Louisiana vs New Orleans

[CrazyCajun]

I doubt toups will be on a pitch/inning count

[CrazyCajun]

I doubt toups will be on a pitch/inning count, regardless of last nights results. Hicks started his 2nd game yesterday and is a regular weekend closer.

[CajunJack55]

Will the pitching situation change a little tonight considering we dropped one last night? Does Robe maybe let a guy go a bit longer if it's a tight game?

Good question for Billy today.

[campo118]

Guys, we didn't pinch hit because we need Strentz to turn it around. He looked horrible at the plate last night. I haven't played baseball in 8 years but I think I could have been a little more productive than that. With that being said, we need Strentz big time down the stretch. Can any of you guys look at the big picture? Is it not obvious Robe is coaching to have us in more pressure situations because we will face them in the post season? Whether y'all want to believe it or not, we will not be a National seed. I think coach took the pressure off of the team to be perfect the rest of the way out by losing that game (not saying he intentionally tried to lose), but also put pressure on the team to see how they would respond (by deciding to hold out Aut and Milhorn etc. and throw some of our #10-#12 guys tonight) UNO used a weekend starter, their closer etc to pull out the most meaningful game of their season, and I promise you Maestri(sp?) would have sacrificed this entire weekend coming up to win that game last night. While I think most of the retards that comment on the BA poll don't realize how badazz our team is because they have not watched them play, they are correct in saying we don't play anybody. Our schedule is not that tough, and will only get easier down the stretch. How do you get the guys battle tested playing that sort of competition? Hold out some of your studs for two reasons: 1. It will allow them to stay rested and fresh for the post season 2. It will force you to play in more tight, stressful situations and get you battle tested. Anyone who thinks that loss last night was a bad thing has tunnel vision. June people…. JUNE.

[Bandwagon King]

Guys, we didn't pinch hit because we need Strentz to turn it around. He looked horrible at the plate last night. I haven't played baseball in 8 years but I think I could have been a little more productive than that. With that being said, we need Strentz big time down the stretch. Can any of you guys look at the big picture? Is it not obvious Robe is coaching to have us in more pressure situations because we will face them in the post season? Whether y'all want to believe it or not, we will not be a National seed. I think coach took the pressure off of the team to be perfect the rest of the way out by losing that game (not saying he intentionally tried to lose), but also put pressure on the team to see how they would respond (by deciding to hold out Aut and Milhorn etc. and throw some of our #10-#12 guys tonight) UNO used a weekend starter, their closer etc to pull out the most meaningful game of their season, and I promise you Maestri(sp?) would have sacrificed this entire weekend coming up to win that game last night. While I think most of the retards that comment on the BA poll don't realize how badazz our team is because they have not watched them play, they are correct in saying we don't play anybody. Our schedule is not that tough, and will only get easier down the stretch. How do you get the guys battle tested playing that sort of competition? Hold out some of your studs for two reasons: 1. It will allow them to stay rested and fresh for the post season 2. It will force you to play in more tight, stressful situations and get you battle tested. Anyone who thinks that loss last night was a bad thing has tunnel vision. June people…. JUNE.

I agree & disagree. Until now Robe has been playing with house money. But Robe realizes what his opportunities are if this team wins out & he doesn't have to "create" pressure for his team. The fact that every opponent they face the rest of the season will be gunning for them like it's their own personal CWS will in itself place enough pressure on them. I think Robe will adjust his pitching rotation to reflect their chances to win it all & balance out rest against losing a super regional seed. I don't know if this team will lose another game this season. It won't be many if any.

[jllanclos]

We've won a Super Regional without even being a #1 regional seed. We've won regionals without even being a #1 regional seed.

We lost 9 in a row late in the year in 2000 (8 of 9?), and fell out of the top 25 completely.

I'll take that if it means we get back to Omaha.

I trust Robe. His goal isn't to be good in the middle. His goal is to be great at the end. He has SAID that over and over and over again.

There will be a weekend in June when we'll be glad all this went down.

Tony's mindset is "national championship." I'm on board.

We'll be there, fellas. This team is elite, no matter what seed the comittee gives us. I'll put this bunch against any team in America.

Not for 2 days, like we usually do.

For the whole damn weekend.

Let's get to the finish line intact, and go to battle.

Deeeeeeeeeep Breatttttthhhhhhhh, Cajun Nation.

[Boomer]

We weren't seeing the ball well tonight. Too many swings at complete junk pitches. I saw Butler swing at ball 4 three times. My question is...it's the bottom of the ninth...you have runners at second and third with no outs. You have a guy coming up who hasn't done anything at the plate but swing and miss. Why not pinch hit for him? I know we had players on the bench. Hindsight is 20/20 but putting up anyone else might have gotten contact on the ball...scored a run and put a man on third with one out down by a run. I like those odds better than Butler swinging at garbage on a 3-1 count. Thoughts?

So Hawk it is a very good point that you bring up ---but how many times have you read the paper the next morning about a baseball game's results and the story line reads like ---"Well ??? picked a great time to get his hitting back as he hit a W/off HR" OR " The law of averages was finally going in the right direction as ??? after going o-for hit the game winning hit"---your point is very good and so is the other!!

[CrazyCajun]

What is so hard to comprehend about having 2 weekend starters out and having a 5 game week. We have to keep certain guys for the weekend, compile that with not playing very well and you get beat.

[Bandwagon King]

We've won a Super Regional without even being a #1 regional seed. We've won regionals without even being a #1 regional seed.

We lost 9 in a row late in the year in 2000 (8 of 9?), and fell out of the top 25 completely.

I'll take that if it means we get back to Omaha.

I trust Robe. His goal isn't to be good in the middle. His goal is to be great at the end. He has SAID that over and over and over again.

There will be a weekend in June when we'll be glad all this went down.

Tony's mindset is "national championship." I'm on board.

We'll be there, fellas. This team is elite, no matter what seed the comittee gives us. I'll put this bunch against any team in America.

Not for 2 days, like we usually do.

For the whole damn weekend.

Let's get to the finish line intact, and go to battle.

Deeeep Breatttttthhhhhhhh, Cajun Nation.

Yes but we aren't talking about the 2000 team. How many people realistically thought that team has what it took to go to South Carolina & beat the top seed in ithe country. The bottom line is that team needed what they went through to give them the amount of gravel in their gut to overachieve. And overachieve they did. This team is different.

I agree they are elite. And as an elite team they will be given an almost guaranteed route to Omaha to play for it all because they are an extremely talented team that the NCAA will want to show off to the college sports world. The only thing these guys have to do is complete their role in this equation. You are correct about what they did in the past, but just as baseball is basball, it is a statistical fact that more number one seeded regional and suer regional teams have gone onto Omaha & won it all than anyone else has. That is because everyone knows they are special & the people who run things want to see them playing at the end. This team will bounce back in a big way & it won't take a slide down bad memory lane to get there. This isn't just about going to Omaha. It's about going to Omaha & coming back with a national championship in hand.

[ATXCajun]

Well, I wish I had time to read this
whole thread. I'm sure it got pretty entertaining. I watched last night. I had three thoughts after the final out:
1) That's baseball.
2) UNO played like they really wanted to beat #1 and they did.
3) With the apparent exception of UConn women's basketball, learning a thing or two from midseason defeat is usually in the mold of a championship team. I hope UL learned something last night that will help them going forward.