College World Series Bracket

It's almost time for Omaha!!! You just knew we had to fill out this bracket when it was released. You can probably guess who we picked to win it all, but here it is for you to see. If you have not seen the blank bracket, here it is.

The actual bracket itself is hard to argue against. You have 8 incredible teams that took the top 8 seeds. The top 4 were an absolute lock with Florida, Stanford, and Oregon State outpacing the field all year long and Ole Miss winning the SEC Tournament. I thought FSU should get the 5 seed after winning the ACC Tournament, but they come in at #7. North Carolina, fresh off the ACC regular season title comes in at number 6. Stetson got a very good draw at #11 despite not being in line for a home super regional. If you take that factor out, I like their draw best outside of the top 4. I would much rather face North Carolina in Rd.2 then Clemson on the road. Getting Clemson at home is good news for the Seminoles though.

For the #7 national seed, that Tallahassee Regional is a bloodbath. Like I said I prefer Stetson's opening regional better. Mississippi State has given FSU fits in the past in regional play and it is not a team that I wanted to see in regional play. Hopefully we use Parrish in game 2 to send the Bulldogs to the losers bracket.

There are 10 SEC teams in this tournament from that very good conference. Most of the SEC teams are on the left side of the bracket including all of their top seeds. The strongest of the teams on the left side are LSU and the aforementioned Mississippi State squad. There are six ACC squads including four top seeds. Once again, those conferences prove to be the top competition with the Pac 12. While there are less teams than that from the Pac 12, that conference has the #2 and #3 teams overall in Stanford and Oregon State.

Let's do ladies first this time, and start with Jenna's bracket.

Baseball is Jenna's favorite sport, but she does not watch a tremendous amount of it. She does really enjoy FSU athletics though. We went to many a baseball game in our time as students at Florida State. Her favorites were Sherman Johnson and Devon Travis. Now, her favorite player is Drew Mendoza. As a big homer, she had to pick the Seminoles to take the beans. This was an easy prediction to make. Heck, all of our national champions were easy predictions to make.

Jenna has a really solid bracket with a lot of chalk. She has national powerhouse Oregon State to the finals against FSU. She also only has one 2 seed in Omaha. Other than that, she picked all 1 seeds. She has East Carolina and Texas doing quite a bit of damage. You will also notice that she does not have a single SEC team in the College World Series. Her anti-SEC bias is even stronger than mine and I absolutely love it!!!

Now, it's Eli's turn!

As always, Eli picks based on mascots and what sounds best. There is not always sound rationale, but he still isn't three. It is impressive he can even say these team names, let alone know anything about them. He enjoys saying the team names. You will notice a surprising amount of chalk and you will notice that he picked the family squad. He knows what is best after all.

Other than myself and Jenna, Eli actually had the most chalk on his bracket. He had all national seeds advancing, but two. Louisville and Baylor were the two seeds that he had advancing to Omaha. This kid certainly loves to pick Baylor when given the choice. Eli was very excited by East Carolina and their purple pirate mascot. That won him over until the finals against FSU. Some really solid picks from our soon to be 3 year old.

Let's check out Noland Jr.'s bracket.

Other than me, Noland Jr. watches the most baseball in the family. He watches more college baseball then a lot of baseball fans. The kid is a die-hard Seminole and will always pick them in any tournament they are in. Those other picks he made though there is some reason for. He knows his baseball pretty dang well. While this bracket is clearly not chalk, there is some sound reasoning behind a lot of it. Sometimes the mascots prevailed though because he is 5 (hello Wright St Wolfpack). I personally love the selections though and will be rooting for them to come true.

Tigers always win with Noland unless they are playing the Seminoles, so it's no surprise that LSU is advancing to the finals on his bracket. Auburn also makes a deep run until they play LSU. Also look at all those upsets. Crazy!!!!! I promise he loves and pays attention to the game. Being 5 and thinking anything can happen is super awesome.

Finally, I will show you mine....

I went with my head and not just my heart. My head and my heart both say that Florida State will win the day. The team is more than capable and 11 deserves a title. At the end of the day, you have to believe that good triumphs over evil. There is nothing more true in this game than 11 being a complete blessing for the sport. That being the case, it is long past time for this man to get his title. The Seminoles simply have to deliver for him. There are no other options. Florida State must win, they can win, and they will win. Do this Seminoles!!!!

More chalk than I typically go with in a bracket, I picked mostly national seeds to join FSU in Omaha. NC State has a real legitimate shot to upset Florida so I had them in the final field. Louisville has been incredibly hot and I had the Cardinals pulling some upsets to get to Omaha. South Carolina was the other 2 seed I had making it. They have done very well in the tournament historically, so I feel they are poised for another run. Texas I have as the other team on that side. Oregon State and North Carolina advance as top seeds. Stanford also advances. The final breakdown for my predicted Final Four is 4 ACC, 1 Big 12, 2 Pac 12, 1 SEC. I am most confident in the 2 Pac 12 teams being there as they have seemingly easy roads to get there. 4 ACC teams might be a little tougher to come by. This breakdown will leave Oregon State, FSU, Texas, and South Carolina on one side and Stanford, UNC, North Carolina State, and Louisville on the other side. I could be wrong about Louisville and South Carolina though as they could be swapped.

The main thing is though that I am looking forward to this year's tournament and I think FSU has a great shot. I am more concerned about this regional than the super regional. Miss State is no joke and we must get by that team first. Louisville is so incredibly hot right now and they peaked at the right time. Louisville is a team that looks to make a deep run in Omaha and give the Noles all they can handle. Those teams from the Pac 12 are mighty tough and I didn't forget those defending champs down south (well north of here, but south of my school). Anything can happen in this crazy tournament and here's hoping it happens for the Noles!

Would you look at that?
We all picked the Florida State Seminoles!!!! This family really wants Mike Martin to finally get his title. Let's win this one for 11.

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- Noland