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Re: SEC baseball 2025
« Reply #28 on: March 10, 2025, 09:42:42 AM »
What the SEC is doing in the 3 big sports is nuts.  

Completely owning basketball this year.  Always owning baseball.  I know B1G teams won the last 2 football NCs, but I don't think the SEC is actually down, especially having added Texas and OU.  

Florida's baseball OOC schedule was pretty weak, but we beat FSU and took 2 of 3 from Miami.  Our run differential so far is video-gamey.  But the conference slate will tell the tale.
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Re: SEC baseball 2025
« Reply #29 on: March 14, 2025, 09:59:25 AM »
SEC opening weekend for most (all?) of the schools.  Horns are traveling to Starkvegas this weekend, and then get LSU at home next weekend.  Things are about to start getting really fun!

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Re: SEC baseball 2025
« Reply #30 on: March 17, 2025, 08:53:30 AM »
LSU swept Mizzou, Texas swept Miss State.  Setting up a nice showdown in Austin next weekend.  Looking forward to it, I've watched several LSU-Texas games at Disch-Falk over the years, and the traveling LSU baseball fans have always been great to be around.

Right now I'm planning on being at the Friday night game, and maybe the Sunday game.

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Re: SEC baseball 2025
« Reply #31 on: March 18, 2025, 03:41:17 PM »
Still hard to tell what we've got.  I don't think the ooc competition was anything telling and Mizzou is meh, though beating them is obviously better than losing to them.  If LSU can win in Austin, it's probably a pretty decent team.  If they can't, I still won't know much, because it could mean anything from "they suck" to "Texas is that good."  

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Re: SEC baseball 2025
« Reply #32 on: March 19, 2025, 10:50:39 AM »
Horns dropped the first midweek game of the season last night against UTSA, in extra innings.  Disappointing for sure.  Need to bounce back and win against LSU this weekend.

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Re: SEC baseball 2025
« Reply #33 on: March 19, 2025, 12:14:04 PM »
Horns dropped the first midweek game of the season last night against UTSA, in extra innings.  Disappointing for sure.  Need to bounce back and win against LSU this weekend.
I saw that #1 UTenn dropped their game to Eastern Tennessee State or some such in extra innings too. Some days are just oddball baseball days.

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Re: SEC baseball 2025
« Reply #34 on: March 19, 2025, 12:34:32 PM »
Midweek games are kinda screwy.  I don't like losing them, but I wouldn't read too much into it either.  

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Re: SEC baseball 2025
« Reply #35 on: March 19, 2025, 03:24:19 PM »
Oh I've been a UT baseball fan for around 40 years, I get the midweek malaise.

But this team had shown a lot of fortitude in not succumbing.  Last night wasn't a failure of skill so much as a failure of will.  They let it go to extra innings and then they just dropped it.  I consider that a failure worthy of pointing out and expecting correction.  I'm certain the coaches do, as well.

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Re: SEC baseball 2025
« Reply #36 on: March 20, 2025, 09:38:24 AM »
Guy that covers lsu baseball described the pitching as "deep but not dominant."  That pretty well fits what I've guessed based on reading recaps of the games.  We'll see how it goes through the season, but knowing I'm not the only one with that opinion so far makes me feel like I might be on the mark.

Don't know if "deep but not dominant" is enough to get it done on the road against a top 10 team.  IMO, the "deep" part tends to disappear in hostile environments against top competition.  Some of these guys will probably get rocked, and if there's no superstars to stake the tent, it might just all blow away. 

Guess we'll see. 

Will be interesting to see how the lineup fares as well.  They have a wider mix of style than what I'm used to seeing.*  LSU has leaned into being a power hitting team most of my life.  This team has displayed some power, but they've executed a lot of bunts and hit-and-runs as well, situationally, and that's different than I'm used to.  



*  I say "seeing".....what I really mean is reading recaps.  We cut the TV off during the no-footbawlz months.  

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Re: SEC baseball 2025
« Reply #37 on: March 21, 2025, 01:11:40 PM »
About to head downtown.  Gonna stop and get some Tex-Mex in East Austin and then head over to the Disch for some tailgating and beisbol.

I like you MDT but wish you no luck this weekend. :)

Hook 'em Horns!

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Re: SEC baseball 2025
« Reply #38 on: March 22, 2025, 11:19:01 AM »
Ooof.  Well, caught a couple innings of the softball game and that was fun.

The baseball game not so much.  

Regardless, will be headed back tomorrow afternoon, it's still always a pleasant time out at the baseball diamond on a cool spring day.

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Re: SEC baseball 2025
« Reply #39 on: March 22, 2025, 12:38:58 PM »
It's been great weather here in SETX.  Wish I could catch a game. 

The Saturday and Sunday starters haven't been nearly as good as the Friday guy.  Still a challenge to win the series, I think. 

Keeping Cowan in the bullpen is an interesting strategy at this point.  My philosophy is put your best guys in starting roles, if you have a good closer (we seem to), and hope for the best from a weaker bullpen.  

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Re: SEC baseball 2025
« Reply #40 on: March 23, 2025, 06:26:06 PM »
Horns take last 2 to win series against LSU

We might really have a contender
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Re: SEC baseball 2025
« Reply #41 on: March 24, 2025, 08:48:02 AM »
Got to see the game on Sunday, that was a pretty great performance by the Horns all the way around. Very good pitching, and very timely hitting.  I didn't attend the Saturday game but heard LSU went through a lot of pitchers during the back-and-forth.  That seemed to show up on Sunday, their depth seemed pretty gassed.

Anyway, awesome weather and a perfect weekend for some college beisbol.

 

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