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"You're still in it."

After Ole Miss' 6-2 loss to North Carolina in its College World Series opener, Mike Bianco delivered a simple message to his team.

You get 24 hours to reset.

You get 24 hours to refocus.

And then you get another opportunity.

The Rebels now face an elimination game Sunday against Troy, but as Coach Bianco reminds his players, Omaha is about responding to adversity.

The challenge now is simple:

Flip the script.

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"We don't need to panic. We're still a really good team."

Every season has adversity.

Every championship-caliber team faces setbacks.

Taylor Rabe says one of the biggest lessons this Ole Miss team learned was to stay the course, trust the process, and avoid panic when things weren't going their way.

That mindset helped carry the Rebels all the way back to Omaha.

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Some moments are bigger than baseball.

After Ole Miss punched its ticket back to Omaha, Mike Bianco snapped a photo with Will Furniss and his father, LSU legend Eddie Furniss.

What happened next made the moment even more special.

Coach Bianco sent the photo to one of the most influential figures in college baseball history—Skip Bertman.

Years earlier, Bertman coached Bianco at LSU.

Now, decades later, he was looking at a photo that connected multiple generations of SEC baseball.

Players become fathers.
Teammates become coaches.
The game keeps moving forward.

It's a reminder that baseball is about more than wins and losses.

It's about relationships, memories, and the people who helped shape the journey.

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