The Official Tennessee vs S. Miss Super Regional Game 1 Thread Sat. June 10 3PM EST ESPNU (Hattiesburg)

[txbo]

Would rather have Baseburg on here than a number of Vol fans that show up at the first sign of adversity.

I can do without both. You’re a worldly man and VolNation’s most interesting man. I expected more.

 

[txbo]

Life’s too short…love thy neighbor et al.

Do that a week from today.

 

[vol66]

I can do without both. You’re a worldly man and VolNation’s most interesting man. I expected more.

And he has a plane.

 

[Tenacjim]

LOL. Cmon. He could pass for 13! He seems like the most humble and polite kid ever! He’s the baby faced assassin as looks can be deceiving!

My wife was watching the Clemson game with me and remarked “these guys look 30 or 40 years old, not like college kids”. Then Zane came to bat and she goes “except for him, he looks like he’s still in Middle School”…..

 

[DeepSpringsVol]

If I was Danny White I would incorporate something like Colorado State did with Florida when they hired Jim McElwain. As part of his buyout they offered to play them.

In this scenario Danny White could say we will put you on our football schedule in one of next 2 to 3 years (we will find a date) you will play football here in Neyland Stadium and we will pay you double what we typically pay a school like Southern Mississippi to play here. In return you make those tickets for the baseball super regional accessible to our UT website. Guarantee they would change their tune. All athletic departments like the paydays to play at major football venues as helps fund the rest of the sports.

 

[DeepSpringsVol]

Southern Miss you owe us for taking Donnie Tyndall off your hands. He literally would have had the NCAA department investigating your whole campus. You owe us those tickets.

 

[taylorvol]

My wife was watching the Clemson game with me and remarked “these guys look 30 or 40 years old, not like college kids”. Then Zane came to bat and she goes “except for him, he looks like he’s still in Middle School”…..

He looks even younger in person. As my wife says, he plays the game with such joy. He looks like he’s enjoying and savoring every moment. So glad he transferred here.

 

[txbo]

And he has a plane.

Probably has couple USM alum on it right now on his way to dinner in NOLO.

 

[taylorvol]

My wife was watching the Clemson game with me and remarked “these guys look 30 or 40 years old, not like college kids”. Then Zane came to bat and she goes “except for him, he looks like he’s still in Middle School”…..

Camden Sewell looks like he’s 40 with the beard and like he’s 18 without it. That guy is a competitor—love his fire and determination.

 

[vol66]

Probably has has couple USM alum on it right now on his way to dinner in NOLO.

Yep, drinking wine and messing up flight plans.

 

[NorCalVol67]

Probably has couple USM alum on it right now on his way to dinner in NOLO.

Now that is just f'd up.

 

[NorCalVol67]

Yep, drinking wine and messing up flight plans.

Now that is just f'd up.

 

[NorCalVol67]

If I was Danny White I would incorporate something like Colorado State did with Florida when they hired Jim McElwain. As part of his buyout they offered to play them.

In this scenario Danny White could say we will put you on our football schedule in one of next 2 to 3 years (we will find a date) you will play football here in Neyland Stadium and we will pay you double what we typically pay a school like Southern Mississippi to play here. In return you make those tickets for the baseball super regional accessible to our UT website. Guarantee they would change their tune. All athletic departments like the paydays to play at major football venues as helps fund the rest of the sports.

Wut?

 

[vol66]

Now that is just f'd up.

I laffed.

 

[txbo]

Now that is just f'd up.

Lmao

 

[txbo]

Yep, drinking wine and messing up flight plans.

Pardon me but do you have any Grey Poupon?

 

[txbo]

If I was Danny White I would incorporate something like Colorado State did with Florida when they hired Jim McElwain. As part of his buyout they offered to play them.

In this scenario Danny White could say we will put you on our football schedule in one of next 2 to 3 years (we will find a date) you will play football here in Neyland Stadium and we will pay you double what we typically pay a school like Southern Mississippi to play here. In return you make those tickets for the baseball super regional accessible to our UT website. Guarantee they would change their tune. All athletic departments like the paydays to play at major football venues as helps fund the rest of the sports.

I’m too drunk to taste this chicken.

 

[NorCalVol67]

Pardon me but do you have any Grey Poupon?

 

[vol66]

Pardon me but do you have any Grey Poupon?

Nope.

 

[txbo]

Nope.

NorCal does.

 

[vol66]

I’m too drunk to taste this chicken.

Chicken is over rated, like USM.

 

[VolPack22]

Now that is just f'd up.

Now that is just f'd up.

You can say that again

 

[txbo]

See, I told ya 66. NorCal rocks.

 

[MT_Vol]

IDK and he has become happy with his role, maybe not completely satisfied, but understands his role. I think because they know he can go all three days in a weekend and want him if they get in a bind. He is second now in all time appearances for a career and in a season and bumped himself and some guy named Helton from second to third. So he is second and third in season high appearances. Plus like 6/7 in career era. If he comes back next year and pitches the 30 innings he has had last 2 years he will blow the career appearances out of the water and I don't see anyone touching it. Plus he is second in SEC appearances this year and like 11th in NCAA with no one above him still playing. So that will be his legacy on the field which is not near as important as his legacy off the field. I don't say that to brag but to help understand how he/we deal with it. The appearance thing has made it easier for him to handle the short appearances. One of our guys said the other day that everyone wants to pitch as often as Kirby but no one wants to come into a game in the situations Kirby comes in or be in the bullpen as much as he is. He went 18 straight appearances with at least 2 guys on when he came in.

I always admire how calm he looks coming into those situations. Usually when he gets the call it is a high stress point in the game and he just looks completely unfazed. You can't coach that.

 

[Jax_Vol]

Not at all. Expected some push back. No one asked for praise, etc. Just an excited fan about the upcoming weekend trying to discuss.

What type of team does USM have this year?

We appreciate your kind words about the Vols. The one mostly consistent thing we do have is 12ish quality pitchers. The problem is, we can only play one at a time. For a 2-3 game series, can't truly use them all. We need to play a best of seven series...lol!

We replace all eight on our position players, so that has been mixed results. Hopefully, they are peaking at right time but who knows?

In our conference tournament, we played nine innings, got one single, and went home meekly.

The NCAA judged us to be the 10th best team in our own conference, so that was rather humbling. -But, hard to argue this the records. It was what it was.

Looking forward to seeing USM in action. Wonderful tradition there with great weather for playing ball almost year round.