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Should we all call and tell him to come to LSU?

I kid. Just funny he publicly listed his phone number.

I'm going to hope it's a calculated coaching decision based on Oklahoma throwing a reliever and having nothing to play for to try to win tonight with offense and bullpen to save the pitching for better starting pitchers and teams.

It's definitely being said by those as close as possible to the situation that Brown and Milam are returning but I think this just happens a lot because guys want to do 2 things at once. I don't think there's anyway Brown will be able to pass up his offer. Milam may depend on the offer.

Vitello will be at a power SEC program when he returns.

Dardar at 1B, Ruckert at 2B, and Braun in LF is ideal.

Jay says a lot of things in absolutes in hopes that he can make them come to fruition. That doesn't make them 100% certain. Moore could still go pro. Hopefully not between his injury and relatively lower velocity.

Everybody talks about the portal but we've tried to play sophomores and failed too. Kling/Neal in 2024. Rizy/Williams/Evans/Schmidt this year.

Everybody talks money. The only guy we really didn't get who would have changed things is Ace Reese. And we had him at a high figure and State more than doubled it. Sure, we recruited Mack and Volchko but we got Cooper Moore. Those guys are what and what. It would have been hard to get more than 1. This staff had plenty enough talent. They just didn't perform.

A lot of this season's failures were just chance and luck and injuries and small sample size. People don't like to hear those things.

For the transfer portal, offensively I'd prefer stick to guys who've put up stats at the P4 level. The stats below that don't matter. I can do without the project transfers as well. I'd prefer retain more guys we got out of high school. This team would have been better with the guys who transferred out in place of the guys who transferred in.

Pitching is different. Get anyone with velo/spin rate. That translates regardless of level. You can figure out who can pitch and should get innings after you get them.

No. RPI/non-conference resume is too weak. 14 should do it but we're talking a 8-6 finish for that. Better start winning some games.

Our RPI would jump extremely quickly if we went on a winning streak which put our SEC record in a place to where we would host anyway. If we finish 38-18/17-13, our RPI will be top 20 and we will host. That would take a 17-7 finish though so not easy...

Yeah, I too was baffled by that decision given that he was pitching well and and we're basically out of pitching now.