Official: Vols hosting regional

[preacherman20]

Season-ticket holders have already been notified they got theirs. They will give the rest to the high money people who want them and then they will go on Ticketmaster tonight or tomorrow.

 

[Orangeslide]

Just gotta take this process 1 game at a time and hope for the best. We have not proven that we can play clean on defense to think we will breeze through the regional. We know our opponents are gonna try and run on us, I hope we rise to the challenge.

 

[Ritzwatch]

Back in 1994, back before I for some reason, known at the time but to God, left East Tennessee for Chapel Hill and life in Central NC, I went to my final Tennessee baseball game as a student at Tennessee. Tennessee hosted one of the 8 Six-Team regionals that then made up the NCAA tourney.

When I started at UT in '90 we sat on those old concrete bleachers of Lower Hudson Field. By the time I graduated, we had the "top notch" facilities that were then LNS, an young, exciting coach in Coach Delmonico (thanks for all the pizza, coach!) and a future Hall of Famer in Todd Helton.

I was crushed when Arizona State (was it Antone Williamson?) hit a HR in the 9th (as I recall, with a white in color Easton ceramic bat - crazy what the mind either remembers or makes up) to end our season in the Regional Championship game. But man, did I think I was lucky to have watched the Vols ascend to being in the national conversation for college baseball.

The Vols made it to the CWS the following year. I watched from a sports bar on Franklin Street. I remember thinking how lucky I was to have a place nearby that carried the broadcast for this homesick fan who could never get enough of his Vols, and a Carolina girl who wore Orange and sat beside me while I cheered.

That Carolina girl now wears almost exclusively Orange (excepting sky-blue Beat Dook! t-shirts on a few basketball Saturdays in the winter/spring), and she is still beside me for Tennessee baseball games on our streaming TVs, this year pulling for her "Boy" Hunter Ensley, and all the Vols.

All these years later, I miss East Tennessee, I love Tennessee baseball, and while I might not ever be able to score tickets to watch a Regional or Super-Regional game there, those memories last.

I have also figured out why the Almighty took me from my Beloved Tennessee Volunteers and sent me to Carolina.

She wears Orange now.

Go Vols!

 

[txbo]

Back in 1994, back before I for some reason, known at the time but to God, left East Tennessee for Chapel Hill and life in Central NC, I went to my final Tennessee baseball game as a student at Tennessee. Tennessee hosted one of the 8 Six-Team regionals that then made up the NCAA tourney.

When I started at UT in '90 we sat on those old concrete bleachers of Lower Hudson Field. By the time I graduated, we had the "top notch" facilities that were then LNS, an young, exciting coach in Coach Delmonico (thanks for all the pizza, coach!) and a future Hall of Famer in Todd Helton.

I was crushed when Arizona State (was it Antone Williamson?) hit a HR in the 9th (as I recall, with a white in color Easton ceramic bat - crazy what the mind either remembers or makes up) to end our season in the Regional Championship game. But man, did I think I was lucky to have watched the Vols ascend to being in the national conversation for college baseball.

The Vols made it to the CWS the following year. I watched from a sports bar on Franklin Street. I remember thinking how lucky I was to have a place nearby that carried the broadcast for this homesick fan who could never get enough of his Vols, and a Carolina girl who wore Orange and sat beside me while I cheered.

That Carolina girl now wears almost exclusively Orange (excepting sky-blue Beat Dook! t-shirts on a few basketball Saturdays in the winter/spring), and she is still beside me for Tennessee baseball games on our streaming TVs, this year pulling for her "Boy" Hunter Ensley, and all the Vols.

All these years later, I miss East Tennessee, I love Tennessee baseball, and while I might not ever be able to score tickets to watch a Regional or Super-Regional game there, those memories last.

I have also figured out why the Almighty took me from my Beloved Tennessee Volunteers and sent me to Carolina.

She wears Orange now.

Go Vols!

You have a penchant for interesting narration.

 

[volfan411]

Back in 1994, back before I for some reason, known at the time but to God, left East Tennessee for Chapel Hill and life in Central NC, I went to my final Tennessee baseball game as a student at Tennessee. Tennessee hosted one of the 8 Six-Team regionals that then made up the NCAA tourney.

When I started at UT in '90 we sat on those old concrete bleachers of Lower Hudson Field. By the time I graduated, we had the "top notch" facilities that were then LNS, an young, exciting coach in Coach Delmonico (thanks for all the pizza, coach!) and a future Hall of Famer in Todd Helton.

I was crushed when Arizona State (was it Antone Williamson?) hit a HR in the 9th (as I recall, with a white in color Easton ceramic bat - crazy what the mind either remembers or makes up) to end our season in the Regional Championship game. But man, did I think I was lucky to have watched the Vols ascend to being in the national conversation for college baseball.

The Vols made it to the CWS the following year. I watched from a sports bar on Franklin Street. I remember thinking how lucky I was to have a place nearby that carried the broadcast for this homesick fan who could never get enough of his Vols, and a Carolina girl who wore Orange and sat beside me while I cheered.

That Carolina girl now wears almost exclusively Orange (excepting sky-blue Beat Dook! t-shirts on a few basketball Saturdays in the winter/spring), and she is still beside me for Tennessee baseball games on our streaming TVs, this year pulling for her "Boy" Hunter Ensley, and all the Vols.

All these years later, I miss East Tennessee, I love Tennessee baseball, and while I might not ever be able to score tickets to watch a Regional or Super-Regional game there, those memories last.

I have also figured out why the Almighty took me from my Beloved Tennessee Volunteers and sent me to Carolina.

She wears Orange now.

Go Vols!

Thanks for the great memories!!! I remember taking my boys, now 27 and 22, to the Sunday afternoon game and the admission cost got you a Coke and a hot dog.

Fans these days don’t know how lucky we are to have Tony and a winning program.

 

[AthensVol2007]

Here's a little different angle on college baseball, now that my Ducks are in the Big 10, the reality of college baseball played in the northern midwest is that the weather is a big factor for the legacy Big 10 teams. I've seen one suggestion that the season be moved a bit starting later and finishing in June, thus giving northern teams in less desireable baseball weather a better opportunity to compete and play more home games. In the PAC-12 days it was common for the northern teams to spend a few weeks in the Southwest early to get more games in. One piece I saw said that southern teams weren't interested in that change as it would deminish the southern dominance in college baseball. Thougths?

Im not talking about letting them, im talking about seeding them accordingly. The top 10 SEC teams have a COMBINED 10 Q4 losses; Oregon has 4 by themselves. The top 10 SEC teams have 4 COMBINED Q3 losses, Oregon has 8 by themselves. There’s nothing on the resume that says they should’ve been the 12 seed.

Your team aside, I was more speaking to matchups and in addition, UNC’s seed. Every reputable college baseball outlet had them as the national 3 seed; guys who watch more college baseball than anyone on the committee, and the committee made them a 5 seed and matched them up with you, guaranteeing there’s a non SEC team. Make them the 3 and us the 14 or them the 4 and us the 13. Finagle Ole Miss, UGA, LSU, FSU, OSU, Coastal and you can easily avoid the 7-10 UGA-OM matchup and no one bats an eye. UGA 7 vs 10 FSU, 9 OM vs 8 CCU/OSU. Who’s going to question that as an egregious bracket?

 

[AthensVol2007]

Wake Forest has a ACe with a 2.71 era. 6-1 on the season.

Matthew Dallas is 5-1 with a 5.09 era as a starter.., believe he was Sunday starter...

He still walks too many guys. WHIP of 1.51 is no bueno.

 

[VolFan_stuck_in_the_901]

He still walks too many guys. WHIP of 1.51 is no bueno.

He'd have been better off staying here and developing

 

[taylorvol]

He'd have been better off staying here and developing

I wonder if NIL $ had anything to do with it….

 

[GoDucks349]

Im not talking about letting them, im talking about seeding them accordingly. The top 10 SEC teams have a COMBINED 10 Q4 losses; Oregon has 4 by themselves. The top 10 SEC teams have 4 COMBINED Q3 losses, Oregon has 8 by themselves. There’s nothing on the resume that says they should’ve been the 12 seed.

Your team aside, I was more speaking to matchups and in addition, UNC’s seed. Every reputable college baseball outlet had them as the national 3 seed; guys who watch more college baseball than anyone on the committee, and the committee made them a 5 seed and matched them up with you, guaranteeing there’s a non SEC team. Make them the 3 and us the 14 or them the 4 and us the 13. Finagle Ole Miss, UGA, LSU, FSU, OSU, Coastal and you can easily avoid the 7-10 UGA-OM matchup and no one bats an eye. UGA 7 vs 10 FSU, 9 OM vs 8 CCU/OSU. Who’s going to question that as an egregious bracket?

Maybe I didn't make my point clear, I wasn't talking about the seedings, I was talking about a change in the time of year when college baseball is played. And yes, Oregon has a horrible Q3 record this year.

 

[AthensVol2007]

Maybe I didn't make my point clear, I wasn't talking about the seedings, I was talking about a change in the time of year when college baseball is played. And yes, Oregon has a horrible Q3 record this year.

I got that and I’m fine with the change in seasons cause I don’t think it changes things drastically from a competitive standpoint. The northern teams wouldn’t be shell shocked as bad as they are at the beginning of the season because they would’ve had more time to practice outside but the competitive edge of southern teams IMO comes from the kids on the rosters playing year round from an early age, long before college. No matter what time of year Michigan’s season begins, they can’t compete against a team like UF (taking both ends of the extremes) with rosters from their respective states because the UF kids had more reps by the time they were 16 than a UM kid might have by the time they leave college. The Midwest/North has hockey, the south has baseball and both regions don’t need both sports. You can’t replicate the advantage that 55-95 degrees year round gets you simply by pushing back the seasons. My 8 yr old son plays 7-8 months of baseball a year and has since he was 4 and we’ve not even gotten into the full fledged travel ball circuit yet. Without living anywhere else and probably speaking out of ignorance, but i’d bet that’s the case in a lot of places north of the Ohio River.

 

[Ned Land]

My season tickets are in 212 which used to be A. I got those seats before the 2021 season. I have been moved to a different section every single regional we've had since then. Once to the temporary seats in left and twice on the right field line. They let me keep my seats this time. I wonder what changed? My only guess is it didnt look like we were getting a regional until late last week and maybe they didnt have time to alter the seating? Anybody know why?

 

[darsinewman]

My season tickets are in 212 which used to be A. I got those seats before the 2021 season. I have been moved to a different section every single regional we've had since then. Once to the temporary seats in left and twice on the right field line. They let me keep my seats this time. I wonder what changed? My only guess is it didnt look like we were getting a regional until late last week and maybe they didnt have time to alter the seating? Anybody know why?

I think they move people based on the blocks of seats that they allocate to the other schools, so maybe they're just putting them somewhere different this year.