....had a quick conversation with a Tiger fan today. I was wearing my MSU shirt and he noticed me in line at Krogers. I sort of congratulated him on their latest CWS Title. He said thanks and asked if I thought MSU was going to get any better at baseball with our new coaching staff. I replied, I thought so depending on how we do at Portal recruiting. He then said, "well, LSU has got the Portal locked down". "Yall, UT, ARK, OM, Vandy, might get some crumbs left over after the Tigers have eaten". "We have a NIL fund second to none for baseball and the gap is really large between us and everybody else". "If there are any more Paul Skene types out there, they will be finishing their career in Baton Rouge". I said "oh, ok". (This conversation started off fairly innocent, but the LSU guy was starting to get a little too braggadocious for me.) Some more small talk and then he pretty much ended in saying "well, yall step on the gas cause there's nobody in the SEC in our rearview as far as baseball goes". I said "yeah, hard to argue with 8 CWS Titles". I then finished telling him "see you at the Taj Mahal" of college baseball next year". Of course he replied "Yeah right....when MSU leads the nation in attendance, you might enter the conversation" .....in about as smart aleck a way possible. So, I grabbed my bags and left as I felt my blood pressure rising. Last words I uttered...."Go Dogs".
