Championship Sunday.....Maybe

Well, here it is.  Day 3 of the NCAA regionals.  Unfortunately I was not able to go anywhere this weekend, but I did immerse myself in as much baseball as I could.  Got to admit, there are some interesting regionals out there.

First, let me say I am glad ESPNU has decided to televise games.

Now let me say guys, get some real announcers.  Other than Kyle Petersen, Morgan Ensberg, and Clay Matvick, the rest of the crew sucked.  In the east coast games, Eric Byrnes may have been a good collegiate player at UCLA, and good enough to hang around MLB for 11 years.  But in the booth, he should have been cut the first day.  His time in the booth reminds me of Dennis Miller on MNF.  He was there for his own edification.  I was thankful for the MUTE button.

And what is it with Justin Kutcher?  Is it required English 101 NOT to pronounce "T" in the the English language?  I got tired of hearing about the "Ti-ans" of Fullerton, and "Allbri-un" of New Mexico.  Come on "Ju-in",  You can pronounce the T in your name.  How about pronouncing it everywhere else it appears.

Ranting aside, how about that Fullerton Regional.  Standford goes 2 and out.  Minnesota goes 2 and Championship game.  Who would have thought Fullerton would be playing New Mexico in the elimination game Sunday.  What is tat chant everyone is learning?  Sota, Sota, Goooooo Phers!

Another thing I noticed this weekend, is the amount of long balls being hit.  Arkansas hits 9 in their opening round game.  Breaks out with 1 guy hitting 3, and 3 guys hitting 2.  OK, so the competition was Grambling, not known for their baseball prowess.  But how about the kid at Miami jacking 3 against Texas A&M.  Are we looking at a World Series  like the one in 1998 when the championship game was 21-18 or something like that?


Saturday was not kind to the SEC.  From winning all 8 of their games Friday, the conference went 3-5 Saturday.  Florida, Arkansas, and South Carolina held serve.  Auburn lost at home, and the rest lost on the road.  Can Alabama, Auburn, LSU, tsun, and Vandy come back and win 3 in a row on the road to advance?  Only time will tell.

Anyway, enough from me.  I think I will sit back and turn on some tunes, mute The Clown Prince of Baseball, aka Eric Byrnes, And watch how things play out.

More later.