CWS thread

[chef dixon]

Y'all's boy schloss choking

[Pancho]

is it better to choke in omaha than not even make the sec tourney?

[ScoobaDawg]

OU just mashing.

Screw scloss. so glad we didnt get him.

[ScoobaDawg]

is it better to choke in omaha than not even make the sec tourney?

Nope... when 1 is a one time thing.. vs consistent career patern.

[Cowbell]

Nope... when 1 is a one time thing.. vs consistent career patern.

Yeah you can't talk about this season in a bad way without mentioning the previous two. We have some awesome fans....

[The Federalist Engineer]

OU just mashing.

Screw scloss. so glad we didnt get him.

Oklahoma State is suffering with this more than Tam.

OSU makes more Omahas (6), cares more about Baseball, has smoke-show groupies, and calls themselves a baseball school, but OU without caring or even investing has 2 national titles in 2 trips to Omaha.

OU does not even sell tickets. You just walk in like it's a girls volleyball game.

[PGHBulldogBG]

Oklahoma State is suffering with this more than Tam.

OSU makes more Omahas (6), cares more about Baseball, has smoke-show groupies, and calls themselves a baseball school, but OU without caring or even investing has 2 national titles in 2 trips to Omaha.

OU does not even sell tickets. You just walk in like it's a girls volleyball game.

Yea being an Oklahoma State fan would be rough. OU has a big bandwagon fanbase and their fans are like us. Graduates and/or some type of close school affiliation. OU has a huge win percentage over them in football and in baseball OU has the titles. OU has also overall been better in basketball than them for awhile

[StarkVegasSteve]

Y'all's boy schloss choking

Texas A&M is not very good. You could have seen this one coming. I mean hell we SHOULD HAVE taken 2 of 3 from them if we had any semblance of a competent bullpen.

I fully expect them to go 2 and que

[Coach34]

ND gonna win it all. Then their coach is going to go home to Fla State and try to win one there

[chef dixon]

ND gonna win it all. Then their coach is going to go home to Fla State and try to win one there

They certainly grind the hell out of you

[State82]

Rally bananas? Really? Way to be trendsetters ND. Several years too late.

[Maroonthirteen]

Gonna be interesting to see if aTm curles up in the fetal position Sunday when the Longhorns take the field.

[Todd4State]

Yea being an Oklahoma State fan would be rough. OU has a big bandwagon fanbase and their fans are like us. Graduates and/or some type of close school affiliation. OU has a huge win percentage over them in football and in baseball OU has the titles. OU has also overall been better in basketball than them for awhile

Or Florida State. They've been to like 20+ CWS without a title while their rivals who don't care as much Florida and Miami have titles. Miami has multiple.

[maroonmania]

Yea being an Oklahoma State fan would be rough. OU has a big bandwagon fanbase and their fans are like us. Graduates and/or some type of close school affiliation. OU has a huge win percentage over them in football and in baseball OU has the titles. OU has also overall been better in basketball than them for awhile

Well OK State can still cling to that 1959 CWS title.

[Tater]

ND Stealing the rally bananas...

Ridiculous. OU vs. Stanford Final if there is a God and he's not vindictive and petty.

[Pancho]

why?

[Maroonthirteen]

Madison central guy gives the Razorbacks a run.

Tough play, but....

[Todd4State]

ND Stealing the rally bananas...

Ridiculous. OU vs. Stanford Final if there is a God and he's not vindictive and petty.

I'm fine with it as a concession for beating them last year and beating Tennessee this year.

[Tater]

I'm fine with it as a concession for beating them last year and beating Tennessee this year.

Nah. Still salty about Women's BBall and also just can't stand that school in general.

Plus I got OU people and can't stand Texsa or Aggy. (See people pic)

[maroonmania]

Really surprised Ark vs Stanford is not the prime time game rather than OM vs Aub.

[DownwardDawg]

Nah. Still salty about Women's BBall and also just can't stand that school in general.

Plus I got OU people and can't stand Texsa or Aggy. (See people pic)

Growing up the only college football on tv was SEC game of the week on CBS at 2:30, and Notre Dame! I grew to love watching notre dame. Still my 2nd favorite team.

[Commercecomet24]

Growing up the only college football on tv was SEC game of the week on CBS at 2:30, and Notre Dame! I grew to love watching notre dame. Still my 2nd favorite team.

I remember those days well. I became a Joe Montana fan watching them play every week.

[basedog]

I remember those days well. I became a Joe Montana fan watching them play every week.

Arkansas is hot! Hogs and Irish look to be in the championship game.

[Cooterpoot]

I knew Stanford was a fraud. I watched them a good bit and they didn't impress me at all. OM and AR likely play for that bracket but hoping AU proves me wrong.

[Dawg496]

All the ?away? teams have spanked the ?home? teams so far.

Ole miss away team tonight.

[maroonmania]

I knew Stanford was a fraud. I watched them a good bit and they didn't impress me at all. OM and AR likely play for that bracket but hoping AU proves me wrong.

Yea, given the way Stanford has struggled and Oregon State getting knocked off by Auburn its pretty obvious that the Pac 12 wasn't all that great this year. Those 2 teams certainly didn't warrant being seeded 2 and 3 nationally.

[Commercecomet24]

Arkansas is hot! Hogs and Irish look to be in the championship game.

That's my prediction too. Arky is hitting on all cylinders. Pitching hitting and defense

[BeardoMSU]

That's my prediction too. Arky is hitting on all cylinders. Pitching hitting and defense

Until OM is dead on a slab, they will worry me.

[lastmajordog]

Until OM is dead on a slab, they will worry me.

THIS ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

[Cooterpoot]

This is the most watered down CWS I can remember. No dominating teams really. Lots of similar teams.

[Activated Alpha]

OM up 2 on auburn already...Come on Butch get those guys in gear

[was21]

Since State fanatics want OM to lose so bad they'll probably win the whole thing

[CaptainObvious]

Looks like those Top 5 recruiting classes for the Confederates have finally figured it out.

[EdwardDrayton]

We need to conjure up some Auburn mojo here fellas!!

[PGHBulldogBG]

Pretty soon you all will be wishing Tennessee didn?t blow it in the supers

[KOdawg1]

Ole Miss is hot.

They have legit shot

[Apoplectic]

Ole Miss is hot.

They have legit shot

Of every game? Ya know ?. The skip Bertman way

[KOdawg1]

Of every game? Ya know ?. The skip Bertman way

Well at this rate, he could. But their #2 guy is pretty good too

[EdwardDrayton]

Ole Miss is hot.

They have legit shot

This must not happen. Anybody got a line on Jeff Gillooly.

[Saltydog]

Auburn looking like shit so far.....

[EdwardDrayton]

Auburn looking like shit so far.....

They look like deer in the headlights so far.

[Activated Alpha]

That?s probably game for auburn

[Todd4State]

Auburn looking like shit so far.....

I like Butch Thompson. I'm also fans he's not our head coach.

[Vandownbytheriver]

Some of y'all are just gonna have to come to terms that OM is as hot as anyone right now. They can absolutely rake, have 2 solid starters and the bullpen is very good. They remind me a lot of last years State team.

[EdwardDrayton]

Some of y'all are just gonna have to come to terms that OM is as hot as anyone right now. They can absolutely rake, have 2 solid starters and the bullpen is very good. They remind me a lot of last years State team.

Nope. Nope. Nope. Not gonna do it. Cuz it’s not gonna happen.

[Cooterpoot]

Auburn lost to OM in the regular season. Hell, they both lost to us. AU got a really easy regional then beat a pretty average PAC team. I think most people expected this. AR will wear out OM.

[The Federalist Engineer]

They look like deer in the headlights so far.

Right now, Auburn is just happy to be there and pick up a tee shirt and hoodie.

If they hit a 3 run homer, that could wake them up.

[Saltydog]

Auburn lost to OM in the regular season. Hell, they both lost to us. AU got a really easy regional then beat a pretty average PAC team. I think most people expected this. AR will wear out OM.

I ain't betting on that.....Elliott is pitching damn good right now and he's been nearly as good as Delucia.....

[Vandownbytheriver]

I ain't betting on that.....Elliott is pitching damn good right now and he's been nearly as good as Delucia.....

I agree. All we've heard all week long is how hot Auburn has been and that they beat a legitimate contender in OSU. Now it's changed to Auburn just sucks. OM like State last year had their entire fan base turn on them and it struck a spark. I don't want them to win anymore than anyone else, but at this point all the constant moving talking points need to just stop. At this point in the year, it just depends on which version of a teams ace shows up on the mound.

[Quaoarsking]

New rule suggestion - if a player does the review headphones sign and is wrong, he should be ejected. It's really annoying how so many players act all confident they have been wronged, only to be totally full of shit.

[Cooterpoot]

I ain't betting on that.....Elliott is pitching damn good right now and he's been nearly as good as Delucia.....

He's also young and will have pressure on him. I'll take AR.

[Cooterpoot]

I agree. All we've heard all week long is how hot Auburn has been and that they beat a legitimate contender in OSU. Now it's changed to Auburn just sucks. OM like State last year had their entire fan base turn on them and it struck a spark. I don't want them to win anymore than anyone else, but at this point all the constant moving talking points need to just stop. At this point in the year, it just depends on which version of a teams ace shows up on the mound.

I've said since they made it they'd lose to OM. Damn, you reaching mighty hard to stir the shit. Had OSU simply wanked Sonny they'd have beaten AU.

[Saltydog]

Add to that the fact that Ole Miss can hit as good as the Pigs and Arkansas really doesn't have a guy they can count on as a reliable second starter. Now granted they have some good arms but they don't have great starting pitching. Elliott on the other hand is legit. Wish we'd gotten him because the kid is good and getting better.

[EdwardDrayton]

New rule suggestion - if a player does the review headphones sign and is wrong, he should be ejected. It's really annoying how so many players act all confident they have wronged, only to be totally full of shit.

100 percent

[Cooterpoot]

Add to that the fact that Ole Miss can hit as good as the Pigs and Arkansas really doesn't have a guy they can count on as a reliable second starter. Now granted they have some good arms but they don't have great starting pitching. Elliott on the other hand is legit. Wish we'd gotten him because the kid is good and getting better.

They knocked Elliot out and beat OM once already.

[EdwardDrayton]

And Auburn totally wets the bed

[Saltydog]

They knocked Elliot out and beat OM once already.

Elliott is MUCH better now than he was then. We will see but don't be surprised if they beat wps.

[BuckyIsAB****]

You will never convince me we dont have some OM lurkers on here

[EdwardDrayton]

You will never convince me we dont have some OM lurkers on here

Truth

[Commercecomet24]

You will never convince me we dont have some OM lurkers on here

Absolutely correct

[Saltydog]

You will never convince me we dont have some OM lurkers on here

Good lord.....Somebody says one thing about UM playing well right now and they're a lurker........SMH......I hope WPS beats their ass but it won't surprise me one bit if they don't......

[mparkerfd20]

Good lord.....Somebody says one thing about UM playing well right now and they're a lurker........SMH......I hope WPS beats their ass but it won't surprise me one bit if they don't......
I fully expect OM to win it all. Just to piss me the **** off and ruin my entire year.

[ImissCityBagel]

I have ND vs Arky in the final series.

[Cooterpoot]

The woe is me crowd has to be a miserable place to live all the time.

[Commercecomet24]

There's been some pretty bad defense being played so far at the cws.

[Cooterpoot]

Texas is lifeless. Their defense is bad and pen all over the place. They look ready to go home.
OU/ND should be a slugfest.

[Commercecomet24]

Texas is lifeless. Their defense is bad and pen all over the place. They look ready to go home.
OU/ND should be a slugfest.

Texas has absolutely sucked today. Didn't play great in game 1 either. Yep ND/OK both playing well.

[was21]

On this board, you're a communist if you mention that OM is playing well...smh

[EdwardDrayton]

For those more knowledgeable than I, the singularly important question is: Which team matches up the best and is most capable of knocking over the Webels. Nothing matters more in this CWS.

[basedog]

For those more knowledgeable than I, the singularly important question is: Which team matches up the best and is most capable of knocking over the Webels. Nothing matters more in this CWS.

Hogs, they just seem to be motivated, been in thi situation before. Plus they have some dirt baggers.

[Commercecomet24]

Hogs, they just seem to be motivated, been in thi situation before. Plus they have some dirt baggers.

As bad as I don't like the pigs they got an edge to em right now. They're absolutely crushing the baseball right now. We about to find out how good om pitching is. If Elliot falters om in trouble because outside of one guy their bullpen has not been good. It's little mike been riding delucia so hard to save bullpen arms for Elliot and other starter.

[EdwardDrayton]

On this board, you're a communist if you mention that OM is playing well...smh

I mean, at least a socialist but we’re probably splitting hairs at that point. :)

[schddog72]

Gonna be interesting to see if aTm curles up in the fetal position Sunday when the Longhorns take the field.

Would you like salt and pepper with your humble pie of crow, sir?

[schddog72]

Y'all's boy schloss choking

Not so fast my friend . . . . . . . . .

[SaintDawg]

My love for the game transcends the OM/MSU rivalry in my mind. I cannot say the same for other sports. Footbal, basketball, etc., I hope we whip the fire out of them and I hope they lose every game. But to see them go far in the CWS and be successful, that warrants a handshake and a tip of the cap. Baseball is a hard goddamm sport to play.

[Cooterpoot]

My love for the game transcends the OM/MSU rivalry in my mind. I cannot say the same for other sports. Footbal, basketball, etc., I hope we whip the fire out of them and I hope they lose every game. But to see them go far in the CWS and be successful, that warrants a handshake and a tip of the cap. Baseball is a hard goddamm sport to play.

Hell to da NO! 17 those 17rs.

[KOdawg1]

Hell to da NO! 17 those 17rs.

This x1000.

17 em

[Todd4State]

Texas has absolutely sucked today. Didn't play great in game 1 either. Yep ND/OK both playing well.

Yeah. How about that delayed steal of home by A&M? That's embarrassing.

[Cooterpoot]

OK looks better than ND so far.

[KOdawg1]

The winner of OU-ND is gonna win the NC

[chef dixon]

OK looks better than ND so far.

OU and ND are playing out of their minds but the problem is they aren't elite and their talent doesn't quite stack up to OM, so I'd hate to rely on one of them to do the job. ARK winning tomorrow is the best shot to derail them.

[Cooterpoot]

ND looks very tight. Like, butthole around their necks tight.

[Cooterpoot]

OU and ND are playing out of their minds but the problem is they aren't elite and their talent doesn't quite stack up to OM, so I'd hate to rely on one of them to do the job. ARK winning tomorrow is the best shot to derail them.

What? OK has a kid throwing lights out right now (hitting 97) and they're tearing the cover off the ball and beat the 2nd best ACC team in supers. ND took out the best team in the country. Who has OM beaten? A shitty Miami team and USM? AU who isn't good? Come on....
Stop slobbing on that OM knob. They lost twice to two teams in this CWS.

[Commercecomet24]

What? OK has a kid throwing lights out right now (hitting 97) and they're tearing the cover off the ball and beat the 2nd best ACC team in supers. ND took out the best team in the country. Who has OM beaten? A shitty Miami team and USM? AU who isn't good? Come on....
Stop slobbing on that OM knob. They lost twice to two teams in this CWS.

Oklahoma talent is as good as anyone in the sec and notre dame obviously does too. Notre Dame just playing tight tonight as you said.

[Commercecomet24]

Yeah. How about that delayed steal of home by A&M? That's embarrassing.

Texas looked like a little league team today.

[basedog]

Texas looked like a little league team today.

LOL, but true. Sooners look the part. I think ND had a great run but it’s about to end. Gonna be interesting IF Aggies play ND.

[Commercecomet24]

LOL, but true. Sooners look the part. I think ND had a great run but it’s about to end. Gonna be interesting IF Aggies play ND.

Oklahoma does look good.

[SailingDawg]

Well Oklahoma has a player named Tanner so I guess we have to go Boomer Sooner!

[basedog]

Oklahoma does look good.

I haven’t watched much or know much about the Sooners, but the two games they have played so far looks legit.

[ImissCityBagel]

Both look good.

[Cooterpoot]

I was surprised by the arms OK has got. I knew they could hit, but didn't think their pitching was strong. They've got some arms. Their ace getting back to 100% has really helped them out. Losing a good hitter game one could be costly later though.
Hopefully AR takes care of OM tomorrow.

[CaptainObvious]

Oklahoma is loaded with talented Freshmen and Sophomores too so they will be very good again next year, just like Mississippi State was this year with so much young talent returning.
Ooof. Did I just type that out loud?

[The Federalist Engineer]

Updated CWS Odds - composite from several sources

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Oklahoma Sooners (+175)
From College World Series longshot to a game away from the title series. Oklahoma is playing hotter than any team in the country, soundly beating their first two opponents. Peyton Graham is making his case for the tournament MVP after taking home the Big 12 Tournament’s most outstanding player once again. OU will take on the winner of the Notre Dame/Texas A&M elimination game on Wednesday.

Ole Miss Rebels (+300)
The least-talked about team in this field is headed to Omaha after making quick work of upstart Southern Miss. Tim Elko’s preseason promise of winning the CWS if the Rebels hit Omaha is still in play and no one is playing more sound baseball lately than Ole Miss. Don’t take your eye off this team. After taking down Auburn convincingly behind strong pitching, the Rebels jump to among the tournament favorites.

Arkansas Razorbacks (+330)
This team is built for the postseason and are out for redemption after coming up short in last year’s postseason as the No. 1 seed. Their rotation hasn’t let them down by any stretch, holding Oklahoma State and North Carolina to peanuts en route to toppling their brackets. The Razorbacks hung a CWS-record 17 runs on Stanford in their opening game and move onto division rival Ole Miss in their toughest challenge yet.

#5 Texas A&M Aggies (+1200)
The Aggies were facing elimination against Texas and saved their season with a resounding 10-2 win. While the battle is always uphill, Texas A&M gains some momentum moving into their elimination game against Notre Dame. The winner of this game plays Oklahoma– which both teams lost to– in the bracket final.

Notre Dame Fighting Irish (+1200)
Notre Dame’s roll was halted by Oklahoma in the second round and now the Irish are facing elimination. Pitching and defense have never been the problem, but their sometimes-stagnant offense has been. They take on Texas A&M in a loser-goes-home scenario. A&M has been hot at the plate– a potential real problem for Notre Dame.

#2 Stanford Cardinal (+2000)
Stanford’s inconsistent pitching bit them hard in the first game, giving up a CWS-record 17 runs to Arkansas. On the brink of elimination, the Cardinal face Auburn. The Tigers are capable of capitalizing on bad pitching, but burned through plenty of pitchers themselves in the opening game.

#14 Auburn Tigers (+3000)
It’s win or go home for the Auburn Tigers as they take on Stanford and their potent offense. Though Ole Miss’ pitching was excellent in their opening game, Auburn mustered just one run– they’ll have to do better than that against Stanford.

[WPS]

Add to that the fact that Ole Miss can hit as good as the Pigs and Arkansas really doesn't have a guy they can count on as a reliable second starter. Now granted they have some good arms but they don't have great starting pitching. Elliott on the other hand is legit. Wish we'd gotten him because the kid is good and getting better.

Will McEntire has emerged as a solid #2 for Arkansas over the last month with a 2.81 ERA but he just hasn't pitched a whole lot of innings this year so there isn't much of a track record to see if he can sustain it. Without him I doubt Arkansas makes it to Omaha though.

[ImissCityBagel]

Who was Okie's ace? He's a beast.

[The Federalist Engineer]

Then there were six, Stanford Out. They were 2nd most favored club behind Texas.

Amazing, of the top-8 national seeds, only Texas A&M remains

No. 1 Tennessee (Knoxville) RIP via Notre Dame
No. 2 Stanford (Stanford) RIP via Auburn
No. 4 Virginia Tech (Blacksburg) RIP via Oklahoma
No. 5 Texas A&M (College Station) Alive, but in Losers bracket
No. 6 Miami (Miami) RIP via Ole Miss
No. 7 Oklahoma State (Stillwater) RIP via Arkansas
No. 8 East Carolina (Greenville) RIP via Texas

[maroonmania]

Auburn will stay alive but they have used Burkhalter for 2+ innings to do so. PAC-12 had the most overrated teams this year that I've seen in a long while relative to their seedings.

[Cooterpoot]

Burkhalter took a line drive off the ass too. It's the year of mediocrity in college baseball. Been some bad ball at the CWS and nobody is just great.

[Dawg496]

Auburn will stay alive but they have used Burkhalter for 2+ innings to do so. PAC-12 had the most overrated teams this year that I've seen in a long while relative to their seedings.

Yep so probably can't go tomorrow against Arkansas or Ole Miss, unless its super close I guess they may still bring him back out.

Man if Ole Miss wins tonight they are looking good.. and will be able to pitch their ace in game 1 on saturday on a weeks rest.

[basedog]

Auburn will stay alive but they have used Burkhalter for 2+ innings to do so. PAC-12 had the most overrated teams this year that I've seen in a long while relative to their seedings.

Must win, all hands on deck.

[Dawg2003]

It's down to the hogs tonight. Gonna be a woo pig sooey for a few hours tonight.

[EdwardDrayton]

Alright Hogs. Let’s get it done. Burn that Webel house DOWN.

[Commercecomet24]

Lets Go Hogs!

[DownwardDawg]

Imma stop watching. I have a bad feeling. They gonna win the whole thing.

[Cooterpoot]

Another game another pitcher choking. This is how OM wins tonight. Early runs means trouble.

[EdwardDrayton]

Oof. Major choke job by Morris.

[Commercecomet24]

Morris sucked. Geez

[maroonmania]

Morris sucked. Geez

Yep, gifted OM with that 2nd run. Could have been much worse had he stayed in.

[Cooterpoot]

AR needs to run up the pitch count and get some runs. Elliot struggles to go long.

[EdwardDrayton]

All gifts are kindly accepted.

[CaptainObvious]

Damn it must be nice to have guys that can hit a breaking ball on the outside part of the plate into the cheap seats.

[Cooterpoot]

Well, this one is over. 4-5 runs early and no pitching for AR. This one might get ugly. Looks like it's up to OK. Wish they flipped the brackets like the WCWS.

[EdwardDrayton]

This game is FAR from over.

[Cowbell]

Damn it must be nice to have guys that can hit a breaking ball on the outside part of the plate into the cheap seats.

He was sitting slider

[Activated Alpha]

Ugh if any other time Ark was choking I would be super happy. However tonight is aggravating. Probably have to rely on OK crushing their dreams in the championship game

[ScoobaDawg]

Cuts in half on infield chopper to elko. 4-2 UM 1 away. runner at 3rd

[ScoobaDawg]

BEAUTIFUL squeeze play... almost got the hit... 4-3 . UM 2 away still in btm 2nd.

[ScoobaDawg]

Love it. Base hit... and pressure with a quick sb and the catcher loses the ball. Easily safe at 2b

[Commercecomet24]

Arky can hit. This is not gonna be a pitchers duel and arky gets last bat.

[Commercecomet24]

Om 3 miscues on defense has cost them.

[basedog]

Slug Feast, it's gonna be decided in the pen late innings.

One thing for sure Bianco will stay with Elliot a while.

[EdwardDrayton]

Arky much more disciplined at the plate in the second. Bailed Elliot in the first with too many bad swings.

[KOdawg1]

If Arkansas can get any consistency on the mound, they'll win. Their bats are better than OM.

But they'll leave it to chance if they let it turn into a slug fest.

[Commercecomet24]

Arky getting behind in counts and grooving to many pitches

[BeardoMSU]

Arkansas is going with with "Please **** me daddy" strategy....bold.

[Activated Alpha]

Yup. Going to have to rely on OK to win it all. You can never rely on Arkansas

[EdwardDrayton]

This Arky pitching performance so far could not win the LLWS.

[The Federalist Engineer]

Arky getting behind in counts and grooving to many pitches

Arkansas to the losers bracket.

MSU really sucked this year, if MSU were playing in this game the score would be MSU 0 Arkansas 7 with the Arkansas starting pitcher on a No Hitter.

[EdwardDrayton]

Battle like a beast at the plate to get on and then wet the bed at first.

[maroonmania]

You need to be disciplined to beat Elliott. He doesn't throw a lot of strikes but throws a lot of balls that are near the strike zone. Can see where he would be tough to do anything with if you have an ump with an overly large strike zone.

[BeardoMSU]

Go ahead and prepare thyselves....

[DownwardDawg]

Go ahead and prepare thyselves....

Yep. It's gonna happen. Thank GOD I moved to Tennessee!!!! Hahahaha!!!!! I ain't gotta deal with their fans at all!!!

[EdwardDrayton]

Arky pitching strategy. You’re in the game next if you don’t have a chair when the organ music stops.

[basedog]

Arkansas I think has come from behind many times this year. But their pitchers so far look awful except this last inning.

[chef dixon]

Why is this happening God?

[State82]

You need to be disciplined to beat Elliott. He doesn't throw a lot of strikes but throws a lot of balls that are near the strike zone. Can see where he would be tough to do anything with if you have an ump with an overly large strike zone.
Bad need to get him out of there.

[The Federalist Engineer]

This 2022 season is a punishment from hell.

I hate Oklahoma and Ole Miss. Neither should even be in Omaha spoiling a June afternoon for me. Van Horne being dumb and pitching to hot Elko with a struggling bum on the mound, it's all about punishing me.

It seems too customized for me to be a coincidence.

Plus a stockmarket crash and non-trivial risk of nuclear war.

[maroonmania]

This 2022 season is a punishment from hell.

I hate Oklahoma and Ole Miss. Neither should even be in Omaha spoiling a June afternoon for me. Van Horne being dumb and pitching to hot Elko with a struggling bum on the mound, it's all about punishing me.

It seems too customized for me to be a coincidence.

Plus a stockmarket crash and non-trivial risk of nuclear war.

Yep, 2022 challenging to be as bad or worse than 2020 and I didn't think that would be possible.

[CaptainObvious]

Arkansas folding like a cheap tent in the Junction on a Saturday night.

[EdwardDrayton]

Pretty soon Van Horn gonna start adding to the Jello shot count from the dugout.

[State82]

Wiggins ain't gonna make it long. Dude is crazy wild.

[State82]

That'll do it.

[maroonmania]

Ok, I now predict OM to win the championship without a loss the entire way. This is disgusting.

[CaptainObvious]

Forget about it. We are going to have to watch the Rebels hoist the Trophy on Sunday!

They say imitation is the greatest form of flattery. We gonna have to live with this shit. We cannot lose to those turds in football.

[Hambone]

Y’all better go ahead and just accept it. We had a great year last year and will be better next year.

[basedog]

I was wrong, Hogs don't look or play the part! Ole Dixie is raking.

[CaptainObvious]

Nobody in this CWS has the pitching to shut down their bats.

[EdwardDrayton]

Yep. They are always there. Lurking in the shadows.

[Vandownbytheriver]

I've already said it, but they are scary similar to us last year. Everyone counted them out and they got hot at just the right time. Everyone can keep making all the excuses they want, but they are hitting on all cylinders right now.

[CaptainObvious]

How damn bad was Stanford. Good grief! The pollsters have to be better at ranking people.

On the other hand, when they had Ole Miss #1, looks like they were right after all.

[Dawg2003]

I have to say that of all the ways I thought we'd have to pay for winning a natty last year, Ole Miss winning a baseball natty was not what I expected.

[R2Dawg]

The good ole Bulldog way. We win one and get the hold it over OM head a whopping 12 months. Typical MSU.

They win tonight you can go ahead and write them in the finals. I haven't watched OU play, maybe they have what it takes.

Ark big choke job.

Aub and Ark have no pitching to beat them twice after tonight. One of them need to force OM to use some pitchers and have OU fresh waiting on them. That is the only chance OM don't win one. Like we ran out of pitching in 13.

[Dawg2003]

Arkansas fans are gonna be crying if Ole Miss wins a natty before them. We say we are cursed, but Arkansas has to feel cursed in baseball.

[R2Dawg]

Arkansas fans are gonna be crying if Ole Miss wins a natty before them. We say we are cursed, but Arkansas has to feel cursed in baseball.

Agree. Ark what 11 or 12 times to CWS and never won? No one will catch FSU in my lifetime though. Really feel sorry for them - like 20something times and no NC.

OM winning one could do one of two things to MSU after this past disaster season and one of them ain't good.

[BeardoMSU]

This ****ing sucks.

[chef dixon]

And none of these games are even competitive. Completely stress free for them

[EdwardDrayton]

Never send a Hog to do a Dawg’s job.

[BeardoMSU]

And none of these games are even competitive. Completely stress free for them

Om has coasted the entire tournament.

[Activated Alpha]

Can?t see Ark or Au beating them twice

[MoreCowbell]

You already know OM is gonna win it all. You just know it is gonna happen.

[maroonmania]

Om has coasted the entire tournament.

Pretty much. Only scare they've had was the 2-1 winners bracket game against Miami.

[Todd4State]

Never send a Hog to do a Dawg’s job.

They are the hottest team and Dave Van Horn ****ed this up for Arkansas.

[Todd4State]

Pretty much. Only scare they've had was the 2-1 winners bracket game against Miami.

Helps playing a mid major in a Super Regional.

[Commercecomet24]

They are the hottest team and Dave Van Horn ****ed this up for Arkansas.

Yep van horn outsmarted himself instead of sticking with his regular #2 guy. Just ignorant

[Cowbell]

Some of you boys ain't watched the other side of the bracket... the only thing better than the black bears coming home after two games is for all them suckers to travel up there to watch them lose in the championship game.

[ImissCityBagel]

Arkansas is always elite until that moment in post season when they aren't.

[Saltydog]

I've already said it, but they are scary similar to us last year. Everyone counted them out and they got hot at just the right time. Everyone can keep making all the excuses they want, but they are hitting on all cylinders right now.
Lurker....

[Commercecomet24]

Arkansas is always elite until that moment in post season when they aren't.

Pretty much sums it up. They always seem to find a way to choke.

[Todd4State]

Yep van horn outsmarted himself instead of sticking with his regular #2 guy. Just ignorant

Sometimes the best thing to do as a baseball manager is the normal thing.

Van Martin is gambling that his 2 can beat Auburn's 3. And then he is going to come back with Noland against Ole Miss I bet. Really dumb move even if it works out.

[Cooterpoot]

Yep van horn outsmarted himself instead of sticking with his regular #2 guy. Just ignorant

People just handing it to OM. Van Horn is the biggest choker since Jimmie Foxx

[Todd4State]

Some of you boys ain't watched the other side of the bracket... the only thing better than the black bears coming home after two games is for all them suckers to travel up there to watch them lose in the championship game.

Yeah. Oklahoma is a baseball program we can totally count on.**

[Cooterpoot]

Lurker....

No doubt about that one.

[EdwardDrayton]

The comeuppance is coming Webels. It’s coming.

[Commercecomet24]

Sometimes the best thing to do as a baseball manager is the normal thing.

Van Martin is gambling that his 2 can beat Auburn's 3. And then he is going to come back with Noland against Ole Miss I bet. Really dumb move even if it works out.

It's always the best thing for sure, with very few exceptions. It can make players jittery when you start monkeying around with stuff. Just be cool and do your normal thing.

[Cooterpoot]

Sometimes the best thing to do as a baseball manager is the normal thing.

Van Martin is gambling that his 2 can beat Auburn's 3. And then he is going to come back with Noland against Ole Miss I bet. Really dumb move even if it works out.

Especially since OM beat Noland already this year. Noland went deep but got hit a lot

[Cooterpoot]

Yeah. Oklahoma is a baseball program we can totally count on.**

OK is talented but young. That's the issue for them. They'd be tight I'm afraid.

[Commercecomet24]

People just handing it to OM. Van Horn is the biggest choker since Jimmie Foxx

Yep just plain stupid

[Saltydog]

No doubt about that one.

Well, say what you will but so far he's been right and well, you've been wrong.

[AlSwearengen]

So, the guy the pigs started wasn’t their no. 2? Boy, did van horn shit the bed. Trying to be smarter than everyone else and he puts a guy out there that is scared and can’t make it out of the first. The pitcher didn’t just suck, he was scared.

The damn rebels must have a horse shoe up their asses.

[Cooterpoot]

Well, say what you will but so far he's been right and well, you've been wrong.

How have I been wrong? I said if OM scored early they'd win. Hell, and that was before Van Horn lost his mind.

[Saltydog]

Delete

[Commercecomet24]

So, the guy the pigs started wasn’t their no. 2? Boy, did van horn shit the bed. Trying to be smarter than everyone else and he puts a guy out there that is scared and can’t make it out of the first. The pitcher didn’t just suck, he was scared.

The damn rebels must have a horse shoe up their asses.

McEntire has been there #2 and pitched well. 2.8 era. Yep van horn just choked again. He chokes every year in post season it's just a matter of when.

[Saltydog]

How have I been wrong? I said if OM scored early they'd win. Hell, and that was before Van Horn lost his mind.
You've tried to discredit anyone who said they were playing well. Sometime you just gotta tip your hat to the other guy.

[Cooterpoot]

You've tried to discredit anyone who said they were playing well. Sometime you just gotta tip your hat to the other guy.

I see a weak ass CWS. I see a coach start his #3. I said when AU got in they'd win a couple games. Until they win it all, I'm still good. They win it all, I'll tip my hat (a little).
A&M vs ND should be interesting. OM should win their bracket. OK, ND, or A&M could beat them if the pitching lines up. OM will find a way to choke if it's available. Assuming one of these other coaches doesn't Van Horn the hell out of it.

[Cowbell]

Yeah. Oklahoma is a baseball program we can totally count on.**

Pretty sure they got more nattys than us and ole miss combined

[Saltydog]

I hope like hell you don't have to hat tip for them winning it all either. I gave OM fans hell last year. If this keeps up I'm gonna have to eat a lot of crow.

[basedog]

I sure didn’t understand Van Horn started a guy for the first time this year. Weird move.

Interesting games Tuesday, Aggies vs Irish. Hogs vs War Eagles.

[Cooterpoot]

I hope like hell you don't have to hat tip for them winning it all either. I gave OM fans hell last year. If this keeps up I'm gonna have to eat a lot of crow.

I can handle the crow. But it would be pretty damn rough.

[parabrave]

I sure didn’t understand Van Horn started a guy for the first time this year. Weird move.

Interesting games Tuesday, Aggies vs Irish. Hogs vs War Eagles.

Remember he screwed up his pitching last year by ruining his Ace/ The dude just chokes.

[Todd4State]

Pretty sure they got more nattys than us and ole miss combined

Great. 1951 and 1994. What a jauggernaught.**

We also beat the crap out of them in Tallahassee in an elimination game.

[Todd4State]

I can handle the crow. But it would be pretty damn rough.

Thank God we won one first. The best they can do is tie us.

[basedog]

Remember he screwed up his pitching last year by ruining his Ace/ The dude just chokes.

Obviously. I’m shocked and surprised how much Ole Dixie pitching has improved. They can rack, weakness is defense.

Auburn should be a little less tight tomorrow, gonna be interesting to see if the Hogs are stressed out….LOL.

[Commercecomet24]

I generally love watching the cws because the games are generally exciting and competitive. So far been nothing but pretty much blowouts and a lot of bad baseball, especially on defense. My goodness a lot of these teams playing like bad news bears on defense.

[Todd4State]

Obviously. I’m shocked and surprised how much Ole Dixie pitching has improved. They can rack, weakness is defense.

Auburn should be a little less tight tomorrow, gonna be interesting to see if the Hogs are stressed out….LOL.

Arkansas should win tomorrow. Which means they probably won't.**

[Vandownbytheriver]

No doubt about that one.

Ask the guy who runs this site if I'm a lurker. He knows me. Just because I'm not trying to make countless excuses for them being a good team doesn't make me a lurker.

[Cooterpoot]

Two mediocre SEC teams fight to play an SEC team that was the last team in the tournament. Says a lot about baseball this year. Damn we sucked this year! Like $10 hooker with no teeth.

[Vandownbytheriver]

I think our fan base is in the denial phase their fan base was in last year. They had to hang onto the asterisk championship. Now we have a portion of our fan base that has to discredit them getting hot at the right time. There's no way they can be good, the field just sucks, the weather is making the defense bad, other teams are choking, etc. It sucks if they win, but every year teams get breaks. Some would say us getting Vandy and not NC State was our break. It goes both ways. Just hope OU doesn't have to play more than one more game.

[Commercecomet24]

Two mediocre SEC teams fight to play an SEC team that was the last team in the tournament. Says a lot about baseball this year. Damn we sucked this year! Like $10 hooker with no teeth.

It has been an odd year. A lot of highly ranked teams that turned out to be pretty mediocre and some mediocre teams that got hot. And a team in Tennessee that folks had as the greatest team evah and they choked. Very odd year.

[parabrave]

I hope like hell you don't have to hat tip for them winning it all either. I gave OM fans hell last year. If this keeps up I'm gonna have to eat a lot of crow.

The only comeback you need to know if the bears win the CWS:

https://youtu.be/9OpIbiFmY60

[Cooterpoot]

I think our fan base is in the denial phase their fan base was in last year. They had to hang onto the asterisk championship. Now we have a portion of our fan base that has to discredit them getting hot at the right time. There's no way they can be good, the field just sucks, the weather is making the defense bad, other teams are choking, etc. It sucks if they win, but every year teams get breaks. Some would say us getting Vandy and not NC State was our break. It goes both ways. Just hope OU doesn't have to play more than one more game.

Vandy had the two best pitchers in the country. Show me who in this CWS has that. Or really, even a team that would compete for it all last year. It's just a down year. If you've watched, even you can't deny that. I mean, a coach literally started a reliever tonight instead of throwing his best. AU isn't good. I'll wait til the end before crowning them. You go ahead.

[Cooterpoot]

It has been an odd year. A lot of highly ranked teams that turned out to be pretty mediocre and some mediocre teams that got hot. And a team in Tennessee that folks had as the greatest team evah and they choked. Very odd year.

All the pitching injuries and a juiced ball/bat this year seems to be a good part of it. Then there are some young teams in the CWS too.

[basedog]

Arkansas should win tomorrow. Which means they probably won't.**

No doubt they should, but Auburn may be a little better from the pitching stand point. Auburn is fo sho deeper on the mound.

Nothing should be surprising at this point except some teams are hot at the right time. No doubt after seeing Ole Dixie and Sooners winning their first two games are the hottest.

[BeardoMSU]

Vandy had the two best pitchers in the country. Show me who in this CWS has that. Or really, even a team that would compete for it all last year. It's just a down year. If you've watched, even you can't deny that. I mean, a coach literally started a reliever tonight instead of throwing his best. AU isn't good. I'll wait til the end before crowning them. You go ahead.

Of course our win is the much tougher accomplishment, but a Natty is a Natty.

You were literally laughing at many on the board for worrying about OM winning games in OMAHA, and here we are.....they're 1 win away from the championship serious. But sure...

[Commercecomet24]

All the pitching injuries and a juiced ball/bat this year seems to be a good part of it. Then there are some young teams in the CWS too.

Yeah I agree. Been one of the strangest years in college baseball I've ever seen.

[basedog]

Yeah I agree. Been one of the strangest years in college baseball I've ever seen.

I’m thinking looking forward this will be the norm with transfer and NIL. I may be wrong but it seems more kids are going to college more now days than in years past.

[William Tecumsah Sherman]

Guys, just assume they?ll win like I?ve been doing since they beat Miami the first game. It makes this easier to take. They?re hotter than a $2 pistol

[msstate7]

And in this "weak" field, we finished dead last in the sec. Great job, team and coaches

[maroonmania]

Obviously. I?m shocked and surprised how much Ole Dixie pitching has improved. They can rack, weakness is defense.

Auburn should be a little less tight tomorrow, gonna be interesting to see if the Hogs are stressed out?.LOL.

Yep, Delucia and Elliott look to be the 2 best starters in the CWS that I've seen. As bad as we were in need of a LH pitcher its pretty sickening we let Elliott get away to OM. Maybe he is from a Reb family though, I don't know. Those 2 guys were stellar in Hattiesuurg as well. If they get to the championship series with those guys pitching the first 2 games I really don't see OM losing to anyone coming from the other side. OM is going to score some regardless.

[maroonmania]

I’m thinking looking forward this will be the norm with transfer and NIL. I may be wrong but it seems more kids are going to college more now days than in years past.

Well OM is doing this with several guys that are quality veterans who chose to come back to accomplish something when they could have went ahead and gone pro. Add that to the development of 2 really good starters (see Foxhall, it CAN be done) and they have a lot going for them right now. Of course it came within a whisker of all being for naught when i looked like they wouldn't even get in the tourney. But we seem to rarely get quality veterans to stay around. Very unusual to get guys to stay with no draft leverage and it is pretty obvious that transfers are going to play a much bigger role on teams going forward.

[Offshore Dawg]

Great. 1951 and 1994. What a jauggernaught.**

We also beat the crap out of them in Tallahassee in an elimination game.
Different year, different team.

[Maroonthirteen]

Of course I thought last year that UVA(a National champion program) and Texas (most cws appearances by any school) were extremely tough draws for Mississippi State. That was a National championship bracket.

OMs path to the NC series is much easier. Auburn is in uncharted waters. Arkansas has a excellent program but chokers at this stage. Then you get two chances to win one???? What a lucky break by OM this year to even get in the tournament and to have this draw.

WPS.

[msstate7]

Of course I thought last year that UVA(a National champion program) and Texas (most cws appearances by any school) were extremely tough draws for Mississippi State. That was a National championship bracket.

OMs path to the NC series is much easier. Auburn is in uncharted waters. Arkansas has a excellent program but chokers at this stage. Then you get two chances to win one???? What a lucky break by OM this year to even get in the tournament and to have this draw.

WPS.

We still had to beat a super talented vandy team last year, but I think nc state was probably better than them at that point, so I think we got a little break. I don't think any team wins it all without some good fortune

ETA... and I'm not ready to go throw a pile on money on OM to win it all yet. I think they still have a hurdle or 2

[Vandownbytheriver]

We still had to beat a super talented vandy team last year, but I think nc state was probably better than them at that point, so I think we got a little break. I don't think any team wins it all without some good fortune

ETA... and I'm not ready to go throw a pile on money on OM to win it all yet. I think they still have a hurdle or 2

I've been saying this myself. No team wins it all without some luck of some sort. We have a certain group in our fan base who absolutely cannot accept that Ole Miss can possibly be better than State at anything. We saw it with the football team last year and again with baseball. At some point all of the constant excuses and denial just makes you look ridiculous. Several have hit that point already.

[ImissCityBagel]

I'm not mad at Ole Miss....I'm just mad that we didn't have the pitching to be in Omaha.

[PGHBulldogBG]

Is everyone that cheered so hard against Tennessee happy now?

[Maroonthirteen]

I've been saying this myself. No team wins it all without some luck of some sort. We have a certain group in our fan base who absolutely cannot accept that Ole Miss can possibly be better than State at anything. We saw it with the football team last year and again with baseball. At some point all of the constant excuses and denial just makes you look ridiculous. Several have hit that point already.

I didn't mention luck. Sure every team has some luck to win a championship. However some paths are tougher than others.

But to show my ability to be objective, State has played in SECCG in football. However, OM has a better football program than MSU. Always have. Since Ive been following MSU (40 years), MSU has always had a better baseball program than OM. OM may win it this year, may not. But State still has a better program in the past and going forward.

[Dawg496]

OM winning it all definitely gives them a ton of momentum for the future and takes away our claim to be the better program IMO. We will be equals at that point.

I don?t care what anyone says, if they win, it?s a big problem for us. Hoping Oklahoma can knock ?em off or somehow Arkansas or Auburn can shock the world and win two.

At the very least it would be good for Arky or Auburn to win one against the bears so they have to use their ace in the elimination game and not have him rested for a week in game 1.

[basedog]

I'm going against the odds and going with strange things happening this year. Aggies over Irish, War Eagles over Hogs! LOL, well I only think there will only be one upset but I did say it's a strange year!

[ImissCityBagel]

I just rewatched our game vs Ole Miss. We are similar teams .....but our best pitching is "just enough" while they have solid 1 and 2s. Like somebody else said (a lot of people) they really struggle after the 5th. We got Elliot out of there by the 5th then we raked.

[WPS]

Yep van horn outsmarted himself instead of sticking with his regular #2 guy. Just ignorant

I mean the way Ole Miss hit literally every member of the Arkansas bullpen I doubt it would have mattered unless the starter threw a complete game.

Probably a good thing the #2 starter got saved for tonight, hope for a win tonight then to win two shootouts. Odds are slim but Arkansas can win against Diamond if it comes to it, then it's probably a Noland vs. DeLuca battle on Thursday.

[MoreCowbell]

This reminds me of 2014 football. We had a historic year yet so did they. Now we win a NC and they likely follow it up.

[basedog]

I mean the way Ole Miss hit literally every member of the Arkansas bullpen I doubt it would have mattered unless the starter threw a complete game.

Probably a good thing the #2 starter got saved for tonight, hope for a win tonight then to win two shootouts. Odds are slim but Arkansas can win against Diamond if it comes to it, then it's probably a Noland vs. DeLuca battle on Thursday.

It was a bad move, Van Horn starting a guy who hadn't started all year was just dumb to be "experimenting" in the CWS. If anything, start your third guy, it destroyed the "team morale".
It gave Ole Dixie all the confidence in the world and now the advantage with rested bullpen and now the Hogs will have to out slug everyone if they can.

[Commercecomet24]

It was a bad move, Van Horn starting a guy who hadn't started all year was just dumb to be "experimenting" in the CWS. If anything, start your third guy, it destroyed the "team morale".
It gave Ole Dixie all the confidence in the world and now the advantage with rested bullpen and now the Hogs will have to out slug everyone if they can.

You nailed it right there. I learned in my coaching years when you get to big time games or tournaments, its best to keep things as normal as possible. It provides a since of calm and confidence to your team. You're treating it like it's just the next game on the schedule. When you start monkeying around with stuff teams to play tight and nervous.

ETA and especially with pitchers. They are such creatures of habit and when you disrupt that it generally doesn't end well. Van Horn approached that game like it was a do or die situation and he didn't have any pitching left but the pen guys. Was just plain stupid. I've got some really good arky friends and they're are extremely unhappy with van horn.

[WPS]

It was a bad move, Van Horn starting a guy who hadn't started all year was just dumb to be "experimenting" in the CWS. If anything, start your third guy, it destroyed the "team morale".
It gave Ole Dixie all the confidence in the world and now the advantage with rested bullpen and now the Hogs will have to out slug everyone if they can.

Morris had started the last game of the Stillwater Regional and was great, sent Arkansas to the Supers. Plus Ole Miss came into the game hitting significantly worse against lefties statistically.

It didn't work out but I get why he did it. I just don't think there was any stopping their offense regardless last night.

Arkansas changed pitchers so much last night that not many were really burned anyway. Used back of the bullpen guys in the later innings. We don't exactly have an established 3rd starter anymore since Hagen Smith has been closing games recently.

[Cooterpoot]

Morris had started the last game of the Stillwater Regional and was great, sent Arkansas to the Supers. Plus Ole Miss came into the game hitting significantly worse against lefties statistically.

It didn't work out but I get why he did it. I just don't think there was any stopping their offense regardless last night.

Arkansas changed pitchers so much last night that not many were really burned anyway. Used back of the bullpen guys in the later innings. We don't exactly have an established 3rd starter anymore since Hagen Smith has been closing games recently.

It's stupid to go with a hunch off one game. Van Horn over thought it big time.

[Commercecomet24]

It's stupid to go with a hunch off one game. Van Horn over thought it big time.

No question. If you have a reliable #2(which he does), he's #2 for a reason and you stick with it. He messed up.

[Cooterpoot]

More terrible baseball today.

[Commercecomet24]

More terrible baseball today.

Whats up this year at the cws? I've seen some of the worst baseball i've seen in years. Bad defense, bad baserunning, bad managing. It's crazy this year.

[Cooterpoot]

That last inning had walks, a balk, errors, & terrible base running. ND is hanging on by a thread. They better get some runs, because their pen is about to be real thin.

[ImissCityBagel]

I mean the way Ole Miss hit literally every member of the Arkansas bullpen I doubt it would have mattered unless the starter threw a complete game.

Probably a good thing the #2 starter got saved for tonight, hope for a win tonight then to win two shootouts. Odds are slim but Arkansas can win against Diamond if it comes to it, then it's probably a Noland vs. DeLuca battle on Thursday.

Delucia is hittable. Just need people on base, and he will pitch differently.

[Commercecomet24]

I mean the way Ole Miss hit literally every member of the Arkansas bullpen I doubt it would have mattered unless the starter threw a complete game.

Probably a good thing the #2 starter got saved for tonight, hope for a win tonight then to win two shootouts. Odds are slim but Arkansas can win against Diamond if it comes to it, then it's probably a Noland vs. DeLuca battle on Thursday.

Terrible approach by your hitters last night especially early. Elliot was all over the place in the first and second. In first inning after leadoff single your 2 and 3 hitter struckout on pitches that werent close to being strikes, both should've walked. Could've had bases loaded and nobody out and it could've changed the whole outcome of that game. Oh well.

[basedog]

Morris had started the last game of the Stillwater Regional and was great, sent Arkansas to the Supers. Plus Ole Miss came into the game hitting significantly worse against lefties statistically.

It didn't work out but I get why he did it. I just don't think there was any stopping their offense regardless last night.

Arkansas changed pitchers so much last night that not many were really burned anyway. Used back of the bullpen guys in the later innings. We don't exactly have an established 3rd starter anymore since Hagen Smith has been closing games recently.

It's ok to defend your coach and team, but Van Horn cost his team last night.

[Commercecomet24]

Looks like ND played their world series in knoxville.

[Commercecomet24]

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to basedog again.

[basedog]

Looks like ND played their world series in knoxville.

I did call Aggies winning today. One of my 2 upset specials.

[basedog]

Looks like ND played their world series in knoxville.

No doubt. It happens a lot. ND had a good year, Aggies looking good today.

[Commercecomet24]

No doubt. It happens a lot. ND had a good year, Aggies looking good today.

Yes it does especially with young uns. Young players can be to emotional at times and they spend so much emotion and effort to beat "The Man" that they crash afterwards.

[basedog]

Yes it does especially with young uns. Young players can be to emotional at times and they spend so much emotion and effort to beat "The Man" that they crash afterwards.

It's a baseball thing more than football and basketball. It's a sport of ups and down mostly because of all the games played.

[Commercecomet24]

It's a baseball thing more than football and basketball. It's a sport of ups and down mostly because of all the games played.

Yes sir, you are correct. And this goes back to the van horn thing and why it's so important for baseball coaches to try and keep things as consistent as possible. Have to try so hard to stay in the middle ground emotionally because there are so many ups and downs. Man I'm as fiery and competitive as anyone(my wife thinks i get extreme sometimes) but in baseball you have to have a controlled agressiveness or the lows and highs will destroy you. Its such a fine line to walk and takes some time to get it.

[basedog]

Yes sir, you are correct. And this goes back to the van horn thing and why it's so important for baseball coaches to try and keep things as consistent as possible. Have to try so hard to stay in the middle ground emotionally because there are so many ups and downs. Man I'm as fiery and competitive as anyone(my wife thinks i get extreme sometimes) but in baseball you have to have a controlled agressiveness or the lows and highs will destroy you. Its such a fine line to walk and takes some time to get it.

No wonder why I like u!!! LOL.

Why gamble in CWS, dance with who u bring to the dance.

[Commercecomet24]

No wonder why I like u!!! LOL.

Why gamble in CWS, dance with who u bring to the dance.

Group hug, ha! You're a good dude, Base!

On the dance with who brung you thing, that's the one piece of advice every coach should follow. If it's good enough to get you there, it's good enough to win the whole thing! Stick with a winning process and you'll be successful more times than not!

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to basedog again.

[CaptainObvious]

Any who you slice it, Stanford and Texas were frauds, and Notre Dame used up all their mojo getting to Omaha. Who had a closer drive, Notre Dame from South Bend or Oklahoma from Norman or Arkansas from Fayetteville?

Notre Dame should be home by midnight even if they are driving. 😎

[parabrave]

ND gonna win it all. Then their coach is going to go home to Fla State and try to win one there

Hmmm hey Coach you forgot these ********* when you posted. Any other predictions???

[The Federalist Engineer]

Hmmm hey Coach you forgot these ********* when you posted. Any other predictions???

Coach34 needs to pick Ole Miss next, not a dunk on Coach34, just seems like the favorite now.

I'll Start .., Ole Miss is going to win this crappy tournament

[maroonmania]

Where was this Ark pitcher last night? Van Horn is an idiot.

[The Federalist Engineer]

The Arkansas homer to make it 8-0 looks like kid hit a tennis ball with a racket. Does not resemble baseball physics. Just like the Elko HR yesterday.

Seems fishy to me. NCAA needs to confiscate some bats ASAP.

They look like one-handed tomahawk HRs with the old Aluminum bat.

[Cowbell]

The Arkansas homer to make it 8-0 looks like kid hit a tennis ball with a racket. Does not resemble baseball physics. Just like the Elko HR yesterday.

Seems fishy to me. NCAA needs to confiscate some bats ASAP.

They look like one-handed tomahawk HRs with the old Aluminum bat.

Post-season baseballs are different than regular season / same thing happened last year...

[Commercecomet24]

Where was this Ark pitcher last night? Van Horn is an idiot.

Sitting and watching. Yeah van horn is an idiot.

[EdwardDrayton]

With nothing better to do in a 9-1 game ………

The cumulative score of the CWS games including tonight’s game ……

91-27

[EdwardDrayton]

Informal poll for those watching the game …….

The Bro? Or The Manssiere? :)