MikeTheTiger71

[quote]ULaLa into the Fun Belt final against USM. Winner (maybe both) to the Baton Rouge Regional.[/quote] USM has an outside chance to host. If not, they are more likely headed to Auburn or Alabama....

[quote]Ill let ya in on a secret, the committee will make their decision before tomorrows game is final. They do basically every year. So id compare things as is[/quote] That’s a good point. I think Vandy probably deserves a higher seed, but LSU does have the advantage in RPI, Q1 WPct, road recor...

[quote]Also, Vandy may have a SEC tourney title. That's what makes me tip the scales their way. I wouldn't be shocked if they are flipped either though.[/quote] If Vandy wins tomorrow, they will be 23-12 overall against SEC competition vs 20-12 for LSU. That should give them the advantage. At 22-...

[quote]I'm just guessing that the committee awards Vandy's late success over LSU's late struggles) [/quote] Vandy and LSU both lost 2 of their last 3 series in conference and Vandy lost 3 of their last 5. I don’t really think there’s a material difference in how they finished the season unless th...

[quote]Well i was hoping for a draw like southern or grambling and we could throw money or cooper. But whatevs[/quote] Yes, I suppose with a really lucky draw they might have felt comfortable to risk a different starter. I’m just not sure they would have....

[quote]Pretty much means we will have to burn floyd or hurd against nicholls. Sucks[/quote] It wouldn’t be worth the gamble to pitch anyone else Game 1 regardless of the 4-seed. They cannot fall into the loser’s bracket....

[quote]They may still host, but does anyone else think Auburn is not such a lock for a top 16 seed? RPI is down to 20 and they have a losing record against the top 50.[/quote] I agree they aren’t a lock. They are going to be in a group of teams fighting for the last several spots. 4 of the teams...

[quote]Johnson continues to out coach himself. I don’t think LSU will ever win a national championship under his leadership and next season is really going to tell the story.[/quote] I am giving him the benefit of the doubt that his coaching decisions have been made with an eye on postseason rat...

[quote]Why didn’t we win the toughest conference in baseball? Who in this conference had a better roster than us? [/quote] The simplest answer is that Johnson got too cute with a 9-run lead against Miss St that he thought was safe and did too much experimenting, chief amongst that was bringing i...

[quote]Those things aren’t going to change in the next two weeks.[/quote] You’re right that the areas that are weaknesses for this team aren’t going to magically disappear, but those concerns were there when the team was playing well. Anyone who guarantees LSU will succeed and anyone who guarante...

[quote]The Rant keeps telling me that the Auburn, Miss State, UGA, and SECT games weren’t important and Jay was just auditioning guys for the postseason. There should be zero concern for the postseason because the hits with runners on base are due, and Jay knows exactly what bullpen pitcher to brin...

[quote]That’s new? Hmm[/quote] Yes, it’s not been the story all year. They were better than average at scoring baserunners in the first 7 SEC series. They have struggled in the 12 SEC games since. Overall, they drove in runners at the same pace as the other top offenses in the league. It’s not an...

[quote]Negative, it's been a trend for at least the last 2 to 3 weeks. It was a problem in the Auburn and Miss State series. Lsu has left to many runners stranded on base.[/quote] Yes, for the last 12 SEC games they have had trouble scoring runners. In the first 21 SEC games they were better th...

[quote]What you think gonna happen when the opponent skill level ramps up?[/quote] The same thing that happened at the beginning of the SEC schedule when they regularly drove in runners. They had a downturn late in the season, but the same players drove in 45.8% of baserunners overall in conferen...

[quote]With runners in scoring position in Hoover. With the pitching seemingly in order, the sticks are a concern. One week to fix it![/quote] The data don’t suggest this is an innate concern for this team: 1) They drove in an average % of base runners overall against SEC teams. 2) Even durin...

[quote]Learning to win a tournament like this helps you to win in Omaha.[/quote] Both LSU teams to win it all since 2000 won the SEC tournament, but that combination doesn’t hold for other SEC schools. Only 1 of the other 7 SEC teams that won the CWS won the SEC tournament....

[quote]All the more reason Beth should get fired, no way we should have lost to that USL team. They are looking like a 10u softball team against Washington. Can’t pick up softballs, falling down, tripping over themselves, throwing the ball around, I can go on.[/quote] A lot of people tried to mak...

[quote]At this point it almost looks like they will have to screw over 1 SEC, or ACC team just to not have the entire top 8 consist of two conferences.[/quote] They really are running out of viable options to put in the top 8. Stanford is down to #14 in the RPI with no Top 25 wins. Indiana St is ...

[quote]Put it this way, if he hits 90 pitches in the middle of an inning and he is crushing, he isn’t getting pulled.[/quote] And if it wasn’t pre-determined that his limit was 90, he would have finished the inning last night even though he was struggling. It goes both ways....

[quote]There wasn't a chance of this if they won the entire tournament. Stanford is somewhere between 7-12[/quote] I didn’t think there was either. This just shuts the door on any convoluted reasoning that could have justified breaking up the SEC-ACC party at the top....