Wanted to post this quickly as lines have been out about 20 minutes and there has been significant movement already. Will be back later with my thoughts and reasoning on the game.
Promised to return with my thoughts on tonight's championship game. Often in championship sports, ability, character, momentum, and the refuse to lose attitude determine which team will win the outcome. In last night's game, we saw this in full display as Oregon State fell behind 5-0 yet responded with 7 runs in the bottom of the 4th inning, opened the lead to 11-5 before Gunderson, pitching the last 5 innings, closed the game out 11-7. The Beavers have showed this character throughout this College World Series after losing their first game to Miami 11-1, they have won 5 straight elimination games showing the refuse to lose attitude. Meanwhile, North Carolina came into last night's game undefeated in this Series at 4-0 and when leading 5-0 were emotionally on their way to the championship only to be stunned by not just the Beaver onslaught but their own defensive collapse as they made mental mistake after mistake. This will be the first elimination game that North Carolina will face in this Series. Momentum to the Beavers. Also, it is clear that the Beavers defensively are superior to the Tarheels in this match-up. Tonight we have two excellent pitchers going for both teams but in the end it will be character that wins this championship and that belongs to the Beavers. Hence,
1* Oregon State +134 (Pinnacle)
Year To Date Record: 4-0 (+5.39)
Edited to add analysis
Promised to return with my thoughts on tonight's championship game. Often in championship sports, ability, character, momentum, and the refuse to lose attitude determine which team will win the outcome. In last night's game, we saw this in full display as Oregon State fell behind 5-0 yet responded with 7 runs in the bottom of the 4th inning, opened the lead to 11-5 before Gunderson, pitching the last 5 innings, closed the game out 11-7. The Beavers have showed this character throughout this College World Series after losing their first game to Miami 11-1, they have won 5 straight elimination games showing the refuse to lose attitude. Meanwhile, North Carolina came into last night's game undefeated in this Series at 4-0 and when leading 5-0 were emotionally on their way to the championship only to be stunned by not just the Beaver onslaught but their own defensive collapse as they made mental mistake after mistake. This will be the first elimination game that North Carolina will face in this Series. Momentum to the Beavers. Also, it is clear that the Beavers defensively are superior to the Tarheels in this match-up. Tonight we have two excellent pitchers going for both teams but in the end it will be character that wins this championship and that belongs to the Beavers. Hence,
1* Oregon State +134 (Pinnacle)
Year To Date Record: 4-0 (+5.39)
Edited to add analysis
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