What to make of Mississippi State baseball's bizarre series against Georgia Southern?

Things weren't perfect for Chris Lemonis and the Mississippi State baseball team, but we can learn a few things from the Bulldogs' series win against Georgia Southern.
College World Series - Vanderbilt v Virginia - Game One
College World Series - Vanderbilt v Virginia - Game One / Peter Aiken/GettyImages
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No. 2: Similarly, this bullpen showed some flashes of greatness (though it had some moments that weren't great)

Again, yes, I know game two happened. But this bullpen demonstrated some solid potential at times this weekend.

Let's take game one, for example. After the dominant showing by Nate Dohm, Gavin Black came in and struck out three batters. He did give up a couple hits and a run, but that's not the end of the world. Following him was Brooks Auger, who threw 13 pitches and a couple strikeouts and ended the game in a pretty solid fashion.

Ignoring the front end of game two for just one moment, it's worth highlighting how Karson Ligon and Luke Dotson helped eat innings. Combined, Ligon and Dotson threw 5 innings, facing 17 batters, and striking out 7.

Now, it's clear Cole Cheatham and Tyson Hardin's stats from that weren't great, but this game had already spiraled by the time they got out on the mound.

On to game three and things were a little mixed. Brooks Auger was solid once more. Cam Schuelke gave up a few hits and was credited with an earned run, but he also got through 2.0 innings and struck out a couple as well. Tyler Davis helped wrap things up with a relatively uneventful inning of work.

So, there's potential here. It's not developed and realized yet. But there's potential. Maybe things will work out just fine in the bullpen. Maybe it won't. We'll see.