“We Love This”: Hogs Not Under Same Delusion as Arch-Nemesis with Murray State on Tap

Photo Credit: Craven Whitlow / Oregon State AthleticsNo. 3 Arkansas takes the field against Murray State this afternoon for the first of the four consecutive elimination games it will have to win to reach the College World Series finals.

After entering Omaha as the highest remaining seed in the field, the Diamond Hogs will look to avoid going 0-2 in Omaha after their bats went silent in Saturday night’s loss to No. 6 LSU.

Murray State is this year’s Cinderella team, as the Racers sped through the Oxford Regional as a four seed by upsetting No. 10 Ole Miss before outlasting Duke in three games in the Durham Super Regional. The Missouri Valley Conference champions boast a 44-16 record, with a…