Corbin - was he behind the CWS fiasco of NC State

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Originally Posted by Matt3467

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.

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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).

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.

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Originally Posted by 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.

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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.

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Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve

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

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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.

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Originally Posted by Saltydog

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.

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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!

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Originally Posted by Commercecomet24

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!

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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.

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Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve

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.

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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.

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.

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Originally Posted by 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.

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