Better Know Omaha: The Other Side of the Bracket

The College World Series begins tomorrow afternoon with Coastal Carolina taking on Arizona at 1:00 P.M. on ESPN. The bracket opposite of LSU opens up the tournament and while there’s no guarantee the Tigers make it to the championship series (June 21-22/23) we should at least get a cursory introduction to the teams that LSU could potentially be playing. Opposite of LSU’s bracket is one of the successful programs this century, Jay Johnson’s old team, the team that beat Jay Johnson’s old team and his current team en route to a national championship, and an ACC power that’s making its sixth trip to Omaha in the past 18 seasons.

#8 Oregon State

Record: 47-14-1

Team ERA: 4.30

Team Batting Average:…