Posted on 06/10/2002 5:16:33 PM PDT by Diddle E. Squat
Monday was a tough day for another Florida school. Notre Dame's Chris Niesel pitched a six-hit gem to lead the Irish to a 3-1 win over top-seeded Florida State and complete the field for the 2002 College World Series. The Seminoles beat the Irish 12-5 on Sunday to force Monday's Game 3. South Carolina stunned defending champion Miami on Sunday with five runs in the 9th inning to eliminate the 'Canes and advance to Omaha. Horns humble Houston | Tigers take out Razorbacks Rice, Stanford and Georgia Tech advance on Saturday
The Stanford Groping Cardinal took out USC(the California one), the Nebraska Cornthuggers took 2 of 3 from Richmond in Lincoln, the Gambling Dreck from Georgia Tech beat Florida Atlantic, the Texas Longhorns stayed one step ahead of the law and ousted U. Houston, the Clemson Tiggers beat Arkansas(Nolan Richards to boycott S. Carolina as a result) and Rice U. swept LSU.
So in one bracket at Omaha we'll have G. Tech, Clemson, S. Carolina, and Nebraska. The other will have Stanford, Notre Dame, Rice, and Texas(so its possible that if Rice and Stanford both win or both lose their first games, then we'll have Condi Rice v. Stanford). Double-elimination within the brackets, but then the brackets winners will then play a single-game championship, instead of the best of 3 series played in every other instance. Supposedly this is the last year for that stupid format that bastardizes the tournament and goes against everything that is baseball. Yeah, I'm STILL bitter over 1-loss Wichita State taking the title over unbeaten Texas many moons ago. Never was a champion that year, since in the end, each team had one loss in the tourney. Damn NCAA sellout to CBS! At least next year they'll get it right, and we'll know the true national champion(unlike college football).
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