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rebelrouseri

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Apr 30, 2008 9:29 AM

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Fullerton Regional
Host: Cal State Fullerton
1. Cal State Fullerton (Big West Automatic)
4. Xavier (A-10 Automatic)
2. California (Pac 10 at large)
3. Ole Miss (SEC at large)

http://sebaseball.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=802495

That is not a good draw for us w/ potentially three top 25 teams in the same regional. Doubt we would get past Cal AND Fullerton.

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cleverusername

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Apr 30, 2008 9:51 AM

If we were to win the regional would we automatically get a super regional?

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inforeb

No, it would depend upon who won the "paired" regional, and would be...

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Apr 30, 2008 9:53 AM

...very doubtful unless a 3 or 4 seed won that other side.

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JimHalpert

Party at uscreb's house.*

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Apr 30, 2008 10:25 AM

nm

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panolareb

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Apr 30, 2008 10:31 AM

Damn
we go from a #2 in the country to getting sent to cal for the regional
once again our hopes and dreams of getting to the cws are gone!

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uscreb

I am a scant 12 miles away from CSUF

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Apr 30, 2008 10:31 AM

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JimHalpert

Thanks, Dwayne.*

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Apr 30, 2008 10:32 AM

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baker12

Of those 16 sites......

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Apr 30, 2008 11:00 AM

I think our chances would be best in the following regionals assuming we replace the existing 3 seed:

1) Ann Arbor - The NCAA just has to blow some team from the Big 10, and this year it is Michigan. A year later and they are still living off the upset of Vandy. As it stands right now, Texas has got to be ecstatic over that placement. Replacing Texas with Ole Miss would be very, very good for the Rebels.

2) San Diego - San Diego hosted a regional last year as the #1 seed and went 0-2 if I'm not mistaken. PETCO is a hitter's nightmare which won't hurt us since we are not a gorilla ball team, but this will definitely help our pitching. Can you imaged LL, DP and CS pitching in that cavern? Arizona has had a similar season to Ole Miss in as much they started the season with high expectations but have not lived up to said expectations. Puts a lot of pressure on them being the #1 seed. Replace SDSU with Ole Miss and I like our chances.

(3) Raleigh - NC State is getting a regional for no other reason than they play in the ACC and it is by far the strongest conference this year. Of the 4 ACC schools hosting, they are weakest. The ACC holds 3 of the top 8 seeds. I think Ole Miss could be as high as a #2 seed in this regional, but staying in line with the current analogy, replacing Elon with Ole Miss at the #3 with #1 NC State and #2 ECU and I feel we could win it all.

(4) Lincoln - For no other reason than money, the NCAA gives Nebraska a regional almost every year. The NCAA props them up by hosting hoping to capitalize on the home state team story (money). More often than not, Nebraska fails to capitalize on the freebie. Nebraska is the only one of the top 8 regionals that I think we could even come close to winning. Wichita State is forever more taking a bendover job on this placement. How in the hell can you be a Top 10 team and not be a #1 seed in a regional? Replace UCLA with Ole Miss, capitalize on Wichita State's screwjob, and with any luck we might could win this regional.

As you can tell, I'm not real interested in Ole Miss being in a regional where I can travel and watch them with relative ease. I want them in a regional that would give them the best chance at winning. If I have to watch them on TV, then so be it.

Of course, I wouldn't mind a little "blind hog finds a nut you got to be fucking kidding me MSU luck" either.

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RebelBruiser

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Apr 30, 2008 11:21 AM

panolareb wrote:
Damn

we go from a #2 in the country to getting sent to cal for the regional

once again our hopes and dreams of getting to the cws are gone!

Not necessarily. Last year, Louisville went to the CWS as a 3 seed. And of course the national champion, Oregon State, was a 3 seed as well. Oregon State was actually similar to our situation this year. They had high expectations, faltered, and honestly, they were a bubble team that got a bid in large part due to the fact that they were the defending champs. They even lost early in regional play and had to come out of the loser's bracket of their regional just to get to a Super, and they didn't lose another game the whole tourney.

Granted, I think our chances of doing that are between slim and none, but it's baseball, and anything can happen in a short series/double elimination event.

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Goat Holder

I would love to have the results of Nebraska's program the last few years*

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Apr 30, 2008 12:17 PM

nm

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panolareb

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Apr 30, 2008 1:24 PM

we havent had the consistant bats or pitching to come from the losers bracket and make a run at the cws
just feels like its another year of building up the hopes to only fall off the cliffs w/pete boones boot in the fans arse.
i want to get on a soapbox of how olemiss has done this to the fans again and again, but it wouldnt do any good
so fuck me for being a fan

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DuNing

So...CWAB, then?

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Apr 30, 2008 1:30 PM

I'll stop over on my way back to China.

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RebelBruiser

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Apr 30, 2008 1:39 PM

I agree, and I'm actually predicting that we win the 2/3 game with Lynn pitching. Then I'm predicting Pomeranz to have an unreal game to beat our 1 seed in the winner's bracket game. Then, most of us will get back on the wagon talking about how maybe we're about to go to another Super Regional, only 2 wins from Omaha. And to make matters worse, the 1 seed in the other bracket matched up with ours will go 0-2 making us all think that maybe we'll even get to host a Super Regional. Meanwhile, we'll face the No. 4 and No. 5 pitchers from the No. 1 seed in the championship round, and we'll score a combined 3 runs over two games losing both in blowout fashion as Satterwhite and Bukvich get lit up, sending us home.

Even if we had the team to be able to make a run, it wouldn't happen, because WE ARE...OLE MISS.

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uscreb

Probably can't do a full on CWAB, but when are you headed to China?

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Apr 30, 2008 3:02 PM

I could probably spring for a beer at LAX.

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------Not Halpert.

Boo

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Pongreb

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Apr 30, 2008 3:23 PM

I think we will end up better than a number 3 seed. If we eke out a winning record in the SEC (which would almost certainly win the west), I think we get a number 2. Since there are several number 1's that cannot or will not host, that gives us a shot to host, but I doubt it would happen. Hell, I like our chances to win some in the cavernous park in Hoover (where teams like Kentucky and South Carolina always come a cropper) as long as we can stay away from Vandy and Georgia. But I think we almost have to win the west to get into the tournament, because we could easily lose a tie breaker if there is a log jam at 15-15, 14-16, etc.

Recall Rick Cleveland's article predicting that his beloved USM will host a regional. Nothing would make me happier to get sent to the Hattiesburg regional. They got sent up here two out of the last three years; and I see no reason why we would not be sent down there.

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someonestolemyusernamedamnit

Is this the first usage of Dwayne?*

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Apr 30, 2008 3:52 PM

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JimHalpert

I believe so.

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Apr 30, 2008 4:13 PM

But I have a feeling that bearded fucker will be blamed many more times in the future.

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someonestolemyusernamedamnit

Oh, he will.*

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Regional projections:	Apr 30, 2008 9:29 AM	rebelrouseri
Re: Regional projections:	Apr 30, 2008 9:51 AM	cleverusername
No, it would depend upon who won the "paired" regional, and would be...	Apr 30, 2008 9:53 AM	inforeb
Party at uscreb's house.*	Apr 30, 2008 10:25 AM	JimHalpert
I am a scant 12 miles away from CSUF	Apr 30, 2008 10:31 AM	uscreb
So...CWAB, then?	Apr 30, 2008 1:30 PM	DuNing
Probably can't do a full on CWAB, but when are you headed to China?	Apr 30, 2008 3:02 PM	uscreb
Re: Regional projections:	Apr 30, 2008 10:31 AM	panolareb
Thanks, Dwayne.*	Apr 30, 2008 10:32 AM	JimHalpert
Is this the first usage of Dwayne?*	Apr 30, 2008 3:52 PM	someonestolemyusernamedamnit
I believe so.	Apr 30, 2008 4:13 PM	JimHalpert
Oh, he will.*	Apr 30, 2008 4:13 PM	someonestolemyusernamedamnit
Re: Regional projections:	Apr 30, 2008 11:21 AM	RebelBruiser
Re: Regional projections:	Apr 30, 2008 1:24 PM	panolareb
Re: Regional projections:	Apr 30, 2008 1:39 PM	RebelBruiser
Of those 16 sites......	Apr 30, 2008 11:00 AM	baker12
I would love to have the results of Nebraska's program the last few years*	Apr 30, 2008 12:17 PM	Goat Holder
Re: Regional projections:	Apr 30, 2008 3:23 PM	Pongreb

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