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I guess I never really put a welcome out to Pound . I was too busy dancing over the carcass of Bubba Hathorne whic h I have to admit it's mighty good. Nobody loves WC more than Tracey. There was most certainly those who had better resumes but as far as deserving the chance to be the next head coach it was Pound or Kat who has his eye set on bigger things than HC of football, proud for you Kat . With that said there is a lot of doubt surrounding Lampley but that has always been lurking around him. People telling him couldn't do something fuels him like nothing else. So don't be surprised when he knocks it out of the park. It's his show now and one could say what's going to be different than his last staff positions . Tracey has always been about leadership and being a team player, It will be interesting to see how he approaches being out front now. The one thing I can say about him on that field is when called upon he was always right there and he never, ever missed the mark . He wanted the ball in his hands when it was all on the line. There's no need in going through the results most everyone knows them. So here is where I stand on it. Tracy is my man at WC now. I'm going to roll with him and let the chips fall where they may. The ball is in his hands again now just in a different way. Welcome back Pound. It's been way too long.

On State, I think it’s mostly a middle relief thing. I think the three weekend starters are solid at worst, and occasionally very good, and I think Davis will be fine on the back end more often than not. It’s the bridge guys out of the pen that they’ve gotta solidify. Tonight was kind of a rough showing on the mound until the last couple of innings, and State used what I would consider to be the overwhelming majority of their best bullpen arms in this game. Definitely something to monitor. Maddox Miller was a bright spot, though, I think he has a chance to really step into a big role as the season goes on. This State offense, though. Man. You gotta get all 27 outs against them. Tulane had a great plan for 6 innings, and then it unraveled QUICKLY in the 7th and 8th. And in the snap of the finger State goes from down 5 to winning the game by 4. Don’t get me wrong, they’re not going to score double digit runs every game in SEC play, and some pitching staffs are just going to have good games against State. But I don’t recall State ever having a lineup this deep, not even some of the great teams State has had historically. USM just keeps winning, man. Love their pitching staff and and think they’ve got as good of a shot now as they’ll ever have to be a Top 8 seed in June. I think Ole Miss will be fine too, their pitching is a lot better than I expected it to be. We will see what this weekend brings. General rule of thumb on the road in the SEC is just don’t get swept, so State and OM could probably live with a 1-2 weekend. I think I like State’s chances to take their series a little better than OM’s chances, simply because I think Arkansas is a little shaky and Texas has looked dominant so far. But very little would surprise me, especially in the State-Arkansas series. It’s been a long time since State has won a series in Fayetteville, and a ton of State-Arkansas series recently have ended in sweeps.

Not so fast my friend. Gotta play tonight first. Arkansas State is a good team. Beat Arky earlier in the season and had one run loss to Ole Miss. They are not chopped liver by any means.