Most college teams at D1 level can't string together 21 weekend innings worth of competent pitching. By competent I mean 'won't randomly blow themselves and team up at any given moment or outing'. Example why do games have so many absolute blowout 5, 8 run innings? Why are scores often 12-10 or worse? This is supposed to be high level ball, not mistake filled walk fests.
Most D2 college teams can't string together 14 innings of competent pitching.
Most D3 teams can't string together more than 9 innings a weekend at best.
And at all the levels the extra velo that is there goes down drastically after 30 pitches? Why? Is the C4 wearing off that quickly? Do you need a triple dose?
And why is it that every time runners get on base, or the crap is about to or has begun to hit the fan, that college coaches look like they are going on the mound trip to somehow instill some mound presence into an obviously rattled pitcher that has never had any mound presence? At any prior level high school thru USSSA included.
Why is this? Do they like 4:15 hour, 250 pitch games? Why does every at bat seemingly start out 2-0 only to eventually end up 3-2? Does it ever occur to them that their 'product' would look far less silly if they had recruited mound presence and outs over pure radar gun velo?
Why indeed? Is it lazy recruiting? Is it lazy coaching? Is it peer pressure that you got to have the radar gun breakers to appear legit? Is it back door deals? There has to be a good reason for such obvious shooting oneself in the foot repeatedly.