re: Predict LSU's record with the rest of the SEC series remaining:

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So that would put us at 16-14 in SEC play

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It is kinda hard to see, especially with Moore being out, and Evans being pretty inconsistent so far. I think at least 2 of our losses have been on Jay getting greedy with Guidry trying to steal some outs after he was clearly done. The pen has been disappointing so far—relative to expectations—so I get why he did it.

But Guidry had a great outing last week against OU, but was toast and shouldn’t have come back out to start the 8th. Should have given Sheerin a clean inning to come into and see if he can get the final 6 outs. And I can’t remember when Guidry went in vs. Vandy, but I think he had a pretty good outing that day, but was left in way too long and shouldn’t have been in to give up the walkoff.

Again, I get why Jay did it. Not enough relievers had earned his trust to go into SEC games on the road in high leverage situations. One of the disadvantages of playing such a terrible pre-conference schedule. And hindsight is, of course, always 20/20. But if he doesn’t push the wrong buttons those 2 games, we’re 6-3, and I think 16-14 would plenty doable. But at 4-5, having played 2 of our 1st 3 series at the Box, having to go on the road 3 of the next 4 weekends, and the best teams we play still left on the schedule, AND Moore being out for at least another 3 weeks (wouldn’t shock me if he’s out for the season), going 12-9 to finish seems very unlikely.

HOWEVER, I loved how DC swung the bat yesterday. If he can start going the other way with loud contact, that would be huge for the entire lineup. Obviously, I loved the way Dardar swung it the whole weekend. He’s not going 6-10 with 5 doubles and a homer every weekend, but if he can give us just 3-4 weekends with 2 of the hits being for extra bases, that would help lengthen the lineup too. And if Stanny can just keep being Stanny, maybe Milam eventually turns it on, Serna was just tired from catching all week and with a little rest goes back to barreling up balls, we may able to win some high scoring Sunday games. I think so much depends on if the offense we saw Sunday has turned the corner and that’s who we can be, and Evans becoming a more consistent Friday night guy.

We've got enough pieces, they just need to show up more consistently. That’s why this Tennessee road series is so important. Huge series for both teams. I imagine we’re gonna get their best shot. If we can get out of Knoxville with a series win, I’ll feel much much better about us being able to get to 16-14. We’d be 6-6 (I don’t think we sweep them), with 2 series wins in a row. We’ll see.

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Maineiri is no longer coaching that team. And Texas A&M said the same thing before a winless Missouri team came to College Station last May and swept the Aggies three games.

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