Right now in Stillwater Oklahoma...an elimination game is being played between Washington and Dallas Baptist, and DBU is up 4-0 after five innings. From a conference standpoint...we really want the damn Huskies to win, but if they lose--DBU would play Oral Roberts in the Regional final and that would be a No. 3 seed playing a No. 4 seed in the Regional Championship. Washington is a No. 2 seed, and I believe is a higher No. 2 than ours, due to our late-season injuries and losing three out of the last four against them.
The higher seed gets to host a Super-Regional.
For Oregon...that means that as a No. 2 regional seed....if we won today or Monday and DBU beat Washington....Oregon would host a Super-Regional! Yet if we did not win--it would be better for the conference if Washington won.
I can't say it dominates my thoughts, but it is quite interesting and brought about by the big upsets in that Regional. (We will cover it later....but a ton of regionals were awarded over Oregon where it is becoming obvious should not have happened.)
You could hear it in the SEC broadcasters last night. They began with a tone of "Oregon has a nice little team," while Vanderbilt is powerful. By the end of the game and seeing our superb hitting, athleticism in the field and coaching to coax our pitchers...they changed their tune. "Oregon has a good team."
Right.
Thoughts on my dilemma?