A little breathing room

One down, two to go for the Tigers baseball team.

The Tigers' win brings LSU closer to winning the SEC championship. Alabama took a step back with the loss and Florida and Ole Miss stayed on LSU's heels with the win.

Anthony Ranaudo wasn't great on Thursday. But he did what good pitchers do -- he gave his team a chance to win even when he wasn't great.

Louis Coleman pitches Friday's game and he's about as close to a lock as LSU has.

Perhaps the best thing that could happen for LSU is to wrap this thing up on Friday. Austin Ross has been inconsistent as the Sunday starter -- sometimes great, sometimes not so much. It's hard to predict what kind of outcome you will get from him on Saturday this week.