Arizona cost us a national title
I honestly believe that. Especially with the way things are playing out. We played like crap and they barely beat us 1-0 and 6-5 in extras. They are basically wearing their pitchers out to the point where it wouldn't surprise me if Dalbac, Bannister, and Ming had collectively pitched 1200 pitches between them in the CWS. It's really criminal what Johnson is doing and I hope it hurts them in recruiting. I don't think I could name another pitcher of theirs except those three. Unless something miraculous happens, Arizona will make the CWS final with three total pitchers. That is just wild. Of course, in the CWS final none of those pitchers should pitch but with that Johnson guy I bet all three pitch and it wouldn't surprise me if it ruins one of those kids careers.
You right about '79. 20-2 sec record(including sec tournament)
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M.Fillmore
Don't forget 1979. That was another very good team that should have won it all. I think we only lost two SEC games that year.
Two other teams I liked a lot - '81, won the first game of CWS, then lost 4-3 to eventual champ Arizona State. In that game, Castoria hit a towering foul ball that would've been a game winning two run homer. It wasn't foul by much.
'84, essentially same lineup as '85 with one big difference. Had Bobby Parker at SS, he was good. Lost 6 team regional at home when UNO's Stuart Weide hit a grand slam off Brantley, and their ace pitcher Wally the whip Whitehurst baffled us except for a 3 run homer by Raffy, who was simply awesome that season.
What might've been...