From: Austin
Let us lead off with the following: the conference tournament means much much more to clemmons than South Carolina this year. The tigers are still in the hosting debate, in spite of a subpar season by their standards. A series win at FSU this weekend, whether it leads to an Atlantic division title or not, could be a momentum builder that when added to 2 or 3 tourney victories pushes the tigers into the top 16. As one of the lower seeds, they would likely have a super regional pairing with the highest seed from a non-ACC school is in reasonable geographic range. Presto! South Carolina. A rematch from the CWS would be a compelling match-up.
The Yardcocks are pretty much assured at top 8 seed as long as they do not get swept at Bama and go 2 and out in the SEC tourney. The only remaining factor is which seed? If they take 2/3, then they would be wise to rest their main arms and get some other guys some work. Sullivan and Neff could start the first two games and Price and Taylor could be in street clothes to remove the temptation for Coach Meyers to throw them. Even with a below .500 record, Bama could win the West and the 2 seed in the conference tourney with by sweeping the National Champs. Look for them to come out inspired. Kentucky is playing much better of late and will be half of the best pitching match-up of the week when they send future first rounder and resident giant, Alex Meyer, to the hill to battle the Gators and their ace, Hudson Randall. Meyer is tough when he is not issuing free passes.
