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Posted on 1/13/25 at 10:04 am to
Posted by twk
Wichita Falls, Texas
Member since Jul 2011
2781 posts
Posted on 1/13/25 at 10:04 am to
quote:

It’s still crazy to think Texas stole their coach while he was coaching the national championship.
The deal was already done by the UGA series starting 4/26. If you go back and watch some of the action from the regional, knowing that he'd already agreed to take the job in Austin, it kind of puts a different spin on some of the things he said and did (and some things he didn't do).
Posted by Lawyered
The Sip
Member since Oct 2016
37019 posts
Posted on 1/13/25 at 10:08 am to
Bianco seat is getting warm

We must make a regional this year

Gotta be at least competitive at minimum
This year

Been a long couple of years of being awful
Posted by DBird
Member since Nov 2023
819 posts
Posted on 1/13/25 at 10:12 am to
quote:

Nobody who actually attended A&M or Texas expected a bunch of players to go their rival, it just doesn't happen.


That entire week following the World Series was littered with posters of Texas claiming that they were getting all the A&M players that entered the transfer portal. Don't be that guy/gal
Posted by AGGIES
Member since Jul 2021
10791 posts
Posted on 1/13/25 at 10:19 am to
The was a rare combination of Chris Del Conte being at TCU with Schloss for a while and developing a relationship years ago.

You just don’t get that type of scheming and undercover coordination with a rival school without it. And Schloss showed some pretty poor traits in how he handled things in the cover of darkness.

Don’t know how the baseball gods will reward that type of behavior, only time will tell.
Posted by bigDgator
Dallas, TX
Member since Oct 2008
48257 posts
Posted on 1/13/25 at 10:28 am to
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Must be nice to have that kind of depth!


Unless we are deep with middlin' players.

I think it is going to be hit or sit for the outfield.

We are definitely going to miss Cags. But sometimes it seemed like everyone was always waiting for him to save the day rather than playing good baseball. Several players had worse seasons at the plate than they did the previous year. Should be another interesting meat grinder of a season in the SEC. Always a lot of fun.
Posted by GusAU
Member since Mar 2014
4913 posts
Posted on 1/13/25 at 10:29 am to
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Don’t post that damn gif
I don’t post gifs and have no idea what you are talking about.

What about my post was wrong that a gif would correct?
Posted by ElChupacabra
Member since Jun 2023
653 posts
Posted on 1/13/25 at 10:29 am to
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That entire week following the World Series was littered with posters of Texas claiming that they were getting all the A&M players that entered the transfer portal. Don't be that guy/gal


quote:

Nobody who actually attended A&M or Texas expected a bunch of players to go their rival, it just doesn't happen.


You missed a key part of that sentence.

Posted by dchog
Pea Ridge
Member since Nov 2012
26708 posts
Posted on 1/13/25 at 10:38 am to
Will Arkansas finally get out of a regional?
Posted by diddlydawg7
2x Best Poster Elite 8 (2x Sweet 16
Member since Oct 2017
29596 posts
Posted on 1/13/25 at 10:38 am to
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I'm assuming Georgia has addressed the pitching issues that held us back last year.


It’s always seemed to me that Wes’ entire philosophy is to get all the guys with the best stuff, regardless of stats, and try them all out until a few distance themselves

Basically, throw shite at the wall and see
what sticks.

It was starting to work last year. Kolten Smith had a 10+ ERA in the first half of the season. Wes kept trotting him out there and he was arguably the best pitcher in college baseball in the back end of the year, despite the collapse in Supers

Zach Harris came around a bit too at the end of the year.

If I had to pick the top contributing arms this year, I’d probably go with the following:

Kolten Smith
Leighton Finley
Brian Curley (VCU transfer)
Zach Harris
Alton Davis (Bama transfer)
Brian Zeldin
Matthew Hoskins (Finally Healthy)
Luke Wiltrakis
Charlie Goldstein
Zach Brown (Ohio St transfer)
JT Quinn (Ole Miss transfer)



This post was edited on 1/13/25 at 10:40 am
Posted by Captain Crown
Member since Jun 2011
55916 posts
Posted on 1/13/25 at 10:39 am to
Can't wait! Going to be an amazing season for the conference.
Posted by Buster83
Somewhere in Texas usually
Member since Aug 2021
5425 posts
Posted on 1/13/25 at 10:40 am to
Been beating their arse in baseball for quite awhile now. We are 11-6 since we left the big 12





Posted by DBird
Member since Nov 2023
819 posts
Posted on 1/13/25 at 10:48 am to
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actually attended

quote:

You missed a key part of that sentence


Didn't miss shite.....can't tell the difference between your t-shirt fans and the ones who are actually attending Texas
Posted by Farmer1906
The Woodlands, TX
Member since Apr 2009
51791 posts
Posted on 1/13/25 at 11:29 am to
This is the most excited I've been about an Aggie baseball season.

We return All Americans in Prager & Laviolette. We also return a ton of bats between Grahovac, Kent, Sorrell, & Schott. And added some serious boppers in the portal between Kash, Henseler, & Bergevin. 1-8 is going to be strong. Our 6-8 will be as good as some teams 1-3.

We will have to figure out the Sunday starter and bullpen roles, but they just need to be good, not great to win a bunch of games.
This post was edited on 1/13/25 at 12:11 pm
Posted by threedog79
Member since Sep 2013
3739 posts
Posted on 1/13/25 at 11:36 am to
Troy?! Wow!
Posted by tylerdurden24
Member since Sep 2009
48446 posts
Posted on 1/13/25 at 11:36 am to
Weekend starters are almost guaranteed to be Leighton, Kolton, and Alton Davis. Rest will be a mix of bullpen and midweek but that means we will have a number of guys (Harris, Goldstein, Quinn, etc) who have all started weekend games who could fill in due to injury or tourney setting
Posted by hoojy
In the fridge with my hot sauce.
Member since Nov 2013
11381 posts
Posted on 1/13/25 at 12:07 pm to
Cool, we're not ranked again.
Posted by Aggie in TN
Franklin TN
Member since Jun 2022
2914 posts
Posted on 1/13/25 at 12:09 pm to
Well almost everyone is back. So we will see.
Posted by ljhog
Lake Jackson, Tx.
Member since Apr 2009
20243 posts
Posted on 1/13/25 at 12:19 pm to
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Pitching, pitching, pitching ...

great to have, but without hitting its wasted. see Arkansas the last few years.
Posted by TEXAS_1836
ATX
Member since Apr 2024
177 posts
Posted on 1/13/25 at 12:39 pm to
Any concern about having a first year HC?

I know yall got your players back, but there has to be some concern about inexperience at the HC level.
Posted by lsufball19
Franklin, TN
Member since Sep 2008
71205 posts
Posted on 1/13/25 at 12:42 pm to
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Bianco seat is getting warm

We must make a regional this year

Gotta be at least competitive at minimum
This year

Been a long couple of years of being awful

y'all winning the national title in 2022 was the best and worst thing to happen to the program. Ideally, he would have gone off into the sunset after that win and Ole Miss would have IMO been in much better shape long-term
This post was edited on 1/13/25 at 12:43 pm
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