The worst part of facing FSU again

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cncchris33 said:
They have to win game 1, first, so they'll fire all their bullets if they're available. If they save him for game 2 a day later on Thursday, that puts his weekend availability in greater jeopardy than pitching him on Wednesday. Their season is on the line tomorrow first and foremost...Arnold will go on 4 days rest if necessary, perhaps with a pitch count.
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I'm glad I was right and they went with Abraham. We welcomed that kid to Vols baseball.
 
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I just bought a ticket on the tarmac at McGhee Tyson airport for the Vols victorious return flight from Omaha Monday night!! Priceless
 
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aaronvol said:
I'm glad I was right and they went with Abraham. We welcomed that kid to Vols baseball.
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Yep, the moment was too big for him, for sure. I'm shocked they took that route.

What FSU and Link Jarrett did was akin to Tennessee starting Marcus Phillips in an elimination game with Drew Beam on the bench after 4 days rest. Phillips, like Abraham for FSU, has a ton of talent, but you just don't want to let your season hang in the balance of the arm of a kid who has started 2 or 3 games all season when you have an experienced, more talented arm available. Like I said before, they had to win yesterday to get to today. Conventional wisdom says you fire your bullets to give yourself a shot. What they did was gamble and they wet the bed immediately, and Tennessee is too good and too experienced to spot a 3-run lead on a hunch or a gamble. Link Jarrett has forgotten more baseball than I'll ever know, but I'll bet he regrets that decision in hindsight unless there was some physical limitation with Arnold that we don't know about.

That being said, kudos for hitting on this one, and glad we were the beneficiaries of that decision. Go Vols, beat the Yell Leaders!
 
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cncchris33 said:
Yep, the moment was too big for him, for sure. I'm shocked they took that route.

What FSU and Link Jarrett did was akin to Tennessee starting Marcus Phillips in an elimination game with Drew Beam on the bench after 4 days rest. Phillips, like Abraham for FSU, has a ton of talent, but you just don't want to let your season hang in the balance of the arm of a kid who has started 2 or 3 games all season when you have an experienced, more talented arm available. Like I said before, they had to win yesterday to get to today. Conventional wisdom says you fire your bullets to give yourself a shot. What they did was gamble and they wet the bed immediately, and Tennessee is too good and too experienced to spot a 3-run lead on a hunch or a gamble. Link Jarrett has forgotten more baseball than I'll ever know, but I'll bet he regrets that decision in hindsight unless there was some physical limitation with Arnold that we don't know about.

That being said, kudos for hitting on this one, and glad we were the beneficiaries of that decision. Go Vols, beat the Yell Leaders!
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Arnold was on my radar to start but Abraham wasn't even a blip. LJ had to be thinking FSU could force a game 2 then he would come in with Arnold. They're probably more than a few FSU questioning his decision to start Abraham. Yep time to move on.
 
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WillisWG said:
Arnold was on my radar to start but Abraham wasn't even a blip. LJ had to be thinking FSU could force a game 2 then he would come in with Arnold. They're probably more than a few FSU questioning his decision to start Abraham. Yep time to move on.
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Link said in his presser that Arnold wasn’t ready to go. They talked to Arnold before the game and he wasn’t ready.
 
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VolPack22 said:
Link said in his presser that Arnold wasn’t ready to go. They talked to Arnold before the game and he wasn’t ready.
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Didn't see his presser but the idea he wasn't ready should have been a consideration for me but after announcing Abraham, I just thought he was saving him in case they forced another game.
 
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Volnanza said:
The worst part of beating FSU again was having to listen to the announcers telling use the life history of every single FSU coach and player. Glad that's over.
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Yet FSU fans claimed it was UT love fest.
WTH channel were they watching.
 
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