SB G1: Louisiana 0, LSU 4

[Mark Hemphill]

Inconsistent for both teams is not good, means your a bad umpire. I hate that argument. I'm glad we have someone here who knows everything about Louisiana.

It just means that neither team had an advantage if he was horrible for both teams. I do feel for hitters when the umpire is inconsistent because they don't know what to take or what to swing at. So they swing at pitches that they normally would take or don't feel comfortable swinging at just so they don't get rung up. I will say that it does appear that UL's hitters are behind the better pitching they have faced so far this year.

[ZoomZoom]

Unless it is something supporters of both teams objectively agrees is a bad call, it probably was a good call. Key word objectively.

Saints v Rams PI a few years back...bad call, universal consensus agreement.

Any call last night, meh.

If anything has hurt teams was the extra year of eligibility due to covid combined with the portal. If you were good before covid, many teams stayed pat, while those who needed help the portal was their gold mine and caught up.

[Cajunrunner]

Big boys started caring about softball so it will go in the way that lady techster basketball did years ago.

Sadly, I think this has a good bit to do with it.

Programs with $100 Million plus athletic budgets are able to now spend money to make even "non-revenue" spring sports athletes feel like royalty.

[RaginScotsman]

This will be a regional team again. No doubt about that, but it's looking like that's about it. We will most likely be traveling. Again. It's only March 4th, but you've not looked good in the 3 games that really mattered thus far on the schedule in terms of perception and we all know that's what the committee really looks at. Still have another vs. the east, good series against South, TXTS, Troy 3 vs. Texas and a couple of single games in there that won't hurt us.

The bats vs. good pitching have been bad. I believe Glasco mentioned that it's puzzling because they've been facing our pitching, but our pitching is collectively the weakest it's been in recent memory. The team ERA isn't too far off of where it's been the past several years, but it's evident that you don't have an Ellyson, Stewart, Hamilton or a Wallace. That list can go on forever.

I thought to myself maybe the bats are quite because the batters are used to walking in practice? Just a joke, but free passes feel like they've been our Achilles heal. Even though we've walked more as a team then we've given up.

[JamesTheJeweler]

We do not look good at all. That should be a consensus agreement.

[Turbine]

4 bad innings in 3 games.

Learning to deal with "in the moment" pressure is not insurmountable.

[CajunVic]

We do not look good at all. That should be a consensus agreement.

We probably have some of the best looking softball players around . . .

[JayWalker]

Holy ____! The sky is falling.

[60swerethebest]

Softball is doing what football did at start of season. Lost to Texas. Season is over. No good can come from this. What could have been. I’ll wait till May to see how these young ladies mature.
I don’t know the irony font to use.

[OrlandeauxCajun]

The committee will screw us again unless we handle LSU and the series with Texas. Literally the only game on the schedule that still matter.