Question about the Husker's schedule

[Husker Husky]

Oops, it auto-corrected to Huskers! I guess you can figure out where I live. lol

Please don't jump down my throat. I'm just curious. I lived in CT for the first 20 of the last 40 years of my life and I'm married to a UConn grad. Do to distance, I don't get UConn athletics news unless I actively search it out. I still root for anything UConn though.

Why so few home games?

At this time of year, with the CWS looming in my back yard I always check to see what the Husky's are doing. A while back I saw that they were having another good year. I always hope that they'll somehow find a way to out here. So, today I went to the AAC site to see what the brackets looked like. I was please to see that they were a 3 seed and a mere 2 games out of first. I saw that they had an identical overall record with the 2 seed and right on the heals of the #1 seed. Then when looked closer I was stunned. 16 home games and 35 away games???? That's ridiculous. To go 32 - 18 -1 playing only 12 of their 51 games on campus, my esteem for the program could not be higher.

Hope to see you in Omaha.

 

[Pudge]

Simple. It is the weather.

For most of us who played baseball in the Northeast, thinking you could play before April was a pipedream. They start in Florida, SC, Texas or wherever just to get going and keep pace. It is a frightening gauntlet every year. And ... many of the easy wins they could have (say 3-5 every year) against NE opponents never happen due to weather. We could have a handful of more wins ... and tried to develop more depth in our pitching staff. Oy vey

 

[Jaybird65]

Normal early season scheduling going south every weekend to be sure to be in weather where games can be played. Worse weather than normal during spring causing several mid-week home games to be cancelled. Weather was so bad that they were only able to get outside on their field to have a complete practice 3 times this season. It makes what was accomplished this season even more impressive.