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

[Orange931]

Wake takes game 1...hate to like it but damn

Not when it’s against Bama. The Gump fans are unbearable enough with football.

 

[Tenacjim]

Wow. Wake just got a strike call from “Blue” for strike three to take down Bama in game one. Wake is for real.

Looked a little high.

 

[Ernest T. Vol]

Delay talk aside, this team will not win this series if Dickey doesn’t figure it out. He’s had a rough post-season so far. Did he even have a hit last weekend? I can’t remember. We need him and Ahuna to provide us something. It’s really, really hard to expect your team to win a CWS when your lead-off and 3-hole are slumping.

We got most of our production from Moore and Denton last week. The top of the order is due, especially Dickey.

 

[TheMookieMonster]

Had my son’s preschool graduation. What did I miss? Scrolling through the thread hasn’t instilled much confidence

You missed nothing.

 

[Jax_Vol]

Delay talk aside, this team will not win this series if Dickey doesn’t figure it out. He’s had a rough post-season so far. Did he even have a hit last weekend? I can’t remember. We need him and Ahuna to provide us something. It’s really, really hard to expect your team to win a CWS when your lead-off and 3-hole are slumping.

Only bunch Maui can hit are OVC weekday pitchers. Any one with decent spin can make him swing and miss by a foot.

 

[LordVOLdemort]

Nothing in these games is going to prove one team should have been home over the other. Actually, Scott’s hit would have been a HR at LNS. It’s not surprising that the home team is winning. It’s actually a straight financial decision- as in, USM can sell 1500 SRO tickets.

They look like the better team on offense and defense right now and it’s not close. 2 HRs, several hits, and we’ve gone 9 up 9down through 3 innings… as of right now, they deserved the home field.

 

[TheMookieMonster]

We got most of our production from Moore and Denton last week. The top of the order is due, especially Dickey.

Last weekend basically two guys carried us. Merrit had a solid weekend. The rest of the lineup was just okay. We really need Ahuna, Dickey, and Burke to provide for us some and get some knocks. Burke had a couple solid hits against Clemson but he really hasn’t barreled a ball in about a month.

 

[patrick]

At least I get to run to the store to pick up some steaks and such.

 

[VolGee4]

They look like the better team on offense and defense right now and it’s not close. 2 HRs, several hits, and we’ve gone 9 up 9down through 3 innings… as of right now, they deserved the home field.

Lol…again, nothing in the games matter. I guess just throw out every other game we’ve played.

 

[vol66]

Had my son’s preschool graduation. What did I miss? Scrolling through the thread hasn’t instilled much confidence

Andrew has struggled a bit, and their guy’s been on it, pretty much the story so far.

 

[BP4Prez]

If this goes through the night I assume we pick up where we are tomorrow. No chance we restart is there?

 

[Volstylexx]

Staying loose

 

[Zues1]

That sure was convenient. We get some base runners and then a delay

The base runners will go back to the bases. Cmo back to the plate same count.
But you'll likely see a new pitcher.

 

[TN_gal]

 

[MAD]

Had my son’s preschool graduation. What did I miss? Scrolling through the thread hasn’t instilled much confidence

Brace yourself Trolls and Negas….she’s back.

 

[Voltrapnbama]

Well he could have whiffed on the next pitch or grounded out like his 1st at bat.

My point is about giving the Vols a chance to reset. Vols were going to the pen anyway.

Seeing a new pitcher is totally different than a kid that has threw a lot of pitches. I just can’t see that it helps at all. But to each their own

 

[THEONLYTENISEE]

While I love this board when the Vols win, there's nothing more entertaining than the post-season "experts" making thier inevitable "guest appearances " to pontificate the correct way the sport should be played.

Most of these “guest” said we had no chance getting into the postseason.

 

[patrick]

They look like the better team on offense and defense right now and it’s not close. 2 HRs, several hits, and we’ve gone 9 up 9down through 3 innings… as of right now, they deserved the home field.

Don’t think they deserved home field. But they certainly look like the better team today in every respect. Better prepared even.

 

[Zues1]

Last weekend basically two guys carried us. Merrit had a solid weekend. The rest of the lineup was just okay. We really need Ahuna, Dickey, and Burke to provide for us some and get some knocks. Burke had a couple solid hits against Clemson but he really hasn’t barreled a ball in about a month.

Burke did put the ball in play last week.

 

[Volprofch05]

All these games today and nothing can be played right now

 

[Tenacjim]

We were both 2 seeds that won their respective regionals. It could have been played at either park, but the NCAA looks at both teams and decides based on who they think deserves (has earned) the home field advantage. Sometimes other factors play into it like stadium size, hotel availability, etc, but if one team is ranked higher, they almost always get the home field.

USM was higher than us in the polls, we are higher (by a few spots) in RPI. For all intents and purposes, these are two “even” teams. The “other factors” including USM can add 1500 more SRO seats than we can PLUS the “feel good story” about their coach retiring, likely pushed them over the top.

 

[LordVOLdemort]

Lol…again, nothing in the games matter. I guess just throw out every other game we’ve played.

Which ones? How about the Missouri series or the Arkansas one? Florida? Georgia?? I’m not trying to talk trash about Tennessee, and I thought it belonged in Knoxville. I thought we were the better team, but head 2 head doesn’t lie… tell me, which team you think looks better today?

 

[Proud Army Wife]

Brace yourself Trolls and Negas….she’s back.

What inning are we in?

 

[AthensVol2007]

Our pitching staff and catchers are relegated to underneath the grandstand in this fine establishment.

 

[Tenacjim]

Staying loose

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Doesn’t look like a safe spot with lighting in the area. Unless it’s “Vandy lightning”…