Ole Miss baseball in the desert...

Ole Miss pretty much forgot its bats at the hotel yesterday for the second Super Regional game at Packard Stadium. But what stood out most to me about my venture to Tempe (which I skipped a free dinner at Joe’s BBQ for) was that Arizona State fans are almost as fanatic as the ones from Baton Rouge. Although they have a small stadium – only about 3,000 fans – they all worked together impressively to launch insult after insult toward the 200 or so Mississippians in the crowd and the players on the field. Nothing more than the stereotypes you’d expect people to have of Mississippi, but the difference in Arizona State fans and LSU fans is that from what I could tell most of the ASU fans were sober. And while Maroon is an excellent color choice, it should never be put with yellow. Otherwise, Tempe is a really nice place, even under 105-degree, cloudless skies. And, Sun Devil Stadium (football) looks like a cool place to watch a football game. Had to throw some edification in there.

These were the guys that every Mississippian loved to hate (Notice Lance Lynn in the background, head down):