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IMO, DeLucia has pitched himself into a sweet 7 figure bonus come draft day. He was on the biggest stage and absolutely nailed it. I believe he will be a first round pick.

and RB I do believe that the Arizona schools along with Utah and Colorado to the Big 12 makes a lot of sense.

I can see Florida State, Clemson, NC, NC State, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Oklahoma State, Baylor or TCU to make an even 24. Miami is in the same boat as Georgia Tech for different reasons. Neither will be in the SEC. Miami is an outlaw school and IMO will never be in the SEC. GT will never be allowed back in. They made their bed years ago. ND to the B1G makes the most sense. I also agree with 83 that they probably go after Oregon and Washington.

Notre Dame will always be a bell cow. The B1G makes the most sense for them but if they were to come to the SEC….That would be a WOW!!! Talk about some great match ups across several sports.

I posted this on the CFB thread yesterday: Heard a blip Wednesday about UCLA/USCw moving to the B1G.Interesting to say the least. Honestly it seems weird like back when Atlanta and New Orleans were in the NFC West with LA and SF. The geography is flat out bizarre. But LA to Pullman is 1,110 miles. So I guess going 1,500-2,000-2,500 miles for games is not much more relatively speaking. The general consensus seemed what will Notre Dame do going forward?

I was going to say that Delucia’s performance was a mirror image of Bednar. Incredible and yes I think his draft stock has skyrocketed. He will be playing pro ball shortly IMO. And will pocket a nice bonus up front. No real reason for him to remain in college after winning the NC and being draft eligible. NIL along with the free for all transfer rule going to be more bad than good. I see where USM is losing some players. Which is a shame. Probably be a mixed bag for State and Ole Miss. We will each gain a few and lose a few. At least until all this settles down. But for you Ole Miss folks enjoy. Honestly even though it has been a year, I am still enjoying last year’s NC.

Heard a blip yesterday about UCLA/USCw moving to the B1G. Interesting to say the least. Honestly it seems weird like back when Atlanta and New Orleans were in the NFC West with LA and SF. The geography is flat out bizarre. But LA to Pullman is 1,110 miles. So I guess going 1,500-2,000-2,500 miles for games is not much more relatively speaking. The general consensus seemed what will Notre Dame do going forward?

Yes it would be good and fun to have those guys and some the other originals around. eagle bear, Shrute, TJ, Chunky etc

After last year I think State will beat Memphis at home. Arizona will probably be a struggle but I think we will pull out a win. LSWHO is a mystery but I agree that it is a winnable game. 3-0 for State would be huge. Probably will not happen. But possible. I actually like playing Georgia this year at home. They are still really good but I think they will have some hangover from the NC plus they lost a lot experienced talent. OL is the huge question mark for State. If the line play is solid good it could be a good year. I agree with 83 that we could be anywhere from 5-10 wins. Quite a few games that will be toss ups LSU, Arky, A&M, KY, OM are all that could go either way. Bama & UGA probable losses Auburn- probable win OOC-really needs to be 4-0 but we know that will not necessarily be the case. Ole Miss- I do think will take a step back but still be good. Losing the DC is a blow there. He made a great difference. New QB will be a work in progress. Still a lot of talent but I could see a couple of WTF games for Ole Miss this year. I can see 7-9 wins because the schedule is manageable but there are a lot of IF’s as well that could go N or S this year.

And it also speaks of the importance of leadership and experience. Elko provided that along with Graham and that makes a huge difference. No way State wins last year without Allen and Rowdy. It is an intangible part of the team but it is hard to quantify because stats don’t always tell the whole story.

I also predicted that Ole Miss was going to get a bid right after they were eliminated from the SECT when most were saying they were not going to get a bid. I think they put to rest the question if another team should have been in over them.

I said the same thing last year. The ‘21 State was probably the 7th or 8th best team we have ever had but won it. Ole Miss has probably had 5-6 better teams than this year but won it. You just never know how these things are going to turn out.

The veterans were crucial for Ole Miss. The pressure was just a bit too much for Oklahoma and that led to some mistakes. Obviously the base running mistake was very costly for Oklahoma. It was most definitely the right call but not something you see happen too often. But to win the NC You have to be really good OM Great pitching OM Great defense OM Timely Hitting OM Some Luck OM Ole Miss checked all the boxes in Omaha. Well earned and deserved.

I told you guys that Ole Miss was going to win it!!! Happy for Coach Bianco, Tim Elko and company and all my Ole Miss friends who were pulling for State last year!!! Glad that we have back to back champions in the Magnolia State!!!

Kind of what I expected. Oklahoma has had a good run but they were due for bad game plus Ole Miss is just playing on another level. I think they will win it tomorrow. My original prediction was if they won their first two games in Omaha they would win it all. One more to go. Obviously it is not over til it is over but it feels like it will be over by this time tomorrow night.

IMHO Ole Miss wins the title in two games or three games!!! Very happy for my Ole Miss buds who were pulling for us last year. I know there more than few State/Ole Miss fans who pull for their team and anybody playing the other. But baseball seems to transcend that more so than the other sports. Oklahoma is good but Ole Miss is better and in this case I think the better team is going win the series and with that a National Championship. Just feel it coming on.

Well done Ole Miss!!!! Now bring it back to Mississippi for the second year in a row!!! Great job by DeLucia!!!

Elko is one of my favorite players. This coming from a State guy. But to the Ole Miss faithful he is similar to a Mangum or Allen at State. He has been a tremendous player who has come through in the clutch many times. And as baseball fan I appreciate players like that regardless of who they play for. It is one reason why I like Coach Bianco, as a player he was gritty, tough and clutch @ LSU. At a State, we have been blessed with many such players over the decades. I agree with 83 that Arkansas should have the edge but I am sticking to my prediction that Ole Miss wins this game and I won’t be surprised if Elko does have a big game and is an integral reason why OM wins.

The old saying is that Ole Miss was due for a loss. And it happened tonight but I still think that you will win tomorrow. Almost pulled it out in the ninth inning tonight. Heck of a good game though.

1-1 in the early innings. So far so good for Ole Miss. I know you all are going to laugh at this but I have randomly gone back and watched some State baseball games from the last 2-3-4 years and I am so glad that we no longer wear those hideous black uniforms anymore. They were horrible then and I just wanted to gag then and then still want to gag today. You may now return to your regularly scheduled broadcast.

Interesting on the starting pitcher. You OM guys know better regarding the staff. Do you think he is a better match up against Arkansas? Do they struggle more against lefties? His numbers not bad. I will hold to my prediction that if Arkansas scores 5 or less runs, OM wins.

A&M does it again. I give up there. I have been downing them all year and here they are in the final four. Shows you what I know. For Ole Miss, keep doing what you are doing. Throw Diamond and my gut feeling is he is going to have a good outing (throw 5-6 innings) and give up 2-3 runs and the hitting will carry them through to a victory. A&M - Oklahoma. The Aggie train might just do it. The odds are against them but they are more than capable. As one of you guys joked about; Hopefully this game tonight goes into extra innings and burns a bunch of pitching. Regardless who wins.

Sometimes a coach outthinks himself. Go with what has brought you this far. Morris had pitched pretty well but he had only thrown 34 innings on the season with two starts. He had some other more seasoned pitchers available. But I am not sure it would have mattered. Ole Miss is just playing good baseball and I think they are going to continue to do so. Diamond is not going to shut anybody out but with the way Ole Miss is scoring, he will not have to. As long as he and the other pitchers keep the other team to five runs or less, OM will win that game. Will be interesting to see who stays alive today. I am favoring ND and Auburn but my opinion means zero. A&M seems to continue to win but I think that it will finally end for them today.

Well done tonight by Ole Miss. I am standing by my prediction. If they won their first two games then they are going to win it all. I believe it is going to happen.

Did not know much about Oklahoma but they are proving themselves pretty well so far.