Tigerpaul1969

There was no bigger curse than Mike Martin, poor bastard.

That was their anti- Warren Morris moment.

Reminds me of how inextricably linked LSU's early rise to power was intertwined with Wichita State, and the ties stretch to even before LSU ever sniffed the CWS.

Gene Stephenson's first Wichita State club to make the CWS in 1982 lost to Miami in the championship game, with a soon to be hired Skip Bertman on staff as associate HC who wrote up one of the only "trick plays" in title game history to help Miami on their way.

Of course, we won our first two titles by beating them in the title games in 1991 and 1993 (the famous Laxton K game). Also, LSU won a couple of games in the 1989 CWS with Wichita State on the other side of the bracket, and they went on to win it all that year, their lone title.

Finally, we beat them again in 1996 in the opening round, leading to the greatest title game in the history of the sport and our third championship, solidifying the Tigers as the team of the 90s.

Coastal Carolina is the Wichita State of this era I would say. So, in honor of the Shockers, let's go out and beat Coastal to get revenge for 2016 and in memory of 1991.

The winner of this first LSU/Arky game will....play at least three games in Omaha.

I'm going to predict an LSU v Coastal title series, rematch of the infamous 2016 Baton Rouge Super Regional. Our success there may depend on whether both of our aces are available

I felt very queasy about the series against Florida two years ago without Skenes, but the rest of the staff really stepped up (not in Game 2 though).

Bregs has the better career success with 2 titles and 7 straight ALCS appearances. And his walk off to win Game 5 in 2017 is the greatest moment in Astros history. Bar none.

Belle was for almost a decade in the conversation with Griffey, Thomas and Bonds for best slugger in the game. His peak numbers are Barry Bonds level. He is the greatest from LSU.

I like him even more after watching that, and found myself taking his side against Vina, the Halloween kids and the a-hole press. He was the best offensive player in baseball for damn near a decade against some of the greatest offensive players of all time like Griffey, Thomas and Bonds, and he'll never sniff the Hall of Fame. frick those elitist reporters who would keep somebody out because they don't like his personality.

Great swing. The bat landed right where the ball was supposed to be.

Not to be Debbie Downer, but they played Oklahoma, a team with 38 wins playing in the SEC, and we played Little Rock, a sub-.500 team from the Ohio Valley Conference. From what I can tell, they had one conference series win the entire season.

If I’m counting right, 7 hosts are facing elimination today and one has already been eliminated (Oregon).