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I think teams had no interest in giving Tinney anything decent to hit. He at least found ways to get on base via walks, but they were very careful with him. After Volchko got Robbins to chase that slider diving away from him, I don't think he saw anything but sliders the rest of the time he was in Omaha. Very few fastballs, IIRC. The big thing about Charles Schwab Field is the configuration. Unlike Rosenblatt, where the wind coming from the south caused a lot of balls to leave the yard, the wind tends to blow in or you get a cross breeze. That can hurt teams that rely on the long ball, even though bat and ball technology have come a long way since the start of the BBCOR era. @TheNightKing had a good post with some good takes. One of the reasons why Skip's OU teams have been good when they've made it to Omaha is that they really can play small when needed. OU typically steals a lot of bases and while they've got some guys who can thump, you'll always see Skip field a team with guys who can play small ball when the conditions aren't ripe for extra-base hits. OU is very versatile offensively.

Agreed. I know the coaches didn't count on Pendergrass becoming an everyday player, but he was far and away a better defensive option than Monsour or Gumbo.

I don’t really want to see Big 10 and SEC separate. I think it actually would hurt college football. I might be wrong on this, and I’m sure most here disagree. However, the pooling of rights I can’t get on board with if I’m understanding it correctly. Viewership drives the networks to purchase the rights to display a superior product at a premium price. It is not fair that the SEC and big 10 would have to share these proceeds with schools that noone wants to watch. Sorry if that sounds harsh to lesser watches schools, but it is reality. And the genesis of the legislation stems from a billionaire that wants to supplement his own money to a single college, because that college doesn’t receive (rightfully so) as much money from their media deal. Then said billionaire posits it as an attempt to save college football? He wants his team to advance, and wants some help, because maybe he’s tired of the extra expense.(I don’t know) But to me, it comes down to this: it’s not right that a superior product has to share what they make with inferior products in a free market society .

We need Abbott to give Elon Musk some tax breaks and put Campbell out of business. Guy made more money Monday than Warren Buffet made in his whole life.

Even tho I expect Texas is done. A lot of teams are not. Numerous top 10 players have come off the board but players like Beachum and Edwards remain available.

Apparently not much. Campbell just tried to get a guy who bet on his own team eligible to play college football, and yet these crooked politicians just passed his bill despite that. They obviously think people are too stupid to know the difference.

Unfortunately they worry more about money because money can be used to nullify or change public opinion.

I'm just a bit out over my skis here by saying this, but...as a UT grad I've always thought Ted Cruz was a lot closer to A&M (Administration, alumni, fan base, etc.) than he has been to UT. I have never considered Ted's relationship with Tech, but now I would say that he's clearly put himself in the Cody Campbell camp and is trying to use the power of the federal law to (potentially) favor Tech over A&M and UT. In so doing, it makes me wonder how much he's damaging his "friendship" with A&M... and it surprises me that he's willing to favor one university in Texas over the two other more prominent universities in the State of Texas. Many of my OTF friends know that before I retired in 2008 I worked for decades in Business -Government relations in several state capitols and in Washington DC. I'm admittedly not up to date, having been retired for several years. However, some basic things don't change much in the process of politics. My opinion is that (particularly in DC on federal legislation) the "Base Case" in the US Congress is to want to appear to be protecting the Sacramento States and U Conns from the tyranny of the BiG and SEC Conference schools. They want to preserve the Appalachian State's ability to upset Michigan, etc., however rare those upset victories are. The Congress also likely wants to be responsive to the many small colleges and universities engaging in intercollegiate sports. Also it's my opinion that they would likely be of the view that the large universities will be able to do "just fine" in any new legal and regulatory structure created to be sure the small schools and conferences can thrive if they are protected from the big schools' financial and other inherent advantages. I'm not trying to pick a fight with any of my OTF friends here... I can be pursuaded I am wrong. I just couldn't hold my keyboard this morning. Hook 'Em!

I wonder how much the negative press that Cody Campbell drew to himself and tech will play on this. Politicians sure worry about public opinion.

The key is separate before it passes. Plus, they need some money to combat Campbell's evil influence. This guy is like Caligula.

Let’s Go Tarheels. Who’s with me? I know I know Skip’s a great guy. He coached with Augie etc etc……… But I just am not rooting for OU. Not one OU fan in the world would be root for Texas if the situation was reversed. You can’t be soft. Sports are ruthless.

If this happens, it will eventually get to the supreme court.

The Sherman Act and Clayton Act are federal legislation, just as the PCSA would be. If the PCSA passes, it will supersede them by virtue of being passed later. It's time to simply kick Campbell and his bought politicians in the nuts and separate.

I’m not a lawyer, but isn’t the pooling of rights somehow against free trade (superior product rising to the top) ? Against maybe the Sherman Act or the Clayton Act?

Are they still playing games in Omaha after we lost? I wouldn’t know.

I don’t think this press release would be issued if there wasn’t a chance of it passing

(paraphrasing) “…we are getting rolled in the legislative process by the politicians purchased by the lesser (but more numerous) college athletic programs…” - sincerely, SEC/B1G You don’t put out a press release like this unless you’re firing a warning shot to your constituents (which in this case, is all fans of SEC / B1G athletic programs).

Does anyone think this bill or something similar will ever see that light of day and be passed? I don't.

The Big Ten and SEC have released a joint statement ahead of today's markup on the Protect College Sports Act:

Big win last night, still need to work on a couple things, but overall great game

The people around Sorsby have made him more of a pariah than have helped him.