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  1. I didn't melt down when we got beat by 'bama in the 2009 football championship, and it's arguably harder to get to the final game in the NCAA tournament. At some point you just have to be happy with the performance and take whatever happens. I would like to see a ranking of "top 10" programs as far as NCAA seeds go over the last 25-ish years. CDC wants a top 10 program, and I wouldn't be surprised if an average seed of 5 or so reached that bar. Of course, I think he also wants a few moonshots in there where a 1 or 2 seed creates the actual opportunity to win the whole thing.
  2. I think people can say that. I think it would be silly. We've never won a championship in men's basketball. IMO it's the hardest collegiate sport of them all to win a championship. Would I be frustrated if we made multiple Final Fours but couldn't win the whole thing? Yes, if I'm being realistic about myself, yes I would. But I certainly wouldn't think of the coaching regime as a bust. If Miller is successful enough to take us to multiple Final Fours, there's a decent shot I don't live long enough to see who comes after him. And I'd be fine with that. Ultimately I'd be very satisfied as a Texas basketball fan if that was my lot in life. Of course, we're going to see seismic changes in the collegiate athletics landscape over that course of time, so who knows what the future portends. There's a lot of money in that tournament. If the NCAA can't figure out a way to ensure its (as in the NCAA's, not the tournamet's) continued existence, another organization is going to try to take the tournament over. Specifically, an organization even more centered around the Big 10 and SEC than the NCAA currently is.
  3. He's looking for a win, any win. If these countries capitulate the slightest bit, he will acquiesce and remove/lower tariffs. All he wants is a headline. On one hand he is using leverage to force countries to come to the table on something/anything...his comment 30-45 days ago was something like how many F-150s do you see in Munich. Im not saying we will start selling into their market, but all options are on the table (UKR, NATO spending etc...). On the other hand ( I hate that segment on CNBC) he is threading a needle here, as the consumer, while resilient the last 24 mos, may not be able to handle a reversal of the inflation trend. The Fed certainly won't cut if inflation spikes up and if tariffs prove inflationary, could be a disastrous year in the market. Which is why I don't think it will last long, this tariff game he's playing. He just wants to put it in someone's face that "we're back" or out maneuvered somebody. For market traders, they will do fine shorting it, playing options....for us long term buy and hold types, say goodbye to a 3rd year of 20%...going to have to ride it out.
  4. Bobby Burton Some early returns through two days of practice based on what I've been told. - If you're asking if any true freshmen are standing out through the first two days, I'm told there are several. "The depth" of the freshman class is "elite" was the first thing passed on to me. But, individually, there is one freshman who is really doing some nice things very early. According to a source, Kade Phillips, the cornerback from Greater Houston, is showing some truly elite signs just two practices into spring ball. I'm told it's not just his length and make-up speed, but some intangibles as well. I know it's early, but Texas may have caught lightning in a bottle. He's been that impressive, in the same way that Ryan Wingo was a year ago at this time. Nick Brooks also received a comment in that regard. The Atlanta area OL is already seeing some run at second-team left tackle just two days into spring camp. - This should come as little surprise to those who follow Texas closely, but the size/speed/athleticism combo of Wingo are really separating him as a playmaker for 2025. - It's also important to note that part of spring camp will be used by the Texas staff to assess what pieces of the puzzle Texas will need to address in the transfer portal which opens on April 15. We've talked at length previously about likely needs at WR, TE and DL. But I will remind everyone, Sark is not playing just to hold serve right now. If the Texas staff sees someone in the portal, at just about any position, that they think can help them win games, they're going to go after them. Sark, I was told, wants to go after a championship every season. That includes 2025. - One quick Arch Manning update: unsurprisingly, he's looked like a first-year starter at times and like a multi-year NFL vet at others. In other words, his continued development will be what we hope to hear the most about over the next couple of weeks. In some ways, as Arch goes, most likely so will the Texas offense.
  5. Well fellas...Opening Day is finally here. While this team's Opening Day lineup and rotation looks very different to those of years past when I have started these threads, to all of those who are no longer in the blue and orange, and to Minute Maid Park: We will roll with the new crew on the field in the Icebox, and once again will prove that we are the class of the AL West. Cam Smith will make Dana look like a genius and will win AL ROTY. Our rotation will likely suffer countless injuries as in years past, and we will still find ways to win. As usual, the road to the AL Pennant will go through Houston. Let's go.
  6. We doing win totals? I'll go 95-67.
  7. What does it gain me to argue with you? I'm telling you what part of the criteria was, and part of why they were hired. If they had done well I'd be ecstatic. They didn't and now they're gone. I only wish it didn't take so long for Smart to depart. I don't really give a shit about their race. I only care if they win. They didn't. But their race was absolutely a critical part of the criteria for their hiring. Del Conte has primarily hired white men, even for the women's sports. Do I care? Do I cry in exultation? I do not. I don't give a shit. I'm glad Floreal has done well. I do not care that he happens to not be a white man. I love how successful our athletic program is right now regardless of what the demographics of our coaches are. If we happen to show a little more diversity at the head coaching position within the athletic department, so be it, but it's not a personal priority. Or at least not the most important priority. If someone told me all we were going to do is hire white men for head coaching positions from here on out, that would actually bother me. But I don't believe that's the case.
  8. I’m not disagreeing with the cumulative impact. The SEC is pretty damn insulated however. You only have to go back to 2023 and Auburn as an example. They lost 3 midweek games. The final 2 were cancelled. They also lost 2 of 3 to Southeastern Louisiana. They were 17-13 in conference. Throw in the tourney they were 18-15. Prior to the post season they won 8 straight then finished it off going 0-2 while hosting the regional. As a point of comparison, our midweek win % last year was 69% versus Auburns at 70%. And quick glance shows we played 2 back-to-back midweek games to their 1. Every year is different so certainly there are no absolutes. If you win 2/3rds of your SEC conference games, you’ll really have to shit yourself in non-conference to not host a regional. That win percentage probably puts you top 4 in the conference.
  9. The few GOP that have bothered to hold town hall type meetings have made that perfectly clear. The derision and disdain they hold for citizens is not disguised at all. They fear their colleagues in DC and the power there, not the electorate. That is a tell. It's pretty much been on the table since the first go round with the clown show, but we got lucky then. Once they got a do-over, that was the chance for them to walk in and sweep the winnings off the table, overturn it, and take over the saloon. Some of them are insanely stupid or lucky or connected and some of them are smart and know how to conceal and hide their actions while letting others provide cover from the potshots that fell the stooge(s) perched upon the windmill. It's not all that different from the movies ya know.
  10. Ahh, I see. You have faith in "the better angels of our nature." I, on the other hand, believe in evidence. And the evidence is...we are a shithole country. Our dominant ethos is a blend of "cruel, vindictive, and hateful," and "just fine with cruel, vindictive, and hateful." There are good people in this country. We are hopelessly outnumbered, and evil wins. It always does. We are the country of slavery, genocide, lynchings, Jim Crow, attacking trans people, going backwards on acknowledging that gay people can exist, etc. We have never even fully acknowledged that those ARE sins, much less sought forgiveness and reconciliation for them. FFS, we're trying (and succeeding) to outlaw even mentioning them in education. Your faith in this country and the people in it is entirely misplaced, and you are setting yourself up for even more disappointment. This country is beyond redemption, which works out well because it is also not worthy of redemption.
  11. That sucks was really hoping Texas could grab that program shifting player and not watch them always go elsewhere. Maybe we can win a title without her through portal pickups but very unlikely and we will continue the EE and maybe losing in a FF game.
  12. The last football game he saw before he graduated would have been a 27-0 loss to us in DKR's second season at Austin. He had no idea how much misery he was in for. He would go on to see A&M lose 15 of their next 16 games against us. During that stretch, we won more national championships (3) than A&M had winning seasons (2).
  13. Hi UT Tennis Fan, I hope you had a great weekend! We got back late last night from a long SEC road trip, where we picked up a pair of hard fought wins, 4-1 over Arkansas (recap) on Friday, and 4-3 over LSU (recap) on Sunday. The wins moved our record to 17-3 for the season, and 8-0 in the SEC, with 6 regular season conference matches to go. Our last two scheduled home matches will be this weekend, when we will take on Kentucky on Friday, March 28 at 6pm, and South Carolina on Sunday, March 30 at 12 pm. These are two of the better teams in the conference, and it is going to take everything we have. If you are in town, we would sure appreciate you coming out, and recruiting all your friends to join you. Sunday's match will be senior day for Pierre-Yves Bailly, and he will be recognized for his outstanding contributions to the program just before the start of the match. So please plan on showing up by 11:45 am to make sure you get a good seat, and so you are there to pay tribute to PY! If you can make it out Friday and Sunday, you will be sure to see many familiar faces, as it will be alumni weekend. UT men's tennis players of multiple generations, including last year's seniors Eliot, Eshan, Micah, Evin, and Siem, will be out to support the current squad. Rumor has it there may even be a GA Bailly sighting, as we are hoping he will be here to support his brother. It will be fun for you to come out, catch up with the formers, and help them root on this current team as it continues its quest for an SEC title! Have a great week, and hope to see you this coming weekend! Hook'em! Sincerely, Bruce Berque
  14. I think we're going to be okay. I also think that the "golden generation" USA WC 2026 shit is fucking horseshit and that Poch deserves a full window leading into 2030. I just don't understand who watches the back four - or back three - because we are so shitty we don't even have four options apparently - and thinks "wow this current crop is special we better win now". Keeper is included in that. We are going to produce quality wingers and strikers and attacking mids for all of eternity now. "Golden generation" my fucking ass look at this Luna kid. Pulisic isn't going to be our last Euro superstar. What we need are some CBs and FBs. Please. I mean for fuck's sake. Let's see what we can do in '26 but I'd love to hang on to Poch for 4 years after that and see what we can develop. Jmo.
  15. All of this. I checked out on basketball after RT was hired bc I figured it was going to be a fiasco, but this is a good hire. He could win a national title here, just like Barnes. He probably won’t, but he’s a good enough coach that such a thing isn’t inconceivable or anything. I think he will consistently have us in the top 25 and there will be years we will be top 10. Any top 10 team can win it all in the tournament if they catch the right breaks.
  16. https://www.covers.com/mlb/win-totals-odds There will be no winners, only losers in this contest -- if you go 0-4, I will bump this thread in September and point and laugh at you. (pretty sure no one managed to go 0-4 last season) I'll take Cincy over and STL under. Astros fans can skip the AL, because we all know you're going to pick Houston over and Texas under. I'll take Boston over and Tampa under. Bonus: Pick breakout player in each league who will be much better than people expect. I'll take Matt McLain in the NL and Chase DeLauter in the AL.
  17. torre

    2025 NCAA Baseball

    Few notes from the D1 Chat. Last comment, when Kendall starts doubting you know things are serious. I do think with their starting pitching aggy can make a comeback (hope not). How many of Florida, Texas A&M, and Virginia make the field of 64, and could any of them get back into the hosting discussion? This feels like the biggest question of the first six weeks of the season: are these teams all toast? I know I'm a broken record early in the season, when I try to exercise as much patience as possible -- but after six weeks, teams are starting to become who they actually are. That said, every year we see teams that look dead after six weeks go on to rise from the ashes and make it to regionals, or to Omaha, or even win it all (see: Ole Miss 2022, UVa 2015). So I am STILL not writing off any of these teams, and I think at least two of the three will still be in regionals (my level of confidence in them over the long haul is UVa, then Florida, then A&M). What a weekend of baseball in Austin. What impressed you the most about Texas this weekend in that series win over LSU? Also, really felt like we were seeing a future Friday night SEC matchup with Evans and Volantis both dealing at the same time Sunday. You agree? BT - You know, I kind of like the way you view the latter in this series. That's a fantastic point. I'm just so impressed with Volantis' poise and overall stuff and approach. He's like a 25 year old in an 18 year old's body. It's ultra impressive. I think the biggest thing that stood out to me was just the sheer # of fantastic at bats by Texas the final two days of the series. Schloss' Horns MADE LSU throw strikes, and that paid dividends. Obviously, Riojas was pretty special throughout the weekend. The Texas bullpen doesn't have a massive margin for error, but I really do love everything else about this squad. What exactly should we make of the mid-week games, particularly the upsets? For RPI they all count the same, but you guys don't seem to consider them as much for ranking purposes, and it sometimes feels like the coaches/teams themselves don't even take them quite as seriously as a proper weekend series.. Yeah they just aren't as important as weekend games — but that doesn't mean they are irrelevant. They are a piece of the pie, and as you point out, the RPI treats all games the same. Plenty of teams have built their postseason resumés on the strength of midweek excellence against quality competition. But ultimately our game is about winning weekend series, and that's what we will always value most. Guys is Texas better then we thought or is Lsu not as Deep in Depth as we thought they were ? Awesome job always fellas Thanks. I think some of my colleagues are less excited about the length of the LSU lineup, and perhaps have some questions about the bullpen. Personally, I don't really share those concerns -- I like the lineup depth just fine, and there's so much talent in that bullpen, I expect it to get better and better in the second half as some of those exciting young arms really come into their own. Credit Texas -- I do think the Horns are better than I gave them credit for (speaking only for myself). Of the three 0-6 SEC teams, which one stands the best chance to make it to NCAA Regional action? I think it's the Gators. They'll get healthier eventually, and in the meantime, at least they're not below .500 overall like A&M is, somehow. At 18-8, Florida is starting from a better position here. I still think the Gators will find a way to get to at least 13 or 14 SEC wins. Lot of work to do, and it needs to start now, but they are better than this. What's wrong with Texas A&M and Florida? Eric -- Both teams have some injuries, but it's abundantly clear that Florida has very limited, reliable options, at this point, outside of Peterson, King and maybe a couple of others. The talent is there for sure, but the proof is in the pudding as they say. As for A&M, 49 strikeouts in a three-game series is only acceptable if Paul Skenes is pitching all three games of the series for the other team. The starting pitching continues to get it done for A&M. Rice won a game on the road to open conference play. The boys look happier, more free and Pierce is beaming and this is before the win. Do you think Pierce can really turn things around? I don't think DP is totally flipping the script this spring, but I think he can set the foundation for a much better Rice program moving forward. It looked like the Owls (Rice) actually played much better overall against a good FAU team over the weekend. This is going to be considered a soft take, but Earley. Yes coaches get paid a lot, yes coaching is brutal, etc. etc. But he is such a nice guy it seems with a lovely family and young children...just hate what is happening in College Station. Could this rough start end a head coaching career that just started? In real numbers (terms of wins and losses) what will it take for him to keep his job? Kendall Rogers 2:05 I have a great relationship with Mike, but it's also our job to be honest. I do think if A&M fails to make the NCAA tournament and stinks down the stretch, they will cut bait after a season. That's my educated take at this point. With that said, there is a VERY long way to go to get to that point. I'm not throwing the towel in on those guys just yet. That's just foolish at this stage
  18. Some of ya'll have the funniest fucking message board genuises worthy expecations about how coaching movement goes down in the big boy revenue sports. When has Texas ever money whipped or godfather offered a big time A-list surefire name in football, let alone basketball? When does it ever happen, period? It's rare. When has an NBA coach ever voluntarily left for a college job? Kentucky wishcasted a lot of the same names a year ago. They ended up settling for Pope - a coach who had never even won a tournament game. Yet we have doofuses in here pointing to Tennis and Beach Volleyball hires as evidence that we should be able to just "go get" whoever we want. BTW Sean Miller has won 71% of his games and has 8 conference titles in 20 seasons. Rick Barnes, the best coach in school history, has a career 66% winning percentage and 5 titles in 38 seasons.
  19. I don't understand how that's the point. It feels like it's your point. I agree with that wholeheartedly. I support the firing of Beard wholeheartedly. In what way am I saying we shouldn't win with a little fucking dignity? I'm also saying our shit doesn't stink. You say we shouldn't be about winning at all costs. Okay. That's something I can agree with. But the bottom line is you better win. At the highest level. Rodney Terry would argue he won. David Pierce would argue he won. Garrido and Brown were both forced out before they were really ready and they'd argue they both won. Rick Barnes was fired. Getting results matters. A lot. And sometimes getting results means cutting some corners. We don't want to know about the corners getting cut, but they're getting cut. Sure, there are lines that can't be crossed, and getting arrested for choking your girlfriend is one of them. But there are plenty of players who have left Texas who felt mistreated. There are plenty of players who left Texas grateful for coaches who got the most out of them, even if at times it wasn't a whole lot of fun being a target. It's a matter of perspective. But I also don't think that was the point. The point was Beard is never going to have the opportunity he had at Texas, and he'll have to live with that. And my argument is he could very well have some amazing opportunities ahead of him in his career if he wins at a high enough level. And as a narcissist he's not going to look back with regret. That's not how he's wired.
  20. I don't completely understand the poo pooing of this hire. Maybe expectations were too high regarding who Texas was going to be able to bring in? Sometimes there's a candidate that's such a perfect fit that there's no question they're the one. Chris Beard was that kind of hire. Folks like Roy Williams at North Carolina, Bill Self at Kansas, Calipari at Kentucky, Pitino at Louisville. But usually there are flaws with hires. How many people considered great basketball coaches were can't misses when they were hired? Hurley certainly wasn't. Oates wasn't (is he considered a "great" coach at this point without a ring? Dunno). Scheyer at Duke was a big risk. Indiana can't get their coaching hire right since Knight left decades ago. Look at UT's history. Abe Lemons wasn't a can't miss. Bob Wetlich was an assistant under Knight. Tom Penders was hired for a fun style coming from Rhode Island. Rick Barnes had some minor success at Providence and Clemson, but had already earned a reputation as not being able to win in the tournament - a rep he still enjoys today. Smart had a spectacular single season at VCU. Beard was as close to a sure thing as we've ever hired, but he's a UT grad in special circumstances. That's akin to UNC being able to hire Roy Williams from Kansas. Rodney Terry became the head coach because of circumstances more than career metrics. I'd argue Sean Miller has a better coaching resume than any head coach ever hired at Texas other than maybe Chris Beard, due to Beard having the national championship appearance. But in terms of numbers of Sweet 16s before coming to Texas, we've never had anyone of this caliber. I'm genuinely excited about this hire. I already know I'm going to be frustrated by his defense, because defense is more important to me than it is Miller, but oh well. He's going to run an explosive and exciting offense. He knows how to get people open for their shots. He has a vision for what he wants his basketball team to look like and he'll recruit to that vision. I've seen too many coaches get enamored with the talent they can bring to Austin rather than recruiting the talent that fits the scheme they're going to employ. That won't be Miller's issue. Miller has shown he's a very good coach. We'll see what he can do at 56. But I feel like he's hungry and wants a chance to compete at the highest level, and he didn't feel like he was going to get that chance at Xavier. And if he doesn't work out we'll move on and go get someone else. By then I imagine the college athletics landscape will have made some seismic shifts, so who knows what college basketball looks like at that point. But in the meantime I feel like it's an outstanding hire. It's not perfect, but very few hires are. If he has some early success with the exciting style of offense he runs and the level of financial support Texas basketball receives, I don't see any reason we can't return to the Texas basketball heydays of TJ Ford/Durant/Augustin/et al.. BTW, saying Texas basketball is a top 15 NIL school is hilarious to me. We have some very deep pockets who are emotionally connected to the success of the basketball program. It's not Phil Knight level of support for Oregon football, but it's very deep. And it's basketball specific.
  21. Comparing a new hire to a previously bad hire? How dare I? Look, I don’t know shit about the workings of the athletic department and I know less about how to properly coach basketball. I’m just a fan and this hire looks like the comfiest comfort hire that ever comfortered. And since I’m on everyone’s good side, what does Ole Miss NIL look like? Serious question. Because it looks like a great coach, who is a terrible person, is taking that team pretty far. Understand that I’m not saying we should never have fired Beard or that we should have hired him back. I’m just saying that having a strong NIL can help build a team but it’s going to take great coaching to win a championship. And that’s why Sean Miller is the perfect coach for Texas basketball. He’ll be good enough to not be an embarrassment but ultimately the only trophies he’ll add will be NIT championships.
  22. I couldn't disagree more. Being a drunk at work around young people doesn't get the same kind of exoneration you're implying. Someone who is a functional alcoholic but keeps their shit together on the job gets a lot of forgiveness. Sarkisian isn't back at a head job just because he won at a high level. Sarkisian is back at a head job because he transformed who he is in terms of how he deals with his addiction to alcohol. If tomorrow he showed up drunk at a practice it's my opinion he'd be fired for cause shortly thereafter. Maybe not. He'd probably need to show a pattern of behavior, rather than just a one time thing. But maybe. It is morally abhorrent to come to work supervising 18 to 22 year olds completely drunk, especially when no one is really all that surprised about it. It's simply crossing another line in already exhibited behavior. You are extremely naive IMO about how much being abusive to the people around us is rewarded in our society. You saying it's incongruent with virtually any and all positions of leadership is almost unfathomably laughable. I'm not even sure what planet you live on. Did you play on any championship level sports teams? At any level? Do you have any idea how many of them are led by abusive people? How many ultra successful organizations are led by abusive people? It's a ton. I'm not saying it's what we should aspire to as a species, but it's reality. The reason why it's rewarded is because it works. People who are abusive often compel a higher level of productivity versus people who aren't. And at the end of the day winning - in whatever form that takes - is a fundamental aspect of our survival in all sorts of ways. I'm going to try to avoid going cloak room here, but I'll imply that you can look at the leadership at all levels of our society and see how much being abusive is rewarded.
  23. The petty sports fan in me hopes that's the case. My worst case scenario - and I think it's an entirely possible one - is that he overachieves at Ole Miss, gets a job at a blueblood school like Kentucky, goes on to win multiple national championships, and what happened at Texas ends up being part of a redemptive story, much like being fired for being drunk at football practice as the head coach, caused Sarkisian to get fired from his dream job. The best side of me hopes for redemptive arcs for all of us. But the redemptive side of me is not posting on the Texas basketball message boards. I think it's easy to back seat drive. I'm quite adept at it. A big part of the issue is that she acted ridiculous on the trip to Madison Square Garden to the point plenty of people took Beard aside to tell him her behavior was unacceptable and he'd have to do something about it. That's why he was living/sleeping in the guest bedroom. She knew how to press his buttons. She got him worked up. He knew what she was doing so he recorded the conversation. She escalated and called the police. He had no concerns about it and felt like he'd be able to talk to them about the situation to deescalate. She told the police he grabbed her around the throat which was an immediate trip to the local jail. Whether that actually occurred or whether that was partially engineered by the police I don't think it's clear, but when someone in an organization has a tool that they think can help solve situations they're going to use it, even if at times it ends up being an abuse of it. That's not unique to law enforcement. Once he was arrested the priority became not having it go to trial, NOT appeasing UT about keeping his job. He probably thought he could do both. But wherever there was a conflict between the two he chose the advice of his lawyer over requests from Texas. In the end, it doesn't matter. He was arrested for choking his girlfriend, whether it happened or not. How many other head basketball coaches are getting arrested for choking their girlfriends every year? You simply can't have that happen to you at UT. You just can't. You can be an assistant. You can be a player. But you can't be the head coach of one of the major revenue sports and expect to keep your job in that situation. The optics aren't going to allow for it. There were a million and one decisions that led to the police appearing at his door to follow up on his girlfriend's phone call. A different decision anywhere along the line that didn't create the situation where he was answering the door trying to explain the circumstances that led to the phone call would have kept him in his job. But that's not where we are and that's just how it is.
  24. This story is 100% true. Yesterday we were coming back from the Legends Event Center in Bryan. My daughter's volleyball club pulled her up from the 17u team to 18u so they could win a bid to go to nationals, which they did. We are passing by the Death Star and my daughter says she wants to drive through their campus. So we go by the Dixie Chicken, and then cut through their campus sports complex. She is making fun of it the whole time. Where are the trees. Pretty nice for a cult and all that. These are her own conclusions from what she knows of kids who went there and came home to visit. We come up on a wall where someone has painted an upside down longhorn with "saw em off" on it. She starts asking why they are so obsessed with UT. So we get home and she is telling the wife about it. I realize she knows nothing of Yell Leaders. So we sit down and I pull up a Youtube video of a midnight yell. She watches, mouth agape, periodically yelling out "what the hell!". We get to the part where one of the yell leaders does a few moves then those jazz hands they do while spinning and going to a knee. My daughter, junior in high school, gets up and repeats it while putting a little extra femininity on it.. My daughter- "Look at the little fairy boy", she says while recreating the dance in our family room Me- No. It's a huge deal to be a yell leader there. Dudes have been lining up to be one for 100 years My daughter- There is no way that dude is straight Wife- He is straight My daughter- They probably go back to the locker room and whack each other off. "My girlfriend doesn't do it like you", she says in her best boy voice Me- Bust out laughing Wife- trying not to laugh(doesn't wanna encourage that kind of talk), and not choke on her drink, "We don't talk like that!" Daughter- I'm just saying.... Happened last night. Teenage girls are brutal.
  25. I mean we went and fucking swept MSST in Starkville to start conference play. We lost a random midweek game then lost G1 to LSU and people were trying to throw the towel in on the season. Maybe it's because I only watched one of the MSST games and missed the UTSA/UTEP game (whoever it was - can't remember) but - fuck, man - we've barely played any meaningful baseball. I want to see what the fuck these kids do with the season and that started tonight and they went out and won a classic college baseball game against a really god damn good team and will have a chance to win the series tomorrow. Do I think Texas can win a national championship this season? Probably not. But it's fucking college baseball at the end of the day. Weirder teams have won titles - you only have to go back a couple years to that Ole Miss team that made a wild late-season run. I'm just taking it a game at a time with this crew and appreciating the course-correction. 🤘
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