LSU baseball coach Paul Mainieri clearly understands the crowd makeup for Saturday night's College World Series opener for the Tigers against Florida State.
It's LSU fans and the Omaha Chamber of Commerce wanting the partying, free-spending Tigers' faithful to stay as long as possible vs. everyone else rooting for Florida State's Mike Martin.
In his 38th season coaching the Seminoles, the 73-year Martin hopes his 16th CWS appearance finally nets him and the second-winningest college program ever its first national title.
Heck, even Mainieri wants Martin to win when he's not playing the Tigers.