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Had Enough

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  1. 3 minutes ago, Augustus said:

    I thought he missed strike three earlier in the at-bat but who knows. What *is* known is that Dougie is a brutally bad umpire.

    He may have missed strike 3, but he gave you strike 1.  And that was not a wash.  It would have been 2-0 I believe.  Then Dylan went outside the zone to stay down in the count.

     

    and really that strike 1 was close.  And the same spot that was not called on the grand slam AB.

  2. It will be an interesting close to the season. This lineup has as much potential as any I’ve seen here.

    it does seem as though the arms are live enough.  Who knows whether they’ll come around.  If Hansen and Stevens play to their potential, then we have a shot especially if Gordon keeps it going.

    Better clutch hitting last Friday and probably tonight has us two more wins.  Tonight in the first several innings we had five guys reach base with no outs but only scored twice (after EK already scored). Obviously better pitching tonight gets a win too.  As far as tonight goes, it’s frustrating but it’s also a Tuesday game which is considerably different than a weekend series.

    The bullpen guys are competing for innings.  Do the job or sit.  We have a number of guys to compete for the 3-4 spots needed. It can be done.

  3. 30 minutes ago, Codaxx said:

    I have been pretty harsh on Overshown, but anyone thinking he is the 380th best LB is a fucking moron 

    I watched his highlight video the other day. He can do some things.  He has times in which he attacks the LOS.  He’s not a traditional LBer though so he’ll be inconsistent at the point of attack and take the easy way and not fight some blocks.  He’d be even better with other playmakers.

    I don’t want to be too positive and get torn a new one, but I feel good about his upcoming season.  And yeah no way are there that many dudes better than him.

  4. If I recall, you’re the one who makes up fake scenarios to make yourself feel better about your dumb takes. 

    Quite possibly. I generally try to offer support and examples of the rationale however.

    But I often try to not make it personal first.
  5. Brooks is a definite upgrade over Karic and Jones. Stop being a dumbfuck. 

    Stop being an arrogant ass. If I recall, you’re the one who saw Coburn run around a block versus Baylor, didn’t make the play, didn’t impact the play positively and called it a damn win for Coburn. Hell, I even asked what made that acceptable and got no response. I was openly willing to consider a different thought process.

    And I don’t believe once I’ve said that a particular guy is or is not a definite upgrade over Jones or Karic. I have said I’d take the high upside of the frosh over some Portal dude that you have no idea how’d they’d react to the scheme or the transition to a new school/conference.

    The coaches made their preference known in short term. Given the options, they went DB, WR and QB showing they aren’t anti-portal. As Hookem has mentioned multiple times, there’s still the possibility they could bring in someone. If the plan is for Banks to take control of one of those spots, who would want to transfer to a losing team and compete with 3 other dudes.
  6. I’ve brought him up before and I’ll do it once again.

    Darion Dunn. Checks several theoretical boxes coming into last year. He took playing time from underclassman last year. They didn’t have to play him, but they did. I don’t know if he put forth any effort in preparing for the Pro Day. But Donovan Duvernay tested better. We are worse off this year because of the reps he took.

    Guys you bring in should be definite upgrades. A one year rental as a backup could be a big negative for depth. A marginal upgrade at starter could be the same. We do not want run off Karic or not allow our future contributors playing time for a dude that’s largely a non-factor.

  7. It was must win if we want to win the conference. 

    Maybe.

    In my opinion, I’m thinking bigger picture than conference champs. Don’t take that to mean the conference championship is not important. It is, but it is secondary to Omaha.
  8. Will they be better than us in June? That is all I care about..   The answer is no btw...

    Yep it’s meaningless now. These rankings have little to no impact on post season bids. I say little because I never certain what influences some of these guys.

    I’m also resigned to the fact that winning doesn’t always mean better. This series was as close to a toss up as you’ll get.

    And yes I want to be the winning team come June. That’s when perception doesn’t matter any more but can you tick off the wins when that is that matters.

    Stevens/Hansen/Nixon must do better. But that Sunday game was emphatic for the win column. I don’t think it was a must win game, but it could be one of the season defining moment wins.
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  9. Does Tech winning 2 of 3 at home deserve to jump us? One game was extras. One was a walk off. One was a blowout.

    Obviously right now it doesn’t matter. And we’re right next to each other in the rankings. And it’s all about this point in time.

    Are they better than us right now?

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  10. You dudes are something else. I haven’t noticed the volatility out of you in prior years. To this extent anyway.

    The sky ain’t falling yet.

    But how do you lose twice with Melendez and Stehlys efforts. I’ve never seen two dudes in back to back games get on like that. Big hits too. Last night, it was the bats outside of the big 2. Today it was the arms, but there were missed opportunities offensively too.

    Hansen and Stephens are the bigger stories this weekend than the bullpen in my opinion. Partly because you expect more of them but also it’s multiple outings that have not been to the prior standard. Nixon went too long last night to be surprised by this outcome.

    You had two relievers do work today. Is that two more capable arms? Seems like two more options. They’ll start to compete for innings with the other guys who’ve shown well at ties this year. You walk guys, you don’t get more. We may not have THE setup guy but can piece together righty-lefty matchups to get to the 9th.

    I might entertain Gordon as your Saturday guy.

    Tomorrow is big. A loss is not the end of the world, but how they compete is the big question. The next two games are big emotionally.

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