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Texas Softball 2024 - Farewell to the Big 12 (and back to OKC?)

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Atwood 2RBI double breaks it open

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Damn from a tight game to possible run rule in the blink of an eye.  9-1  I like it.

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Since there is no other softball thread . . . fun times with Cal at UL in the rain.  Former horns coaches involved.

 

That change looks slow enough to regather and still put a good swing on it. As opposed to watching it. 

3 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

That change looks slow enough to regather and still put a good swing on it. As opposed to watching it. 

That's about how we'll all look watching the asteroid get bigger...and bigger...and bigger....

Just now, Gut Wagon said:

That's about how we'll all look watching the asteroid get bigger...and bigger...and bigger....

Nah, I will run.  Find a cave.

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nice to see Simpson close it out. 

UCLA looking like dogshit to start the season.  Down 9-1 to OSU.

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7 minutes ago, bschoolprof said:

nice to see Simpson close it out. 

UCLA looking like dogshit to start the season.  Down 9-1 to OSU.

Big time down year for UCLA. The cracks were there when they lost as the #2 seed in their own regional 

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Softball America and D1 Softball moved us up to #2 - will face #3/3 Tenn, #9/13 Stanford, #18/14 Kentucky

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13 minutes ago, Cairn Horn88 said:

Painted that target on our back, did ya?

There was a lot of movement in the top 10 for Softball America

Texas jumped 5 spots to #2
Duke jumped 4 spots to #5
FSU dropped 4 spots to #7
Washington jumped 14 spots to #8
Stanford dropped 5 spots to #9
UCLA fell all the way out of the rankings from #10 to receiving votes

Ok State and LSU are undefeated at #10 and #11 and behind 4 one-loss teams and a 2-loss team

Baylor is 0-2 (2 losses to Tenn) and only dropped from #11 to #16 - the only team in the top 25 with no wins 

Got a feeling that this upcoming weekend might be a better measurement of a lot of team's skill level.  Still early, of course.

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4 minutes ago, Cairn Horn88 said:

Got a feeling that this upcoming weekend might be a better measurement of a lot of team's skill level.  Still early, of course.

Clearwaterr, Judi Garman and Mary Nutter are typically the early season barometers. It’s like ranked opponents back to back for 3 days straight. They let teams get some footing in week 1-2 before they start up

Ive never been to one but feels like you get your money’s worth at those tournaments 

On 2/11/2024 at 4:04 PM, bschoolprof said:

Since there is no other softball thread . . . fun times with Cal at UL in the rain.  Former horns coaches involved.

This gem from the comments amused me.

 

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The good news - 17 of our next 18 games will be watchable (as of now)

The better news - 7 of those 18 games are against ranked teams 

Clearwater - LHN, ESPN, ESPN+, LHN, ESPN2
HCU - LHN
Lone Star Invitational - LHN for all games
Texas State - nothing listed at the moment, but maybe will end up an ESPN+ broadcast
Longhorn Invitational - LHN for all games
UTA - LHN

As of now, the only games remaining not listed as having a streaming or TV option are:

@Texas State
@UH for 3 games
@UCF for 3 games
@OKST for 2 of the 3 games
@KU for 3 games
@Tech for 3 games

I can't wait to get out of this conference, since all SEC series are, at a minimum, on SEC Network+ if they don't get SEC Network or ESPN

10 hours ago, TrashMaster G said:

This gem from the comments amused me.

 

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Hpu, who is a grown man wearing protective gear, seemed scared of the cal players. Until they were gotten under control by the coaches. Then he got brave. 

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#2 or #3 in every poll

Atwood is also Big 12 POW - .733 BA .632 OBP, 1.467 SLG, 2.099 OPS

11 hits in 15 ABs
2 doubles, 3 HR
3 sacrifice hits
12 RBI
22 total bases

6 hours ago, Pato del Muerto said:

Hpu, who is a grown man wearing protective gear, seemed scared of the cal players. Until they were gotten under control by the coaches. Then he got brave. 

A little more info and video…guess Cal will NOT be playing these rednecks any more.  This started with the playing of the National anthem before the game even started.

https://www.sfgate.com/collegesports/article/cal-softball-anthem-kneeling-ejections-louisiana-18663096.php

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Game 1 as well. That’s sucks. There was a lot of speculation if it was a knee or an ankle. Worst case scenario 

Agreed. That absolutely sucks for her. She was so excited to go home and lead that program. She’ll rehab like a beast to be ready for 2025. Get well Jordy. 

9 minutes ago, Kel Varnsen said:

Maybe if she didn't crow-hop so high on her pitches...

I've always called her out for her illegal pitching, but they actually changed the rules this year to allow crow-hopping.  I kinda feel bad for her, but I hated all the strutting around she did as an OU player. Although I have seen multiple interviews with her and she seems like a very down-home small town girl.  The point is, OU sucks.  

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2 minutes ago, bschoolprof said:

I've always called her out for her illegal pitching, but they actually changed the rules this year to allow crow-hopping.  I kinda feel bad for her, but I hated all the strutting around she did as an OU player. Although I have seen multiple interviews with her and she seems like a very down-home small town girl.  The point is, OU sucks.  

Yeah, the crow hopping is whatever because it's legal now.  The stalking and strutting around was really annoying and just added to how much people were/are tired of OU softball.  There's such a thing as being a gracious winner. 

But she'll be back in 2025 in a much different B1G, featuring 3 programs who are actually serious about softball - UCLA, Oregon and UW. 

This is officially going to be an SEC and ACC sport though.  (based on D1 poll): 

Current/future SEC: #1, 2, 3, 5, 9, 11, 12, 14, 18, 20, 23, 25
Current/future ACC: #7, 8, 10, 13, 16, 19, 22
Current/future B1G: #6, 21, 22, 24
Current/future Big 12: #4, 15, 17

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Some good softball on - UGA/Wisconsin tied in the 9th (SECN) and LSU up 3-2 on GT in the 3rd (ACCN)

Both Clearwater. UK killed UNC 12-0 earlier 

16 minutes ago, Js1 said:

Some good softball on - UGA/Wisconsin tied in the 9th (SECN) and LSU up 3-2 on GT in the 3rd (ACCN)

Both Clearwater. UK killed UNC 12-0 earlier 

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1 minute ago, Underdog said:

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Saturday night

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I will be in Clearwater tomorrow. Unsure on Saturday and Sunday due to weather concerns. Looking forward to seeing the team up close against some really good competition.

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Guessing we see Mac start against Tennessee and Teagan against Stanford in the night cap.  

Stanford got blanked yesterday by FSU.  Their offense hasn't looked that good so far this season - 3 runs against SDSU, 1 run against UK, 2 runs against UK (in 8 innings), 3 runs against Minnesota, 3 runs against UCSB, 15 runs against Georgia Tech, 0 against FSU.  

I think it's a good offense for her to throw against.  Texas will want her to limit them to 3 or less runs and see if we can get some offense against Canady (0.64 ERA in 22 IP) or Krause (3.75 in 18.2 IP)

Honestly, if this is the offense Stanford is going to give Canady, she will 100% be in crimson and cream next season. 

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I'm excited to see how we do against top competition.  I know we are going to drop a few along the way with this schedule, so I'm prepared for that.  I want to see how we handle adversity.  

Of course I remember in 22, we looked like dogshit for this tournament and ended going to the WCWS championship.  

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LSU beat NW 13-12 on a walkoff sac fly.  Jesus.  We face both those pitching staffs this year

UCLA leads FSU 6-5 in the 4th.  Same FSU pitcher who shut down Stanford.

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Make that 12-5 UCLA lol

We might be really damn good. 

I’m so ready to be hurt again by Texas softball 

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UGA also took down OKST 7-4 earlier

Stanford-Tenn should start soon, as well as Wisky-OKST.  Today also features UGA-UCLA, in addition to our 2 marquee games

I really like this tournament because FSU, LSU, UCF and OKST are here too and we face all 4 later in the year.  I'm sure we have someone scouting all their games. 

34 minutes ago, Js1 said:

UGA also took down OKST 7-4 earlier

Stanford-Tenn should start soon, as well as Wisky-OKST.  Today also features UGA-UCLA, in addition to our 2 marquee games

I really like this tournament because FSU, LSU, UCF and OKST are here too and we face all 4 later in the year.  I'm sure we have someone scouting all their games. 

I briefly flipped on NW-LSU, and Singelton was behind home plate on his phone.  Lulz.  

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Just now, bschoolprof said:

I briefly flipped on NW-LSU, and Singelton was behind home plate on his phone.  Lulz.  

Well we do play NW on Sunday morning 

He was probably texting Mike “LMFAO this pitching is abysmal, 25 runs combined”

UCLA escapes 2 bases loaded jams in the 6th and 7th and takes down Florida St 14-10.     Still a pulse in Westwood.

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Pitching duel in this one between Stanford and Tenn - 1-0 Stanford top 5

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Krause went 0.2 IP and then they brought in Canady 

Gotshall pitching for Tennessee. 

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36 minutes ago, torre said:

UCLA escapes 2 bases loaded jams in the 6th and 7th and takes down Florida St 14-10.     Still a pulse in Westwood.

FSU and UCLA are two teams who will need their offenses to win games.  Their pitching is suspect.  They are the opposite of Stanford, who needs their pitching to win them games. 

As we saw with UCLA, our pitching shut that down twice.

March 20, we face FSU in Tallahassee.  Quick stop on the way to Orlando for the UCF series.  

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Wisky up 5-2 on OKST

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