College World Series
 

So...is anyone else's school playing in the college world series?

My (and Steeltrap's) beloved Southern Cal Trojans are!!!

Playing Miami now... Go Trojans!!!

I'm rooting for USC and Stanford!!!! I want to see those two in the CWS! Is that possible though? (Like, is there a rule that the two teams have to be from 2 different divisions?)

Amy, tell me if your Trojans won/are winning or not! Stanford only needs one more win and they are IN the CWS!! http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif

I watched the Trojans play Georgia on Saturday (TV)! It was a great game for USC!@

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hey, Newbie,
All the teams are already in the CWS (That's how it's kinda different than the Major League World Series, there's not just 2 teams). We should be proud...3 of the 8 teams are from CA!!

It is an 8 team, double elimination tournament and the final game will be Sat. Stanford is currently undefeated, as is USC, depending on this game. The two are in different brackets, thoough, so if they both beat the three other teams in their bracket (just a way of dividing the tournament up), they will meet at the end for the championship game to see who the CWS winner will be.

Currently, there are still 6 teams alive (Nebraska was eliminated yesterday and Georgia was eliminated a couple of hours ago.)

It's SOOOO much fun to watch! Both USC and Stanford, by the way, are known for their pitching...they are powerhouses.

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Hey SuperXO!! Thanks so much for the info!! http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif I think the double-elimination thing is kinda cool, b/c it's not like "sudden-death" (well, maybe not that...I mean, they don't have to play a must-win game the first time), where if you lose, you're out! (Like the NCAA March Madness Tourney!)

Is Cal State-Fullerton still in it? I know that yesterday they still were, but I don't know if they played a game today or not! Supposedly they are the Number One team in the Nation? Am I right? Anyway--it's awesome that CA is dominating!!! http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif

Which are the other 3 teams still in the CWS? Oh, BTW, my error--I meant the championship game on Saturday http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/wink.gif http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif. Thanks for the info again, SuperXO!! http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/smile.gif

Yeah, I like the set-up, too. And I just know a CA team WILL win it, with how well they are doing!!! CSF is still in it, though they lost in overtime to stanford yesterday. The other teams are Miami(FL), Tennessee and Tulane.

I was watching the Stanford game yesterday and Kevin Costner was there. Did anyone else see him? I guess we all know he is a huge baseball fan, since 90% of the movies he makes are about baseball!

I hope that a CA team will win it all, too!!! GO STANFORD, USC, and CA-Fullerton (though I haven't watched the last team play before!)!!! http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif

If Stanford played USC though, I wouldn't know who to root for! http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/frown.gif It'd be an awesome game for sure, though!

http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif Yeah, and Kevin Costner went to CSU Fullerton, too, if I remember correctly. Seems like USC, Stanford and FUllerton are ALWAYS powerhouses in baseball--USC won it in 98. That was so cool!

Oh and right now, at 548pm, USC is down by 1 point to Miami at the top of the 5th inning.

According to USA Today these are the top 10 college baseball teams...

1. Miami Fla.
2. USC
3. Stanford
4. Nebraska
5. Tulane
6. Cal St. Fullerton
7. LSU
8. Rice
9. Florida State
10. Notre Dame

You're right, newbie. CSF is the number one "seeded" team, and Stanford is 4, I think USC is 5. That means, they looked at each team's wins, on a weighted basis on how good those teams are, so for instance, even though SC or CSF don't have as good records as other teams, they are seeded higher because they apparently played harder teams. I just figured all this out, so sorry if you guys know this already!

Hootie, even though I love the CA teams, I was really sad to see Nebraska go. It was such an inspirational story of how they made it to the CWS for the first time and how excited everyone was. I knwo in the first few games, there was nothing but a sea of red in the audience! That must have been overwhelming for CSF and Tulane, when they were playing them!

Hootie--So now you should root for another Chi O's fav team-- MINE! GO USC! http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif

Miami 4, USC 3 top of the 6th.

LOL Hootie!!! I was thinking the same thing!!! USC has quite a few fine-looking specimens themselves http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif.

SuperXO, thanks so much for the info about the seeding thing, I was just looking at www.stanford.edu (I'm hoping to look at some pics of the team http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/wink.gif http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/wink.gif http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/wink.gif), and they are the number 4 seed! Thanks for the info about losses vs. playing hard teams--I never knew that! http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/smile.gif

I was also at www.usc.edu to try to look at the team's pics http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/wink.gif, but some of the players don't have pictures posted!! http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/frown.gif

newbie--
try www.usctrojans.com - the official usc athletics site. not sure if there's pics, but there's a whole lot of other info!

EXACTLY Hootie!!! BASEBALL GUYS ARE HOT http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/wink.gif http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/wink.gif http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/wink.gif. Football guys--some are hot, some are not really! Funny thing is..my bf is both a baseball and football player! And his baseball teammates, IMO, are SUCH hotties!!!! (Of course I think he's the cutest of all http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/wink.gif) http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif

I'm still at the Stanford site as I type--and boy oh boy...they are fine and tan!

Hi Amy!!

Yes, the usc.edu site led me to the usctrojans site! Unfortunately, the other day (Saturday) when I was watching USC play Georgia, I thought Seth Davidson was cute! But I could only see him from faraway...I was trying to will the TV cameraguys to get a close-up of him, but they never did! I looked at the usctrojans site, and there's no pic for him!!!! http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/frown.gif http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/frown.gif I couldn't see him close up! LOL

Also, did you ever get my last email from a while back? I haven't heard from you in a while!

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Y'all I got so sad when I saw this topic. My favorite team unfortunately lost in the Super Regionals and didn't get to go to Omaha. Yep...I'm talking about the defending national champions...LSU. Even though they didn't make it I still love the program. It's just sad that our awesome baseball coach ended his career without another spectacular trip to the CWS. http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/frown.gif What sucks the most is that we lost to TULANE!!!!!!! We just really struggled in the post season. The guys just couldn't hold the Greenie Weenies. Even though Tulane is in Louisiana...I will NOT be rooting for them. I have a deep seeded hatred for anything and everything Tulane...like a lot of LSU fans. I'm rooting for Tennessee now...SEC Rules!!!!!! All I'm gonna say is I'm coming up to Omaha next year regardless of whether LSU plays. I hear it's quite an experience!!!!

Allison

I'm so sorry Allison!!! http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/frown.gif

I felt the same way last year when the SF Giants (professional) lost to the NY Mets in the playoffs http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/frown.gif http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/frown.gif http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/frown.gif!! We were sooo touted to win the WS, but we couldn't get by the Mets http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/frown.gif.

I feel for you and all the LSU fans! I would be sick to my stomach if my Giants lost to the Dodgers (BLECHHHHH!!!!!!) down the stretch!

But you know what? The LSU team is also full of hotties http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/wink.gif http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/wink.gif http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/wink.gif--fineeee-looking guys!!!! *sigh* LOL. It also seems like the LSU fans are SOOO hard-core! (The other day, after the USC-Georgia game, they replyaed the final inning of the LSU game last year! And the fans were so hard-core!)

Hey this is awesome!

Amy, since I can't get USC radio from here http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/wink.gif, I went to the usctrojans site again, and they update the box immediately with what is happening! It's still 4-3 Miami, but Miami has a guy on 2nd right now http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/frown.gif http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/frown.gif.

I can't tell which inning this is though! This is the link: http://fansonly.com/livestats/m-basebl/

Amy, sorry, could you tell me which inning this is? For some reason, I can't tell!

Also, try www.ncaabaseball.com

which is the official CWS webstie. They have stats updated by the second!

Yay, USC got out of the inning!! And I'm guessing it's the top of the 8th now?

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BTW, it's bottom of the 7th, unless this webstie is behind in time...I thought it was totally live???

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Thanks SuperXO! Maybe I'll try that instead...this one only tells me what happened after an out/hit, etc. has been completed!! Maybe the link you gave me will give me a pitch-by-pitch?

Now it's Miami's turn to bat...my question, is it the bottom of the 8th now or the bot of the 7th?

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According to NCAA, it's bottom of the 8th, SC is still down by one...

It doesn't exactly give pitch by pitch (i.e. you can't see what pitch and how fast), but it does go batter by batter.

It's actually not the best format...takes a while to get used to.

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Ahhhh, SuperXO, do you know which inning it is right now? supposedly, it's still 4-3, and Concepcion just made the last out of the inning...I wish I knew which one!! don't tell me it's the 9th??!! http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/eek.gif

Thank you so much Newbie!!! Oh and I guess you've already figured out that all of the LSU baseball players are GORGEOUS!!!! They are prime catches here on campus!!!! I'm totally a Sean Barker fan!!! He doesn't play much but he's a hottie. He's from Bakersfield, CA if I'm not mistaken. Go check out all of the players at www.lsusports.net!!!!

OH, that is so awesome TigerGirl!!! Thanks so much for the link, it'll entertain me while I'm trying to figure out which inning USC is playing in http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/wink.gif http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/wink.gif http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/wink.gif.

I can see why they would be prime picks---they are indeed GORGEOUS!!!!!!!!1 I was watching last year's game (as I said before), and they are all tanned and oh so fine!!!! http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif LOL!

Have you met any of them??!!

OH...and about them replaying the end of the 2000 championship game. Arent our fans awesome??? LSU fans are the best...we love our teams...win or lose. I saw the replay yesterday and started crying. That was one of the most awesome games I've ever witnessed. It's right behind our 1996 championship when Warren Morris hit his only homerun of the season in the bottom of the 9th with 2 strikes and 2 outs. I think we were down by 2. I cry every time I see that replay. GEAUX TIGERS!!!!!

Oh my god Allison-----I know what feeling that must be like!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Your fans were soooooo very awesome...wasn't that an awesome win too??!! Your voices/feet rocked the stadium!!! I love fans who are as passionate as that!!!! And it was awesome to see the player's parents (the player who got in the game-winning run!!) soooooo exhiliarated!!!!

Ohmygoodness, and that thing about your player stepping up, with 2 outs and 2 strieks against him...never hitting a HR in that season....adn hitting a HR??!!!! WOW, that is just sooo awesome! I totally know what you mean!!!!!!!!

Last year, in the playoffs, my SF GIants (pro) were playing the Mets. I think we were down 2 games to 1 (?) and it was the 9th inning (the team had looked bad the whole game)....we were down 4-1 (!) and my FAVORITE player, J.T. Snow (he is such a hottie, bTW! http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/wink.gif), comes up, hits a 3-run homer to TIE the game, when every fan in the park had been sooo down before (the giants were looking relaly really bad that day)...and that shot was electrifying!! Everybody was jumping up and down..the stadium was shaking I heard...it was just the most awesome sight you can see! At home, I was watching TV, feeling really down b/c I had a horrible week and b/c the Giants were doing so badly (I even shed a few tears b/c I was really sad that day)...and then I prayed to God that J.T. Snow would deliver and make me happy!!! and can you believe it, my dreams came true that night!!!!!! I was SOOO exuberant...I feel so sorry for my neighbors http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/wink.gif, I was jumping up and down, screamign my lungs out, causing such a commotion, etc..! For a moment, everything was perfect! The fans in the stadium were all hugging each other and stuff, LOL. Unfortunately, we ended up losing that game, heartbreakingly so, in the 10th or something, and also ended up losing the series...but that moment is ALWAYS replyaed over and over again for us Giants fans, and also...it's in the Pac Bell Park Commercial (where it promotes the Giants), and watching it each time gives me the chills!!!!

So I definitely know what you're talking about http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif...Barry Bonds's 500th HR this season gave me the same kind of chills...he's also so amazing...ah, sorry to go on and on about this!!!! I LOVE BASEBALL!!! http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif haha, I bet you guys can tell already, though http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/wink.gif http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/wink.gif http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/wink.gif http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/wink.gif

P.S. Allison, I emailed you back!

Hey Newbie--

Our fans are the best. NO LIE!!! It's awe inspiring to go to an LSU athletic event and see how the fans react. The fans are even more crazy during football season. Tailgating is LEGENDARY at LSU. Anyways...the Warren Morris moment from the 1996 championship was truly the coolest LSU sports moment. He was sidelined that season with a hand injury and then went on to win the game against Miami. It was so cool to see that happen for him. He's from my mom's hometown too!!! And the guy who hit in the game winning run last year was from Cali too!!! He was my hottie last year!!! And yes I have met some of the players. I sat next to one of the relieving pitchers this past fall in a class and my family knows the captain from last year's team. OH and my boyfriend from kindegarten...hehehehe (long story)...was on the team last year. http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/smile.gif

Allison

Predictions, anyone?

Well, I think CSF will probably beat Tulane today and that SC will probably beat Tennessee. But, then those two will have to go back and play teams that they have already lost to! CSF would play Stanford and SC would play Miami.

Here's my question. Let's say SC does beat Tenn and has to play Miami again and wins. But, do they then have to play Miami a third time, because Miami can't be elminated from just one loss to SC, they have to lose 2 times! Yikes! That's a tall order, it seems like to me.

So, my guess is that Miami and Stanford will be in the championship game. That's sad for me, cuz my fave team would be eliminated. BUT, I would definitely go for Stanford in that case. So...my honest prediction, based on that ultra-pro analysis AND Stanford's great pitching, is that Stanford will take it home!

Hi Guys! I didn't check last night and POW, ha ha. Lots of posts.

Bummed that SC lost, but at least its double elimination!!

Newbie-- I DID get your email, I am SO SORRY its taken me so long to respond, things have been crazy. http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/smile.gif I'll write soon!

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Heheee you guys are so funny!! http://www.ihs4ever.com/~cwm/cwm/3dlil/buck.gif Allison, is there a picture of your kindergarten bf??!! http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif Which pitcher did you sit next to?! I think some of their pitchers are so cute! I was just looking at the LSU site...and I really think #12 (Billy McBride), #37 (Ryan Richard), #39 (John Zamora...hey he's from SJ, CA!@! That's 40 minutes away from my house!! http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/wink.gif) and #6 (Matt Heath..hehe, I like his facial hair) are cute!! I didn't finish looking at all of them (there are SO many guys on the roster!!) b/c I am tired, but I will soon! [IMG]www.dollzmania.com\silent_6-10_Image228.gif [/IMG]

SuperXO, that's terrible that SC Would have to play Miami AGAIN if they were to win. BOO MIAMI!! hehe. I really want Stanford to play 'SC...that would be great!!!! http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif Anyway, I don't know who to predict, since I don't really know much of anything about the other teams, but for the sake of predicting, it will be Stanford and 'SC http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif. I don't know who the winner would be!

Amy, no problem, take your time!!! http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif

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Testing an image:
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*cross fingers* please work!

Ughh, not fair! I wanted to post a doll to show to you guys!!! They are so cute!

2nd try! http://www.dollzmania.com/prep1111442565.gif

HEY COOL! Now I want to find a baseball guy http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif.

FYI: They are from www.dollzmania.com ! All you have to do is, once you find a doll you like on the website, right-click (using your mouse), and then choose the "save as" option. Once you have found your file from your comp again, click on the file. A box will pop up and inside will be your doll. COPY the file (it will be in .gif form most probably). THEN, type www.dollzmania.com (erase the remaining link) into the address box, and then add the .gif part by PASTING.

Sorry it sounds so confusing!! It's not, really, just took me a couple of tries to figure it out http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif. I had to play around a little bit. If you have any probs/Q's, go ahead and ask me!!

BTW I'm very sorry that I verved off topic! I found a Yankee fan icon but I couldn't find any other baseball icons http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/frown.gif.

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Game time again!!!

CSF is playing Tulane right now and is currently up 3-0 at the bottom of the 3rd. Tulane is at bat.

Go California schools!