LAVol1
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The Vols, with 126 HR on the season, are averaging 2.625 HR per game. The record for HR in a season was the 1998 LSU Tigers* with 180 HR in 67 games (2.68/g). When you consider the unrestricted bats used in '98 with the BBCor bats of today, the '24 Vols may be the greatest offensive team in NCAA history. Consider also that there was not a 10 run "mercy rule" in 1998 (Vols have 10 games where the mercy rule was invoked). Had the Vols hit just 2 more HR in those 10 shortened games, they would be averaging 2.68 HR/g).
It's projected that the Vols first 6 hitters in the lineup will go in the first 3 rounds of this year's MLB draft. Their #7/8 hitter is a freshman SS hitting .319 with 9 HR. The '98 LSU team's best player was Eddy Furniss. He never made it out of the minor leagues. None of the other offensive players on that '98 team made a notable splash in MLB. So, yeah, the '24 Vols are a better offensive team than the hallowed '98 Tigers, and by a wide margin.
It's projected that the Vols first 6 hitters in the lineup will go in the first 3 rounds of this year's MLB draft. Their #7/8 hitter is a freshman SS hitting .319 with 9 HR. The '98 LSU team's best player was Eddy Furniss. He never made it out of the minor leagues. None of the other offensive players on that '98 team made a notable splash in MLB. So, yeah, the '24 Vols are a better offensive team than the hallowed '98 Tigers, and by a wide margin.
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