. He has been one of the most successful coaches in the country as he has been to the CWS 14 times in his great assistant coaching career. His most recent stop was at Arizona State where he helped coach the Sun Devils to the CWS last season. He has also spent time with Georgia Tech, LSU, Georgia Tech, Clemson, and Miami (FL) over the last 30 years. The full article is available here.

Tags: Coaching Changes, CSTV, Doug Kroll, FIU, Sun Belt

CSTV editor Doug Kroll checks in with an article previewing the top freshmen in the country. He ranks Matt Harvey of North Carolina as the best freshmen entering the season. Harvey was rated as a first round pick before the 2007 MLB Draft but his stock slipped when his ties with Scott Boras came up. He ended up getting drafted in the third round by the Angels but decided to head to Chapel Hill to play with Mike Fox. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2008 Top Players, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big West, Cal State Fullerton, CSTV, Doug Kroll, GT, Kent State, Miami (FL), Notre Dame, Oregon State, SEC, Tennessee, Texas, UNC

CSTV Editor Doug Kroll checks in with his weekly article about some of the off-season coaching moves.  The biggest move was George Horton heading to Oregon to restart the Duck program. This set off a chain reaction as UC-Irvine head coach Dave Serrano went to Fullerton while former USC coach Mike Gillespie came out of retirement to take over the UC-Irvine job. He also talks about Kevin O’Sullivan who took over Florida after being an assistant with Clemson, Turtle Thomas went down to Florida International from Arizona State where he was a longtime assistant, and finally with Todd Raliegh taking over Tennessee after being the head coach at Western Carolina. The full article is available here.

Tags: ACC, Arizona State, Big West, Clemson, CSTV, Doug Kroll, FIU, Florida, Oregon, SEC, Southern Conference, Tennessee, UC-Irvine, Western Carolina