Some thoughts:

- Give it up to John Cohen. We/me complained, but he found the right guy. Lemon is here to stay. He's the real deal. His recruiting will obviously decide things long term, but he recruited well at Indiana & I think pretty much anyone could recruit to MSU right now to play baseball. We found our long term answer.

- This is the most well rounded team MSU has sent to Omaha in my life time. Some other teams had greater MLB prospects, but they all had weaknesses. Other than an iffy defender at 3B, I'm not sure where the weakness is.

- Give it up to Plumlee. His ascension has taken this team from really good to a team that can be great & win the natty. The difference? This team can take the line drive off Gene Morgan's ankle & still win the damn game. They are just deeper.

- Unreal scene tonight with Mangum & Mac's last ABs at Dudy Noble. That's our program though. Dudy Noble is where special things happen & our program is special.

- Lastly, this team hasn't wasted any luck or emotion yet. We are primed to make a run in Omaha.

- This the most experienced team in America. We've been to Omaha, won the SEC, & been through everything. Our team is full of hardened veterans ready to take home the title.

Will we win it all? I don't know because it will take some luck, but this is the best chance we've ever had going into Omaha.

Let's do this. For goodness sakes it's time.