Are the 'road dogs' just a happy sideplot to another LSU season, or can they turn a surprise Super Regional trip into another College World Series trip in Paul Mainieri's final run?
The answer to that question will begin to be told starting Saturday, as the Tigers face off with a familiar SEC foe in Knoxville.
Scroll below for all the info you'll need to watch/listen/stream the game, TV info, history and more before the weekend series kicks off.
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KNOXVILLE SUPER REGIONAL
WHERE: Lindsey Nelson Stadium, Knoxville, Tennessee
GAME 1 (best-of-three)
WHO: LSU Tigers (37-23; No. 4 in SEC West, 13-17) vs No. 3 Tennessee Volunteers (48-16; No. 1 in SEC East, 20-10)
WHEN: 6 p.m., Saturday (Central)
WATCH: ESPN2/Watch ESPN
LISTEN: WWL-AM 870, WWL-FM 105.3, at WWL.com, or download the Audacy app on IOS or Google Play
PROJECTED STARTERS
LSU: Ma'Khail Hilliard, senior, RHP (6-0, 4.56 ERA)
Tennessee: Chad Dallas, junior, RHP (10-1, 4.27 ERA)
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FULL SCHEDULE (all times Central)
- GAME 1, Saturday, June 12: 6 p.m./ESPN2
- GAME 2, Sunday, June 13: 11 a.m. or 2 p.m./ESPN2 or ESPNU (LSU starter will be Landon Marceaux)
- GAME 3, Monday, June 14 (if necessary): 3 p.m. or 6 p.m./ESPN2 or ESPNU (LSU starter will be AJ Labas)
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THE HISTORY
LSU baseball has faced off with Tennessee once before this season, and it didn't go the Tigers' way. Despite winning their final four road SEC series, it was their opener against Tennessee that ended in a Vols sweep and set the Tigers on an uphill climb the rest of the way.
Those results:
- March 26: Tennessee 3, LSU 1; W: Chad Dallas; L: Landon Marceaux
- March 27: Tennessee 9, LSU 8 (11); W: Sean Hunley; L: Devin Fontenot
- March 28: Tennessee 3, LSU 2; W: Sean Hunley; L: Garrett Edwards
The Tigers, now jokingly calling themselves the 'Road Dogs' have thrived on the road since, culminating in a victory at the Eugene regional, where they won four consecutive elimination games that included back-to-back wins over host Oregon.
That performance sent LSU to its 15th Super Regional in program history. The Tigers head into the 2021 series 17-11 all-time in Super Regional games, advancing 8 of those times to the College World Series. But history is against them in one regard: LSU has never won a Super Regional on the road.
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See LSU's Super Regional history below
1999
REGIONAL (3-1): W, NE Louisiana; L, East Carolina; W, Southern; W, East Carolina; W, East Carolina
SUPERS (0-2): L, at Alabama; L, at Alabama
2000
REGIONAL (3-0): W, Jackson St.; W, UL-Monroe; W, UL-Monroe
SUPERS (2-0): W, UCLA; W, UCLA
CWS (4-0): W, Texas; W, USC; W, Florida St.; W, Stanford
2001
REGIONAL (3-1): W, Minnesota; W, VCU; L, VCU; W, VCU
SUPERS (1-2): W, Tulane; L, Tulane; L, Tulane
2002
REGIONAL (4-1): W, Southern; L, UL-Lafayette; W, Tulane; W, UL-Lafayette; W, UL-Lafayette
SUPERS (0-2): L, at Rice; L at Rice
2003
REGIONAL (3-0): W, Northeastern; W, Tulane; W, UNC-Wilmington
SUPERS (2-1): L, Baylor; W, Baylor; W, Baylor
CWS (0-2): L, CS-Fullerton; L, South Carolina
2004
REGIONAL (3-0): W, Army; W, Southern Miss; W, College of Charleston
SUPERS (2-0): W, Texas A&M; W, Texas A&M
CWS (0-2): L, Miami; L, South Carolina
2008
REGIONAL (3-0): W, Texas Southern; W, Southern Miss; W, Southern Miss
SUPERS (2-1): L, UC-Irvine; W, UC-Irvine; W, UC-Irvine
CWS (1-2): L, North Carolina; W, Rice; L, North Carolina
2009
REGIONAL (3-0): W, Southern; W, Baylor; W, Minnesota
SUPERS (2-0): W, Rice; W, Rice
CWS (3-2): W, Virginia; W, Arkansas; W, Arkansas; W, Texas; L, Texas; L, Texas
2012
REGIONAL (3-0): W, UL-Monroe; W, Oregon State; W, Oregon State
SUPERS (1-2): W, Stony Brook; L, Stony Brook; L, Stony Brook
2013
REGIONAL (3-0): W, Jackson State; W, Sam Houston State; W, UL-Lafayette
SUPERS (2-0): W, Oklahoma; W, Oklahoma
CWS (0-2): L, UCLA; L, North Carolina
2015
REGIONAL (3-0): W, Lehigh; W, UNC-Wilmington; W, UNC-Wilmington
SUPERS (2-0): W, UL-Lafayette; W, UL-Lafayette
CWS (1-2): L, TCU; W, CS-Fullerton; L, TCU
2016
REGIONAL (3-1): W, Utah Valley; W, Rice; L, Rice; W, Rice
SUPERS (0-2): L, Coastal Carolina; L, Coastal Carolina
2017
REGIONAL (3-0): W, Texas Southern; W, SE Louisiana; W, Rice
SUPERS (2-0): W, Miss. State; W, Miss. State
CWS (4-2): W, Florida State; L, Oregon State; W, Florida State; W, Oregon State; W, Oregon State; L, Florida; L, Florida
2019
REGIONAL (3-0): W, Stony Brook; W, Southern Miss; W, Southern Miss
SUPERS (0-2): L, Florida State; L, Florida State
2021
REGIONAL (1-4): L, Gonzaga; W, Central Connecticut; W, Gonzaga; W, Oregon; W, Oregon
SUPERS (June 12-14): at Tennessee, TBD