AUTiger789

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I always figured Ajax was the tourist trap. I'd rather go to Cracker Barrel

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Hmm. I’ve actually never been to Ajax but decided to try it. Just sat down for lunch so we’ll see how this goes.

I could be wrong but I feel like some of these matchups have already happened?

Hasn’t Clemson already played at Bama? Same with Georgia at FSU? We’re only 3 years into this… seems like they could mix this up better.

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People from Arizona, Utah, Cincy, etc. don’t view Saturday’s the same way. Their towns dont shutdown for football games, etc.

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True. The real losers in all this are the fans of teams who are passionate but root for a school with little value.

Oklahoma State
West Virginia
Virginia Tech

And of course Clemson and Florida State who do offer more value but obviously not enough.

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So tell me why LSU shouldn’t be a popular pick with the teams left in the field?

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Whoever said they shouldn’t be?

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You got your higher national seed and couldn’t capitalize on it.

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You’re right. Again, there’s nothing wrong about drawing a fortunate regional and a Super Regional opponent like West Virginia. Not sure why LSU fans are sensitive about undeniable facts being laid out.

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You’d have to be a fool to bet against a hot LSU team right now.

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Are they hot? Or have they just had an insanely fortunate NCAA Tournament draw thus far?

#205 Little Rock- WIN
#24 Dallas Baptist- WIN
#205 Little Rock- LOSS
#205 Little Rock- WIN
#27 W Virginia- WIN
#27 W Virginia- WIN

I’m not sure any team has ever had such a cakewalk to Omaha.

To put it in perspective, here are all 8 CWS teams ranked by average RPI of their NCAA Tournament opponents thus far:

21.9- Murray State (7 games, 5-2)
37.0- Oregon State (8 games, 6-2)
38.2- Coastal Carolina (5 games, 5-0)
39.2- Louisville (6 games, 5-1)
40.7- Arizona (6 games, 5-1)
42.0- UCLA (5 games, 5-0)
47.6- Arkansas (5 games, 5-0)
115.5- LSU (6 games, 5-1)

Put another way… NCAA Tourney games played so far against opponents ranked in the Top 20:

4- Oregon State
3- Arizona, Murray St.
2- Arkansas, Coastal, UCLA
1- Louisville
0- LSU

Why was it not a good day?

Auburn lost a baseball series at Plainsman Park. You of all people should know all about that.

Since 1981: 356-182-5

*1 National Title
*7 SEC Titles
*433 weeks ranked in the AP Poll (14th nationally during that time
*2 Heisman Trophy winners
*20-24 in Iron Bowls which considering how good Bama has been in my lifetime, I feel like that’s respectable

All things considered, it’s been a good run.

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UNC didn't make the FF

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You’re right. Don’t know what I was thinking. Corrected.

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2005-2008 must have been a hell of a stretch for Florida fans.

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Yes. Unfortunately for Auburn, our Golden Age of Basketball and a respectable strong period for baseball coincides with our worst 5-7 year stretch for football of the last century.