Why so many afternoon games to start the season?

Last year it was because of extreme cold.

But JJ said he thinks opening day should be an early start every year.

At least this year we knew in advance.

Because Jay wants it that way. Expect it to be this way the first weeks of the season in future years.

He explained in a press conference yesterday that he set it up like this because this year he has 2 different teams coming in and they have 2 games per day. He put LSU the early games to make sure even if the weather is an issue they get in all their games.

I also think he would rather have his pitchers throwing during the warmest part of the day vs a night game where temps can get into the 40s and maybe even 30s at this time of the year.

As said, everything he does is scripted as is for a reason. This seems to be a schedule deal to get in games and also a safety precaution for pitchers.

JJ Explains

A lot of games in the SECT and Omaha are played during the day in addition to night games. Think Coach is just trying to get them ready

Remember that Kentucky game in the Regional where he called his only rain delay even though it was sunny and we didn’t play until 9pm?

Our irrelevance complaininers are already in mid season form.