This isn’t new. We were ranked #1 2 years ago and they still dwarfed us in Houston. Arkansas dwarfs us in Arlington. We’re always under-represented in Omaha. The majority of orange in Omaha is player parents.
It’s okay to admit that there’s a handful of SEC programs with significantly larger and more loyal baseball fanbases than ours. Im excited for the SEC move to wake some people up and change that.
We’ve been an Omaha losers bracket level program for 8 years. Which is fine, better than it was the 8 years before that. Pierce has built flawed rosters and coached them up well. We see an elite arm 3-4 times a year and lose miserably. Win most of the others.
The horribly recruiting over the past few years looks to be reversing course. Hitting big on this next class and giving them time to mature is how the program takes the next step. Until then, we’ll still be in the mix to host postseason baseball every year
Shugart got the save in the regional final, yep. Couple huge Ks.
That month of baseball was some of my favorite ever. The series win at Tech (3 Kody HRs). The sweep vs TCU to win the conference (3 Kody HRs) on the last weekend of the regular season. The regional win (2 Kody HRs vs Atm). The supers comeback (3 Kody HRs).
I can’t seem to remember what happened after that…
I’d probably take the 2022 team over this one, especially before the Witt scratch in Houston. We were undefeated. Pete had just out-dueled Burns. Stevens had an elite start vs LSU. Witt was 2-0
I said it before, but the Houston/Arlington split plays so much into how non-conference Feb/March is perceived. In even years, we get a few weekends to get in a groove and February feels great. Odd years we get thrashed opening weekend and it makes Pierce look like a genius when the team figures it out down the line.
If we dick around with Harrison/Witt for too long that could be an L. They went into Gainesville and won on a Friday night. Mixed bag vs Coog. Seem to have some big bats. They haven’t played a midweek yet so no clue how their pitching is
It’ll be interesting to see if Thatcher Hurd gets the ball on Friday. That game feels winnable. Vandy looks meh. T State is getting humbled this weekend. Anything less than 2-1 would be a failure
This would be shockingly stupid. I’m fine with giving the softball team air time, but to not stream the baseball game live when they have the capability would be insanity
Kennedy could be 2 hole soon. That last hit was his best, but he's getting the bat on the ball and letting his 6.3 speed kill. 1 off the team lead in walks with about half the PAs of JT.
Then drop back Powell and Brown
Was just thinking about his once a game toss into the dugout from 3rd last year. I'm still not sold on his range at short, but he's obviously maturing nicely