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5-5 after 8. Great game.

Texas up 3-2 on MSU after 5. I missed the first 4 innings, but it looks like it's shaping up to be a great game.

Vandy forces another game tomorrow vs NC State. Will NC State be so short of players tomorrow? They played well today, considering.

LSU hires Arizona's coach.

Stanford absolutely blew it in the 9th. Vandy wins 6-5.

For many years I've been for the players getting paid. I'm not sure how this will work, I lean towards it will farther separate the haves/have nots. If there are no caps in place, wouldn't players on the most recognized teams get the better NIL deals most of the time? Sure you'll have examples (Dak, Eli, etc.) of "smaller" school players getting good NIL pay, but for the most part QBs, RBs, WRs, etc that play for constant nationally televised teams like Alabama, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Clemson, etc. Satch, you hit on what I've always thought may be the only "fair" way to pull off playing the players. Call it what it is, a semi pro/farm league for the NFL with a similar salary cap structure. If players want to earn a degree while there, that's great. If they don't want to go to class, that's fine also. Either way they do it, I see it pretty much killing many schools like USM... they will likely drop down a level.

I feel like almost everyone outside of Nashville is rooting for Stanford tonight, simply because it will mean the whistler will be done for the year. 5-4 Stanford in the 8th.

Sims closes it out, MSU stays in the winner's bracket. Well played game by both teams.

6-5 MSU after 8 complete.

5-4 MSU and still batting in the 8th.

MSU finally got a hit of McGarry and made it count.. a 2 run HR after a walk.

4-0 Virginia still batting in the bottom of the 2nd. McLeod is out. Not the start MSU needed.

Virginia takes a 1-0 lead after 1 complete.

NC State beats Vandy 1-0 to stay in the winner's bracket. NC State is proving the doubters (raises hand) wrong.

MSU remains in the winner's bracket with a 2-1 win. TWENTY ONE strikeouts between Bednar and Sims.

Still 2-0 after 6. Bednar gave up 1 hit and had FIFTEEN strikeouts in 6 innings, what a performance. He gave up a walk in the 7th on 110 pitches so bullpen time.

MSU breaks through with 2 runs in the top of the 4th. That may be enough the way Bednar is mowing down the Texas batters.

Texas/MSU under way. The first inning was a nice pitcher's dual. 3 up, 3 down for both teams.

Virginia beat Tennessee 6-0, I didn't expect that one.

Now on to the 10th tied 6-6. Great game to watch.

The surprise, to me, is NC State playing so well. I'm sticking with Vandy/Arizona are the best two teams in this bracket. Whoever wins tonight obviously has the best chance to reach the finals. Whoever loses, I still like their chances of getting to the semis. (No disrespect to NC State or Stanford).

6-5 Vandy still batting in the 7th. Rocker rebounded very nicely after the first inning. Both teams in the bullpen now. Both teams may reach double digits before this game ends.

Yep, Rocker looked like we expected him to look in the second inning. 3-1 after 2. I also agree, Arizona better put some more runs in if they want to win.

Arizona had a heckuva top of the first. 3 runs on 4 hits and forced Rocker to throw 36 pitches. It hasn't shut up the annoying whistler yet though.

I caught the end of the game, definitely a weird finish. I felt it was a weak call, but one of the announcers was pretty adamant that is was textbook interference under the written rule. Maybe it was interference under the rule, but I really don't think the runner's intent was to interfere and doubt the double play would have been turned had the runner slid and been out of the way. As you said, pretty much a moot point. It was going to be 2 outs with Stanford down by 6... them coming back from that was slim anyway. Vandy/Arizona up shortly.