You have no idea what you are talking about and saying that sells that Columbia team short on what they accomplished. Stone threw a complete game on Monday against Riverdale. Slatton threw 5 innings in the game on Wed. and Horne closed. Then Friday Stone threw another 5 and Horne closed that one. Then Horne, not Stone started Tuesday and Friday for Columbia. Slatton closed the first 2 games of the State Tournament for them last year as well. I would say they rode 3 arms to the title game, not 1. Also, Slatton is not a projected 3rd rounder and probably won't go in the top 5 rds, but good try.
Limbaugh, you know you will never get the coaches from 8AAA to agree to something like this. More times than not a double elimination tournament favors Murfreesboro over 8AAA because of depth. Right now, teams like Columbia, Tullahoma, and Lioncoln Co have a legit shot at getting to a State Tournament in the current scenario but would have a far less chance of getting there in your format. Also, I would liek to know how many of those scores you posted were from AAA state tournament games.