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1 hour ago, BigBlueWDE said:

Anybody know if our band is traveling? Hope they get the experience of a road trip on the west coast

Only 50 are coming in the pep band to Berkeley.

I think the official seats from AU are in O, OO, P, and PP.

Spoiler alert: the sim has us winning the Iron Bowl 34-20. We stop Bama on 4th down and get a final TD to ice it. 

And you have to assume the other 3 non-con games are wins. 
 

So the simulator has us winning a few toss-ups, losing some toss-ups, and 2 blowout losses. 

Maddie, Aubrie, and Millie have posted tweets standing up for the coaching staff. 
 

The same thing happened at Alabama last year. They had a mass exodus leaving only the ones who wanted to be there behind. Players like Fouts stood up for the university and staff, and they had a much better team culture this past season. 

4 hours ago, saminbama said:

Well, this is good news.  She definitely has the background we need. I'm confused.  We list 3 assistant coaches on our website.  Who is the volunteer?  Carosone?  Is someone leaving?

Teams are allowed to have a 3rd paid assistant now.

29 minutes ago, woodford said:

Everyone thought 2013 Alabama would moonwalk to a third straight title. Absolutely loaded. What happened to them?

 

Kirby has only faced two real competent Auburn teams in his career at Georgia and he’s 1-1 against them. 2017 and 2019. 2019 offense was very average but the defense gave them a chance. 
 

I’ll eat crow I don’t care. I just don’t see Georgia walking into JHS against a re-energized program and mopping the floor with them. When is the last time Georgia faced an absolutely raucous road crowd? 2019 Auburn? Are we counting Kentucky 2021?

JHS was fairly dead in the 2019 UGA game, mainly because the offense stunk from the start. In 2017, JHS was truly raucous against UGA, and we know how that worked out for them.

1 hour ago, AU1947 said:

Are you sure because everything I have seen has us the #3...

https://www.sportingnews.com/us/other-sports/news/ncaa-softball-bracket-2023-selections-live/pnzqk9plveepoaetudfwkjcm

Look closely at the link. Sporting News also misinterpreted this. It has Florida behind Loyola Marymount, which is also incorrect. Virginia Tech is the 2 in the Athens regional ahead of Boston University. All of the 2 seeds listed here are out of order. 

Edit: This was written by an intern and it shows. All of his "three" seeds have a higher rpi than the two's. 

I posted this in the other Selection Show thread, but AU is the 2 seed in the Clemson regional. Every regional was announced in the 1-4-3-2 format with the highest seeds on opposite ends of the regional bracket. 

@TigerTennis80 @Golden Eagle @AUBwins

We are the 2 seed and will be the home team Friday against Cal State Fullerton. Each regional was announced in this order: 1-4-3-2, with the 1 and 2 seeds opposing each other. 

2-0 Auburn after 1 inning. Peralta was called out at the plate on an aggressive send by Lenti when Tresvik singled, but it looked like she got under the tag on replay. No challenge by Dean.

Garcia saved the inning with a single of her own scoring Ellis and Tresvik.

Maddie in the circle for us. 

https://auburntigers.com/news/2023/5/11/auburn-to-host-2024-sec-softball-tournament.aspx

Auburn to host 2024 SEC Softball Tournament

I actually like that we are playing at 1:00 today instead of 10:00. Let Florida and Kentucky deal with weather and delays. It is supposed to clear after that so even if we are late starting, maybe we can simply play the game without having to start and stop.

Ole Miss beat LSU 5-3 in 10 innings. We play Ole Miss at 10:00am Thursday, if there are no weather delays today. 

Gobourne will pitch tomorrow. South Carolina had a good game plan to make Penta throw. It didn't help that Maddie had no wiggle room. She really had to pitch carefully to preserve the 1-run lead. 
 

I'll take it. WDE!

What a team win by Auburn on Sunday! Maddie, Denver, Bri, and Aubrie (for her heads-up play to challenge the batter's interference) will go down in Iron Bowl lore. Murphy was correct, but it was Auburn who made legends on Sunday that will be talked about forever. 

4 hours ago, OlderWhiskey said:

May not seem like it, but we have won 3 of the last 4 series against Alabama, including the last two in Tuscaloosa.  We were scheduled to play them there in 2020, but Covid cancelled the season.  They then swept us in 2021 in Auburn.  I'm wondering if the league changed the way the schedule is set up around 2014-15;  by today's sequencing, we should have played them there in 2014 but didn't, according to the results I found.  Anyone know?

The league began the current format when A&M and Mizzou joined the league (which was spring of '13 for softball). For whatever reason, the league didn't settle on the current rotation until 2015, even though they followed the format in 2013 and 2014. 
 

So you are correct, we should've played in Tuscaloosa in 2014 according to the current rotation but instead played there in 2013. The current 3-year rotation has not changed since 2015 but I'm sure it will in 2025 when Texas and OU join the league. 

I was able to go. There's nothing sweeter than winning in T-town! Atmosphere was great, but it never got to our girls, especially Maddie. Bama is known to get quiet when someone else hits them in the mouth, and this weekend was no different in the softball series. 

You missed it. Last week they said about 8 more weeks. Dr. Andrews said no surgery, but he needs time to fully heal.

Much needed sweep. I’m guessing Lowe gets the ball Wednesday at Samford. 

18 hours ago, Gowebb11 said:

But is there too much talent? Our softball team is more often that not in the bottom half of the SEC over an extended time. When I watch us vs other top programs I notice a big disparity in talent. Same for WBB and Baseball. Other than the equestrian team, we don’t have a single program consistently performing in the top third of the SEC. MBB comes the closest. It’s sad and we should be doing better across the board. 

Dean has brought in 3 straight top 10 recruiting classes. I'm not saying we should be one of the final 8 in OKC, but never making it out of regionals is getting old. I don't think the start of the season is a reflection of the talent on this roster. We've definitely under performed, especially on offense. 

4 hours ago, AU1947 said:

Lenti is going to take the fall this year for CMD.... all of a sudden he appears to be coaching and visible. But base running mentality has not changed.   JMO 

Yeah, clearly this is Dean's philosophy on the bases because that has been an issue with him at 3rd during his tenure, not just this year with Lenti at 3rd. The running typically doesn't work against quality teams, but it does with the cupcakes. It's almost like he still thinks he's at JMU running against CAA defenses.... 

10 hours ago, AU9377 said:

My question would be whether an NIT bid is really worth it?  The NIT is a tournament you pay to play in.

Young team that needs experience…. Undoubtedly yes. 

If we beat Vandy, I believe that would be enough to make the WNIT, which has 64 teams so a .500 record or better should do it.

Suni and Derrian were absolutely robbed on floor. The judges scored 4 Bama gymnasts higher? That’s a joke.