re: 3 Pitchers out of 16

I'm a huge Bert fan but I gald he only went 1 1/3. Gives him a shot of confidence into next weekend and the tourney.

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I'm just looking ahead. Is it possible to win regionals and in Omaha with just 2 starters and a closer? Somebody needs to step up big time. Maybe Bradshaw.

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This question illustrates your ignorance. Nobody who follows college baseball would ask this type of question. And, guys like that shouldn't be posting ignorant criticisms of a team, or worse a program as a whole.

But, I'll explain it for you anyway.

We're probably going to host as a national seed. That means we are going to likely have a very favorable regional from an opponent standpoint.

So, in the regional, we'll have the option of throwing Ross in game 1 or maybe even someone worse if we play a real weak #4. That leaves our 2 studs, Ranaudo and Coleman for games 2 and 3 with Ross as a setup man or game 5 starter if needed (if he doesn't pitch in game 1). So, we'll basically have a pitching advantage in every game we play in the regional.

In a super regional, it's just a 3 game series. So, given that we have only a single SEC series loss, it should tell you everything you need to know. LSU will have an advantage. Of course, since we'll likely play a very good team, it will be a fairly slight one. I'd put us as a 65/35 favorite in that series.