Clemson defeated Alabama 8-6 and Oklahoma pounded Virginia 11-0 so the college world series is set.

ASU
Clemson
Oklahoma
South Carolina

TCU
Florida St
UCLA
Florida

TCU over ASU

No Texas is quite surprising.

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
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I have to watch college baseball with the sound off. I just can't stand the sound of the ball off the bat. It's not natural.

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We all have private ails. The troublemakers are they who need public cures for their private ails.- Eric Hoffer

Weekend TV schedule:

Saturday

Florida St vs TCU 1:00pm ESPN

UCLA vs Florida 6:00pm ESPN

Sunday

South Carolina vs Oklahoma 1:00pm ESPN

Clemson vs Arizona St 6:00pm ESPN2

I prefer the college game to the pro's.

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TCU hammered Florida St 8-1 behind the pitching of Matt Purke (7 IP 4 H 0 ER 4 BB 7 K's) and the hitting of Bryan Holaday (3-5 HR)

UCLA crushed Florida 11-3 behind the pitching of Trevor Bauer ( 7 IP 6 H 3 ER 2 BB 11 K's) and hitting of Niko Gallego (4-5 2 R). Yes, Niko is the son of former Athletic and Yankee Mike Gallego.

Oklahoma hung on to defeat South Carolina 4-3 behind the pitching of Michael Rocha (6 IP 5 H 2 ER 3 BB 2 K's) and hitting of Garrett Buechele (son of Steve Buechele and owner of a horrible mullet) and Caleb Bushyhead (2-3 HR 2 RBI). Bushyhead.

ASU vs Clemson was rained out and will be played at 10:00AM TODAY. It will not be televised.

Today's TV schedule:

Florida vs Florida St 3:30pm ESPN2 (Elimination game)

TCU vs UCLA 8:00pm ESPN2

A couple of upsets today.

Clemson defeated Arizona St 6-3 and Florida St defeated Florida 8-5. Florida is the first team to be eliminated from the college world series.

UCLA defeated TCU 6-3 behind the pitching of unsigned '08 Yankee 1st round draft pick Gerritt Cole ( 8 IP 5 H 3 ER 2 BB 13 K's) and the hitting of Beau Amaral (3-3 2 R 1 RBI), son of former Mariner and Oriole Rich Amaral.

Today's TV schedule:

Arizona St vs South Carolina 3:30pm ESPN2 (elimination game)

Oklahoma vs Clemson 8:00pm ESPN2

South Carolina crushed ASU 10-4 behind the pitching of Toronto Blue Jays 4th rounder (will anyone ever see him pitch again??) Sam Dyson (7.1 IP 8 H 4 ER 2 BB 3 K's) and the hitting of Jackie Bradley Jr. (3-4 HR 4 RBI). ASU has been eliminated from the college world series.

Clemson defeated Oklahoma 6-4 and TCU defeated Florida St. 11-7. Florida St has been eliminated from the college world series.

Today's games:

Oklahoma vs South Carolina 6:00pm ESPN (elimination game)

South Carolina defeated Oklahoma 3-2 in 12 innings. Oklahoma has been eliminated from the college world series.

Friday's TV schedule:

UCLA vs TCU 3:30pm ESPN2 (elimination game for TCU)

Clemson vs South Carolina 8:00pm ESPN2 (elimination game for South Carolina)

TCU staved off elimination by defeating UCLA 6-2 behind the pitching of Matt Purke (6.1 IP 3 H 2 ER 2 BB 2 K's) and the hitting of Taylor Featherston (2-2 HR 3 RBI). Purke (he's a goofy lookin bastard) is now 16-0 on the season and he's a freakin freshman. Unbelievable.

South Carolina also staved off elimination by defeating Clemson 5-1 behind the pitching of Micheal Roth (9 IP 3 H 1 ER 1 BB 4 K's) and the hitting of Jackie Bradley Jr ( 1-3 2 RBI). Everytime I see this kid I think Tony Gwynn with power.

Saturday's TV schedule:

TCU vs UCLA 1:00pm ESPN2 (elimination game)

Clemson vs South Carolina 6:00pm ESPN (elimination game)

UCLA advanced to the college world series finals by defeating TCU 10-3 behind the pitching of quirky sophomore Trevor Bauer ( 8 IP 4 H 2 ER 2 BB 13 K's) and the hitting of Senior Blair Dunlap (3-5 HR 3 RBI).

South Carolina also advanced to the finals by defeating Clemson 4-3 behind the pitching of Sam Dyson (6.2 IP 5 H 2 ER 2 BB 5 K's) and the hitting of Christian Wakler (2-4 HR 2 RBI).

The final best of 3 series between UCLA and South Carolina starts on Monday at 6:30pm on ESPN.

I wish it was just a one game final, but I will go with UCLA to win and I will say a sweep.

Yeah I really underestimated UCLA's pitching staff. They could sweep the series but South Carolina always seems to find a way to win close ballgames. Should be a great series.

South Carolina defeated UCLA in the first game of the 3 game series 7-1 behind the pitching of senior Blake Cooper ( 8 IP 3H 1ER 1BB 10K's) and the hitting of senior Bobby Haney (2-3 3 RBI). Cooper was working on 3 days rest and Haney is known for his glove (SS) and not his bat.

Game 2 will be played Tuesday night at 6:30 on ESPN.