Does the S.E.C. Benefit From a Baseball Bias?
Last Saturday, my SB Nation colleague, James Quinn of Rock Chalk Talk, published a posting in which he charged that college baseball’s tournament selection committee is infused with a pro-S.E.C. bia...
A Belated Look at North Carolina State
Even though Quinton McDawg beat me to the punch already, I promised I’d give you a first second look at N.C. State (much as I did for Lipscomb, Louisville, and Georgia Tech), so, with apologies if I...
Diamond Dogs Win First Game of Super Regional
If you were lucky, you were where you could watch ESPN at noon today, and, if you were really lucky, you were at Foley Field when the first pitch of the Athens Super Regional was thrown, but, if you w...
Georgia 11, N.C. State 4
Colonel John "Hannibal" Smith said it best: "I love it when a plan comes together!" We knew going in that the Diamond Dogs were hitting the ball hard, that N.C. State wasn’t, and that Trevor Holder ...
N.C. State 10, Georgia 6
After winning the opening outing of the Athens Super Regional, the Diamond Dogs came into Saturday’s showdown with N.C. State hoping to punch their ticket to Omaha. Instead, the Red and Black came a...
College Baseball Musings
A handful of random reflections on college baseball during this super regional weekend: I don’t care for in-game interviews with coaches, of the sort conducted by ESPN. If you want to talk to him...
Georgia 17, N.C. State 8
Sunday’s circumstances could not have been more clear: Georgia won on Friday, N.C. State won on Saturday, and Sunday’s game was to determine which team would be bound for Omaha and which would go ...
