Who are you rooting for in CWS?

For fan discussion of the Vanderbilt Commodore baseball program.

Moderators: kerrigjl, BrentVU, jfgogold, NateSY, KarenYates, Vandyman74, roanoke, VandyWhit

dallasdore
Vice Admiral
Posts: 4149
Joined: Thu Dec 08, 2016 12:39 am
Has thanked: 5 times
Been thanked: 16 times

Who are you rooting for in CWS?

Post by dallasdore »

My better half is a razorback, so that part is settled for me. Although, I would likely want the hogs to win regardless. I've always had a great time with their fans in my travels, plus their team has a solid coach and good kids from all accounts.

I want Oregon state to lose as soon as possible, simply due to their violent felon star pitcher. I want to see him get shelled and they lose big, as soon as possible preferably. Talk about a program with zero integrity, even MLB baseball teams shied away from him when he would otherwise be the #1 pick of the draft.

Miss State just seems like a team of destiny this postseason. Remember they lost their first regional game 20-10? They have just pulled out some amazing victories and walk-offs (one too many for my taste, of course). I'll be happy for them if they do it, though.

I have lots of Tx Tech friends, of course, and have always enjoyed their fans. It's not easy to recruit to that place. They would be my third choice.

Washington is out today, they were by far the weakest. Carolina? Texas? Florida? Meh.

Go Hogs!!! WPS!


commadore
Admiral
Posts: 9918
Joined: Tue Nov 29, 2016 12:29 pm
Has thanked: 88 times
Been thanked: 124 times

Re: Who are you rooting for in CWS?

Post by commadore »

I pretty much agree with all you said except I'd put Texas in there with OSU and Florida. They seem to have a sense of entitlement that I do not care for and I would like to see them brought down a notch.
BWestbrook
Rear Admiral
Posts: 1424
Joined: Fri Mar 24, 2017 9:50 pm

Re: Who are you rooting for in CWS?

Post by BWestbrook »

Anyone but Florida
User avatar
dore43
Rear Admiral
Posts: 1070
Joined: Mon Mar 05, 2018 8:17 am

Re: Who are you rooting for in CWS?

Post by dore43 »

Pulling against UF obviously. What's even more sickening than Heimlich's behavior is how almost all their fans support him and blame the Oregonian for the story. He pled guilty in a court of law. It was wonderful to see him get shellacked in their opening loss to UNC.

I may be in the minority of VU fans, but I'm hoping for Miss. State wins it. Unfortunately, we did not win the Superregionals - but I would be glad to say we lost to the National Champions. I don't like those Rally Bananas though.
User avatar
DeefromAtlanta
Admiral
Posts: 7980
Joined: Sun Nov 27, 2016 10:50 am

Re: Who are you rooting for in CWS?

Post by DeefromAtlanta »

BWestbrook wrote:Anyone but Florida
And Texas.
Levon
Rear Admiral
Posts: 2343
Joined: Mon Apr 17, 2017 11:24 am
Been thanked: 50 times

Re: Who are you rooting for in CWS?

Post by Levon »

My team's not playing and I have no rooting interest in any of those still in play, so to quote a prominent former Vanderbilt QB..."DON'T CARE"
User avatar
vujoe
Vice Admiral
Posts: 2760
Joined: Fri Jan 13, 2017 9:15 pm

Re: Who are you rooting for in CWS?

Post by vujoe »

Im not watching this year after Tenn Tech and Vandy not in Omaha.
User avatar
oakparkDore
Vice Admiral
Posts: 2909
Joined: Sun Nov 27, 2016 6:06 pm
Has thanked: 54 times
Been thanked: 10 times

Re: Who are you rooting for in CWS?

Post by oakparkDore »

Arkansas for sure. And rooting against Florida and Heimlich.

I have no particular grudges against MSU. I’ve lived in Mississippi and appreciate all MSU has to do to compete in the SEC (obviously more true in football than baseball).
Commodoredave
Rear Admiral
Posts: 2022
Joined: Sun Dec 04, 2016 8:05 pm

Re: Who are you rooting for in CWS?

Post by Commodoredave »

I have some ties to MSU and am enjoying their ride after the disappointment of last week wore off. It gives me a little pause to consider "what could have been", but I still don't think VU had the goods to go deep this season.

The one thing I don't want to be faced with is a Heimlich vs Sully matchup. Anything else is a satisfactory result.
User avatar
ANCHORDOWN1
Rear Admiral
Posts: 2288
Joined: Thu Dec 01, 2016 9:44 pm
Location: Franklin, TN

Re: Who are you rooting for in CWS?

Post by ANCHORDOWN1 »

I'm rooting for Mississippi State. They have a likable team and a good fanbase. Plus, it would kind of make us look better if we barely lost an instant classic to the champs. It might be painful to play "what if" and wonder if we might have had a chance to win it all if we had won, though.
User avatar
AuricGoldfinger
Fleet Admiral
Posts: 16329
Joined: Tue Nov 22, 2016 8:29 pm
Has thanked: 88 times
Been thanked: 223 times
Contact:

Re: Who are you rooting for in CWS?

Post by AuricGoldfinger »

I'm rooting against every SEC team.

Go Heels, Red Raiders, and Beavers.
dallasdore
Vice Admiral
Posts: 4149
Joined: Thu Dec 08, 2016 12:39 am
Has thanked: 5 times
Been thanked: 16 times

Re: Who are you rooting for in CWS?

Post by dallasdore »

AuricGoldfinger wrote:I'm rooting against every SEC team.

Go Heels, Red Raiders, and Beavers.
So why are you rooting against every SEC team??? I'm really curious.
User avatar
AuricGoldfinger
Fleet Admiral
Posts: 16329
Joined: Tue Nov 22, 2016 8:29 pm
Has thanked: 88 times
Been thanked: 223 times
Contact:

Re: Who are you rooting for in CWS?

Post by AuricGoldfinger »

dallasdore wrote:
AuricGoldfinger wrote:I'm rooting against every SEC team.

Go Heels, Red Raiders, and Beavers.
So why are you rooting against every SEC team??? I'm really curious.
If I'm being honest, it's pure jealousy. :twisted:

I am consistent, though. I root against just about every other SEC team in all postseason events. Admittedly, I really have nothing against some of our SEC brethren. Others, however, can burn in hell.
dallasdore
Vice Admiral
Posts: 4149
Joined: Thu Dec 08, 2016 12:39 am
Has thanked: 5 times
Been thanked: 16 times

Re: Who are you rooting for in CWS?

Post by dallasdore »

AuricGoldfinger wrote:
dallasdore wrote:
AuricGoldfinger wrote:I'm rooting against every SEC team.

Go Heels, Red Raiders, and Beavers.
So why are you rooting against every SEC team??? I'm really curious.
If I'm being honest, it's pure jealousy. :twisted:

I am consistent, though. I root against just about every other SEC team in all postseason events. Admittedly, I really have nothing against some of our SEC brethren. Others, however, can burn in hell.
Fair enough answer. I just find it odd that you would single out the heels (who basically institutionalized academic cheating for their "student" athletes), and the beavers (who have such a disgusting child molesting felon that not a single MLB team would touch him through 40 rounds of draft even though he is a top-5 pick talent). I just wonder how you could dislike many of the SEC teams just because we play them all the time.

I've met many fans and alums of most other SEC teams, which makes it easy to root for them when we are not playing each other. SC, Arkansas, and A&M are my favorites, and none of those seem to cheat on the level that many teams (inside and outside the SEC) do. That makes it easy on me. I do agree with you that some SEC sports teams can go play with traffic (UT because of their huge ignorant bandwagon fan base) and UF (have never had good interactions with their fans, they all seem arrogant) come to mind.
User avatar
charlestonalum
Fleet Admiral
Posts: 13165
Joined: Sat Nov 19, 2016 5:37 am
Location: Charleston, SC
Has thanked: 101 times
Been thanked: 81 times
Contact:

Re: Who are you rooting for in CWS?

Post by charlestonalum »

I want MSU since we really should have beaten them and it would give us real confidence going into next year
User avatar
Dorewithaflare
Vice Admiral
Posts: 2513
Joined: Tue Jan 03, 2017 7:55 am
Been thanked: 10 times

Re: Who are you rooting for in CWS?

Post by Dorewithaflare »

SEC
Commodoredave
Rear Admiral
Posts: 2022
Joined: Sun Dec 04, 2016 8:05 pm

Re: Who are you rooting for in CWS?

Post by Commodoredave »

I'll be for Arkansas. That's much more of an anti- OSU stance than pro-SEC.
Locked Previous topicNext topic