Dawg83 Posted June 7 Author Share Posted June 7 Day 1 bracket for Omaha is set: West Virginia vs Troy Ole Miss vs North Carolina I don’t see Troy as a threat to make it out of that but they could definitely win a game or so. Feels like the OM/UNC winner is going to be the favorite, but don’t discount West Virginia’s chances either. You’d much rather be on that side of the bracket than the side that’s got Texas and Georgia in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David44 Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 Well, it official now. 5 SEC teams after Alabama and Oklahoma advanced today. May as well refer to it as the "Hoover Invitational". At least 1 SEC team in the championship, since a whole side of the bracket is all SEC. I think Ole Miss has a good chance too, from the other side. Georgia / Texas vs Ole Miss? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg83 Posted June 9 Author Share Posted June 9 (edited) 6 hours ago, David44 said: Well, it official now. 5 SEC teams after Alabama and Oklahoma advanced today. May as well refer to it as the "Hoover Invitational". At least 1 SEC team in the championship, since a whole side of the bracket is all SEC. I think Ole Miss has a good chance too, from the other side. Georgia / Texas vs Ole Miss? Georgia and Texas getting to Omaha, not unexpected at all. Bama was a team that everyone thought wasn’t as good as their seed, and I still think they benefited from a fairly easy path to Omaha, but hey you don’t get this far without being good. Can’t dismiss them anymore. Ole Miss was a trendy pick to make a deep run because of their pitching staff and home run potential, can’t say I’m too surprised they are in Omaha. Oklahoma is by far the biggest surprise of the SEC 5. Don’t think anyone had them getting out of Georgia Tech’s regional, much less getting to Omaha. My gut tells me that whoever wins the Georgia/Texas game on Saturday night is likely going to win the whole thing… And I’m starting to lean Texas in that game. I’m souring a little on Georgia after seeing their pitching against State this weekend. It was frankly pretty bad other than the Byrd guy that closed both games, and this was after UGA pitched State really well in the previous four meetings. I am not sure they can keep coming back on teams and bank on winning a bunch of shootouts at this stage. This may look really dumb in about a week but I’m going to go outside the box and say West Virginia wins the other side of the bracket. Little bit of a vibe thing with the Mountaineers, and I also think they are a more well rounded team than people realize. I have Texas over WVU in the finals. I like OM’s pitching a lot but I worry about their tendency to be home run reliant at times in that park. Not really sure what to make of UNC, their record is great but they are kinda notorious Omaha chokers. Edited June 9 by Dawg83 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg83 Posted Tuesday at 01:55 PM Author Share Posted Tuesday at 01:55 PM Kevin Schnall of Coastal Carolina headed to South Carolina. Big time hire for SC, they should be competitive again soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg83 Posted Tuesday at 05:10 PM Author Share Posted Tuesday at 05:10 PM And it looks like Lemonis may be a serious candidate to get that Coastal job. Would be an interesting situation for him there. I am not sure I’d go that route if I were Coastal’s AD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vott Posted Tuesday at 08:07 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 08:07 PM 23 hours ago, David44 said: Well, it official now. 5 SEC teams after Alabama and Oklahoma advanced today. May as well refer to it as the "Hoover Invitational". At least 1 SEC team in the championship, since a whole side of the bracket is all SEC. I think Ole Miss has a good chance too, from the other side. Georgia / Texas vs Ole Miss? A Troy/Alabama championship would be outstanding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pancho Posted Tuesday at 08:10 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 08:10 PM If Skylar Meade isn't already getting serious HC looks, just wait and see if he wins a few games in Omaha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulldogs4 Posted Thursday at 02:12 AM Share Posted Thursday at 02:12 AM (edited) CWS preview: Very seldom does a first time team succeed. WV & Troy will bow out early. Bama will play well but go out after WV & Troy. OK & UNC could be dark horses. OM, GA & TX are my favorites to make the finals. The winners of the GA/TX and UNC/OM games will be the favorites in each bracket. I am going to go with Georgia to win it all. To quote Jake & Elwood “We are on a mission from God” They just seem to be on another level this year and I think it will carry them through. Edited Thursday at 02:13 AM by Bulldogs4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg83 Posted Thursday at 01:39 PM Author Share Posted Thursday at 01:39 PM I will say that we’ve been on a run the last few years where a team that seemed like one of the best 1-2 teams for a while ended up winning it…. That would lend itself strongly to this being Georgia’s to lose. I think you’re going to get three Texas vs Georgia games before it’s all said and done. I don’t feel great about Bama or OU’s chances on that side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg83 Posted Saturday at 02:21 AM Author Share Posted Saturday at 02:21 AM OM’s bullpen didn’t have it tonight, gave up 5 runs in the last two innings and UNC got the win. OM vs Troy in a loser’s leaves town game on Sunday afternoon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulldogs4 Posted Saturday at 02:24 AM Share Posted Saturday at 02:24 AM Ole Miss BP pulled a State tonight. BB’s and HBP are killers. And that was when the game changed in the seventh inning with the back to back walks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulldogs4 Posted yesterday at 02:59 AM Share Posted yesterday at 02:59 AM OK waxed Bama. Can’t say I am surprised. Georgia winning 7-1 in the 8tb inning. Georgia is just the better team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrownInEtown Posted 19 hours ago Share Posted 19 hours ago Baseballs a weird sport and anything can happen. But I dont think anyone is close to Georgia at this point Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg83 Posted 13 hours ago Author Share Posted 13 hours ago Ole Miss goes 0-2 in Omaha, sent home today by Troy. No season that ends in Omaha is a failure, but I’m sure a lot of OM fans thought they’d be around longer than two games given the side of the bracket they were on. It seemed fairly straight forward to me. OM’s offense was what it was the whole season and never changed, very boom or bust. Their pitching carried them to Omaha but then failed them once they got there. It’s a little hard to believe Townsend never threw a single pitch in the Super Regionals or the CWS. Especially today when their pen was struggling mightily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulldogs4 Posted 12 hours ago Share Posted 12 hours ago Ole Miss was done after Friday night. After they lost the first game they were never going to win their bracket. It was all predicated on winning the first game. It may not have made any difference but I do not understand changing your pitching rotation. Elliot was your Friday night starter all year. Stick with what brought you. And 83 I agree with you. Why bring in pitchers in situations that they have not pitched in all year. And then you fail to pitch some of your guys who have pitched well during the season. But being a final eight team is still a great accomplishment. And regardless I don’t see anyone taking down Georgia at this point in time. Troy is still a dangerous team. They are playing with fire in their hair. With nothing to lose and they are just riding the crest of a wave that does not appear to ready to crash anytime soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg83 Posted 1 hour ago Author Share Posted 1 hour ago If we are headed for a Georgia vs UNC final, which it feels like for now, that would be a really fascinating matchup. We all know what Georgia’s offense is, and UNC’s bullpen is special, so that would create some really interesting matchups. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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