winkyduck said:
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SKIP BERTMAN
the guy must get "lock jaw" after the field is announced for this guy gives more blow jobs than Jenna Jameson to get as many UNWORTHY SEC teams into the field of 64 than anyone i know. LS-who gets home games for the NCAA regionals are all about $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ and the NCAA KNOWS LS-what fans will fill the place and therefore LS-what can submit a higher hosting bid - and get it. any coincidence the "Paper Tigers" NEVER travel? NO! and Smoke Laval might be one of the biggest idiots out there - even LS-what fans hate him
seemingly EVERY YEAR LS-what is overrated and this year is NO different
LS-what might win this game - but they aren't long for this tourney
Man, if I had a nickel for everytime I had this conversation I wouldn't need to bet on sports.
People on the west coast just have no idea how hard the SEC is from top to bottom. I think West Coast teams, in general, get screwed over because they shouldnt all have to play each other and knock each other off. There were also 2 more teams I felt got snubbed from regionals on the west coast. I'd love to see 4 more west coast teams get in, and start getting rid of these smaller schools that have no chance (like Northwestern State vs LSU today)
LSU wins this game today 99 out of 100 times.
The SEC gets the respect it gets from top-to-bottom and as many regional bids as it gets because it really is that good. Baseballamerica, etc etc don't rank all of these and the SEC isnt regarded as the best conference in the country by far just for the hell of it. There's a reason.
Sure, former LSU skipper Skip Bertman is the chair of the board, and that has gotten more SEC teams in then the past, but those 8, 9 ranked SEC teams the past 3 years have proven that they belong to be in by performing the way they have. They have gotten into tournaments and regionals as 3 seeds, and more times than not end up in the championship over 2 seeds from the ACC or other conferences like the Sun Belt.
In no other conference can the number 8 seed in the conference tournament (Mississippi State) go on to play for the tournament title with a clean sweep through the tournament. Thats just how good the conference is. It was Skip Bertman that got the 8 SEC teams in 3 years ago, but ever since then the decision has been easy considering how well they perform in regionals.
Make no mistake about it, do not downgrade this LSU team. Like I said, they arent as good as they have been in the past, but to win the SEC West is NOT easy no matter how you slice it. They are one of the most proflific postseason teams in NCAA history, and on that alone I would bet them in this game, because in college baseball those traditions hold true every single year. Throw in the fact that they are just flat-out the better team, and they are playing at home in front of 8,000 fans, and NW State is probably 3 or 4 deep into their rotation, and this is a near-lock.
Every single year these small schools can't compete with the larger schools.
LSU deserved a regional host this year. Anyone who goes 13-9 against the top 25, and wins the SEC West will get a regional host.