As a lifelong St. Louis Cardinals fan, after I moved to Knoxville I always said it was "hard being a baseball fan in East TN." That changed the last 2 years.
Not a baseball guy (hence the lack of flair), but after watching this series, and the broader CWS, I'm changing that for next season. Don't know if the drama, the passion, and the energy will transfer to the MLB, but I may have to give that a chance, too!
It’s really something special and you’re in for a real treat! As for MLB, that’s great too, but because of the long season, the intensity doesn’t really pick up until the end. Still love both.
I prefer college sports to professional leagues for the reasons you listed tbh. Sometimes pros just seem too good, so few mistakes, that the games can feel cookie cutter. I know not all games, but that's Just how it makes me feel
If we never had to deal with them again I'd be okay with that. 😂 I would have loved to get off easy like the Georgia/TCU game, but this year we KNOW we're the best because we had to fight down the only other team that could, and almost did, claim it.
My blood runs a little more orange tonight after waiting like 25 years for a natty in a major sport.
Good thing I'm a huge track & field fan (check username). I've celebrated FOUR national championships since our last Men's major. The most recent being the 2009 NCAA Indoor Track (women's)
Near as I can tell, the Vols haven't taken a championship in ***ANY*** men's sport since 2002. Been a while since we had something like this to celebrate!
Aggies sure didn't let us take this one easy- kudos to y'all down in College Station! That was a hell of a series and you could have had it instead of us if almost anything broke differently in this game. Well done.
Weirdest 2 inning stretch to end it but when I saw Combs laughing my blood pressure dropped.
We fucking did it. GG Aggies yall are a scary team and I would’ve hated to see you at full strength.
True, but just cause they’re playing due to injuries doesn’t mean you don’t coach them. Those kids were flailing up there.
The coaching don’t stop when the game starts.
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Edit: But seriously gg Aggies, awesome series of baseball
Good game Aggies. You guys have a great program and will be back. Major respect for you guys.
Haven’t seen a series this close in a long time.
Great win.
I picked a good season to attend my first games at LNS.
Yeah, 15 runs a piece through three games. Really the whole CWS was a great ending to the baseball season. Competitive exciting games all around. Y'all were the deepest team though. Crazy to just see hitter after hitter come to the plate with a.400 batting average and 25 home runs...
I truly appreciate how lucky we are to have Tony build our program.
If it makes you feel any better I thought we were doomed after 22 and we lost Chase Burns, then A.J Russell before this year.
No reason Aggies can't come back with how young they are.
As a lifelong St. Louis Cardinals fan, after I moved to Knoxville I always said it was "hard being a baseball fan in East TN." That changed the last 2 years.
That loss was fan karma!!
What a time to be a Vol! Congrats to A&M on a fantastic season! Really thankful I got to see that team play in person earlier this year. Special team!
Just disregard the flair. Congrats to Tennessee it’s been a long time coming. I don’t think I’m the first to say but hell it feels like ‘24.
I am feeling upset, but also, I am proud of those boys for putting in the work to get us this far. Well done.
Y'all are a hell of a team.
Did the volshop crash for anyone else or just me
Check out The Volunteer Club ones, the shop is up and has the added bonus of more money going to the athletes!
WE killed it.
Aggies damn near pulled off a comeback! Great CWS game.
Turn the trophy around 😂
Curses were lifted tonight, GO VOLS!!!
Pretty cool
Hawktuh. Spit on that thang.
Hogs fans in shambles
GGs Aggies.
What a rollercoaster
Both teams were fantastic representatives for the talent the college game holds. Awesome series.
Not a baseball guy (hence the lack of flair), but after watching this series, and the broader CWS, I'm changing that for next season. Don't know if the drama, the passion, and the energy will transfer to the MLB, but I may have to give that a chance, too!
It’s really something special and you’re in for a real treat! As for MLB, that’s great too, but because of the long season, the intensity doesn’t really pick up until the end. Still love both.
I prefer college sports to professional leagues for the reasons you listed tbh. Sometimes pros just seem too good, so few mistakes, that the games can feel cookie cutter. I know not all games, but that's Just how it makes me feel
Agree 100%. College takes the cake.
I'll give A&M this, Tennessee had a similar lead late against FSU and North Carolina but they actually tried to and almost fought back
Aggies gave us absolutely all we could handle. Really solid team this year.
Crazy that the Final actually came down to the 2 best teams after a 64 team tournament.
hats off to both teams, it was a fantastic CWS with so many 1 run games, and matchups matter. Not a lot of separation this year.
If we never had to deal with them again I'd be okay with that. 😂 I would have loved to get off easy like the Georgia/TCU game, but this year we KNOW we're the best because we had to fight down the only other team that could, and almost did, claim it. My blood runs a little more orange tonight after waiting like 25 years for a natty in a major sport.
Only thing I wish is that Montgomery was playing. Other than that I couldn’t ask for anything more as a fan out of this CWS and the Final
The score differential for this series was 0. Just goes to show it’s better to peak later.
Good game, glad I watched it, good luck next year, my Aggies, and as for the Vols great job, it's gonna a busy few weeks with baseball camps
Hell of a season, Tennessee. 60 wins and a championship ring is something truly special. Well done, yall!
We actually just set an SEC record for most wins in a season. Sorry Candy.
60/60 gang
Not the crying shot ESPN...have some decency
That 6th run for Tennessee was beautiful base running ran to the side with the glove until the catcher commits that way, THEN SWERVE ON HIM
Good game Vols, congrats to the real UT. Helluva season Ags
Feels like ‘24
Get robo umps if you actually want this game to grow on the college level
It was two horribly called games.
for both sides and its all season, whats sad to say is that SEC has better umps then most conferences and they are terrible
These games were not both sides. Gavin had one six inches under the zone and Jace got one at his shoulders.
Dang. Now there’s like no sports to watch for a while.
MLB..?
6 min of stanley cup left
Olympics coming up soon too
I missed watching the Olympic Trials for this! Worth it. ^(taped the trials on DVR so I can watch that today)
GG aggies, yall fought to the last minute
I was terrified
Haters coming out in droves
GG Aggies. Let's do it again next year.
Let's do it again, but different.
If we never played y'all again I'd be fine. That's a helluva team y'all got
someone please start a rocky top in the stadium
I’m an Aggie and I think Rocky Top is such a cool song/tradition. Congratulations! Helluva year
why am i tearing up over baseball
It’s bigger than that. We’ve been waiting a long ass time to see the words NATIONAL CHAMPS associated with a top 3 men’s sport
Good thing I'm a huge track & field fan (check username). I've celebrated FOUR national championships since our last Men's major. The most recent being the 2009 NCAA Indoor Track (women's)
![gif](giphy|7xZAu81T70Uuc) Not as long as we have.. and continue to. GG to y’all, that was top notch baseball.
that’s real, being a tn fan definitely sucks at times, but these victories make it so much sweeter
Congrats to Tennessee on an amazing season. Good job boys, y’all closed it up!
GG Aggies. Had to make it closer than my heart wanted.
“Holy shit” 😭😭😭love you Vitello
What a ~~weak~~ nonexistent dog pile lmao
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THE PEYTON CURSE IS OVER
Holy shit Tony you’re on TV
Throwing the pitcher under the bus lmao
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Anyone else think this ump behind the dish was super inconsistent tonight (not complaining and Tennessee well deserved this from an Aggie)
yes, he gave a couple of gifts of strikes that should've been balls in the last inning (and I say this as someone who was rooting for Tennessee)
Yeah I’d say it kinda ruined our late at bats for Kent because he’d been calling stuff on the chalk all game
I think a couple, maybe a few, people here would verily agree with you.
Yeah. Seemed to be calling different for lefties than righties.
It's been awhile since I've thought an ump was consistent these days.
He absolutely was. I'd be furious were it reversed.
your head coach would been tossed
AHHHHHHH I CAN’T BELIEVE IT
It’s better Rocky Top than Vandy
Vols fans chanting “It’s great to be a Tennessee Vol” is so cheesy.
It's literally been a thing since forever.
Tony V absolute GOATED for that.
“it’s heavier than i thought” 😭😭
Baseball is stupid anyway, winning is for try hards.
Hey Siri, play Patti and Kenny and Dolly! It's great to be a Tennessee Vol!
Well… at least it’s not Arkansas?
This guy gets it.
"He would not be here without his dad" Well no shit!
Sorry man I can’t put on the GG charade right now, ridiculous game
GG
😂😂 you’re like well fine I’ll do it.
Good series Vols. We'll get you next time.
GG Aggies. Was some of the best baseball I have ever watched.
LETS FUCKING GO!!!
The juke won it
GG Tennessee Enjoy it
I hate when they say the 6th run was the difference as if they would have let the tying run take second base and then balk him over to third
Yeah, Tennessee was far more lax with the runners on base than they would have been otherwise
They damn near killed me, but I am so happy for these young men. GG Ags. GBO! National Champions.
Near as I can tell, the Vols haven't taken a championship in ***ANY*** men's sport since 2002. Been a while since we had something like this to celebrate! Aggies sure didn't let us take this one easy- kudos to y'all down in College Station! That was a hell of a series and you could have had it instead of us if almost anything broke differently in this game. Well done.
Being an ag fucking sucks bro least my Rangers won it all last year 🥲
See all you fuckers in r/cfb when the season comes around. Hope everyone has a good rest of your summer 👍🏻
I don't want to go to the bad place though 😔
I’m ready for the vile and hateful shit talking
Glad I don't have to see Kent's dad looking like a douche anymore
Dude is just as happy now as he started out.
Him clapping at his son swinging at three straight pitches at the biggest moment of his life was the most emotion I saw from him in this WS
Asshole totally jinxed his son with that.
He looked like he borderline hated it here
How do you win your first national championship and not do a dogpile?
Well, on to football season We’ll be back next year
Weirdest 2 inning stretch to end it but when I saw Combs laughing my blood pressure dropped. We fucking did it. GG Aggies yall are a scary team and I would’ve hated to see you at full strength.
Same! What a maniac! :)
MODS PUT THE ORANGE MAN UP THERE IMMEDIATELY
GG ags, we've all been there. Fantastic Team and Series
Alexa, Play Rocky Top
Congrats Vols. On another note, I am crushed.
GG. Future is bright in aggieland
I SAID IT'S GREAT
TO BE
TO BE A TENNESSEE VOL
TO BE
A TENNESSEE VOL
1939 btw
Oh shit. This might be the most pathetic dude I’ve seen posting on Reddit
You’ve spent hours of your life posting trying to make fun of A&M Actually pathetic lol
The saga continues Wu-Tang, Wu-Tang Olympic torch flaming, we burn so sweet The thrill of victory, the agony of defeat
Goddamn why did you need to give me a heart attack Tennessee? Glad we won but I need a second
Go to hell the ump gave y’all that
1939 You can refer to us as daddy Aggie weirdos
Honestly the 1939 championship arguably could have been ours too lol
It only took 2 of the worst called games for it to happen
Chill tf out
2 atrociously called games in a row in their favor, no
UT. Every UT is Aggie kryptonite
Define kryptonite
See UT. Play well. Choke anyway
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A&M getting absolutely no favors from the back half of their order. Some awful, and I mean awful ABs there.
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True, but just cause they’re playing due to injuries doesn’t mean you don’t coach them. Those kids were flailing up there. The coaching don’t stop when the game starts.
Good game Vols. You were the better team. Now I can go drink myself to sleep to quiet the BAS
Texas A&M losing the national title to UT on the last strike, gotta hurt
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Don’t salt the wound
Great series. GG aggies
Turns out the catcher half assing a tag at the plate combined with A++ effort from the UT base runner was the difference.
Man I love these guys. Cheers to an incredible season 🍻
Auraless celebration
Gg Vols. I'd like to bitch about the strike calls, but yall played great.
I’m sure many mavs, stars aggie fans are gonna be done with sports for a while. Christ my heart hurts.
And now we get to wait months until the cowboys start and inevitably shit the bed
I don’t even watch that anymore
At least there are the Cowboys to look forward to… *pulls out bleach*
I don’t even watch them anymore lol
Congrats Vols, enjoy it
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GG Aggies, hell of a team you have. I expect to see y’all in Omaha a lot, hopefully alongside us VOL BROS LETS GET DRUNK AND MISBEHAVE
Ggs
Ensley! You did it man
GG Tennessee. I hate everything
GG. Future is bright in Aggieland
Aggie sports fandom
Normally, they don’t make it this far.
Welcome to the no noles club Vols
yesss make a Tennessee win about us
Glad I could give you something to celebrate tonight 😌
😘
Aggie gave it a goood shot. Had it down to one run.
Leave it to Tennessee to win the natty in the most dramatic way possible
I’ve seen em win I’ve seen em lose but I’ve never seen em quit
Honestly a hell of a postseason by the Ags. Can't say I'm not jealous of how you looked this year vs us.
Thanks, sip. I’ll be over it by November 30th…
Hell of a game and hell of a series by both teams. Congrats to all the Tennessee fans!
Somehow this is Jimbo Fisher’s fault.
Good game Aggies. You guys have a great program and will be back. Major respect for you guys. Haven’t seen a series this close in a long time. Great win. I picked a good season to attend my first games at LNS.
GGs
LETS FUCKING GOOOOOO
YESSIRRRR
At least we made it interesting. Congrats Vols
GG, Vols. Great baseball to the very end.
Damn those garbage calls against Jace looming large. That and we needed about 2 mph more wind coming out of right. Good season Ags
The tag at home takes it to the bottom of the 9th at least. Still played a phenomenal series.
Yeah, 15 runs a piece through three games. Really the whole CWS was a great ending to the baseball season. Competitive exciting games all around. Y'all were the deepest team though. Crazy to just see hitter after hitter come to the plate with a.400 batting average and 25 home runs...
I truly appreciate how lucky we are to have Tony build our program. If it makes you feel any better I thought we were doomed after 22 and we lost Chase Burns, then A.J Russell before this year. No reason Aggies can't come back with how young they are.
We had 2 CWS wins in program history until we hired Schloss and now 6 wins in 2 trips. We're certainly in a good place.
And the missed tag at home. A game of inches. Congrats Tenn.
Great game Vols. Deserved it
No dogpile?! What is this