re: Lowly South Carolina baseball just took 2 out of 3 from #1 Texas

Yeah they did beat lowly lowly UT this season though. It was a shot to serrraunx's pride.

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Lots of salty longhorn fans in this thread. Baseball can be humbling, and texas got a dose of humble pie yesterday.

Good series South Carolina. I thought this could be a tricky series, and it was. Not even the longhorns’ game 1 win came easy.

Would’ve loved to go undefeated against the sec, but I’ll settle for 7-2 if we can beat the Aggies in a couple tuesdays from now

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Personally I was worried yall were going to boatrace us, not only because we struggled all season, but because I expected that State loss to really get your minds right

Fair. But we've lost to State before. They're not particularly a nobody program for those who have followed college baseball in the past. And it'd be fair to say that this could be their best team they've ever had.

Road series are never easy in college baseball. Texas did well with them last year because they probably had more to prove and were never once considered a top 3 or 4 team in the country until the last couple of weeks.

I'm interested to see how they respond getting knocked down a peg. They've got 6 games against clearly inferior opponents before their first conference series, so this is a good opportunity for a resounding rebound performance

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honestly I only wanted to win so bad because as much as I love a bat flip, I did think it was a bit far to flip it at the pitcher. I am sure if it was my guy, id defend him, but wouldnt be happy about it.

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As soon as I saw that, I was annoyed and a bit mortified. Surprised only the next batter wore one. In Ivan's defense, he had a good weekend. The rest of the team failed to show up Sunday.

My biggest worry about Texas, especially 10 games into the season, was how they would deal with adversity. They played so well to start the season, and had a tremendous outing in Houston, and I think it got to the players' heads a bit that the whole season would be easy. They were wrong, and they paid for it by getting hit in the mouth all 5 games against Texas St. and USC (even though they did scrap to win 2 of those).

It could be a blessing in disguise.

No disguise for South Carolina, though. They needed a result in the worst way this weekend and got it. If they can put it together consistently like that, they'll be a threat

Go Cocks! Beat that other ugly orange UT this weekend