Story of the day:
The Fresno State baseball team completed a surprising run to the finals of the College World Series by defeating Georgia and winning the whole thing. How refreshing that a collegiate sport have a tournament to decide the national championship regardless of school size or conference affiliation.
The school became the lowest seeded team to win an NCAA championship in any sport. It was a fourth seed at the Long Beach Regional, and began its unlikely run there, knocking off 11th-seeded Long Beach State and sixth-ranked San Diego. In the Super Regional, Fresno State won two of three against third- ranked Arizona State to reach the College World Series.
Fresno State went on to beat fifth-ranked Rice, eliminate second-ranked North Carolina and staved off elimination three times in the same tournament, ending with a 47-31 record.
We've joked that Boise State could replicate Fresno's success if they had a baseball team of their own, but after reading the unlikely and amazing road they took to the championship, we're not so sure that the Broncos could do that. (Just kidding; the Broncos could do anything!)
Congratulations, Fresno State.
Other links:
The Statesman joins the Peak radio curiosity [Murph's Turf]
Better late than never, we guess.
The Big Lead's take on superconferences [The Big Lead]
OBNUG's take on superconferences: yes.Reggie Larry? One can certainly hope so.
Revised ESPN Top 25 [ESPN.com]
Still no Boise State. Send it back for more revisions!
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OBNUG I propose all Boise State Bloggers stop blogging for the month of July. This will force the Toad to actually work for a living. What you think.
ReplyDeleteI noticed that Murphy didn't post for two months. Nice of him to give us little guys a head start.
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