Twenty consecutive wins will get you noticed in the world of college baseball. LSU's school record winning streak has put the Tigers at the center of the sports' map. This comes after a couple of years where LSU had fallen OFF the baseball map. As LSU prepares to host a regional featuring Texas Southern, Southern Miss and a dangerous UNO (beat LSU two of three times this season) team, some Tiger fans have wondered aloud if the team would have been better off losing a game before the NCAA Tourney begins. That, my aluminum bat swinging friends, is proposterous! Why in the world would it ever be a good thing for a red-hot team to drop a game? Patriots fans felt the same way last year as their team rolled to 18 wins in 18 games.

Apparently, the believers in the philosophy of dropping a game feel a team with "too-good" mojo is just asking for trouble. "We can't possibly extend this winning streak to __ games (that would include a championship game)... so why not break the streak BEFORE the title tilt?" I'll tell you why not---because it would be a loss, people! Sports is about winning, not avoiding catastrophic coincidences.

If I'm an LSU baseball fan, I'm hoping the next loss for the Golden Guys comes sometime next March.