The Good News: Auburn's upset of Florida and Georgia's victory over LSU, the only team to sweep Alabama this season (or to sweep the Tide since 2004), cleared arguably the two most dangerous teams we could possibly face from the bracket.

The Bad News: The Dawgs took LSU to the woodshed yesterday with a five inning, 9-0 mercy rule victory. Though we swept them in Tuscaloosa earlier in the season (and they have been maddeningly inconsistent all year, sweeping Florida in Gainseville but dropping two to Auburn), you have to look at yesterday's victory and hope we aren't catching the Dawgs as they are really hitting their stride.  First pitch is scheduled for 4:30pm CST with TV coverage provided by ESPNU and radio coverage on WVUA-FM 90.7.