Path to Omaha Average Difficulty
Oklahoma and Ole Miss the only two to eclipse 5.0 in average TSR faced. Alabama had a quite generous path to Omaha.
No one had to play the maximum of 8 games to make it. 4 teams swept their way to Omaha, with 7 (!!) sweeps during Supers.
I lived with Tristan all of last year, at Clemson. He will be a life long friend of mine.
I will never forget the conversations we had before Ole Miss came around.
He was not getting much love, the next “biggest” was Duke.
A good friend of his put in a great word at Ole Miss.
Bianco & Co. saw his ELITE advanced metrics & gave him a chance.
Keep in mind, Tristan was coming into Ole Miss with a Torn UCL.
I could not be more proud of my friend. He bet on himself & is now enjoying one hell of a ride.
Ole Miss was 5-0 against nationally ranked teams on their path to Omaha. All on the road.
Auburn (#5) 2-0
AZST (#22) 2-0
Nebraska (#20) 1-0
They earned it and didn’t get an easy draw.
@cadesmith_3 In July 2024, Liam Doyle, Andrew Fischer and Wes Mendes entered the portal and they said Ole Miss was sunk. They never sniffed Omaha. Judd Utermark, Will Furniss and Brayden Randle made it.