re: This is the biggest weekend series at The Box since ____?

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There is way, way more parity in college baseball now than then. Hell, there is way more parity in the SEC now than then.

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I agree, and that was my point. We’re gonna have to win a couple NCs before we are able “to assert ourselves as back to being THE national powerhouse” as the OP says we have the chance to this weekend. I’m not even sure that’s possible in today’s college baseball.

Oregon State won it back to back in ‘06 and ‘07 and tacked on another since then. Fresno State won it the year before we did in ‘09. South Carolina has gone back to back since then. Vanderbilt has won 2. Florida beat us in ‘17. Arkansas made the finals the next year, and everybody remembers the overran pop up that would have won it. The Mississippi schools have won the last 2. And even Coastal Carolina and Virginia both snuck one in since we last did.

So, 7 SEC teams (2 twice) have won it since we last did. And Coastal Carolina, Oregon State, and Virginia.
My point was it’s gonna take a lot more than 1 opening series to be considered THE National powerhouse. It’s gonna take some hardware. And likely consecutively, which would take some of that magic I mentioned. But I doubt anybody ever wins 5 out of 10 again. Not with all the talent spread out throughout the country now.

What did you get banned for Andy?

Since last year. We will probably take of 2 of 3 this weekend but it really doesn’t mean that much more than any other conference team. We won’t know how good Arky is this year until later in the season. It’s not like we’re playing Bama or UGA in football.

The next two series are definitely two of the most anticipated series at the Box in a long time. Yes that FSU Super at the box is the one I was thinking of too.