Rice had us shut out until the 7th inning yesterday. I would say they are pretty good defensively. And LSU didn't really care about all of Rices great plays up until bottom of the 9th yesterday. I don't know if we would have beat UNC had the correct call been made. And neither do you. Rallies don't really give a rats ass about how the game played out before them. Yesterdays game is proof. As well as the other 15+ come from behind LSU wins.
that is all im trying to say, i never said unc didnt play a solid game. they did. they deserve credit. kudos to you north carolina from me, a dumb ass on a message board. that being said, how can anyone sit there and say, with what you have seen with this team, that that botched call didnt or couldnt have had any effect on the outcome of the game. you can sit there and toot north carolina's horn all you want, but we played ****ty enough and didnt need any help from the boys in blue. khounba, i agree with you completely!!:geauxtige:geauxtige
Anyone notice Jack Cox was replaced after that game??? Not sure if it was for the whole tourny, but he wasnt calling our game against Rice...the other three were the same three from the UNC game. Hummmm
Because it's my opinion and for the record, I did not say it had no effect, I said it is not the reason we lost. You don't share it. Good for you. I feel you are kidding yourself that the one blown call would have suddenly gotten us the win. We only hear excuses like this from teams that lose. You never hear it from teams that win. It sounds eerily like a bama fan arguing that they gave us the football game last year. For instance, many LSU fans are arguing that Rice did not just give them the game at the end, that LSU had a lot to do with putting themselves in that position. But Rice fans sure sound different. Why is that? It's because they lost, and it's easier to accept that one mistake prevented you from winning, rather than accept that you got beaten over 9 innings. It takes effort from both teams and that day, NC's effort was far better than ours. In fact, it was better than anyone we played all year. Believe what you like. I can see clearly that your opinion is unlikely to change. Neither is mine.
Yesterday Rice's pitcher shut us down, not their defense. When we did connect with the ball, it was an easy out. Rice made no spectacular plays. In fact, their SS and 3rd baseman are guilty of a very large number of errors between them. Them making another one at some point, was not a shock. Go check out a rice msg board and you will discover the truth. No, it's called an opinion, and we don't share the same one. You should probably just accept it.
Rice was the #6 national seed. They didn't make it to Omaha by accident. Stop trying to make it seem like we just beat Centenary. And of course Rice shot themselves in the foot. Anybody who argues a hit batsman and an error didn't play a part in LSU's victory is foolish. For the record, I don't believe that one bad call is the reason LSU lost, as you are trying to imply. I believe that a bad call can have an effect on the result of a game, whether it can turn it from a L to a W nobody can ever know. But bad calls to effect games, it happens all the time in many sports.
Where did I say this? How about you not put word's in my mouth. I didn't say that either. You should go back and reread my posts. I'm not going to bother reposting it. I have posted that it was not the reason for the loss, nor even the overwhelming reason for the loss. Others here have argued the opposite. You chose to quote me and educate me on rallies, and what we could have done if... You chose the other side of the argument, not me. You should read my posts a bit more carefully and perhaps it will be clear exactly what I have said.
You said UNC and Rice don't have comparable defenses. I was just pointing out that the #2 and #6 national seeds may be more comparable than you think. You misunderstood my post. I didn't mean you implied it was the reason we lost. I meant that you are implying that I think it is the only reason we lost, which is not true. Much like you I believe it was not the sole reason we lost, but it did have some effect on the outcome of the game, obviously. You think it would not have changed the final W\L outcome, and with this LSU team I can't say for sure I agree. No biggie.
