Road to Omaha thread

Hell, I know diddly about college baseball, and I know not to sell the Big West short.

 

TCU going to the bottom of the ninth tied, 1-1, with Siena with potential to blow a big day for the Big 12. OK State is up 6-0 and Texas, Kansas and Texas Tech all took care of business.

 

Fullerton is a college baseball powerhouse ... but not this year.
Irvine is a really good program ... but not this year.
Long Beach didn't crack .500 until about the last two weeks of the season and hasn't made the postseason since 2008.
THIS YEAR, the jury is still out on the Big West.

 

What a bed-shitting display in Tallahassee, even by Florida State's lofty standards.
FSU goes 17 innings without scoring, then scores five in the bottom of the ninth before losing 6-5 to Alabama. Seminoles are D-U-N done. First time since 1984 they haven't won a game in a regional.

 

FSU coach sends a .167 pinch-hitter to the plate with two outs in the ninth and runners at the corners. Nice way to kill a four walk, two hit batsmen five-run rally, idiot.

 

And Gator fans won't even get to laugh at FSU, since they're about to go two-and-barbecue at home too. Yikes.

The team I covered just went two-and-cue. I'm not complaining. I'm worn the fuck out.

 

The teams who have made it this far have played about 60 games. NCAA baseball is a damn long season.

 

Two-and-cue for me too. I'm out.

 

Mississippi State finally put away Jackson State 3-1, but they had to burn their closer, Jonathan Holder, to do it. Holder went 5 1/3 in relief, allowed one hit and struck out 9.

Regardless of how it plays out, JSU has earned itself some props. They were 0-10 (by some frightful scores) in the NCAAs coming into the Lafayette regional, but they beat U LaLa 1-0 last night and gave the Pups all they wanted tonight.

 

Terps

 

Nate Kirby, from my neck of the woods in suburban Richmond, dominates Arkansas to the tune of an 8-inning one-hitter with 9 strikeouts as Virginia wins 3-0.

Kirby already has a no-hitter this season, when he K'd 18 at Pitt.

6-2 lefty with a 93 mph fastball, hammer 12-6 curve and unhittable slider. Barring injury, he's going to get paid very well after next season.