Interesting point!

[CajunDreDog]

Yes ... but not 77% of the time when the series goes three games.

Hypothesizing here ... our super regionals (three to date) have all gone three games ... very competitive. I would venture to say that if you looked at a statistically significant sample, you would find that the winner of Game 2 tends to win the series more than not when there is a third game (it always wins if it goes two). I also believe it may be by a significant margin. Momentum plays a real role here.

Brian

I agree. That's why I personally believe our only shot is to win in two. And that ain't happening.

[CajunDreDog]

If it goes to a 3rd game we are doomed.

[Sonsissymia]

If it goes to a 3rd game we are doomed.

i don't see that at all. i think a game 3 would be a real toss-up.

[Just1More]

I don't think there's any correlation to the statistical evidence and our series. It's all about depth in all 3 facets of pitching... and being good right now... through 3 contests. I don't agree that we don't have 3 good days of pitching. It all depends on how many good innings we get out of our first and second game platoons. LSU is as apt to exhaust pitching as we are. They have some mystery in their pitching staff. If their best work arrives this weekend, we're in trouble. If it doesn't, they're in trouble.

[Just1More]

I agree. That's why I personally believe our only shot is to win in two. And that ain't happening.

Your logic isn't aligning with Brian's. Most analysts would see us losing tonight against Lange. Our best shot, theoretically, is in game 2. Brian is saying that the game 2 winner, statistically, wins the series - obviously if it only goes 2 - but also in a game 3 series where the game 2 winner takes the intangible "momentum" into the finale. We aren't highly likely to take this series in 2. We have a shot if we can get to game 3.

[raoul]

71.5% of all statistics have been proven to be wrong 14.66% of the time!

[CajunDreDog]

Your logic isn't aligning with Brian's. Most analysts would see us losing tonight against Lange. Our best shot, theoretically, is in game 2. Brian is saying that the game 2 winner, statistically, wins the series - obviously if it only goes 2 - but also in a game 3 series where the game 2 winner takes the intangible "momentum" into the finale. We aren't highly likely to take this series in 2. We have a shot if we can get to game 3.

The voodoo of Alex Box comes out in game 3, which makes logic go out the window.

[jllanclos]

The voodoo of Alex Box comes out in game 3, which makes logic go out the window.

Is this the voodoo of which you speak?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2VbpU7mPuQ

Think positive, friend.

[CrazyCajun]

This team has been defying the odds all year

[Zeebart21]

fgggg em. Its time to play.