LSU as a Dark Horse CWS Contender?

Realistically, I didn't think we would host a regional this year when the season started and was generally OK with that, considering the talent we lost on offense.

We didn't have the pitching depth to finish the job last year, and I didn't see how our pitching would pick up the lineup's slack well enough to keep our head above water in the stacked SEC West.

But we persevered through our early struggles, and the players and coaches each deserve a great deal of credit for - amazingly IMO - staying competitive for the SEC regular season title until the final game of the regular season.

The lineup has performed much better than expected, and after a rough start the pitching has come together to complement them and close out close games. If yall are being honest with yourselves, there was no reason to think we would be a national seed in January, but here we are.

So can we make some noise? Obviously we have to win this regional first. I personally still think that making a super regional would qualify this as a successful season, but I know for some of you its CWS or bust every year.

However, I've come around to thinking we have more pitching depth than in any of the previous 5 seasons. We have two very good college starters - one of them being elite - and our bullpen can put 9 solid innings together with different combinations of 5 or 6 guys.

With the prioritization of pitching and the way our lineup can work the count, I think this team can sneak in to the CWS and, once there, who knows what could happen? Regardless, I'm pretty impressed with this team and will continue to enjoy them for as long as this season lasts. Rally Possum 4 Lyfe.

What do yall think?

tl;dr: We're better than I thought, and maybe we can win this whole damn thing. But even if we don't, we've probably exceeded expectations.