In what seems like an annual thing, the LSU Tigers are back in Omaha for the College World Series with a roster that’s good enough to win another National Championship. As the days draw closer to Saturday, the streets of downtown Omaha, Nebraska, will be filled with a few colors, but none will stand out more than those of the purple and gold of LSU, who return to Omaha eyeing their second National Championship in three seasons, the second under Coach Jay Johnson.

With seven national championships to their name, there’s no better brand in college baseball than the one Coach Skip Bertman built. There’s something magical about the purple and gold, with those three letters across the chest, when the Tigers play into June. From Warren Morris in 1996 to Paul Skenes in 2023, when the Tigers play postseason baseball inside the city limits of Omaha, then magic happens.

Heading into the 2025 College World Series, the LSU Tigers will face a familiar foe in Arkansas on Saturday night as they open another College World Series journey. There’ll be no Paul Skenes, Tommy White, or even Tre Morgan taking the field at Charles Schwab Stadium on Saturday night, but there’ll be Coach Jay Johnson, Steve Milan, the Bear, and so many more ready to etch their name into the folklore of LSU postseason baseball.

Heading into the 2025 College World Series, the Tiger’s journey to Omaha has been a bit of a challenge, with a loss on a Sunday night in Baton Rouge Regional that forced the deciding game seven with the Trojans of Little Rock before advancing to play West Virginia in the Super Regional at Alex Box Stadium. There was something that clicked with the Tigers as they raced through the Super Regional, lighting up the scoreboard at Alex Box Stadium with 28 runs while holding the Mountaineers to 14 runs in two games.

From a matchup perspective, two of the best teams remaining are now squaring off in the Opening Round of the 2025 College World Series. LSU took two out of three games at Alex Box Stadium in early May; despite being a little over a month old, the Razorbacks and Tigers are two different teams and are peaking at the right time. Arkansas comes to Omaha following a Super Regional win over Tennessee in search of the program’s first National Championship. Both are deserving; it’ll likely come down to timely hitting and late-game heroics from the bullpen. You can throw out the season series in early May because once the bright lights of Charles Schwab turn on, the Razorbacks and Tigers will be ready for an epic battle between two giants of the sport.

LSU and Arkansas will play the second game on Saturday, with a first pitch scheduled for 6:00 p.m. on ESPN.

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