Big difference between the two teams last night: Omaha experience

both our errors were routine although Breg's ball was hard hit he still makes that play 98 times out of a 100.

makes last night's loss all that more difficult

Bregman got lazy yon his error. Get your arse in front of the ball.

The difference in the teams was LSU not laying off high pitches and trying to Gorilla Ball in an anti GB park. If this was at the Box, LSU rolls like 7-2. But Plutko knew LSU hitters are undisciplined for the most part. Always hitting for the fences.

Ross' error was much more disappointing than Breg's. The UCLA runner had started on the pitch & for a split second, was right in front of Breg which didn't allow him to charge the ball. He had to sit back & wait for the hop which ate him up. All Ross had to do was pick up a ball & throw it to first.
I think the team was maybe pressing a little too hard, I also think those long flyouts & Katz's HR had our batters thinking they could get the ball out of the park on this guy & not focusing on just getting a hit & putting runners on base. Nola pitched well enough to win this game but the defense imploded behind him & this time the guy on the mound wasn't from Sam Houston State. HOpefully the guys will relax & get back to what they do best, field, hit, & get the starter out of the game.

There's a lot of what ifs and reasons/excuses to go around. It's never just one thing.

LSU always goes into the CWS with the added pressue of fan/program expectations, the likes of which none of the other programs really have. I doubt there are many people wanting to jump off a building in Corvallis, Louisville and Chapel Hill this morning like there are here. Sometimes that added weight forces guys to try to be perfect in an imperfect game.

UCLA's style of play translates to any ballpark, anytime. The conditions, demensions of the field, etc don't really matter. Not so with LSU. In 95% of college ballparks that's a 5-2, 6-2 game last night. Ibarra crused two that should have been HR's and Steveson hit another. It's just difficult to change the formula that has been so successful all year long right at the end of the season.

Completely disagree. "Not bring there before" had absolutely nothing to do with the reason we lost.

We will beat UNC tomorrow, and there is no way UCLA beats us again. It took them playing a perfect game to beat us last night. No way they can do that again.

I agree. The Tigers had the jitters just like hen you fish with someone new for the first time and try to act like you know what you are doing but get more backlashes and hang ups than you ever normally would