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

[tn4elvis]

God I wish we had got Skenes

Should have paid more for him . That’s what they did

 

[87&91ALUM]

0-5. Wish we could put a couple runs on the board. Something.

 

[lilesrt]

That was a strike.

 

[Zues1]

Good lord, some of our fans.

 

[LivinginthePast]

At least we can make another Facebook post collaboration of where our teams almost made it and how good they did

 

[Volbrando]

That was a strike.

It might be next pitch. Zone keeps moving

 

[GhostVol]

It’s a hard question.. would you rather be top 10 in all three major sports but never win anything to show for it, or win a title and only be good in that one some obscure sport?

FTFY

 

[Switch 625]

Every game in the CWS has been competitive except this one.

 

[Orange931]

Need a DP here

 

[lilesrt]

It might be next pitch. Zone keeps moving

 

[VolFanGBO]

This tournament isn’t over by this loss. And many consider me a negavol. Come on now. Now if we look like this against Stanford, you may have a point.

I know it’s not over but our batters look lost rn

 

[Bigvalley84]

LSU is by far the best team with Skenes pitching , we got unlucky to catch him first game , I agree I don’t see anyone beating him

 

[Proud Army Wife]

Are we ever going to win a championship in any sport again?

Lol what!? Yes! Come on now. This is a young team who struggled and Tony still managed to lead to Omaha. Correct me if I’m wrong, but doesn’t he also have the #1 class coming in next year? This team will be even better. Doesn’t help we’re facing the best pitcher in the game right now. Chill. Lawd

 

[THEONLYTENISEE]

Skenes will throw a complete game. Their pitching staff drops off quickly after Skenes.

 

[Deathandtaxes]

Good lord LSU with the wave bye…

 

[Baulder]

TN is losing to a generational talent that brings a 1.77 ERA with him across 107 innings...to say they weren't prepared, or don't deserve to be there is beyond asinine and stupid.

 

[Christian Lowe]

This tournament isn’t over by this loss. And many consider me a negavol. Come on now. Now if we look like this against Stanford, you may have a point.

It’s pretty much over.

1989 USC
2006 Oregon State
2010 USCe
2017 Oregon State

There’s the only teams that have ever won after losing on the first day. Ever.

 

[mr.checkerboards]

Ya, TN not ready for this game

Has nothing to do with being ready. When a guy like Skeens is on theres very few going to hit him.
We are facing a team with the top two picks in the draft. Tommy White who will probably be a first round pick, and Morgan who is also solid.
This LSU team is really solid, their biggest question mark is pitching behind Skeens, but their offense can easily carry them through.

 

[Deathandtaxes]

This tournament isn’t over by this loss. And many consider me a negavol. Come on now. Now if we look like this against Stanford, you may have a point.

I think it was like 5 of the last 32 won the championship after a first loss…

 

[lukeneyland]

I know it’s not over but our batters look lost rn

Hard not be against a generational pitcher. Don’t get down on our guys. Been a great run and there’s nothing stopping us from continuing on Monday

 

[PKT_VOL]

Every game in the CWS has been competitive except this one.

And no other game had Skenes pitching. Seems to be a correlation there.

 

[Switch 625]

Are we ever going to win a championship in any sport again?

UT always lays an egg on the big stage in any sport.

 

[ButchPlz]

Finally got to my G&T. Needed it.

 

[tn4elvis]

Every game in the CWS has been competitive except this one.

Doesn’t matter who Skenes would have pitched against this would be the result

 

[spyfish007]

LSU is by far the best team with Skenes pitching , we got unlucky to catch him first game , I agree I don’t see anyone beating him

There is a strong chance he doesn't pitch again in CWS.