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Well we have to always make it hard on ourselves. But I will take the win!!! Whew!!!

Definitely need to beat Florida to put ourselves in decent shape. Not a lock but hopefully in good stead. Would like to beat Florida and Bama and remove all doubt.

I am glad the Ole Miss administration stuck with him through the years. It has paid dividends. And I get it that State fans are frustrated early on this year. I am disappointed too but I guess at my age I tend to have more patience. Like 83 days there is plenty of good talent even there is not a Clark, Palmeiro, Hurst, Rooker, Mangum, Allen etc. on the team. I do think the pitching woes have contributed to the defensive errors. When you walk as many batters that we have, the players in the field play tighter because they are playing not to make a mistake instead of just letting themselves make the play. They know one error will be critical. Then you are in a vicious cycle that affects the batters who think they have got to get hit every time they are up. So then they are pressing as well. The only solution is for our pitchers to start throwing strikes and for us rip off a win streak of 6-8-10 games. Easier said than done though. Funny thing is, had we won two of these games, we would be 8-2 and things would look better. But the 6-4 record feels like 3-7 because of the way we have played.

Typically, ignorant fans want to jump off a cliff after a loss or two. I have always liked Coach Bianco and have defended him here numerous times over the years as one of the best coaches in the country. I never understood Ole Miss fan’s wanting him to be run out of town on rails. Winning in college baseball is hard. So many colleges have good baseball programs. Small colleges often have as good or some cases better programs than the P5 schools. Delta State and William Carey are two schools who, historically, did compete with the big schools and could today as well if they had the opportunity.Coach Bianco has persevered over the years but if Ole Miss loses some games upcoming, I am sure at least a few fans will be throwing barbs at him. But Regarding Coach Lemonis, who I think is still a very good coach, the one disturbing thing this year is our fielding defense. I have heard him address on several occasions. Pitching has been very inconsistent. If we throw strikes and get beat , I am fine with that. But BB’s in baseball are similar to missing FT’s in basketball. You are giving the other team a golden opportunity. You don’t win NC on pure luck. Yes you need some good fortune and some good breaks. But that alone won’t cut it. This idea that he won the NC with another coaches players is BS. That was his third season. We have recruited well overall. I still think last year was an anomaly. I am disappointed so far this year but there is a long way to go. But in no way am I ready to say he should be replaced. That is utterly ridiculous to even think about much less say.

Yep. Poor pitching and poor fielding defense have been on display this weekend. Batting in baseball can be shut down by a good pitcher and bad fortune. But if you do the other two well, you still give yourself a chance to win. We have been a disaster where that is concerned. And that is very disturbing.

Got some unfortunate calls late that went against us. Not sure how they did not count Jones basket. And it looked like Matthews had all ball with 8 seconds left that would have created a turnover for us down only two. But in the end it was just a tough loss. Vanderbilt has a good team. Must win against Florida Thursday.

Maybe the State women will regroup and play well in the NCAAT.

We got drilled by OK today.

You don’t think they have a shot at the NCAA? I thought their NET was solid. An excellent season in any case.

Probably just a schedule quirk. I suspect the weekend series was already set up and then the teams were invited to the tournament in MSP. State’s offense last year was Dave Kingman. .200 BA with 50 HR’s and 150K’s. This year is hopefully better but we will see.

State has reverted back to bad State. 4 errors 4 unearned runs Uggghhhh

Agree on Burroughs. He is originally from Meridian and played HS at WL. Then later at MCC. He has moved up the ranks of the college coaching ladder and as had success at NWST and now LA Tech. Would not be surprised to see him at State or OM one day in the future or possibly another SEC school. Like his combativeness.

Just making the Tournament makes this season a success this year but losing today really puts a chink in the armor.

Girls choke against a horrible A&M team. Hope this doesn’t kill our NCAAT bid. Really bad loss. I presume they read all about the match up with Ole Miss tomorrow and forgot that they had to play a game today. SMH. Every game is important.

Vandy is legit good. But that was an emotional victory over UK. Which could work to our benefit. Often times, it is difficult to sustain that kind of game back to back. We have not really shot the ball well the last two games. Hopefully Saturday, we can shoot well and maintain the defensive intensity. Our team has played well on the road for the most part. Maybe we can get a “W” Saturday. Get a win Saturday and win one in the SECT and we are comfortably in the Tournament. But Saturday is the next biggest game on the schedule.

Great win tonight. I know it was not pretty but it was huge. South Carolina is a team that is capable. They took Bama to OT recently. Forget the record. Just glad to get the W. Going to be a tough game at Vandy but a game that we are capable of winning. Glad this game was on Tuesday. Gives us another day to rest and recover. Hopefully we will able to take it to another level Saturday. Go Dawgs!!!

Yep. Team still has a lot of flaws but it is a good sign to persevere through a game like this and still find a way to win.

Big comeback for State with a 4 spot in the 8th inning to beat USM 10-9. Another much needed win.

First up is SCAR who has shown they are capable of giving teams fits here and there. It is the most important game of the year.

Glad to see Ole Miss pick up the victory. Not surprised that Davis was fired but I thought they would wait until the end of the season to make the official. Guess I am old school, that you should never quit during the season and the school should never fire a coach during the season (unless there was a blatant reason). Huge win for State. Need to take care of business against SCAR. And then go on the road and win at Vandy which is never easy. Go Dawgs!!!

Certainly much better last night but hopefully we break that trend. A win today is crucial. Need to get off this roller coaster ASAP. And I know it is a long season, but games like these are very important.

There is certainly plenty of talent but the early pitching has been wildly inconsistent. Fielding defense has been spotty. Offense has been hit and miss (no pun intended). Still early but the staff did not forget how to coach either. So patience is the key. I said we need two out of three. We will see how we respond today.

A coach that uses foul language. That is a new one… But I digress, I get it that today that kind of language is not allowed anymore. Times have changed in that respect and that is not necessarily a bad thing. But I can remember getting some foul mouthed butt chewing when I was growing by more than one coach…LOL. I am surprised that Kermit did not have more success at Ole Miss. His tenure has been a bit similar to Howland’s at State. Talent was good but they never could win the close tight games against the better teams consistently. The margin is very thin in the SEC. I am hopeful than Jans can get us to the mountain top. It is tough to get there. At Davis’, age, I would not be surprised to see him retire.

Alabama has been slumping as of late. I think Ole Miss wins that game on the road. Call me crazy but I think State gets the upset Sunday. I like this team. They are similar to the men in that the effort is off the charts. With Jessika Carter back in the lineup, I think we can pull off the win. LSU is very good but I think they may be looking ahead and there is not a lot of motivation for them. They are going to a 2-3 seed regardless. Interestingly enough , if State wins and Ole Miss loses, they will be tied in the SEC. After Ole Miss swept the season series between the two of them, who would have thought that was even possible. Doubtful that it happens though.

Hopefully, the two losses were anomalies. There does seems to be some really good pieces in place. And I know we all tend to jump off the bridge prematurely. This weekend is big. Arizona State is going to be solid. 2 out of 3 would be good weekend. My two points. Throw strikes and play clean defense. Do those things and the rest will take care of itself.