The Official FSU @ #1 Tennessee CWS Game 1 Thread (Fri. June 14) (7PM EST) (ESPN)

[rocketskates]

I’ll probably go out like my grandpa dying the year before the Braves won a World Series again

Speaking of the Braves…’98 Braves=2024 BaseVOLs. Both broke my heart.

 

[BreatheUT]

In other words its things we fully can control and has little to do with anything FSU has done…

I will agree if we don't look like garbage in the field then FSU probably has about 4 less hits.

 

[midtnvol2]

We have put up plenty of runs. Our pitching and defense has been horrible

Vitello needs to use NIL and go after some serious pitchers in the portal. You don't win championships without top tier pitching period!

 

[Pacer92]

Tone was set in the 1st w the knee jerk Stamos removal. Coached and played tight all night..

 

[VOLinAL]

This dude is gonna get a hit off us here.

Bad take.

 

[barney]

Dean Curley's effort at shortstop has been lacking. Dude just watching balls fly by

 

[Switch 625]

If you’re Tony what do you tell the squad after this game? I keep forgetting we’re playing with “house money”.

The opposite of what he told them before the game.

 

[LLcoolDave]

Vitello needs to use NIL and go after some serious pitchers in the portal. You don't win championships without top tier pitching period!

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[VolsLFC]

I haven't given up. Not at all. Historically we do very well 7th-9th innings.

It’s clear there are a lot of noobs in this thread. Basevols never give up. Even if we lose, I love and appreciate the hell out of this team. So many in here act like they’ve never made a mistake in their life.

 

[Volstylexx]

I don’t see us beating FL State or UNC two in a row with our arms. We have offense but it won’t be enough to beat UVA and then two more.

Hope I’m wrong .

Depends on the matchup. We need to pull for UNC over FSU in the 1-0 game. We can absolutely beat FSU in an elimination game. Their pen isn’t deep outside of today. Our odds of beating UNC twice are much higher than against FSU.

 

[Butch s]

Maybe the way Burke has had trouble catching the ball tonight, might stop the back pick

 

[VolGirl81]

I’d put Antigua in at this point. Curley has been in the wrong spot all night.

 

[TheMookieMonster]

Weirdly enough, as disappointed as I am, I have a sense of calm. I don’t know how to describe it. It’s not a sense of not believing we couldn’t do it. Maybe the words will come to me at some point. Disappointed, let down, but it is what it is.

 

[patrick]

Hoping the Vols make good history instead of bad:

“Twelve teams in Men's College World Series history have gone on to win the national championship after dropping their first game in Omaha. The most recent example came in 2018, when Oregon State won six straight games to claim the title.

The group of 12 to escape the losers' bracket after Game 1 account for less than 17 percent of national champions.

In 2019, two first-round losers, Louisville and Texas Tech, advanced to the national semifinals before bowing out.

Here's the full list of national champions that lost their first game at the Men's College World Series.”

2018	Oregon State	L, North Carolina 8-6
2010	South Carolina	L, Oklahoma 4-3
2006	Oregon State	L, Miami (FL) 11-1
1998	Southern California	L, LSU 12-10
1980	Arizona	L, St. John's 6-1
1979	Cal State Fullerton	L, Mississippi State 6-1
1976	Arizona	L, Arizona State 7-6
1970	Southern California	L, Ohio 4-1
1969	Arizona State	L, Texas 4-0
1963	Southern California	L, Texas 8-3
1958	Southern California	L, Holy Cross 3-0
1950	Texas	L, Rutgers, 4-2

 

[GOBO-Baseball02]

I've said it all year, no pitching and no development of pitchers. 6 UT pitchers & 12 hits thru 7 innings.

If we go to the losers bracket, we in deep doo doo.

 

[Orange931]

These damn umps this year

 

[Freak]

Hard to win this thing. FSU 44 straight ncaa tourneys up until last year and 24 CWS appearances with no titles.

 

[UTSuave’]

FSU pitching is much better than Vols, they are real contenders to win it all

Not really..but they do have one ace to our 0 so

 

[lilesrt]

The opposite of what he told them before the game.

HaHa! Good one!

 

[barney]

Another play at second another miss by Curley

 

[midtnvol2]

Exactly it’s very frustrating to be unable to sustain high bar success since Florida State found holes, and took advantage of it.
I was expecting this game to be competitive, except I didn’t expect Florida State to score over 10 runs.

Our pitching staff has been slowly falling down a cliff for a good month now.

 

[LLcoolDave]

I’d put Antigua in at this point. Curley has been in the wrong spot all night.

yup. not like we'd be missing the offensive side of it

 

[Stoerner Fumbles]

4 teams all-time have made it out of the loser’s bracket to win it all. Probability suggests you aren’t making it out of the loser’s bracket no matter how good you are. So you sell out for Game 1 if you have to.

Besides, like I said, Snead can still pitch Sunday. Stamos can, too. He threw 8 pitches. Kirby can pitch Sunday, too. We have a day off. The pitching isn’t as dire for Sunday as people are making it out to be.

It’s easy to coach from the couch, but I think you have to start your best arm against theirs in this format. Losing game one is basically insurmountable. As bad as we’ve played, you have to assume we could win with seven runs with better pitching.

 

[Orange931]

Please don’t walk him

 

[Ernest T. Vol]

9 hole hitter walked again from 0-2 count.