2011 College World Series: Day Three Discussion Thread

by John Sickels on Jun 20, 2025 1:30 PM EDT

Day Three of the College World Series gets going at 2 PM Eastern with a loser's bracket game, Texas against North Carolina in Game Five. I will predict that Texas wins this game by a 6-3 score and knocks the Tar Heels out of the tourney.

Game Six gets started around 7 PM Eastern, Vanderbilt against Florida. I think Vandy is a better team overall but I will predict a narrow 2-1 Gator win.

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I think both games today will be very good to watch. All 4 teams should have shaken off their first-game jitters by now.

I have to disagree with John on the outcome of the first game. I don’t see any way that Texas scores 6 runs with their anemic offense. I also think that UNC won’t hit so poorly with RISP as they did against Vandy on Saturday. I look for UNC to eliminate Texas and score at least 6 runs today.

I do agree with John that Vandy should win the 2nd game against Florida, but I think there will be a lot more than 3 runs scored between the 2 teams. Vandy gets the edge due to the starting pitching. Whether it’s Johnson or Whitson taking the mound for Florida, I think the result will be a shaky start for Florida.

"There ain’t much to being a ballplayer, if you’re a ballplayer." - Honus Wagner

Keep an eye on my son, Jake "The Jacksonville Rifle" Dunning. From SS to the mound - exclusively toeing the rubber since March 2010.

by Fla-Giant on Jun 20, 2025 1:46 PM EDT reply actions

John picked Florida to win the 2nd game

by RynoRooter on Jun 20, 2025 1:53 PM EDT up reply actions

D'oh

I misread the last sentence.

"There ain’t much to being a ballplayer, if you’re a ballplayer." - Honus Wagner

Keep an eye on my son, Jake "The Jacksonville Rifle" Dunning. From SS to the mound - exclusively toeing the rubber since March 2010.

by Fla-Giant on Jun 20, 2025 4:21 PM EDT up reply actions

UNC wins 3-0

Two out of three ain’t bad - especially in baseball. I was right about the winner of game 1 and about the Longhorn’s anemic offense, but not about UNC’s ability to hit better with RISP. The Tar Heels left a lot of guys on base again. That’s going to come back and haunt them against Florida or Vandy on Wednesday if they don’t get it fixed.

"There ain’t much to being a ballplayer, if you’re a ballplayer." - Honus Wagner

Keep an eye on my son, Jake "The Jacksonville Rifle" Dunning. From SS to the mound - exclusively toeing the rubber since March 2010.

by Fla-Giant on Jun 20, 2025 7:05 PM EDT up reply actions