Almost three months ago, the Vanderbilt Commodores went to Starkville to open SEC play and left Starkville with a 3-0 conference record after outscoring the Bulldogs 19-4 over that weekend.
At that time, Vanderbilt was 15-5 overall and ranked 11th in the country. Mississippi State was 10-10 and 0-3 in the SEC. The idea that these two teams would meet again in a Super Regional, at that point, was pretty out there. The idea that it would even be debatable whether said Super Regional would be in Nashville or Starkville would have seemed ludicrous.
The Super Regional is, in fact, in Nashville, but both teams ended up with 2-seeds in the Clemson and Tallahassee Regional, respectively.