The Official #1 Tennessee vs Notre Dame Super Regional Games Thread (Fri 6/10 6PM EST ESPN 2) ( Sat. 6/11 2PM EST ESPN ) (Sun. 6/12 1PM EST ESPN)

[VolPack22]

WAIT a minute now!! You can't change the Question AFTER I Answered it.

It’s called baseball. How many times has the best team won?

This season? Most every Game. Every series but one. It's just a very sad commentary. That's all. Hate it for the PLAYERS. I'm just a spectator.

I asked you how many times the best team wins in baseball and you responded “this season?” So I clarified and said “how many times does the best team in baseball win the entire thing?” You very clearly do not understand the history of the sport. So stop being a troll.

 

[Sudden Impact]

seems too fair… so it won’t ever be implemented. You got to think though, TN received no real advantage for being so dominant all season. 2 of the top 10 HR hitting teams were placed in our regional! Ga Tech leads the nation in batting average. Then they pair Texas Tech and ND in the 16’s bracket knowing damn well one of them was going to end up in Knoxville in the supers. Teams like Tx AM canceled midweek games late to keep their rpi up and now they’re Omaha bound.

Which goes back to Tennessee's Seeding in the tournaments this year....
Nothing for the reward of being no 1.

 

[W.TN.Orange Blood]

 

[Volstylexx]

I asked you how many times the best team wins in baseball and you responded “this season?” So I clarified and said “how many times does the best team in baseball win the entire thing?” You very clearly do not understand the history of the sport. So stop being a troll.

statistically, once in the last 22 years.. so 4.5% of the time.

 

[VolPack22]

statistically, once in the last 22 years.. so 4.5% of the time.

Not very good odds

 

[Volstylexx]

Which goes back to Tennessee's Seeding in the tournaments this year....
Nothing for the reward of being no 1.

Yep, other than home field advantage. Norte Dame is headed to Omaha with …. 18 fewer wins than us. Ole Miss is headed there with 21 fewer wins. Pairing in the bracket means more than the home field advantage.

 

[GiveHim6InSC]

Notre Dame beat the Vols.

The Vols beat the Vols

 

[VolPack22]

The Vols beat the Vols

Not true.

 

[AthensVol2007]

and the 19 squad was one win away from knocking off NC to advance to Supers.

One win away from having a chance at a super.

 

[Volstylexx]

The Vols beat the Vols

eh, the error in the 7th was costly. Could have kept the game at a one run deficit, but who knows if we would have rallied. Definitely wasn’t a clean game, but probably one of the best teams we’ve also played all year. Baseball is such a finicky sport.

 

[cobbwebb0710]

What about Halverson will he be back from injury? I thought he would be a starter this year haven't heard anything about him lately.

I thought about him after I posted.
Not sure, really.
Seems like the last talk I remember about him was that he’s preparing for the draft??
GBO!!

 

[GiveHim6InSC]

Not true.

Notre Dame didn’t make the baserunning errors and the throwing errors. Notre Dame didn’t make the crucial coaching error that led to their runs in the latter half of the deciding game.
Tennessee did. That’s why they lost.
Notre Dame took advantage of the miscues, as good teams do.

 

[BigALWiLson]

I respect your opinion VF, But MAN, I been around for 50 years and saw plenty of this. OK, Not a Choke Job. The Old Tennessee JINX? Maybe that's it.

How about we just got beat by a better team on this particular day. That is how I choose to see it. Yes I think Vitello should have probably pulled Burns earlier but I don't think they choked. These types of Tournaments are never easy. And Honestly if LNS is 10 feet deeper in right the 2 run homer is a double at best off the wall. Lot of variables in baseball. Thats the only home run hit that likely wouldnt have been out anywhere that changed the game today. However we had a great historical season and any VOL FAN should be proud of this team and players. They just simply didn't have IT today. And that is all that should be looked at.

 

[VolPack22]

Notre Dame didn’t make the baserunning errors and the throwing errors. Notre Dame didn’t make the crucial coaching error that led to their runs in the latter half of the deciding game.
Tennessee did. That’s why they lost.
Notre Dame took advantage of the miscues, as good teams do.

Notre Dame won 7-3. To say the Vols beat the Vols is factually incorrect because if that were the case then the Vols would be credited with a win and a loss. Notre Dame won, Tennessee lost.

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

Not natty or bust but you can’t be the best team if you don’t win in Omaha. It’s that simple. Not taking anything away from the season. Just responding to the “best team this year” comment.

Yes we were the best team all year. That’s a fact. It just means that the best team didn’t win it all.

 

[Titan05]

Yes we were the best team all year. That’s a fact. It just means that the best team didn’t win it all.

Best regular season team.

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

I respect your opinion VF, But MAN, I been around for 50 years and saw plenty of this. OK, Not a Choke Job. The Old Tennessee JINX? Maybe that's it.

If you have been around for that long and have watched baseball for a reasonable amount of that time then you would know it’s neither. ND was the better team today. Plain and simple. No jinx, curse or choke job.

 

[wmcovol]

If we land Skenes, I think he’s the starting C. He’s an interesting prospect because he can pitch too. So we could maybe have Dickey catch him when he pitches.

Beyond the intangibles, the tangibles will be pretty tough to replace with Gilbert too. He won the SEC batting title.

This ain’t Little League. Catchers ain’t pitchers nor are pitchers catchers. Someone has a decision to make.

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

Best regular season team.

Correct. Say OK wins it all. Can you say they were the best team all year? No.

 

[cobbwebb0710]

We talked about starting a thread after the season ended. I think now would be a good time for @NO SIR EEE to start it.

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Can someone please direct me to the “dugout?”
Thanks in advance!
GBO!!

 

[cobbwebb0710]

No no no! I’m not ready to let this team go yet!!

GBO!!

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

The fact that tons of people on Twitter and other fan bases are trashing us for this loss tells you all you need to know about this team.

 

[VolsSportsFan]

Correct. Say OK wins it all. Can you say they were the best team all year? No.

But you can say they are national champions.

 

[Titan05]

Correct. Say OK wins it all. Can you say they were the best team all year? No.

No but they would be the best postseason team. Some teams can be both. 4-2 postseason is good but not good enough for Omaha this year. Learn and build on this for next year is all you can ask.

 

[SGMVols]

This ain’t Little League. Catchers ain’t pitchers nor are pitchers catchers. Someone has a decision to make.

Well the kid throws 100 and also plays a position of desperate need. I could see him doing both.