College Baseball 360 » Capitol One Bowl http://collegebaseball360.com baseball news, college baseball stats, sean stires, pete lafleur, college world series video, college baseball podcast, Fri, 14 Feb 2025 21:33:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.38 LSU’s Chad Jones Headed To NFL http://collegebaseball360.com/lsus-chad-jones-headed-to-nfl/ http://collegebaseball360.com/lsus-chad-jones-headed-to-nfl/#comments Tue, 12 Jan 2010 18:52:47 +0000 http://collegebaseball360.com/?p=2640

Two Sport Star Has Football & Baseball National Title Rings

LSU Two Sport Star Chad Jones’ father has issued a news release that says Jones plans to enter the 2010 NFL draft.

The release says Jones will select an agent and begin training for next month’s NFL Combine in Indianapolis.  He will forego his final year of football eligibility and his last two seasons of baseball eligibility.

Jones started all 13 games at safety for the Tiger football team this season.  His 74 tackles were the fifth-most by an LSU player this season.  The junior also returned punts in five differeent games in 2009, including an 87-yarder for a touchdown in a win over Mississippi State.  He had 6 tackles in LSU’s Capitol One Bowl loss to Penn State.

He was also a member of LSU’s 2007 national championship football team during his freshman season.

He also helped the LSU baseball team win the national championship with a College World Series win last June.  He had a 2.70 ERA in 9 relief appearances last season.

Jones is one of more than 35 college baseball players who were featured in the Collegebaseball360.com Two Sport Reports throughout the fall.

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Both Longhorn Teams Are National Runners-Up

Technically we’re cheating a little bit, but what the heck.  The seemingly forever lead-up to the January 7 BCS National Championship game between Alabama and Texas I started thinking about schools that have been exceptional this year in both baseball and football.

Texas finished second at the College World Series in 2009, and then came-up short again with a 37-21 loss to the Tide to end the 2009 college football season.  As I said, we’re cheating a bit, because while the bulk of the action came in the 2009 calender year the CWS was in the 2008-2009 academic year.

With that disclaimer out of the way, here’s a look at how schools performed on the diamond and gridirion in ’09…

  1. Texas:  Lost to LSU in the CWS Championship Series in Omaha and lost to Alabama in Pasadena in the BCS Title Game.
  2. LSU:  The Tigers won college baseball’s national championship and lost to Penn State 19-17 in the New Year’s Day Capitol One Bowl.  Two Sport star Chad Jones pitched for LSU in Omaha and started all 13 football games at safety in ’09.
  3. Alabama:  The football team won the BCS Championship and the baseball team played in an NCAA Regional.  Mark Ingram won the school’s first Heisman Trophy in 2009, while Kent Matthes tied for the national lead with 28 home runs.
  4. Arkansas:  The Razorbacks made it to the College World Series and the football team beat East Carolina 20-17 in the Liberty Bowl.
  5. North Carolina:  Baseball went to a fourth straight CWS and football fell 19-17 to Pittsburgh in the Meineke Car Care Bowl.
  6. Southern Mississippi:  The Golden Eagle baseball team had a Cinderella run to Omaha while the football team lost 42-32 to Middle Tennessee State in the New Orleans Bowl.
  7. Florida:  Tim Tebow ended his career with a 51-24 pasting of Brian Kelly-less Cincinnati in the Sugar Bowl and baseball played in a Super Regional.
  8. TCU:  The Horned Frog football team’s only loss was to Boise State in the Fiesta Bowl and the baseball team was one win away from Omaha with a Super Regional loss to eventual national runner-up Texas.
  9. Ole Miss:  Baseball played in a Super Regional and football beat Oklahoma State 21-7 in the Cotton Bowl.
  10. Florida State:  Bobby Bowden cruised into retirement with a 33-21 win over West Virginia in the Gator Bowl and the baseball team played in a Super Regional.
  11. Clemson:  The football team beat Kentucky 21-13 in the Music City Bowl and baseball advanced to a Super Regional.  Kyle Parker threw a touchdown pass in the bowl win and scored a run in the Super Regional.
  12. East Carolina:  Lost to Arkansas in the Liberty Bowl and played in a Super Regional.
  13. Middle Tennessee State:  Football beat Southern Mississippi in the New Orleans Bowl and baseball played in an NCAA Regional.  Bryce Brentz tied for the national lead with 28 HR.

There were other schools such as Miami (FL) that played in both a bowl game and made an NCAA Regional in an NCAA Regional, but we cut the list off with MTSU.  The Blue Raiders have played in just four bowl games in their history.   The fact that they also played in a baseball regional in the same calender year makes the feat all the more unique for the Sun Belt Conference school.

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Baseball Players Won Major Awards & A National Title On The Gridirion In 2009

Here’s a look at how a few college baseball/football players and their teams fared in recent bowl game action:

Zach Collaros-Quarterback-Cincinnati Bearcats

Collaros started four straight games under center after starting QB Tony Pike went down with injury.  He helped keep Cincy unbeaten and still made cameo appearances in the Bearcat’s last two regular season games after Pike returned.  The sophomore totaled 1,434 yards with 10 TDs and just two interceptions, while running for four more scores.  He did not play in Cincinnati’s 51-24 Sugar Bowl

Toby Gerhart

loss to Florida.  Collaros hit .204 in 49 at-bats for the UC baseball team in 2009.

Toby Gerhart-Running Back-Stanford

Gerhart had a monster year on the gridiron in 2009.  He won the Doak Walker Award and finished 28 points behind Alabama’s Mark Ingram in the closest Heisman Trophy race ever.  Gerhart led the NCAA with 1,871 rushing yards and 27 touchdowns during his senior season.  The 6’1-235 lb. back rushed for 3,522 yards and a Pac-10 record 43 TDs in his career.  Gerhart totaled 135 yards and 2 touchdowns in Stanford’s 31-27 Sun Bowl loss to Oklahoma.

He played for three seasons on the Stanford baseball team, and he started each of the Cardinal’s 2008 College World Series games.

Gerhart could exercise a fifth year of football eligibility (he missed most of 2007 with a knee injury) and he still has a final season of baseball eligibility remaining.  However,  he  is expected to forego those options to prepare for February’s NFL combine and, ultimately, April’s NFL draft.

Chad Jones (LSU photo)

Chad Jones-Safety-LSU

After helping the LSU baseball team win the 2009 College World Series, Jones started all 13 games at safety for the Tiger football team.  Jones’ 74 tackles were the fifth-most by an LSU player this season.  He also returned punts in five differeent games in 2009, including an 87-yarder for a touchdown in a win over Mississippi State.  He had 6 tackles in LSU’s Capitol One Bowl loss to Penn State.

Jones, an outfielder converted to pitcher in ’09,  had a 2.70 ERA in 9 relief appearances last season.

Kyle Parker-Quarterback-Clemson

Parker passed for 2,526 yards with 20 touchdowns and 12 interceptions in his first season as Clemson’s starting quarterback this season.  He threw for 141 yards and a TD in the Tiger’s 21-13 win over Kentucky in the Music City Bowl.

Parker is entering his third season with the Clemson baseball team in 2010 (he graduated high school a semester early to enroll at Clemson in January 2008).  He batted .255 with 12 HR and 52 RBIs last season.

Dave Shinskie-Quarterback-Boston College

Shinskie is not a college baseball player, but he is an interesting two sport athlete.  Shinskie is a 25-year-old freshman who is starting at quarterback for the BC football team.  He was drafted in the fourth round of the 2003 MLB draft by the Minnesota Twins, and he finished his minor league baseball career in 2009 in the Toronto Blue Jays organization.

Shinskie passed or 2,049 yards with 15 touchdowns and 14 int. in 2009.  He threw for 218 yards with a TD and an int. in BC’s 24-13 Emerald Bowl loss to USC.  He is not eligible to play for the Boston College baseball team.

Matt Szczur-Wide Receiver-Villanova

Szczur helped lead Villanova to the 2009 FCS National Championship.  He

Matt Szczur (4) and Chris Whitney hoist Villanova's championship trophy.

totaled 227 yards from scrimmage in VU’s 23-21 win over Montana in the title game in December.  Szczur ran for 159 yards and had 4 catches for 68 more yards.  He was named both the CAA’s Offensive and Special Teams Player of the Year this season.  He ran for 810 yards and 10 touchdowns, passed for 22 yards and 2 TDs, averaged 27.2 yards on 30 kickoff returns, and had 51 catches for 610 yards and 4 more TDs in 2009.

Szczur led the Wildcat baseball team with a .346 average last spring after missing his freshman baseball season due to injury.

Golden Tate-Wide Receiver-Notre Dame

Tate was the 2009 Biletnikoff Award winner after finishing fourth in the nation with 1,496 receiving yards and 15 TD grabs.  He also ran for two touchdowns and returned a punt for another score.  In December he declared himself for April’s NFL Draft.  The Irish finished the season with a 6-6 record this season, but opted not to play in a bowl game.

Tate had a .318 career batting average in 63 starts in his two-year baseball career with the Irish.  He still has two years of baseball eligibility remaining, but he does not plan to play for the Notre Dame baseball team in 2010.

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