Corbin - was he behind the CWS fiasco of NC State

[Santiago]

I remember back then reading that it was Corbin who first brought up the game time rosters were not matching the number of players, or something like that.
It was Corbin stirring it up initially about the number of players approved to play.

[Tbonewannabe]

I think so. I think it was kind of like the UGA game this year, coach opening the door and then the umps/ncaa blowing it up.

I think he wanted an advantage but didn't expect the game to be canceled.

[StarkVegasSteve]

I think so. I think it was kind of like the UGA game this year, coach opening the door and then the umps/ncaa blowing it up.

I think he wanted an advantage but didn't expect the game to be canceled.

He wanted the advantage and got it. He had most of their team sitting with COVID and then the NCAA came in and blew it up to another level. I can also tell you he wanted no part of us in that championship series. He wanted Texas because their pitching would have been much worse off than ours.

[Santiago]

He wanted the advantage and got it. He had most of their team sitting with COVID and then the NCAA came in and blew it up to another level. I can also tell you he wanted no part of us in that championship series. He wanted Texas because their pitching would have been much worse off than ours.

That full team scholarship squad of Vandy, and he was looking for more advantages to win. He really is something

[Commercecomet24]

That full team scholarship squad of Vandy, and he was looking for more advantages to win. He really is something

I'm a people person and I hate to see any human suffering, but that video of the interview with Corbin after the game yesterday was gold! It was nice to see him wallowing in it and his words not mine "it was like getting kicked in the nuts!". Sorry Corbin but I'm not a fan!

[Santiago]

I'm a people person and I hate to see any human suffering, but that video of the interview with Corbin after the game yesterday was gold! It was nice to see him wallowing in it and his words not mine "it was like getting kicked in the nuts!". Sorry Corbin but I'm not a fan!

Me neither, and especially how he was lifted by media for years for the assembly of such great teams, when he was clearly working an unfair advantage.

I was amused on the TV broadcast this weekend , the announcers could not figure out why CC Sabathia was there, but they kept showing him all weekend as maybe just a fan catching a Vandy game.

[StarkVegasSteve]

Me neither, and especially how he was lifted by media for years for the assembly of such great teams, when he was clearly working an unfair advantage.

I was amused on the TV broadcast this weekend , the announcers could not figure out why CC Sabathia was there, but they kept showing him all weekend as maybe just a fan catching a Vandy game.

He has some affiliation to that Vandy program, maybe a kid on the team? He was at the series at our place last year.

[Santiago]

He has some affiliation to that Vandy program, maybe a kid on the team? He was at the series at our place last year.

Maybe so. I thought he had a son at Georgia Tech.
Thought perhaps he is there for Cijntje

[Commercecomet24]

Me neither, and especially how he was lifted by media for years for the assembly of such great teams, when he was clearly working an unfair advantage.

I was amused on the TV broadcast this weekend , the announcers could not figure out why CC Sabathia was there, but they kept showing him all weekend as maybe just a fan catching a Vandy game.

Yep, he had such a distinct advantage over just about everyone and he's always appeared to me as a whiner. Love to see him get some comeuppance!

[Travelingdawg]

He?s an ***!! When he coached third he was always trying to distract our pitchers when they had runners on.

[Matt3467]

Horrible for what happened to NC State and gotta really feel for the players however I'd take us going against Vandy a hundred times over than NC State that year. They were on a roll.

[Todd4State]

If I remember correctly if they had to play NC State he would have had to use Leiter against them which would have forced him to use Leiter in a shorter outing against us. Remember we took our Bednar after five because we had to use him to beat Texas and he was on short rest.

Rocker was not 100% and Corbin knew it. I'm it surprised at all that we knocked him around.

Having a fresh Leiter against us was a big advantage for Vanderbilt.

[StarkVegasSteve]

Horrible for what happened to NC State and gotta really feel for the players however I'd take us going against Vandy a hundred times over than NC State that year. They were on a roll.

We would have beaten anyone we came up against. We probably would have beaten NC State in 2.

[BeardoMSU]

If I remember correctly if they had to play NC State he would have had to use Leiter against them which would have forced him to use Leiter in a shorter outing against us. Remember we took our Bednar after five because we had to use him to beat Texas and he was on short rest.

Rocker was not 100% and Corbin knew it. I'm it surprised at all that we knocked him around.

Having a fresh Leiter against us was a big advantage for Vanderbilt.

Yep yep.

[BeardoMSU]

We would have beaten anyone we came up against. We probably would have beaten NC State in 2.

Possibly, but Fox had ****ed McLoud so badly, he was probably destined to get rocked by whoever he pitched against.

[Commercecomet24]

We would have beaten anyone we came up against. We probably would have beaten NC State in 2.

I agree we were rolling and I felt like we were gonna find a way to win every game that postseason. We just had to many clutch players that postseason

[MedDawg]

We would have beaten anyone we came up against. We probably would have beaten NC State in 2.

I agree. With the exception of our #1 pitcher starting badly as he had for a month, we dominated #4 Vandy the rest of game one then blew them out 13-2 and 9-0. We would have whipped unseeded NC State just as bad or worse.

NC State wasn't the hottest team in the CWS, Mississippi State was.

[StarkVegasSteve]

I agree. With the exception of our #1 pitcher starting badly as he had for a month, we dominated #4 Vandy the rest of game one then blew them out 13-2 and 9-0. We would have whipped unseeded NC State just as bad or worse.

NC State wasn't the hottest team in the CWS, Mississippi State was.

By Omaha, and especially the Championship series, our #1 pitcher was Bednar. The better argument would be was McLeod #2 or #3. Harding had pitched incredible the entire postseason.

[StarkVegasSteve]

Possibly, but Fox had ****ed McLoud so badly, he was probably destined to get rocked by whoever he pitched against.

That may be true. Still no clue what happened to him his last three starts. He was really good against VCU in the regionals, and I think they had won like 20 in a row coming into that game. Then he goes:

vs ND: 5 innings, 6 ER
vs UVA: 5 innings, 4 ER
vs Vandy: 2 innings 6 ER

Now granted, he did settle into the UVA game a bit but he still wasn't good and the ND start and Vandy start were just BAD.

[Matt3467]

I agree. With the exception of our #1 pitcher starting badly as he had for a month, we dominated #4 Vandy the rest of game one then blew them out 13-2 and 9-0. We would have whipped unseeded NC State just as bad or worse.

NC State wasn't the hottest team in the CWS, Mississippi State was.

Vandy didn't have great bats that year. They were very fortunate to take advantage of a hot and depleted NC State that arguably was the hottest team at the moment. They had just come off of beating a dominant Arkansas that was the favorite. I think we would've won as well especially with their covid situation however I think they would've been tougher than Vandy.

[Santiago]

Vandy didn't have great bats that year. They were very fortunate to take advantage of a hot and depleted NC State that arguably was the hottest team at the moment. They had just come off of beating a dominant Arkansas that was the favorite. I think we would've won as well especially with their covid situation however I think they would've been tougher than Vandy.

Yeah, NC State almost beat Vandy with spare players, barely fielding a team of 9 against them. And still gave Vandy all they could handle.
Arkansas losing definitely shows a program that has CWS teams almost every year, and yet how lucky you need to be to win it all. Lucky, as in bad luck also (catch that foul ball in the previous CWS).

[Brobi-wan]

I hope Arkansas never wins a CWS. Their fans act stupid on social media. Every time I see Arkansas fans talking about how much better they are than every SEC program I always ask the same question, “Learn to catch a foul ball yet?” Never fails to get a response.

[StarkVegasSteve]

I hope Arkansas never wins a CWS. Their fans act stupid on social media. Every time I see Arkansas fans talking about how much better they are than every SEC program I always ask the same question, “Learn to catch a foul ball yet?” Never fails to get a response.

Our fans act stupid too. I'd argue us and OM take the cake for some of the stupidest fanbase takes on Twitter. We definitely lead the nation in overreactions by a damn mile.

[Saltydog]

We would have beaten anyone we came up against. We probably would have beaten NC State in 2.

I agree w/you. I don't buy the NCSU would've beaten us mantra. We were playing like our hair was on fire. We were simply the best team in the field. Texas was the best team we faced and we beat their asses 3/4 games that year.

[Commercecomet24]

I agree w/you. I don't buy the NCSU would've beaten us mantra. We were playing like our hair was on fire. We were simply the best team in the field. Texas was the best team we faced and we beat their asses 3/4 games that year.

100%! That State team almost seemed to me 10 foot tall and bulletproof. You just always had the feeling someone was gonna get the big hit or make the big play, and they always did during that run. And If we had the lead at the end it was game over, with Landon. That was our year to win it all and we did. No one was denying us that year!

[StarkVegasSteve]

100%! That State team almost seemed to me 10 foot tall and bulletproof. You just always had the feeling someone was gonna get the big hit or make the big play, and they always did during that run. And If we had the lead at the end it was game over, with Landon. That was our year to win it all and we did. No one was denying us that year!

Arkansas is the big what if. That was the one team I did not think we matched up great with but at the same time you have to ask where their pitching would have been by the time the championship series rolled around. I mean they were stretched so thin in the postseason that Kopps threw 10 innings in the span of 24 hrs in the Supers.

[Commercecomet24]

Arkansas is the big what if. That was the one team I did not think we matched up great with but at the same time you have to ask where their pitching would have been by the time the championship series rolled around. I mean they were stretched so thin in the postseason that Kopps threw 10 innings in the span of 24 hrs in the Supers.

Yep,They lost their #1 starter in sec tournament and that killed them. They had to use Kopps as a reliever AND a starter in the supers. They just didn't have enough pitching to win it all after #1 went down.

[Santiago]

Having to hear Kyle Peterson talking about Corbin teaching players about life, and the proper way to brush their teeth. Wasn't that the same CWS , or another one where he kept talking about it.

[StarkVegasSteve]

Having to hear Kyle Peterson talking about Corbin teaching players about life, and the proper way to brush their teeth. Wasn't that the same CWS , or another one where he kept talking about it.

All the media guys love Corbin because when he was building that program he gave the media basically unlimited access to the program.