He threw the ball real well. He came in a crucial situation. Still, there are a couple of things that frustrated me. Maybe it's too early to expect perfection. There was an 0-2 pitch for a hit off Mike. Mike has to understand that location is so important for him.

I told Barret the good thing was that he held his composure and that we didn't have to get him out of the second inning. He really didn't pitch bad.

That is impressive. I just felt he was going to get the no-hitter.

They are going to be hungry - they lost two out of three this (past) weekend. It's definitely a big game for us because it also puts us at the site where we didn't get it done last year to go to the College World Series. Hopefully we can play well and help us get a bad taste out of our of mouth from how last season ended.

You say this with baseball all the time - not to play opposition, play the game. That's the key for us. Miami is kind of out of the equation. It's us. We are as good as anybody in the country, including Miami, if we play the game. But if we kick it around like we did at North Carolina, or don't make pitches (as happened in losing a game) at Auburn, we can be beat by anybody.

The thing about Bryan Henry he is going to work hard.

You know you are going to get six innings out of (Bryan Henry) every time out. And the reason is because he's such a complete pitcher.

We can't worry about what the opposition does but there is a certain way Miami has to be pitched. And we've got to be able to execute when it comes to executing certain pitches.

Part of the keys to winning against them is controlling their running game. And to do that, you have to keep certain guys off the bases.

I saw a big, strong lefty who threw in the upper 80s. That grabs your attention real fast.