Rice "Smoke"s LSU (Again) 5-4, Advances To Super Regional

This year Smoke Laval, Wiederhold, and Autry (the three stooges) did
not wait until the CWS to pull their annual el-flop-o. They got beat by
a bunch of emerging stars and a masterful coach from Rice at the
regional level, in front of the home team Alex Box Stadium fans and AD
Stanley "Skip" Bertman.

Of course, SOME of the Tiger fans may refer to Rice as something that
falls out of a tall cajun's behind after a jambalaya tail-gate party,
and STILL OTHERS might think they were really just some talented high
schoolers, coached by a guy that looks like a bow legged reject from a
B grade vampire movie, but we will leave that for the AM talk shows.

Suffice to say, Rice beat LSU twice to advance out of the Baton Rouge
Regional, I tip my hat to them for a job well done, and wish them luck
at the next level. Their Coaches, Players, and Fans conducted
themselves with class and good sportsmanship all week.

As I predicted in another post, they certainly had an easy road to
Omaha.

It will probably be a few years before LSU hosts or plays in another
regional, because next year, they have very few stars coming back, and
I predict mass transfers and defections if the present coaching regime
stays in place.

The fans at Alex Box are great, and it is college baseball's greatest
atmosphere, but who wants to play for a coaching staff, where
individual players get worse every year, not better.

Geaux Tigers!!
WDS from Baton Rouge

Well, Hello Masin, Hadn't heard from you for a while, glad your still
(in) here. I can't say I agree with you about Coach Bertman, but I can
understand why you hate him after he got away from you guys and won all
those championships and all. Plus he could always beat you at
raquetball. Even though we disagree, I'm glad you posted here, I kind
of thought you were posting in the old "RSBC in the sky".

I am glad we see eye to eye about the current coaching situation in BR.
Sorry about all the bitching, but watching this guy destruct the
program has me in a bad mood, but of course you can understand that
because you've been in a bad mood every year I've known you.

In deference to your age I won't reply to you by saying ugly things
about Frasier.

BTW: I am already old and gray.

BTWII: Bunkie is spelled with an i-e

BTWIII: In your case Bunkerson would be BunkerSTEIN
HTH
Will