Some items from D1 baseball Kendall Rogers on Texas: “• I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t worried about Texas … Two seasons ago, the Longhorns went to Globe Life Field and were run over by an SEC trio. Of course, they pieced everything together and ended the season at the College World Series. But this team just feels vastly different. The Longhorns need young guys such as Jalin Flores and Jared Thomas to make quick transitions, and team defense — specifically the left side of the infield — caused alarm bells. Furthermore, I might have the least amount of faith in the pitching staff. I love Lucas Gordon at the front end of the weekend rotation, but Zane Morehouse and Travis Sthele struggled in their respective starts. I also didn’t see many bullpen arms that would concern me as an opposing team. Could’ve just been a bad weekend. It also could’ve been a sign of things to come. “ About Fullerton from the same weekend observation article. “Cal State Fullerton appears to be much better … Sure, Jason Dietrich and his coaching staff won’t be taking away moral victories from a series loss to a rival such as Stanford, but he had to like the way his team played for much of the weekend. The Titans won the series finale 8-1 behind strong pitching performances by Tyler Stultz and Fynn Chester, while in the series finale, they had a lead with two outs to win the series before Braden Montgomery smashed a ball to tie the game –Stanford eventually won 21-13. Titans back? Not quite. Marked progress? You bet.”