Really happy seeing McCune do well. We got all of our bullpen arms some innings the past two nights and they all looked good. Forget what they did against the hitters. Against a team like SUBR, you can't relly guage their success in that department unless they're actually struggling and getting hit.

None of them really and truly did. But the location and the stuff was dead on for most. Especially Cotton. The guy's arm position and arm-speed on that change up he's got looks like he's coming in with a low 90's heater, and that change comes in at mid 70's. Just a nasty, nasty pitch.

This weekend, Arkansas's going to face the closest thing to its own pitching staff it'll bat against all year. LSU will probably also face its toughest test.

The key against Arkansas will be to try to put the ball in play on the ground. If you do that enough, they will give you extra outs and you will get extra shots. Even against good pitching, no elite team can afford to get another elite team extra outs and more shots at your staff.

I think our fielding, our speed on the basepaths, and our hitting will allow us to scratch runs and play station-to-station if we have to. We can lay the bunt down and sacrifice runners over very efficiently, and I think we put added pressure on the Hogs to field flawlessly.

My prediction: LSU takes 2/3...Hard-fought, but we leave as the heavy favorite in the SEC and in the Top 5.