The Official Tennessee vs LSU College World Series Game 1 Thread (Sat. June 17 7PM EST) ESPN

[fryeguy93]

Check out hotels in Lincoln. Not too far away and much much cheaper.

With 2 days between most bracket games - at least early on, you have options that are a little further away.

KC is about 3.5 hours away and you can catch Royals through Sunday. They're playing Trout and Ohtani but they're out of town after Sunday for the rest of tourney.
Council Bluffs across the river in Iowa used to offer some cheaper options but even they are a bit inflated now.

The good news is Omaha now has far more rooms than they did 10-20 years ago

 

[drvenner]

Who is our best, though? Lindsey wasn't good in the rain game, but he usually is a win. Then we have Drew and Dolly who were both exceptional and of course, the bullpen. I say whoever is ready is good enough. Lady VOLS tried using their lesser pitcher against Oklahoma and it fell flat. I don't think you could beat them no matter who you threw there, though.

OP said to use our 3rd or 4th best. That's what I r was disagreeing with. Dolly and Beam are both possibilities for sure.

 

[Cosmo Kramer]

LMAO poor John Wilkerson sounded like he didn’t have much left in the tank at the end of last nights call.

Due to all the delays he probably went to the Biloxi Casinos all day.

 

[knoxvol52]

I want to meet Florida in the championship and crush their souls.

I want Florida to do 2 and a BBQ see ya next year

 

[volfan102455]

I look at any success here as icing on the cake. This wasn't expected so hoping this keeps the team loose verses caught up in expectations.

 

[MT_Vol]

We can’t hit off speed, Skenes throws 70% fastballs.

The 479 foot bomb Burke hit on a curveball says you're wrong.

 

[GUNTERSVOL]

Who is our best, though? Lindsey wasn't good in the rain game, but he usually is a win. Then we have Drew and Dolly who were both exceptional and of course, the bullpen. I say whoever is ready is good enough. Lady VOLS tried using their lesser pitcher against Oklahoma and it fell flat. I don't think you could beat them no matter who you threw there, though.

Why FELL FLAT? Had we burned the ace game 1 we had a much higher probability of exiting in 2 games rather than getting into the semis. There are NO absolutes in these dilemmas.

 

[OrangeTsar]

Man, glad we got our Vol kiesters out of Hattiesburg. Here is TODAY’S current radar

 

[TN_gal]

Here is the ticket info:

 

[TheMookieMonster]

I’m going guess “no” is the answer, but I do wonder if Tony is considering pitching Dollander on Saturday not against Skenes. Considering how well he pitched after that home run, he seems locked in right now. But, I’d venture to guess he’s going to stick with the same rotation order.

 

[Christian Lowe]

Love my wife getting in on the memes

 

[C-south]

 

[Weezer]

Ready to kick some tiger butt!

 

[Daniel_Lincolns_Foot]

No one is scared of Paul Skenes. Get rocked, nerd.

 

[OldTimer]

I should have bought airline tickets last week. They were expensive then, but are now outrageous.

Fly into Des Moines Iowa, 90 minutes away and more options

 

[NorCalVol67]

Fly into Des Moines Iowa, 90 minutes away and more options

Yeah, I looked quickly earlier. That didn’t seem great either. Will look again.

 

[SpringBokVol]

I would love to face Skenes and rock him early - the commentators will be all over his nuts.

Can't wait to barrel him up.

 

[spyfish007]

Who is our best, though? Lindsey wasn't good in the rain game, but he usually is a win. Then we have Drew and Dolly who were both exceptional and of course, the bullpen. I say whoever is ready is good enough. Lady VOLS tried using their lesser pitcher against Oklahoma and it fell flat. I don't think you could beat them no matter who you threw there, though.

I think the heat got Lindsay. Someone else mentioned it in the game thread... His velocity was low and that person was right. Lindsay was throwing low 90s and not as on target. He will be fine.

 

[spyfish007]

No more series until the finals.
It's a double elimination tournament until then

Technically each stage is double elimination. Sometimes with 4 teams and sometimes with 2 teams.

 

[TechnoVol]

Incredible to realize that we made it through the Super Regional while hitting .182. We get the bats heated up just a little bit with our pitching and we'll be right there to the end.

 

[spyfish007]

With 2 days between most bracket games - at least early on, you have options that are a little further away.

KC is about 3.5 hours away and you can catch Royals through Sunday. They're playing Trout and Ohtani but they're out of town after Sunday for the rest of tourney.
Council Bluffs across the river in Iowa used to offer some cheaper options but even they are a bit inflated now.

The good news is Omaha now has far more rooms than they did 10-20 years ago

You have 2 days if you are winning.

 

[mr.checkerboards]

Technically each stage is double elimination. Sometimes with 4 teams and sometimes with 2 teams.

Fair enough

 

[spyfish007]

Fair enough

I've given this explanation before and it can demystify the format for some people. It is why I mention it.

 

[youcancallmeAl]

I'd probably put our 3rd of 4th best starter up against skenes and then use our best pitchers against their 2nd and 3rd best and wear out their bull pen along the way. ie what's the use of having such good pitching if we don't leverage it to the max and have untapped talent that isn't even used in Omaha?

Good points. But we have four terrific pitchers that are all about the same in quality. Lindsay, Beam, Dolly, and Burns could all be your #1. There's not much difference, so might as well throw the bell cow this game and stick with what brung ya. Either way, in the next game(s), we'll have lots of quality pitching. Also, I think if you don't give the ball to Lindsay, it might send a funky message to him and the team.

 

[spyfish007]

Good points. But we have four terrific pitchers that are all about the same in quality. Lindsay, Beam, Dolly, and Burns could all be your #1. There's not much difference, so might as well throw the bell cow this game and stick with what brung ya. Either way, in the next game(s), we'll have lots of quality pitching. Also, I think if you don't give the ball to Lindsay, it might send a funky message to him and the team.

I agree. I ain't changing anything. It got you here.