re: Arkansas fan puts way too much effort into analyzing how badly they choked

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The grounder was hit to the SS right and he had to turn toward third to glove it. So his body wasn’t in aligned to make an easy throw to second base. Would it have been in time at second? Maybe so but it probably wouldn’t have left enough time to get the runner at first at least that was what he had to have been thinking.

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Nope. Go to the 13:40 mark of the video and you will see the short stop field the ball with both feet squared up. He almost didn’t have to move to field the ball. You cannot hit an easier double-play ball to a shortstop. In his mind he should have pretended there was not a runner at 2nd base bc that run was inconsequential. It literally meant nothing to the outcome of the game.

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This was the best quote by far......

I’m convinced Jerry Jones made some sort of deal with the devil to make the Cowboys good in the 90s at the cost of his soul and the collective souls of the Arkansas fan base.

This works for me.

64% of the time, they win every time.

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Most people think that ball to left field went off of the LF’s glove when it actually went off his shoulder

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I think most people didn’t think it hit his glove based on how far the ball went after hitting him.

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VAn Horn

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He should have had them in no doubles defense. The ball would have dropped. It was directly on Van Horn.

I spoke with a long time umpire from the big 12, who cut his teeth in the Southland Conference, and he stated that Van Horn is one of the biggest assholes in the sport. He is a sore loser.

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Meh. They all but won THAT GAME. But they still would have to have beaten us again

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And we would have absolutely been favored in the next game with the pitching situations. Not sure why that gets lost.

This. People will say it's not DVH, it's the players not executing. This is true it an extent, but I also think players are a representation of their coaches. Look at how players respond to Jay's moves. Jay looks like an absolute savant with the way he manages the game and his team always responds to this which is why LSU has 2 titles in 3 years. Both title run years it seemed like every move he made during postseason was perfect. They always picked up in clutch time.


You would think it's a lot of luck but anyone who watches Jay make moves at how he manages the game will see it's the norm for him. Enjoy it while we can there's definitely no better coach right now. DVH is a good coach, I just think his teams come up short because they're a representation of his identity.

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There comes a point in a season- in the most pressurized of moments- when champions simply don’t choke. They make the plays. They just weren’t a championship team. A very good team- yes.

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I’ve come to the conclusion that this is the answer. I do believe DVH gets too tight in these games and his players reflect that.

Nevertheless, go back and watch the first game with Arky in the CWS. We scored a run in that game from 2B with a hit to shallow/middle LF. He made a clean pick up and fired the ball home. It was a great throw, right up to the point that the cutoff man caught it. You could see the catcher look at him after the play and throw up his hands. One of the announcers called it right. “It’s simple, cutoff man positions himself between the outfielder and the catcher. If it comes to him, step out of the way. If not, go catch it.”

They made a lot of blunders in both games.

ArKansas or Arky, signs all these named pitchers they brag about. Wonder why they don’t sign and brag about someone that could help them win a title. Like a player that can catch a pop fly in the ninth inning.

… and, i just loomed it up, fla st has been runner-up only 3 times… 99, 86, 70… and that is not good either…

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