Welcome to the barnyard with Steve Robertson. As always, I am your good friend and host Steve Robertson here on the magnificent Monday edition of the yard. Hope things are well with you wherever you are today. There's not a lot of joy in Starkville. I can share that with you. I've been kind of neglecting to record this show for a while because I wanted to get my thoughts together.

But yeah, it's disappointing.

I mean, it's beyond disappointing because I think in many respects,

we have become so accustomed and in some ways probably spoiled

in the last several years to expect June baseball.

And as it stands right now, Mississippi State's going to need a miracle.

And that means winning the SEC tournament. I cannot see a path to an at large bit. I mean,

even if you sweep the final two series, and that's probably the only thing that could even get

you back in the conversation is if you sweep, because that would, you know, get you right there

to 500. But the reality of it is, is based on the teams that we're going to be playing the next

two weekends, chances of us sweeping anybody are pretty slim. Yeah, we talked last week. I thought

we'd win a series. I didn't think we'd sweep. Were we capable of sweeping? I thought probably

yes. But I think after watching those two sweep. We were capable of sweep, and I thought probably yes.

But I think after watching those two teams play this weekend, you know, we are two teams this year going in two different directions.

And, you know, Florida, we knew they would be talented. They weren't picked to win the SEC by many people just on an accident. They have not played up their potential, but we certainly haven't.

And I really thought when you get down to it,

they look more talented than us.

You know, they had some guys and get clutch hits.

We didn't.

They owned the ninth inning.

That's what great teams do.

That's what good teams do.

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