re: Did Skip Bertman ever have a down year like this season?

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No. He missed a regional in 1988 (smaller field). Starting in 1990, there was a regional in Baton Rouge every year until he retired.

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I often wondered if Skip had not come here and had stayed at Miami as an assistant - in an "It's a Wonderful Life" type playback what college baseball not only here but in general would be like today.

College baseball before Skip got here was on the same level as tennis, and I don't think that's an exaggeration. It still is like that in 97 percent of the schools in the country. Back then it was pretty much 99.77 percent. State had a bit of a following for baseball, that was it.

Had Skip not come here and created what he did the SEC teams that have some following now and the in state teams that have some, I wonder how much of a following they would have today - I honestly think Skip impacted that as well as some schools tried to imitate what he did here with varying degress of success but none really has ever matched it consistently.

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not yet under Jay, but that may change this year.

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Give it time

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Current projection under Warren Nolan has LSU at RPI #56 at the end of the season. That projection has us ending the season 31-25 (11-19) with these projected outcomes

UNO W

@ Mississippi State 1-2

vsSoutheastern Louisiana W

vs South Carolina 3-0 (sweep)

vs Tulane W

@ Georgia 0-3

vs Florida 1-2

If we want to make the playoffs without winning the SEC tournament, we need to pick up at least 2 other wins.

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he SEC was a bit weaker,

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it was a lot more than a bit weaker

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there was like 6 teams in the entire country he competed with.

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The SEC, in particular, wasn't nearly as competitive in baseball when Skip was at LSU...although he is largely responsible for creating SEC prominence and driving the arms race that ensued.

Yep I’ll say it was a Mulligan! Jay didn’t hit it past the ladies Tee! He should have to coach the first game next year with his weiner out

LSU baseball has become a victim of its own success. That being said, we're still pretty good most years

It's apples and oranges.
It's not a fair comparison

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but in ‘95 the Tigers had studs pitchers, along with Todd Walker and Russ Johnson’s junior year. LSU hosted a regional and Rice won 2 games and advanced to Omaha.

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Walker and Johnson's career ended in 1994, in Omaha. (1992, 1993, 1994)

In 1995, LSU did host the regional as the 2 seed and lost twice to Rice, but Cal St Fullerton, the 1 seed, won the regional and went on to win the CWS title with Mark Kotsay.

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Rice won two games

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You betcha. They creamed LSU in Alex Box; the second game LSU was the home team and lost 16-9

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and advanced to Omaha

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No, sir. Rice was the #3 seed in the six-team Baton Rouge Regional (there were eight host sites back then, with six teams each). Rice lost to #1 seed Cal State Fullerton, who advanced to Omaha. LSU was the #2 seed.

Mississippi State baseball is the most overrated shite of all time. They never even made the championship game/series until like 12 years ago.