The LSU baseball team left this afternoon for Rocky Top where they’ll face Tennessee in the super regionals. Game one is set for Saturday night in Knoxville. In late March, the Volunteers swept the Tigers, outscoring LSU by four runs. Coach Paul Mainieri says both teams benefited from that hard-fought series
Cut 18 (16)”..for us.”
After that series in an interview with a Baton Rouge radio station, Mainieri said the Tennessee fans were nasty and they got into the head of freshman first baseman Tre Morgan.

Meanwhile, the search for a new head baseball coach at LSU is heating up. Retired Oregon State Coach Pat Casey has emerged as a candidate. He won three national titles with the Beavers, but the 62-year-old has given mixed statements on whether he wants to coach again. Florida’s Kevin O’ Sullivan said today he’s staying in Gainesville.

Four days ago, Louisiana Tech’s season ended with a loss to North Carolina State in the Ruston regional championship round. Even though the Bulldogs did not advance, Tech coach Lane Burroughs says it was good for his team to feel what it’s like to host in the postseason.
Cut 16 (14) “…taste of it.”
Burroughs says he expects the Bulldogs to field another strong team on the diamond next season.

In football news, LSU officially named Baton Rouge native Brad Davis as its new offensive line coach. Davis has spent the last four seasons coaching in the SEC at Arkansas, Missouri, and Florida.

And the College football playoff announced today it considering a proposal to expand the postseason from four teams to 12 teams, with the top four seeds getting a first-round bye. Six conference champions plus six at-large teams would make the playoffs under the proposal that needs approval from the league commissioner.