Polk teams were mentally weak and didn't respond well to adversity, and he never, ever recruited enough pitching depth to win in Omaha. The first part of this is what let Bertman pass him by and make him his bitch basically.

There's a long excuse about how we were 2-0 in 85 and beating Texas when Gene Morgan(our pitcher) caught one off the foot, was never the same in the game, we lost, and it essentially ended us in Omaha tied for 3rd.

We'll win one under Cohen at some point IMO...Just a different mental approach that I like alot better.

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Posted by windhammontanatigers

windham-stanford, montana

Member since Nov 2009

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Posted on 6/28/14 at 9:30 am to engie

Thanks for the info engie, Klowndawg and pive14. Been a solid college baseball fan since I was a student at LSU eventhough we had nothing under Jack Lamabe when I was in school but I've always enjoyed college baseball. Couldn't remember what exactly happened in that CWS with the Bulldogs but thanks for all the insight. I do believe that you all will win a National Championship with Cohen. Definitely headed in the right direction and believe it will happen. Hopefully, us Tigers will get back and get one with PM. Again thanks to all the input.

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Posted by msudawg1200

Central Mississippi

Member since Jun 2014

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Posted on 6/28/14 at 4:36 pm to engie

Good point about Morgan. We were dominating that game and after Morgan gets hit it goes all downhill. Polk did a great job of establishing us as a baseball power, but his teams always underachieved. At that time in the early 80's we were the baseball team of the SEC. We had the facilities, support, money, etc. Polk never seperated us as he should, and LSU, UF, etc. caught up to us way quicker than they should have. To answer the question we should have won a title with that crew.

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Posted by TigerBait2008