re: 2026 SEC Champion OMADAWGS (52-12, 26-7) | Game 65: Oklahoma, Mon at 7pm

I'm slightly torn. Obviously aoki is better than vigue and gives us the best chance to win, so it sounds crazy to do anythign other than try your best to win the next game. I'm looking at the bracket though and somethign occurred to me. Let's say that we beat OU regardless of vigue/aoki starting. Let's also assume that it's a "normal" outing of roughly 6 innings and roughly 80 pitches, just a standard outing that results in a win.

Our next game would then be on Wednesday. Volchko and whoever throws tomorrow are not going to be available. I think it's a safe bet that Texas is better than both bama and OU so we're likely facing htem again on Wednesday. The farther along in the week we get, the better chance there is we see volantis again which nobody wants. I know it's playing with fire but I'd almost rather see what vigue can do against OU wiht a very short leash then save aoki for Wednesday to eliminate texas for good. Although now that I'm thinking about it, it does sound crazy to try to get all advanced like that since it's omaha...so yeah I guess just throw aoki. Even if we do face TExas again on wednesday and bad-vigue shows up, we'd still get a 3rd crack at them again on Thursday. No clue who we'd throw then but a bullpen game wiht the season on the line doesn't sound fun. Let's hope we don't have to find out!