re: Give me Hurd game 2 in Eauxmaha

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I don't think it will happen, but I think if you want to win this thing, you take a deep look at yourself and recognize that you probably can't win game 2 without Skenes. Hurd, Hurd/Floyd needs to be considered for game 1. I don't think Jay Johnson will do that. He's throwing Skenes in game 1, and he's throwing the combo of Floyd / Hurd in game 2 (if things go well).

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Skenes will go in game 1. He pitched against 19-40 Tulane. Your gonna be facing the Tenn/Southern Miss ace. This is Omaha, need to give yourself the best odds in game 1. In game 2 I think Johnson will use whomever he needs to unless it’s a blowout either way.

I like Hurd in relief instead of starting as that's the role in which he has had his most recent success. Mainly though it gives you the opportunity to use him back to back games if Floyd goes deep into his start. Floyd has been a starter all season and I would not want to change his role to a reliever at this point, which you would be doing unless you are saving him for game 3.

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Second game in Omaha, win or lose, we just have to start Hurd. He is rested, he is ready, he has better stuff. Floyd just did not inspire any confidence at all yesterday.

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Lol no. He had no breaking ball and still only gave up 3 runs.

Floyd’s floor is higher than Hurd’s.

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I just feel he has settled well into the role of #2 starter.

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nothing he does is settling. Should LSU matchup with Texas or Wake Forest in a GM2 winner bracket game, those teams will have the pitching advantage over the Tigers.

There's no way Jay doesn't start Floyd game 2, but also, Floyd may throw a gem in Omaha if those fly balls land on the warning track instead of over the fence like at Alex Box/SEC parks. I know they say it doesn't play as big as it used to, but even 10-15 more feet and Floyd may be perfect as long as he doesn't walk people.

Can we stop all the -eaux crap?

I don't understand folks saying we don't have the arms to win out of the losers bracket.

Ole Miss did it last year, and their pitching wasn't as good as ours is right now. We have a decent bullpen. Guidry can close. Cooper, Herring, Coleman, and Ack are all solid to give us 2-3 decent innings in a game with any of the coming in as a closer, if needed. Dutton, Money, Little and Collins can give us an inning here and there.

All of our arms are fresh. Nobody on the staff has been stressed in the tournament so far unless you figure Skenes' Tulane outing...

Why are people acting like Hurd doesn’t give up a bunch of bombs too? 5ip, 4ERs, 2HRs is praised like a no hitter for Hurd while the same or better performance has people shitting on Floyd.

Are we deciding who gets to pitch game 1 and 2 again?