I have no idea what the outcome will be but the fact that we are still standing still somewhat amazes me given the way the season went. Losing Reyes to transfer really hurt b/c he looked like he was going to be a hitter, but we have other guys that we thought could hit but they did not. Other than Byrne, not a single guy developed out of the bullpen until Dyson had that monster day in the Super Regionals. We lost midweek games to teams we normally don;t lose to, but many of them were decent teams which IMO helped us in the long run with strength of schedule, here's why. I thought going into the tourney we would be seeded 1 spot behind LSU. Yes we beat them 2 out of 3 earlier in year, but they seemed to be the 2nd best team going into tourney at that time behind OSU. But the committee gave us the nod which put us opposite OSU. Then UNC got bounced in the regional by Davidson. Mind you I am not saying we got lucky, but these are breaks, and every team needs some breaks, just like last nite. LSU has played 5 games in Omaha, we have played 4. LSU hits much more than we do, has a much better bullpen and their starting pitching while not as deep as our 3, is set up better b/c of when those guys pitched. Be that as it may it is baseball, and anything can happen, just like striking gold with Dyson against Wake Forest. So for us it will be Singer, then Dyson (I like him better out of bullpen but we have no choice), and then piece it together after Dyson departs in Game 2. Game 2 would mean only 3 full days rest for Kowar and I don;t think that would happen. And if there is a game 3, Kowar would start and I assure you Faedo would be used somewhere.It may be only for 2 innings, but he is strong enough to give us 2 innings on 3 fulls day rest. Maybe we will catch a rainout one day as well, LOL. So on paper, I would say Game 1 is a must win for us, but they don't play on paper and with baseball anything can happen. OSU lost half as many games in 2 days as they had lost all season! Welcome to baseball!
