re: SEC team most likely to win College World Series?

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LSU, Arkansas, and Vandy are obviously the cream of the crop for the SEC.

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"Obviously."

lulz

In the meantime, for those of us who know and understand baseball, it goes more like this.

LSU appears to be the most complete team right now, especially at the plate. They have a strong group of sticks, very decent pitching and they are not too shabby on D. Their coaching is excellent and they are out to prove that they blew-it in the supers last year and that they intend to get back to Omaha this year.

Arkansas, excellent pitching, have yet to peak, suspect hitting and, at times, questionable D. Arkansas has yet to peak. If they peak at the right time they could easily make a run all the way to the top of the heap this year.

Vandy, maybe the most balanced team in the entire conference. Not overpowering at anything, but very good at everything. Solid, experienced, excellent coaching and playing with a lot of confidence right now. Still, not quite enough to win the big prize, although it would not surprise me in the least to see them in Omaha.

South Carolina, very young, very talented, still searching for their identity. Flashes of brilliance but then one of the young guys, be he on the mound, in the field or at the plate, will find a way to break the momentum. The Gamecocks are lacking a killer instinct we've seen from them over the past decade, but it is "obviously" there just waiting to come-out ... just not sure when, or against whom, it will happen. "Taking a step back" for South Carolina simply means not playing for the National Championship. A step back for South Carolina is going to the CWS and winning fewer than three games while there. SC's goal is, what it always is, to make it to Omaha and then see what happens. They have the talent, they might even have the offense before all is said and done, but I'm not sure they have enough arms right now. The starters are fine, and we've got a decent closer and one decent middle reliever, but I'm not sure about all the freshmen just yet, the other middle relievers and the two set-up guys. However, if they do come along then SC will be back in Omaha and that gives them another chance to win it all. BTW, SC is second to LSU in homers (by 1) in the conference.

Kentucky, a good team but they just don't have the horses to make a run deep into the post season. They're game though and they are going to spoil it for someone else before all is said and done. Could be Vandy, could be Arkansas late in the season.

A&M has a lot of potential but they are a middle of the pack team right there with Ole Miss and Miss State. They can make life dangerous for a visiting team to their place, and any one of those three might win the Big 12 or B1G Championship ... probably would for that matter. But in the SEC it's different and that makes those three good, above average by most standards, but not great.