Tuesday in Hattiesburg

GhostOfJackie

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What are your thoughts? USM has a really really good and deep team this year, and it will be a tough environment to play in. Will be similar to an SEC road environment. Great road test for us early in the season. Southern is known for performing well in these midweek games, especially against SEC teams. Their biggest crowds of the season are ALWAYS against State and UM in midweek games. It is their super bowl, which can be dangerous for us.

Last Tuesday they absolutely put Alabama's dicks in the dirt. Two grand slams, put up 13 hits and 14 runs against a pretty solid SEC team. Oz threw something like 8 or 9 different pitchers that game, and changed them out almost every inning. Even when they were dealing, so I wonder if that will happen again Tuesday against us. I don't know who we start. Duke Stone threw 65 pitches today, so it won't be him.

I would accept splitting the Hattiesburg-Starkville with them. One loss wouldn't be the end of the world.
 
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tenureplan

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I think foster will get the start, webb and billingsly will be available and maybe Stone. After that its freshman I fear.
 
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MSUDC11-2.0

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I think foster will get the start, webb and billingsly will be available and maybe Stone. After that its freshman I fear.
Probably no Davis but feel like we should pretty much have our full bullpen otherwise. None of our other top pen arms (Webb, Sweeney, Gleason, Burns, Pitzer, etc.) threw very many pitches this weekend.
 

She Mate Me

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It's understandable that they can put more focus on these games than us. We've got about 30+ games ahead of us vs likely NCAA teams and they have less than 10. You can bet those coaches are drilling into them how important these limited opportunities against SEC teams are.

But they're good and the win would be good for us. I suspect we're the better team this year. Hopefully we can refocus and show it.
 

DoggieDaddy13

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That line up is brutal, but they will be pressing big time.

If BOC can keep us relaxed, but focused on our responsibilities, I like our chances.

But good pitching will be key.
 

maroonmania

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They are definitely catching us at the right time. We are coming off a big weekend series on the road where we had a late game on Sunday and didn't even get to leave Dallas until this morning. Heard we bus to Hattiesburg Tuesday morning. Also Foster has been very shaky assuming that is who we are starting.
 

patdog

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They are definitely catching us at the right time. We are coming off a big weekend series on the road where we had a late game on Sunday and didn't even get to leave Dallas until this morning. Heard we bus to Hattiesburg Tuesday morning. Also Foster has been very shaky assuming that is who we are starting.
I think that's all overrated. But, if anything, they are catching us at the WRONG time. Our coach and team are p*ssed and feel like they have something to prove after yesterday.
 

maroonmania

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I think that's all overrated. But, if anything, they are catching us at the WRONG time. Our coach and team are p*ssed and feel like they have something to prove after yesterday.
Hope you are right. Would love to take USM down a peg.
 

onewoof

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USM saw a lesser team win by sticking out the chicken wing... look for that same weak stuff tomorrow
 

MSUDC11-2.0

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They are definitely catching us at the right time. We are coming off a big weekend series on the road where we had a late game on Sunday and didn't even get to leave Dallas until this morning. Heard we bus to Hattiesburg Tuesday morning. Also Foster has been very shaky assuming that is who we are starting.

We flew from Dallas to Hattiesburg today, per Hadad on statewide radio just now.
 

Smiley

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They are driving from Arlington to Hattiesburg today bc yesterdays flight got messed up and they had to spend the night.
 

ETK99

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I think we'll handle them if our pitching works out and we aren't hung over from the weekend and travel. USM pitching won't be great.
 

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This will be the biggest athletic event on campus at USM since the MSU-USM football game in 1988!
Tickets will be tough for folks wearing Maroon.