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Law of averages had to catch us at some point (Alex Box)

Posted on 6/10/12 at 10:49 pm
Posted by Choupique19
The cheap seats
Member since Sep 2005
61926 posts
Posted on 6/10/12 at 10:49 pm
We are so lucky to be LSU baseball fans. What we have seen in terms of great games, great teams, and comebacks (including Friday afternoon/Saturday morning) since 1985 has been unprecedented. You had to know that at some point, some team would break the Alex Box dynamic. Sure, we had a few opponents win Baton Rouge regionals, but we never had it happen like this. We never lost a Super Regional in Alex Box and the only time we lost a Regional at home when we got to the final round was during Smoke's tenure.

I always kind of felt that it would be a small school to do it. I think the Alex Box crowd and mystique can buckle the big boys, but a small team with nothing to lose was a perfect fit.

All in all, Alex Box Stadium is still a pretty tough place for opponents to win.
Posted by Choupique19
The cheap seats
Member since Sep 2005
61926 posts
Posted on 6/11/12 at 12:09 pm to
Bump for the day crew.

Thanks, Guster.
Posted by lesisbes
Crowley, Louisiana
Member since Mar 2009
808 posts
Posted on 6/11/12 at 12:37 pm to
This true. The crowd yesterday was outstanding and to bad the team could not play as well as the crowd participated! On to football
Posted by 81Tiger
LSU Alumnus
Member since Sep 2009
6629 posts
Posted on 6/11/12 at 1:45 pm to
Good assessment, Choupique.

I felt the same about the BCSNCG 1/9. LSU had won 6 of 6 championship games in baseball and was 2 for 2 in football title games.

You didn't want it to happen but you knew it was inevitable.
Posted by genuineLSUtiger
Nashville
Member since Sep 2005
72976 posts
Posted on 6/11/12 at 1:47 pm to
Well at least it didn't happen with a title on the line.
Posted by LSU316
Rice and Easy Baby!!!
Member since Nov 2007
29311 posts
Posted on 6/11/12 at 1:47 pm to
quote:

a small team with nothing to lose was a perfect fit.


Yea it was kind of the perfect storm I suppose.....still pisses me off though
Posted by LSU316
Rice and Easy Baby!!!
Member since Nov 2007
29311 posts
Posted on 6/11/12 at 1:48 pm to
quote:

Well at least it didn't happen with a title on the line.


To win a title you had to win that game so it was basically on the line.
Posted by tigerfoot
Alexandria
Member since Sep 2006
56355 posts
Posted on 6/11/12 at 2:32 pm to
quote:

Well at least it didn't happen with a title on the line.


Good, I thought our season was over.
Posted by Politiceaux
Member since Feb 2009
17654 posts
Posted on 6/11/12 at 2:34 pm to
quote:


We are so lucky to be LSU baseball fans. What we have seen in terms of great games, great teams, and comebacks (including Friday afternoon/Saturday morning) since 1985 has been unprecedented. You had to know that at some point, some team would break the Alex Box dynamic. Sure, we had a few opponents win Baton Rouge regionals, but we never had it happen like this. We never lost a Super Regional in Alex Box and the only time we lost a Regional at home when we got to the final round was during Smoke's tenure.

I always kind of felt that it would be a small school to do it. I think the Alex Box crowd and mystique can buckle the big boys, but a small team with nothing to lose was a perfect fit.

All in all, Alex Box Stadium is still a pretty tough place for opponents to win.

Posted by vjp819
South Sec. 414 / Alex Box Sec. 210
Member since Nov 2003
10882 posts
Posted on 6/11/12 at 3:33 pm to
quote:

the only time we lost a Regional at home when we got to the final round was during Smoke's tenure.


Not entirely true. We lost in the old regional format twice at the box under Skip. In 92 bounced by Ohio State and Cal State Fullerton. (CSF CWS Champion that year). Again in 95 beat both times by Rice.
Posted by Choupique19
The cheap seats
Member since Sep 2005
61926 posts
Posted on 6/11/12 at 3:40 pm to
Both in 1992 and in 1995 we lost on Saturday night, and did not reach the championship round on Sunday.
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