A somber Mike Bianco stepped to the podium to try to make sense of what had just taken place.He paused, and looked down a couple of times, struggling to find words for how his season had just ended.
“It’s hard to talk after that,” Bianco said. “I just told the kids that that’s why it is the greatest game on earth. You have the thrill of victory and it will just rip your heart out. As we sit here, I just feel awful for my guys.”
Ole Miss was on the wrong end of a 6-5 back and forth fist fight with Tulane (40-20), who worked in the last punch in the 9th inning when Jake Rogers took a slider to left field for a two-run home run that saw the lead exchange hands for the final time as the Green Wave avoided elimination.