It's Official..

[DawgBone]

Just announced.. Harding gets the ball tonight.

[R2Dawg]

Just announced.. Harding gets the ball tonight.

Like, lets roll.

[Commercecomet24]

That dang lemonis just doesn't know anything about handling a pitching staff*************

[ScoobaDawg]

Rex54 was not consulted for this decision..

[parabrave]

Worst kept secret in the cornfield

[Commercecomet24]

Harding did a great job stifling notre dame and they're a better hitting team than Texas.

[Rex54]

Rex54 was not consulted for this decision..

Obviously. Stupid decision. Now we likely go Mac, Bullpen, Bednar (on 3 days rest) in the finals. Y'all better pray for lots of rain.

[HoopsDawg]

Obviously. Stupid decision. Now we likely go Mac, Bullpen, Bednar (on 3 days rest) in the finals. Y'all better pray for lots of rain.

or a win tonight.

[Rex54]

The odds this morning were

Texas -135
MSU + 115

That was before the announcement. Let's see where things settle.

[StarkVegasSteve]

The odds this morning were

Texas -135
MSU + 115

That was before the announcement. Let's see where things settle.

Well thank god we don't play things only by the odds or Bednar would've lost Sunday night. Hootie's ready for this. Let's Ride

[MetEdDawg]

or a win tonight.

This is the correct answer. We have the benefit of having 2 games to work with, so we can play the long term game.

If we lose it's all hands on deck. But if we win, we are in a phenomenal position to win it all.

Bednar can't carry us to the finish line. We will have to have MacLeod and Hootie help out if we want to win the whole thing.

[Todd4State]

Yep. Starting Bednar would give away our advantage.

[basedog]

This is the correct answer. We have the benefit of having 2 games to work with, so we can play the long term game.

If we lose it's all hands on deck. But if we win, we are in a phenomenal position to win it all.

Bednar can't carry us to the finish line. We will have to have MacLeod and Hootie help out if we want to win the whole thing.

That's been the game plan the whole year, no sense of changing.

[msugolf]

The odds this morning were

Texas -135
MSU + 115

That was before the announcement. Let's see where things settle.

Bednar vs Madden = push advantage for both teams
Bednar vs TX other pitcher = advantage State
Harding vs TX other pitcher = maybe slight advantage for State

If Harding struggles tonight then we can still go to the staff and have a chance. This is definitely the correct move.

[Commercecomet24]

Yep. Starting Bednar would give away our advantage.

Exactly. We're not playing an elimination game.

[Rex54]

This is the correct answer. We have the benefit of having 2 games to work with

If the finals weren't starting on Monday then you would have a point. My ENTIRE PREMISE lies in eliminating the chance that the only time we see Bednar in the finals is on 3 days rest.

[Rex54]

Yep. Starting Bednar would give away our advantage.

Gobbledygook

[Tbonewannabe]

Hootie is a gamer. I think he does well tonight.

We just saw Madden and he is on short rest. I think we hit him today.

[Rex54]

We just saw Madden and he is on short rest.

He's on plenty rest

[maroonmania]

If the finals weren't starting on Monday then you would have a point. My ENTIRE PREMISE lies in eliminating the chance that the only time we see Bednar in the finals is on 3 days rest.

Look, if we win tonight Bednar goes Monday. If Bednar goes tonight then you wouldn't see him again until probably Wednesday and that would be on shorter rest than he's had all year. Well, guess what, there is no guarantee that there will even be a Wednesday game. When we played UCLA we had Graveman ready for Wednesday but Wednesday never happened.