There is a definite heavy, orangish haze over the area from the fires in Quebec ... approx 525 miles north. About a 9 hour drive up I-87.
Canada has requested International assistance.

Fla rematch....hope we can rise to the challenge

Beautiful voice.
R.I.P.

Bobby Engstler, (Lawton Chiles High School, Tallahassee, Florida), is the No. 2 ranked punter in the Class of 2024, according to KohlsKicking.com, a top scouting source for kickers and punters. He remains uncommitted.

Engstler was on hand in Columbia to work out with South Carolina special teams coordinator and associate head coach Pete Lembo last weekend, where he was able to try his hands at some punts with the coach at Williams-Brice Stadium.

"It was amazing. I loved working with Coach Lembo. He gives me great advice. I feel like he's already my coach," the punter told me.

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Casas was very effective in the regionals. Coach Kingston should have kept Casas in the Central Connecticut State game long enough until he hits his 20th home run.

Gamecocks move to regional championship with a 2 game advantage.

Clemson loses to an SEC school and blows through several pitchers setting up 1-2 Sunday elimination games with very little rest.

The Gamecocks bracket pairing, #2 seed Florida goes down to Texas Tech, creating a possibility that South Carolina could host a super if the cards continue to fall in this direction.

How you folks feeling out there? Will today be even better?

Beating a team 5 (V, Five, Cinco, Funf, Cinq, Piec or no matter how you spell it) times ... in the same season ... on their home field ... is a very difficult task.

WIN ANYWAY!!!

Columbia:
South Carolina over Campbell in the regional final. South Carolina dominated Campbell's thinly-stretched pitching staff on Sunday. Gavin Casas was named the regional MVP.

Winston-Salem:
Wake Forest did not nothing to cast doubt on their status as a #1 seed. While Maryland and George Mason aren't murders' row, Wake won their three regional games by a combined score of 48-7.

Tuscaloosa:
Bama will head to Winston-Salem after winning a rain soaked regional at home. The Tide went 3-0 and easily dispatched a highly overrated Boston College team in the regional final. Interim Head Coach Jason Jackson should lose the interim tag this offseason.

Coral Gables:
Just like football, this isn't the 90s anymore and Miami isn't a premier baseball team. Texas beat Miami twice on their way to perfect weekend perhaps setting up a huge super regional with rival Texas A&M

Palo Alto:
Texas A&M and Stanford have split a pair games with a winner-take-all rubber match scheduled 9:00 pm tonight. Stanford lost the meeting and has made their way through the losers bracket so their staff is stretched 9 innings more than the Aggies.

Baton Rouge:
This regional is a full day behind due to rain. LSU is in the driver seat with Oregon State needing two wins at Alex Box to move on. Game one is scheduled for 2:00 pm with a second game to follow if necessary.

Lexington:
Kentucky lost to Indiana on day two of the regional and have since rebounded to knock out West Virginia (and their Clemson alumnus head coach) and force a decisive third matchup with Indiana. First pitch is 6:00 pm. The winner will play either Oregon State or LSU.

Auburn:
The host Tigers fell flat going 0-2 in their own regional. Penn and Southern Miss remain. The veteran Golden Eagles are trying to accomplish the rare feat of losing their regional opener and winning four in a row to advance. Coming into this season only 27 teams have lost their first game and advanced out of the regional. USM and Penn play in the regional final at 3:00 pm.

Clemson:
Unfortunately someone had to win. Tennessee beat Clemson in 14 innings Saturday night in the best game of the entire tournament. Teams from the Palmetto State need to avoid playing Charlotte, they beat Carolina twice and knocked Clemson out of their regional before falling to Tennessee. The Vols are almost certain to get a super regional at home against either Penn or Southern Miss, despite USM having the larger stadium.

Gainesville:
This is the game that USC fans will be watching at work today. If Texas Tech can finish the job and get a second win over Florida, they will travel to Columbia next weekend. If Florida completes their run through the losers bracket. The Gamecocks head to Sunshine State. Regional finale is high noon on ESPNU.

Conway:
Like Southern Miss, Coastal lost their first game and has battled back winning three straight to force a winner-take-all with Duke today at 6:00 pm. Coastal was no-hitting 4th seed Rider through six, then fell apart after in the 7th allowing 9 runs. They would ultimately lose in extras. The Chants have scored 33 runs in their last three games and should be favored today as they have the better lineup.

Charlottesville:
UVA gets to sit back and wait for the Duke/Coastal winner. They won two games over a very good ECU team, going 3-0 on the weekend.

Nashville:
Sunday night, the whistling died. Xavier defeated Vandy knocking them from the tournament on their own field. The Vandy Boys went 1-2 this weekend. Oregon then smashed Xavier to set up a likely super regional in Eugene.

Stillwater:
Oral Roberts became the only 4-seed to advance to a super regional as they defeated every other team in the regional. ORU won the regional over Dallas Baptist in a 6-5 game that was one of the best of the weekend. ORU is 49-11 and was ridiculously under-seeded. Former Gamecock and Commodore Matt Hogan is having a career-year in Tulsa for the Golden Eagles.

Terre Haute:
The host Sycamores beat Iowa twice to advance to the super regional for the first time in school history. A super regional that they would host if TCU can beat Arkansas just one time today.

Fayetteville:
Arkansas is in a little trouble at home. TCU did what visiting teams just don't do in Fayetteville, pounding the Hogs 20-5. This regional is also day behind due to rain. Arkansas will have to beat TCU twice to advance. First game is at 3:00 pm on ESPNU. If there is game two, it won't start until 9:00 pm.

Becker on the mound this evening and Tippett moved up a notch in the batting order.

Checking in from Founders Park for the regional final. South Carolina will take on Campbell tonight. If the Gamecocks win they move on to the super regional, if they lose we're back here for a winner-take-all game tomorrow.

Camels just eliminated NC State in dominant fashion, an 11-1 win. That offense has scored 21 runs in the last 12 innings.

Neither team has announced a starting pitcher yet, but we should have those along with the rest of the lineups within the next half hour or so.

This thing is constantly being interrupted by ads.

Also why are our games not being shown on ESPN instead of ESPN+?

Lesser of two evils.
What an obnoxious bunch.
Go 49ers.

Campbell is up seven to zero against North Carolina State in the bottom of third inning.

Campbell does have a South Carolina connection regarding football with Arturo Freeman being a defense analyst for the Camels.

We should be home team!

Charlotte pretty much owns the state of SC it seems.

Story from tonight's game with quotes from Mark Kingston on the roster management that led them to this point, Gavin Casas on his swing and Jack Mahoney on how he felt.

Roughly 16 teams today will be playing a doubleheader with top seeds Florida, Vanderbilt, Kentucky, clemson and Miami need to win today just to make it to tomorrow. In the Auburn regional it is possible that last seeded in the region Pennsylvania will win the regional and play either Tennessee or clemson.

If you’ve been following along with our Professional Gamecocks columns, you know this was coming with his play at AAA.

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A couple new flags at the SEC spring meetings hotel.

Clocking in from Founders Park for the unquestioned biggest game of the season. South Carolina vs. North Carolina State in the winner's bracket game. Winner tonight only has to win one more this weekend to advance, loser has the daunting challenge of winning three games in two days.

Great pitching matchup on the mound with two studs Jack Mahoney and NC State's Matt Willadsen. Sellout crowd expected. This is going to be really, really fun.

6:08 first pitch on ESPN+.

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I'm assuming he doesn't think CCSU is capable of winning the first two games, especially in the Carolina game without their best hitter. He's hoping to win one and then roll the dice the rest of the way.

Will South Carolina bat in the top of first of the bottom of the inning?

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