[StanfordMatt]

If it's going to be hot and humid at gametime, that's likely going to be worth an extra run or two for MSU just because our players are likely accustomed to the dry CA weather.  Are any of our pitchers from hot and humid locales?

Hopefully they bring along whatever they can to combat/offset the weather conditions.

Tallahassee's heat and humidity was worth about 17 runs in 2012. Only half joking. Over the past decade, we've performed notoriously poorly in Super Regionals in hot and humid conditions (Tallahassee, Nashville, Chapel Hill) but none of the current roster was on those teams so it's not fair to put that burden on them.

Our starting pitchers from weekend series during the regular season are from California (Beck), Oregon (Matthiessen) and Missouri (Miller) so nothing really comparable to Mississippi. At the end of the day, though, it'll be about the team's mental toughness. I'm cautiously optimistic because this group has persevered through some hostile conditions in the past - last year's series at Arizona in particular comes to mind - not to mention the adversity they faced just this past weekend. Of course, nothing they've faced in the past three/four years will compare to the raucous environment of a sellout crowd in Starkvegas. We shall find out soon enough.

[StanfordMatt]

If it's going to be hot and humid at gametime, that's likely going to be worth an extra run or two for MSU just because our players are likely accustomed to the dry CA weather.  Are any of our pitchers from hot and humid locales?

Hopefully they bring along whatever they can to combat/offset the weather conditions.

Tallahassee's heat and humidity was worth about 17 runs in 2012. Only half joking. Over the past decade, we've performed notoriously poorly in Super Regionals in hot and humid conditions (Tallahassee, Nashville, Chapel Hill) but none of the current roster was on those teams so it's not fair to put that burden on them.

Our starting pitchers from weekend series during the regular season are from California (Beck), Oregon (Matthiessen) and Missouri (Miller) so nothing really comparable to Mississippi. At the end of the day, though, it'll be about the team's mental toughness. I'm cautiously optimistic because this group has persevered through some hostile conditions in the past - last year's series at Arizona in particular comes to mind - not to mention the adversity they faced just this past weekend. Of course, nothing they've faced in the past three/four years will compare to the raucous environment of a sellout crowd in Starkvegas. We shall find out soon enough.