At LSU baseball media day on Friday afternoon, Tigers coach Paul Mainieri had racked his brain to remember a year where he'll have to replace the entire pitching staff like he will this season.
Mainieri came up with two such seasons - 2009 and 2011.
In 2009, LSU turned to Anthony Ranaudo, Austin Ross and Louis Coleman and that grouping worked out well as they helped lead LSU to the national championship.
Two seasons later, LSU had three freshmen in the rotation - Kevin Gausman, Ryan Eades and Kurt McCune - along with senior Ben Alsup but that Tigers team didn't fare as well as it got off to a rough start and then missed the SEC and NCAA Tournaments.