Super Regional thread.

[Plainosooner]

Most interesting to me besides the OU-Alabama is the one our winner will play in OKC. Two of the three best pitchers in the country when Tennessee hosts Nebraska. I hate that the winner will be our first WCWS game if we get there.

The other half of our side of the bracket will be UGa at Florida and Clemson at Texas.

The other very intesting Super will be the best pitcher in the country at Texas Tech going to five seed, Florida State. That winner will play the Ole Miss at Arky winner in the first round.

The final two supers are A&M conquerer Liberty at Oregon. Both had to play a game 7 late last night. And UCLA at South Carolina. The Bruins get the other USC.

 

[SoonersATW]

Really looking forward to the supers. I think being on home turf will help us greatly against AL. Hoping for a quick two games there.

Not sure NE will beat out TN. I think TN is the stronger team overall. Would love to see Liberty make it to the championships.

 

[Plainosooner]

I agree about Liberty, but Oregon softball is the only Duck team that I pull for. Their HC, Melissa Lombardi, was our longtime pitching coach. She's a good woman who won the Big Ten regular season title. I agree with you also about Tennessee being a bit better than the Huskers. I'll be pulling for Jordy, but I think they won a weak regional. Shows how down LSU was. I loved their elimination almost as much as I did our winning three straight. Almost.

LSU lost to a FOUR SEED in the first round. That happened to OU about a decade ago, and we survived. They went home early.

 

[SoonersATW]

LSU lost to a FOUR SEED in the first round. I happened to OU about a decade ago, and we survived. They went home early.

With TAMU losing, there hasn’t been as much talk about LSU being eliminated before the regional championship game. Was a big upset, but also an indication perhaps more attention should be paid to w/ls than rpi.

FWIW, I’m not routing against OR or NE. I just like an underdog story like Liberty, and think NE didn’t get tested well in their regionals when LSU left early. Not sure LSU would have tested them all that much tho.

 

[Plainosooner]

I think it's pretty obvious that Nebraska should have been seeded over LSU. And the Huskers were 4th or 5th in the Big Ten.

 

[trademarcs]

I haven’t seen a tv schedule yet. Is there one?

 

[Plainosooner]

Not positive, but I've read I believe that we play game 1 at 4:00 on ESPN 2. My memory isn't what it used to be, but I'm pretty sure that's right. I believe Friday is game 1.

 

[Plainosooner]

I got this from the Tuscaloosa paper:

Friday, May 23

Game 1: Alabama vs. Oklahoma, 4 p.m. CT, ESPN2

Saturday, May 24

Game 2: Alabama vs. Oklahoma, 2 p.m. CT, TV TBD

Sunday, May 25

Game 3: Alabama vs. Tennessee (if necessary), TBD

 

[Plainosooner]

The old school newspapers of the SEC apparently have some problems with new additions to the conference, evidenced by the game 3 listing.