hskrfan4life

You'd have to ask the people that were all upset about us not beating a better team.

The wins over Michigan (while they were in a down turn) are nice and it does show that NU can compete against good teams.  Michigan has rode hot pitching and hot bats the past 3 weeks, and also never had to play the #1 seed (Oregon State) in the first regional.  I give them a ton of credit for making it so far in the tournament.

I have also used the "it's baseball" comment a lot in the past.  Unless the team is super dominant, which NU hasn't been historically, it's going to win games against better teams and also lose games against lesser teams.  That's where the "it's baseball" comment is valid.

Michigan is 50-21 and Nebraska is 32-24.  Baseball isn't like every other sport.  The worst team in the league can beat the best team on any given night, but that's why they play 3 game series.  You can't just look at one game or one series and make any general conclusions.  Long Beach St. managed to go 1-0 against Michigan, but they finished 14-41. I think we would both agree that their one win doesn't make any big overall statement about the Long Beach program.  This is why people say "it's baseball".