You can’t teach guts and this team has it!

Just because you think we should win a CWS title every single year or we suck, does not mean you should forget what CPM is capable of doing.

The year was 2008, CPM's second season.

4/21/2008: LSU was 23-16-1 (6-11-1 in SEC) and was coming off a 29-26-1 rookie season for CPM. We faced Tulane and trailed 4-3 heading into the Top of the 8th before spouting off 5 runs over the final two innings to win and spark something NO ONE saw coming!

LSU went on to win 23 straight games and 25 of 26 to send them to Omaha for a taste of what's to come. We also started off SEC play getting swept in Knoxville by the Vols.

They also had 29 wins after trailing after the first three innings. Our pitching was suspect but it did enough to get us to Omaha after CPM managed to brilliantly use his bullpen including taking advantage of Louis Coleman, Daniel Bradshaw, Austin Ross, and even Jared Bradford to close games. Sure, we could hit but no one ever mentions the brilliance of having a pitching staff with a 4.05 ERA including three starters with 4.12 to 4.89 ERAs and still finding ways to win close games. 10 of the 23 games were won by 3 or less runs including 4 one run games.

Fun Fact: That 23 game winning streak was the SECOND time CPM did this in his career. That's right, it was a SEC record but not a NCAA record. He also did it at Notre Dame in 2006.

What LSU did in Eugene should not be forgotten and we are heading into Tennessee knowing we can beat them.

DO NOT FORGET THIS...

The 2021 Tennessee Series: We struggled against Chad Dallas in Game One, losing 3-1.

But we had Game 2 won before they called that rain delay in the 8th inning and killed all our momentum. Game 3 was also ours when it was tied at 2 in the 8th. Who knows what happens if we play 9 innings.

TL;DR - WE CAN BEAT THE VOLS AND CPM IS THE HEAD COACH WE NEED RIGHT NOW TO GET OUR GUYS READY FOR IT. You could not ask for a better swan song for CPM than one last trip to Omaha and it is only two wins away.