Baseball Polls, Week of April 7

[RaginScotsman]

I can remember when I was at USL, other than computer science, we couldn't really point to any area where we were definitely better than LSU.

Slowly, slowly, we've been chipping away at their swagger. Recently, football was ranked two years, where they weren't. We've knocked them out of several softball regionals. Baseball & softball are ranked ahead of them from time to time. We've passed them in research. We're getting national attention for innovative programs, which LSU typically tries to steal; failing that, shut down; failing that, copy; and even then, they often fail.

It would be nice to dominate LSU forever, but for now we need take heart in the fact that they're having to grudgingly acknowledge us. We need to stop & smell the roses.

We've been cultivating them for 125 years...

Tiger fan comment on the poll: "ULL record with LSU's recent SEC schedule wouldn't be any better and LSU would have a 15 game streak going with their schedule."

No it wouldn't. You lost to Southern. By a lot. We run ruled them

[Swamp]

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[ZoomZoom]

Shame we don’t play LSU soon. It could be their SuperBowl.

[CajunSID]

Going to be fun down the stretch. Real season starts next weekend with CC

Exactly. Next 3 conf weekends will show some things. Love what they’ve been doing, but the good teams are coming

[cajundiehard]

This is not the same team that played at Minutemaide.

LSU can Please. They beat us this year.... but we beat them last year. It's baseball! Go figure! Now, let's completely finish turning that table!

[Cajunrunner]

This is not the same team that played at Minutemaide.

LSU can Please. They beat us this year.... but we beat them last year. It's baseball! Go figure! Now, let's completely finish turning that table!

Post season is what matters.

[CAJUNJUDO]

All lsu all the time

Apparently not if you’re on a Cajun message board. Ziiiiiiiing!!

[IdeaL]

What’s the likelihood that the game tomorrow against Tech actually gets played? The weather forecast doesn’t look favorable.

[LaCajunsFan]

What’s the likelihood that the game tomorrow against Tech actually gets played? The weather forecast doesn’t look favorable.

I’m showing it clearing out by 1, and zero % for 6pm

[Esqueleto]

I’m showing it clearing out by 1, and zero % for 6pm

I am, too. I'm hoping we get rained out tonight. Higher likelihood of this happening. Fingers crossed.

[CajunFun]

Tiger fan comment on the poll: "ULL record with LSU's recent SEC schedule wouldn't be any better and LSU would have a 15 game streak going with their schedule."

No it wouldn't. You lost to Southern. By a lot. We run ruled them

We can't be certain based on one game... but I like the way you think, soldier.

Here's the flaw in the thinking over at BeSSiE*: When the polls put them ahead of us, or even give them a national championship, they never note any problems with the way it works.

Only when it puts us ahead of them do they suddenly complain about the polls.

In a more pointed response, I will simply point to our previous long win-streaks and national rankings: When we have done this in the past, we have generally validated our rankings in the post-season. And when we did not win in the post season as much as we expected, the teams who eliminated us performed very well thereafter: Ole Miss eliminated us in the super regional and then won 2 games in the 2014 CWS, matching UL's record-setting play for a debut team; & Arizona eliminated us in our own regional, but then made it to the 2016 championship.

*Our Beloved Sister School to the East.

[CajunRage]

We enter 5 national polls and the conversation turns to LSU. Already played them. They beat us. Obviously the team put it behind them, how about we do the same?