ATL Jock, I was hoping to go, but as it turns out, I am heading home to help my mom in Columbia, SC this weekend. My brother and I will tune in to the radio, play pool, and listen to the Gamecocks swing the bats. Have fun!!!

Alabama, Auburn, Mississippi State.

Has there ever been an SEC tourney played without all three of these teams? We're on track for what could be a first.

Predictions for next weekend: Arkansas takes two of three or registers a sweep vs. Auburn and wins the regular season SEC title.

But what do I know. lol Georgia, South Carolina, Florida, LSU, and Ole Miss may have different plans.

[ May 17, 2004, 06:32 AM: Message edited by: SportsOutdoorsGA ]

It should be a very intersting weekend with some big series...UGA-USC in Athens, uf at knoxville, auburn at ark and Ole Miss hosting LSU. Six teams are in the tournament: UGA, USC, UF, Ole Miss, Arkansas and LSU. Vandy and UT have the next best records over the other teams from the West. It looks to be a great weekend for SEC baseball!

The six teams that are already in the SEC tourney are also within one game of each other and the SEC championship. The champion will be decided on the last day and head-to-head competition will come into play. I plan on going to Athens on Saturday, and maybe on Friday to cheer on the Gamecocks. A Sweep of UGA would be nice but not likely as both teams are really hot right now. Old Miss is riding high now too.

We (Auburn) just lost to Mercer 2-1, so don't look for a lot of help from us vs. Arkansas in Fayetteville this weekend.

Go War Eagle. We need two wins by Auburn this weekend in Arkansas!!! A sweep of UGA won't be enough for USC to win the SEC title. Some other things need to happen too, like Ol' Miss losing at least one game, and LSU losing a game. It could happen. wink

If there's going to be a sweep in Athens, it will be the Dawgs sweeping the Cocks. UGA takes the first two games, 5-1 last night and 6-4 today. I got to see two good games played by two good teams. USC came in with a great record, 40-13, but the Dawgs got some very timely hitting to win the SEC East championship. It now comes down to tomorrow's games to determine the league champ.

WOO HOO! My wonderful, beautiful University of Texas Longhorns beat the aggies in college station! Huston Street was amazing. On to the College World Series!

GO HORNS!

[ May 23, 2004, 05:19 PM: Message edited by: billsf ]

At least the Gamecocks salvaged the third game of their weekend series in Athens today and avoided being swept by the Dawgs....the Cocks, who finished 41-15 overall and 17-13 in the conference, will go into the SEC tourney beginning Wednesday as the #5 seed.

It's time to get back to Omaha this year and make sure the National Championship trophy doesn't end up in the hands of those Texans from Rice or UT again (even though the Owls did have a LOT of cute studs on the team last year that I wouldn't mind seeing on the field again ).....GO COCKS!

[ May 23, 2004, 08:11 PM: Message edited by: gamecock ]

Oh, it is such a lock for the UT Longhorns this year! No one has talent like that!

Hook 'Em Horns! m/ :cool: m/

UT Longhorns play Nebraska tonight at 8pm CDT. Does anybody know if it's going to be carried on Fox Sportsnet?

GO HORNS!

I think only the semi-finals and finals will be televised on Fox SW. You can follow along on gametracker.

The Link

It looks like you folks in the Big 12 had some first-game upsets just as we did in the SEC. LSU has already been sent home, and either Ole Miss or Arkansas will be heading home shortly.

Track the SEC results here

[ May 27, 2004, 12:43 PM: Message edited by: SportsOutdoorsGA ]

UT Longhorns are still in after tossing out the aggies. Tonight they play the loser of the OK State/Nebraska game which is being played now, but of course not being broadcast. :mad:

Well, UT Longhorns play Nebraska after their 7-1 loss to Oklahoma State.

OU is losing to Baylor right now 5-4, but that's only at the bottom of the 5th inning. Go Baylor! Beat OU!

Well, billsf, our beloved Longhorns play Oklahoma State in the semifinals today at 1pm central time. If they win they have to play again this evening at 8pm central, but they are eliminated if they lose. Super cutie, and super talented closer Huston Street, pitched 3 1/2 scoreless innings to win the game for the Horns. Go to Big12.com to follow the game unless you have the College Sports channel.

GO HORNS! Yes, I'm getting the broadcast of the game beginning now. I loved seeing Baylor eliminate OU. Poor Horns, after they win this game they have to play again tonight. Too bad they're 2 drunken stupid pitchers short... wink

[ May 29, 2004, 11:46 AM: Message edited by: billsf ]

EEK! This is s.l.o.w.l.y looking like a friggin' disaster. 8-2 OSU over UT in the bottom of the 6th with 2 outs. I've seen Texas rise from the ashes before, but this is getting ominous! eek!

The Gamecocks won their 3rd consecutive game in the SEC tourney today by knocking off #1 seed Arkansas 3-1....the 'Cocks will now face Vandy in the conference championship game Sunday after the Commodores rallied from 2 runs down and 2 down in the 11th to defeat Florida 6-5....I guess football isn't the only sport where the Gators choke at the end, huh?

GO COCKS!!

My team is out of the Hotlanta softball tourney and now I am planning to go to Birmingham. Who wants to go with me? the game is at 3:00 CT. Leave from Atlanta around 1:00

Woo Hoo!....the Gamecocks completed their sweep of the SEC tournament by defeating Vandy and winning their first postseason conference championship to improve their overall record to 45-15....the 'Cocks were also selected to host an NCAA regional tournament for the 10th time June 4th-6th at Sarge Frye Field, which I'm sure will be raucous as usual.

They've only made it to the field of 64 so far but with any luck USC may have another trip to Omaha next month....GO COCKS!!

[ May 30, 2004, 07:29 PM: Message edited by: gamecock ]

The SEC Championship game came down to the last pitch; a double play ball hit by Vandy's Ryan Klosterman, to clinch USC's first ever SEC Tourney championship. Just before tha game started, it was announced that USC along with Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, LSU, and Mississippi will all be host in the first round of the NCAA college baseball tourney. There may be as many as 9 teams from the SEC in the tourney should Tennessee and MSU get invited. UT, having won the first round game in the SEC should be in, but MSU will have more trouble but can get in based on reputation, fan loyalty, and the tough SEC schedule.

Despite not winning the Big XII conference tournament the Texas Longhorns were selected as the #1 overall seed among the 64 teams that will be competing in the NCAA Regionals next weekend....the remainder of the top 8 seeds are defending champ Rice, Miami (who will be making a record 32nd straight appearance), Stanford, Georgia Tech, Arkansas, Arizona State and SOUTH CAROLINA (GO COCKS!!).

A record NINE teams were selected from the SEC, including Mississippi State, the only team to receive an invite despite not qualifying for its own postseason conference tourney -- a testament to the strength of collegiate baseball in the southeast this year.

It should be a great tournament once again....the fun begins on Friday.

[ May 31, 2004, 04:20 PM: Message edited by: gamecock ]

After all of the dust has cleared, it may be a South Carolina/Texas matchup in the final game of the College World Series, just as it was two years ago in 2002. The Gamecocks and the Longhorns both have good teams, but there is so much more parity in college baseball now, that any team can beat you on any given day.

Here's a link to the brackets for the D-I NCAA Tourney:

2004 NCAA Baseball tourney

I hope South Carolina can get back to the final game against Texas and win this time. Texas won big, last time they faced each other in the finals two years ago.

Does anybody know where I can find a broadcast schedule, if there is any broadcast, for the NCAA Regionals out of Austin which begin today 6/4? I looked on Texas Sports but didn't see anything.

Looks like TexasLonghorns won their game against Youngstown! WOOHOO! Go Horns!

Kent State beats Notre Dame :cool:

I notice that 3 out of 4 of the teams featured in my Spring Sports Gallery are in the playoffs: Arizona, UCLA & Washington.

With that kind of predictive power, where's my photo credential for the NFL?!! :confused:

Of the 4, Washington clearly had the most team spirit. They were all VERY supportive of each other, cheering & consoling throughout the game. The worst was UCLA, where they barely talked to each other in the dugout.

Brent, you need to get your ass and your camera down to Austin this weekend for the Regionals!

Then post the gallery here!

Texas Longhorns advance to the Championship game after beating Oral Roberts 7-5 today!

You can buy ESPN's College Grand Slam package for $19.95 in order to get all the Super Regional games next Friday - Monday. I think I'm going to do it since out here in the Bay Area they'll probably show Stanford (who I don't really follow) and otherwise just whip back and forth between all the different games. So, I would have very little chance to see a complete Longhorn game. The package is available whether you have Directv or the Dish network, and cable subscribers can buy it also.

Houston Regional at Rice University:
Friday: Texas A&M 14, Lamar 3
Saturday: Texas A&M 12, Texas Southern 1
Today: Texas A&M vs. Rice (2.00 p.m. EST)

GIG 'EM AGGIES!

For those of you who want to follow your team's scores throughout the tournament, I would suggest going to: ncaasports.com/baseball. I found it to be the best site of them all and it refreshes the games in increments of 30,60, and 120 seconds. ESPN and ESPN2 will broadcast some Super Regional games beginning this upcoming Fri, June 11th, but the schedule for games to be broadcast will not be announced until tomorrow, Mon, June 7th.

7-3 Longhorns send the bible thumping baptists back to tulsa oklahoma hell. eek!

So are you saying, "Oral" Roberts goes down? wink

...and so did my Aggies (go down again)!
Rice 3, Texas A&M 1 frown

I didn't realize that Rice had lost to Texas Southern on Friday night. The Aggies and Owls met again on Sunday night.

Texas A&M 7, Rice 5 (Rice eliminated!)
Texas A&M moves onto the best of 3 super regional against Louisiana State next weekend. Unfortunately, LSU has given my Ags the hardest time over the years.

Nevertheless, GIG 'EM AGGIES!

This will be a very interesting upcoming weekend!! First, as a reminder to HornFan and billsf, our beloved Horns are attempting to make the College World Series for the 31st time, to extend their NCAA record. They will be hosting a hungry Vanderbilt team that beat Virginia on their home turf. Vanderbilt, along with Tulane and Arizona are the Cinderellas of this tourney, so far, and Vanderbilt is attempting to make its first ever trip to the CWS.
The other seven matchups will be:
Texas A&M(who defeated defending champion, Rice on their home field) at perennial power, LSU
Florida @ Miami
Georgia @ Georgia Tech
Arizona @ Long Beach State
Florida State @ Arkansas
East Carolina @ South Carolina
Tulane @ Cal State Fullerton

The winner of each of these best-of-three series will be going to to Omaha next week for the College World Series which begin June 18th. Almost all of the games will shown on ESPN or ESPN2. Here is the Super Regional schedule link:
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?id=1817487

[ June 08, 2004, 08:02 AM: Message edited by: SmoothRon ]

Hook 'em Horns! m/

I'm not usually into college baseball, but any opportunity to smack the Gaytors is a good one. I think there's a Category 5 brewing in Gaytorville this weekend!

GO CANES!

Jim Burt is hot. Go Canes!! The more they win...they more I get to see him.

Good luck to all the SEC teams this weekend. Let's see if we can fill at least half of the eight spots in Omaha!

And speaking of the SEC, a difficult (but totally correct) decision out of Auburn ...

Renfroe fired

Hey SportsGA...you going to any of the UGA/GT games this weekend? I tried calling to get tix, but the recording said SOLD OUT. My friend and I are going down tomorrow to try to get in. Can college baseball seriously be sold out???

Definitely. It happens all the time at regionals and for big conference series during the regular season. From my own experience, just try walking up to the gate to get a ticket for the Saturday or Sunday Auburn-LSU or Auburn-Alabama game and often the Auburn-Miss. State game. Ain't gonna happen. Baseball is very important to several SEC, Big 12 and Pac 10 schools.

As far as your situation goes, I doubt Sunday tickets have gone on sale yet, since they don't know whether it needs to be played. I'd check back on when those tickets will be available if the teams split tomorrow and Saturday.

Speaking of sold out, The Gamecocks and Pirates series was sold out by Monday, and standing room only tickets were sold out too. The "Sarge", named for the late Sarge Frey (sp)(you'll see his name on the Cocks' hats as he died this past year)holds just over 5,000. It's big but not the biggest or best I've seen, but the atmosphere is beyond reproach. Plans are in place to build a new stadium to accommodate all the fans who want to go to the games. "It don't mean a thing if you don't hear that ping!"

Congrats to Georgia and Arkansas on their wins today. Fellow SEC member Vandy doesn't appear to be headed for a similar fate, however, as they're getting bombed by the Horns.

UT Longhorns enjoyed a blowout against Vanderbilt. WOO HOO! Amazing performance from the UT pitcher, and such a cute boy too.

Go Horns!