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Andy Staples tweet:
Got e-mail containing Wolfe rankings (another part of BCS formula): 1. LSU, 2. Bama, 3. Ok State, 4. Arkansas, 5. Kansas State, 6. Oregon


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WTF are they doing?

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The timeout is curious. The chances of disaster here on 1 play have to be greater than the chances of a score.

Props to GMorgan for the PBP. Props to Matty Ice for being Ice. And props to Dozar for ending the thing. :geauxtigers:

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Allen is, quite literally, a freight train

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Literally

You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

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Matulis 6'6
Ranaudo 6'7
Mormann 6'6
Bruening 6'6
VonRosenberg 6'5
Reidie 6'5

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Plus, their intramural basketball team should be very good.

FYI--it's an award for the entire CWS, not just the championship series. The award is titled the Most Outstanding Player. May change how voters think of it.

I thought it would be JMitch after the homer in the 1st.

LSU has dominated all three of its opponents, and put the last 2 games out of reach by the final 3 innings.

Texas won two one run games, and won its other game against a team handicapped by playing with its hands wrapped around its neck.

I don't know where ESPN's announcers would have had the time or rationale to imply that LSU was better.

All this bunting. All this giving up of outs so early in the ballgame. If you play for one run, you just might get one run...and only one run.

Another difference implied by Carl's piece. A decade ago, coaches had more control over what commentary their players could and could not see.

Today, with message boards such as this, blogs, twitter, and half of the state trying to fried players on Facebook, it is easier for players to hear/read critical comments.

I agree with those who think it would great if players simply ignored all this. Easier said than done. Further, a player good enough to earn a scholly to LSU has probably been the best (or among the handful of best) player on their high school team. College ball is of course tougher. New players are facing some of their greatest struggles in their athletic career. And they are receiving full-throated criticism for the first time. I would imagine it's not easy to get used to that level of scrutiny.

Much of this conversation specifically involves Austin Nola. I see offensive improvement in him so far this season, and it seems to me he has the potential for greater offensive improvement over the next couple of seasons.

Wood gives up a single. His first hit in 12 1/3 innings. BC has runners on 1st & 2nd with 2 outs.