No one would have faulted Ole Miss had it stumbled a bit out of the starting blocks of the 2017 season. After all, a Rebels team that lost a host of key contributors to the MLB Draft was forced to start four freshmen on opening day and faced a top-10 East Carolina club that was an extra-innings game away from Omaha last year.
Instead, Mike Bianco’s precocious young team went and pulled off a weekend sweep in front of a record-breaking home crowd.
You never want to put too much emphasis on a three-game sample size, but this No.