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Big win for State. Biggest stat was State not turning the ball over and playing solid defense in the second half. Free Throw shooting was still crap shoot though. But very glad for the win. Another great atmosphere for this game. Ole Miss is still so scary though.

Give up 7 runs in the last two innings. Blow a five run lead. Leaves me shaking my head.. We are only five games in but the optics are cloudy and mud stained. USM is the best baseball program in the state right now. Heck Delta State and William Carey are better than State and Ole Miss. as I type this.

I will say this four games in that I am glad our pitching is better but the Dave Kingman batting approach is not going to work. To reach my expectations, we now have to win thirteen in a row. LOL The chances of that happening are about the same as Trump and Biden eating lunch together at Mar-a-lago.

Arkansas and Missouri are playing better basketball. Not really two teams that you want to face down the stretch. And I know Mizzou is winless but they were competitive with Tennessee tonight. Ole Miss can’t afford to overlook them when they go up there for the second round.

Ole Miss was 11-21 from three against Missouri but only won the game by three. On surface, if shoot the ball that well from outside it should have been a blow out especially against a winless conference opponent. Looking at the stats, turnovers were a culprit for Ole Miss against Missouri. So 83 you are correct in that Ole Miss can make shots. The keys for State is to take care of the ball, finish shots on the inside, MAKE FREE THROWS and just play solid defense knowing that Ole Miss is going to make some shots. Should be a great atmosphere and has the makings of a great game.

Simply a disappointing weekend for both squads. 2-1 series win for State but should have been a sweep. Ole Miss with 2-2 record at Hawaii is similarly disappointing. Hawaii is usually decent but if you are Ole Miss it is disappointing after winning the first two games to flame out in games 3 & 4. Especially giving up 22 runs in two games. That is an ugggghhhh. Still a long season ahead but the start was not very promising. We will see how it goes. State needs go 13-1 in the next fourteen games but I don’t see that happening now.

Ole Miss leads the series 2-1 with the finale today. Need to win that one to feel like it was a successful weekend. State’s weekend is already a failure but we certainly need to win today to salvage the series. Hopefully we did some base running drills after the game yesterday.

As the old saying goes “just win” and that is what State & Ole Miss did today. Can’t help but think that both teams had one eye on Wednesday night. Almost costly for both but both teams persevered. Now sets up a huge game Wednesday.

Atrocious base running (as Jay Powell correctly called it) was a huge reason we lost today along with the failure to throw strikes in the ninth inning. We took ourselves out of, I think, three scoring opportunities with poor base running. Pitching was actually good except for Holcomb’s wildness late.

We do play LSU after they play KY Wednesday at home. Hopefully that is an advantage for us as teams often have a let down the game after playing the Cats. We will see.

Agree with you there. I said after SC eeked out that win against Ole Miss that they seem to be trending down. LSU is much improved and that is going to be a tough game for State next Saturday down there.

Arkansas is very talented and they played hard today. I was concerned that it was going to be a struggle today and it was. Big game tomorrow in Oxford for the women. We need to win but obviously it is going to be difficult.

We won, which I am always glad for. Even though teams claim they don’t do it, I am sure that our players looked at Arkansas and thought this was going to be easy. But there are no easy games in the conference. Obviously we will be ready to play Wednesday against Ole Miss and hopefully we will play much cleaner game. Free Throws are just killer when you are 19-32. We turned what should have been a comfortable win to an almost loss.

Well State handed the game to Arkansas on a silver platter but Arkansas said “na” we don’t want it.

I don’t think State’s players even practice Free Throws. Just ugggghhhh.

State playing a very fugly (but seemingly the norm with this team) game and we are tied 48-48 midway through the second half. Ugggggghhhhh.

Ole Miss-Hawaii start a DH at 5P/8P CST tonight so barring extra innings the second game should be over by midnight. Weather slightly better there. HNL 70 degrees and clear tonight. Starkvegas 40 degrees, cloudy and windy this afternoon. Simply great baseball weather…. Hopefully no players suffer any injuries.

Reminds of a Braves game back in the early 1980’s (before they established a curfew) that finished around 4-5A in the morning and Dale Murphy joked that his morning newspaper was in the driveway when he arrived home….LOL Seems like State-USM played into the wee hours of the night during the Hattiesburg Regional because of numerous rain delays…maybe 2017? I remember we were on vacation at PCB and my BIL and I stayed up listening to it….

State played several series in Hawaii back in the 1980’s. The ‘85 team went to Hawaii during Spring Break. When they returned, SEC play started and we were swept at Auburn. And the team went into a slump. Eventually they came out of it and finished second in the West and then won the SECT in Baton Rouge en route to the CWS. Even though it was a great trip for the players and fans , I suspect Coach Polk later regretted the trip because it contributed to the tailspin that they went into after returning. Hopefully for Ole Miss it will be a great and successful trip with no hangover after coming back home.

But I am glad for the win. All in all a good day on the diamond for the Dawgs!!!

Air Force is folding under pressure in the field. Good win but we will see how it goes tomorrow. Dohm is a decent pitcher but if he is our long term Friday night guy then that is not a good sign (IMO).

One Inning(LOL) and we have given up a run. So not a good start. Would prefer a 123 inning. But maybe Dohm will settle down now. At least we did take a lead 2-1. For now anyway.

Two crucial games for State & Ole Miss. Neither Arky nor Mizzou are very good but both teams have to take care of business tomorrow. And there are back to back Egg Basketball Games Sunday & Wednesday. The State women are coming off a disastrous 20 point loss to a very average Florida team that we beat by double digits on the road earlier in the season. The same Florida that Ole Miss just beat on the road in Overtime last night. So who knows what is going to happen? The game is in Oxford but probably 50% of the crowd will be for State so that might negate some of the home court advantage for Ole Miss. I guess it depends on which of the teams shows up with their good team for this particular game. We will see.

If State is not 15-2 over the first seventeen games then we are in trouble. I get it that on a given day in baseball you can lose a game. But given the two disastrous seasons we are coming off, this team needs to start fast and win and win and win. This is a really weak early schedule and if we don’t beat up on these teams early and often, it is going to be a long season. The only team with a pulse is USM. USA was terrible last year though they are traditionally good. UNO was a good program many years back. Now, not so much. I don’t know but at this point I do not have much confidence until I see us playing Diamond Dawg baseball again. Here is hoping that today will start just that.

WHAT!!!! Can’t mess with baseball tradition or can you? After all things have changed, the DH in particular…among other things… But if they made it 20 inches wide, then someone would still complain…