Is There Enough Jell-O In All Of Omaha For LSU Fans After Stomach-Turning Loss To Wake Forest?

There is no joy in Jell-O-Ville today after last night.

Mighty Jell-O shot-guzzling LSU has struck out!

We're talking about the LSU fan base, which set the record for Jell-O shots at Rocco's Pizza in Omaha, Nebraska, Monday afternoon at 21,435 and counting at the College World Series. That flooded the record of 18,777 by national champion Ole Miss last year.

LSU's players have not participated in the Jell-O Shot Challenge, as far as we know, but they struck out later Monday night. The Tigers fell to No. 1 Wake Forest, 3-2, in the CWS before 24,958 at Charles Schwab Field, which is across the street from Rocco's.

The Tigers blew a chance to break a 2-2 tie in the eighth inning after Tre Morgan led off with a double. He reached third on an error. Morgan tried to score on a grounder to third by Cade Beloso, but he was called out. Replays showed he may have slid his hand under the tag of catcher Bennett Lee for a 3-2 lead. The call was confirmed, though, and Morgan was out on the throw by third baseman Brock Wilken to Lee, who made a great catch on a hop and tag.

No. 1 Wake Forest celebrates during its 3-2 win over No. 5 seed LSU at the College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska, on Monday night. (Getty Images).

Gavin Dugas then ended the inning when he grounded into a double play.

Wake Forest's Danny Corona doubled in the bottom of the eighth with one out off loser Thatcher Hurd (6-3), and Lee singled him in for a 3-2 lead that stuck.

LSU went out quietly in the top of the ninth in order with two strikeouts. And many of their fans likely headed back to Rocco's to drown their sorrows with shots - if Rocco's didn't already run out of Jell-O.

LSU Fans May Need More Jell-O

"It would be very easy to crawl into the hole with disappointment," LSU coach Jay Johnson said. And he sounds like he knows his fan base - at least some of it.

Meanwhile, Wake Forest fans could begin to gain on LSU's fans in the Jell-O Shot rankings after passing them in the CWS standings at 2-0 to 1-1. Wake was at 5,519 shots taken at one point Monday, and LSU may be leaving soon.

The Tigers (49-16) play Tennessee (44-21) in an elimination game at 7 p.m. Tuesday on ESPN, and the Vols have deeper pitching. Tennessee came back from a 4-0 deficit to No. 8 seed Stanford to win 6-4 in the early game Monday.

TCU (43-23) will play Oral Roberts (52-13) in another elimination game at 2 p.m. Tuesday on ESPN.

Wake Forest's win was the sixth one-run game in the CWS out of eight games so far.

Wake Forest (54-40) will play Wednesday at 7 p.m. against the LSU-Tennessee winner. That is thanks to catcher Bennett Lee, who didn't miss the tag and got the game-winning hit.

"Brock did a great job staying with that ball," Lee said of third baseman Brock Wilken's fielding of Beloso's grounder and throw to the plate after he double clutched. "It was like a cue ball spinner, and he did a great job even to make a play at home. And then I've done a ton of training on pick-offs, and it just took over."

Home plate umpire Casey Moser also played a role in the LSU defeat as his strike zone suddenly shrunk midway through the game. Tigers' starter Ty Floyd had 10 strikeouts and one walk through five innings before suddenly walking the bases loaded in the sixth. As he exited, he let Moser have it.

ESPN announcer Ben McDonald agreed with Floyd. But McDonald is a former LSU pitcher from the Baton Rouge area who did the Tennessee-Stanford game earlier in the day.

Wake starter Josh Hurtle also walked two of his four in the middle innings. One New Orleans writer wondered if the home plate umpire had partaken in the Jell-O Shot challenge.

LSU coach Jay Johnson said his team still has a shot, so to speak.

"Let's stick to what we do, and if we do that, we'll be in a good spot," he said.

And that would mean more shots for LSU's fans. Of course, that could continue either way.

Bottoms up!