2012 schedule; it's legit, people

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@ Hawaii (4) -- Finished over .500
@ Belmont (1) -- NCAA Regional, Atlantic Sun Champs
@ Vanderbilt (3) -- CWS participant, SEC Champs
Portland (1)
Long Beach State (3) -- Finished over .500

Nike College Showcase

Illinois (1) -- NCAA Regional, Big 10 Regular Season & Tournament Champs
West Virginia (1) -- Finished over .500
Oklahoma (1) -- NCAA Regional
UConn (1) -- Super Regional, Big East Champs

@ Washington (3)
Utah (3) -- Finished over .500
@ Texas State (2) -- NCAA Regional, Southland Conference Champs
Arizona State (3) -- Super Regional
@ UCLA (3) -- NCAA Regional, Pac-10 Champs
San Francisco (2) -- NCAA Regional, West Coast Conference Champs
@ Stanford (3) -- Super Regional
Arkansas Pine-Bluff (1) --
@ Portland (1)
Washington State (3)
Oregon State (1) -- Super Regional
California (3) -- CWS participant
@ Gonzaga (2)
@ Arizona (3) -- NCAA Regional
Oregon State (1) -- Super Regional
USC (3)
Seattle (3)
@ Portland (1)
@ Oregon State (3) -- Super Regional


That's a legitimate schedule, full of bumps and bruises. Ducks can't be taking any games off, like last year, or they'll be BURIED. The good thing is that our RPI and SOS should be extremely high; a similar record to last year's 33-26 would likely land us in the Tournament.

The Nike Showcase looks awesome.

According to the RG, Sam Johnson will miss the year with should surgery. If you've read my past threads, you know I was expecting him to play a decent role (likely) out of the 'pen this year, maybe as a midweek starter. INF Jordan Spencer and P/INF Scott Heineman, both freshman, also suffered injuries in fall ball, but I think they're expected back by the Spring.

Kuedell and Jones are still expected to anchor the starting staff, and our sophomore group (Healy/Jones/Thomas/Garlick) are still the heart of the lineup. We hired away Arizona's hitting coach, who has long been putting together stacked offensive lineups in Tucscon. JJ Altobelli has officially moved from 3B to SS.