Arkansas' Jared Wegner (Eddie Kelly)

Everything That Caught Our Attention Opening Weekend

The NCAA’s new action play rules, big arms like Iowa’s Brody Brecht and DBU’s Braxton Bragg shining, Arkansas’ Jared Wegner showing off huge power and Southern Miss once again showing premier pitching headlines my in-depth look at everything that caught my attention from the past weekend.

• All hail to the long ball … We had an uptick of home runs on Opening Weekend last year, and that persisted throughout the 2022 campaign. Well, we’ve had an even bigger uptick on Opening Weekend 2023. By comparison, 719 home runs were hit on Opening Weekend 2022. This year? 852 home runs[…]