LSU Battles to Stay Alive in College World Series
Gut Check: Tigers lose first game in post season play & look to turn around for title run.
The LSU Tigers had entered the College World Series without a loss this post season. On Saturday Night, the Tigers went on to win 6-3 versus Tennessee. LSU Paul Skenes had his CWS moment with 7.2 IP, 12 K, 1.81 ERA and was a force for Tennessee to reckon with. It wasn't until Sunday evening when the Tigers went on to face Wake Forest for a potential CWS Finals preview. The Tigers had an early 2-0 lead, but watch the Demon Deacons come back and win 3-2. Now the LSU Tigers have their back against the wall and look to manage a mini-run to get them to a National Title. The remaining teams (Florida, Wake Forest, Oral Roberts, TCU, & Tennessee) are not the only opponents the Tigers have to deal with.
1.The Sun
Josh Pearson talked to us on Sunday about how hard it is to play Left Field at Charles Schwab
— Brian Holland (@BHollandSports) June 19, 2023
You can't use the sunglasses or you won't see the ball come off & the sun plays with your eyes as it lowers.
Really tough play but puts LSU up 2-0 #LSU #CWS
You mean to tell me during 6 PM prime time games where ESPN loves to put LSU baseball as the main event they also have a battle with the SUN! Everyone knows the Sun is undefeated. LSU may make some plays and feel like it's not a big deal, but the Sun always wins.
Top 5 dumb dad move all time to let my 3 year old get my back pic.twitter.com/FHpJragYx1
— T-Bob Hebert (@TBob53) June 19, 2023
The sun in Omaha is something else 😳 pic.twitter.com/kQm5mO6idO
— ESPN (@espn) June 20, 2023
The Sun will make you look like a damn fool out in left field. Do you wear sunglasses to protect the Sun's UV rays laser beams into your retinas? Do you wear the shades and prevent yourself from seeing the fly ball? It's a war the Tigers are facing and will have to battle through the adversity if they want a shot at the title. 
2. Shot Count
LSU fans showing up to a drinking competition https://t.co/0dIYE3C1qP pic.twitter.com/LGgEDkH0Dr
— Chris Branch (@cbranch89) June 16, 2023
Every day from the start of the Tournament I would see this chart come across my timeline. LSU fans in Omaha sending Venmo request to contribute to the cause to break last years Ole Miss record of 17,000 shots. It was non stop! I'm not knocking the fact fans managed to purchase 20,000+ shots. A lot of credit goes out to the them who traveled to Omaha (& Todd Graves purchasing 6,000 to reach the goal). I think LSU fans lost focus of what the real reason why they were in Omaha. I hope LSU fans understand that if the Natty doesn't come home to Baton Rouge this shit doesn't mean anything. Ole Miss fans can hang that combo banner over LSU fans until it happens. [Side Bar: I do like how SEC teams just want a reason to compete. "It just means more" I feel like SEC teams who compete in CWS not only have to win the championship but also break the last SEC school's shot record. Also, if they don't win the shot record they get demoted from the SEC. CHAOS!!!!]
The moment LSU took down the Rocco's CWS Jello Shot Record
— Brian Holland (@BHollandSports) June 19, 2023
It is Monday.
(Pictured is Todd Graves @ToddGraves - founder of @raisingcanes & LSU alum who bought 6K jello shots to take down Ole Miss, along with @PeterBurnsESPN & @realbenmcdonald )
New # - 21,435 pic.twitter.com/1OVUNJzZ1s
3. The Umpires
Boy, if you saw the timeline you would never expect the LSU to having to deal with a grueling game schedule amongst great competitive teams but now overcome the umpires! Fans express their frustration of the miss strike calls as if the strike zone was not existed. Tre' Morgan getting tagged at home plate and having to go under review only for the call to stand. After Sunday Night's defeat, fans were expressing themselves after the loss.
#FireCaseMoser #FireCaseMoser #FireCaseMoser #FireCaseMoser #FireCaseMoser #FireCaseMoser #FireCaseMoser #FireCaseMoser
— LSU_Capital (@lsu_capital) June 20, 2023
I’m not one to blame umps/refs but @NCAA ima need some clarification on the “balls” Ty Floyd threw pic.twitter.com/4RX0Eri548
— STTDB-WHO DAT-LETS DANCE (@LSU_allday504) June 20, 2023
AMERICA HE IS SAFE! Safe. SAFE!!!! pic.twitter.com/enhswAjVYi
— CREWWWWWWWWS 👑 (@PowerHourLSU) June 20, 2023
The only way to stay alive is to take more Jello Shots
— T-Bob Hebert (@TBob53) June 20, 2023
There you have it. There's so much more to battle in Omaha than the tournament itself. I still believe this is a good baseball team, and all they need is 3 more wins to get into the Final. It wont get any easier for the Tigers as they are expected to face Drew Beam and the Tennessee Volunteers tomorrow(likely 6 pm start), and have to beat Wake twice. All I am saying is don't let the Tigers get 1.
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