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Shoot. I'll edit that real quick. Kavan had been given an earned run against Oklahoma but it was changed postgame to an unearned run in the official boxscore.

Nerd alert, sorry - just curious about the chart where Teagan has an ERA of 0.00 on line 3 but three lines down she's shown with 1 ER. (I remember the inning, against OU when our SS made an error which lead to an unearned run and one more scored later that inning on a fielder's choice - that was the earned run). Edit: just saw this on ESPN - "Kavan has been the best pitcher in the WCWS (17 innings, 0.41 ERA, no extra-base hits allowed)"

Not particularly, there have been 150-pitch games for elite pitchers in elimination games before. 386 over three is a lot, obviously. I would suspect Tech throws her until her arm falls off in this series. I wouldn't bet on seeing anyone else in the circle unless things get out of hand early.

Thanks, CJ! Saw online that Canady has already thrown 386 pitches in the WCWS: every pitch in every TT game. I know softball is different but my goodness! Is there an upper limit to how much/how long a softball pitcher can hurl?

Canady in the 2024 WCWS Semifinals in the 1–0 loss to Texas: 7 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 7 K, 2 HBP, 103 pitches Kavan started in that game as well, though obviously it was against a Stanford lineup: 7 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 7 K, 79 pitches... faced just one over the minimum

The Women's College World Series begins this evening at 7:00 p.m. on ESPN. Texas and Texas Tech are no longer in the same conference following the Longhorns move to the SEC, but the Red Raiders remain a familiar foe. On top of that, Tech's star pitching Nijaree Canady is a face Mike White's squad is seen plenty over the last two seasons. *** In The Circle Two of the top arms in all of the country will face off this evening – Teagan Kavan for the Horns and Canady for Texas Tech. It doesn't take more than a quick look at the body of work in the Women's College World Series to understand each are playing at their peak at the moment. Kavan came in relief of Mac Morgan, who Texas will incorporate at some point in this series, against Tennessee to clinch their spot in the WCWS Championship Series. This exact meeting has occurred already this season – during the Bevo Classic back on February 14. Texas won that meeting 2–1 in a nine inning affair that saw both Kavan and Canady go the distance in the circle. Kavan: 9 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 18 K, 147 pitches Canady: 8 IP, 7 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 11 K, 151 pitches The game-winning run for the Longhorns came via a fielders' choice that turned into an error which allowed Joley Mitchell to score. For those wondering, that was the second time in as many games that Texas had walked off Canady via error. When Texas faced Stanford, the Longhorns scored the game's lone run via a botched rundown attempt by Stanford. That game sent Texas to the 2024 Championship Series. Game two between the Red Raiders and Longhorns from this season was one in which Nijaree Canady was absent from the circle. Texas ended up victorious in that matchup by the score of 11–0 in five innings. Kavan: 4 IP, 6 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 5 K, 69 pitches Gutierrez: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 K, 12 pitches As for Texas Tech, the Longhorns were able to plate two on Samantha Lincoln in the first inning, then plated the remaining nine runs over three innings on Chloe Riassetto, neither of whom have pitched in the Women's College World Series so far. *** One other nugget to add, star catcher Reese Atwood has yet to break out in Oklahoma City. Should her bat heat back up in this series, the Longhorns will be very well positioned to hoist the National Championship. Atwood so far in the WCWS: 0–8 with 1 RBI and 4 K. Atwood is now hitting .398 on the season with 21 HR and 86 RBI.

Yes, even Cam Newton needed an offensive line. I’m not sure how many pros that O line put out, but I found a publication that rated them a top 5 unit preseason, and Auburn had a 1000 yd back, 800 yd back and ~400 yd back that year, indicating the o line wasn’t a slouch.

Pete Lammons was an all around Texas guy. Too often overlooked. I would say the same about Sampleton too.

Cam Newton?

@Blake Munroe you forgot to tell us who’s at Texas today/this weekend. it’s okay, I’ll forgive you if you tell us right now.

Is there any different portal rules for baseball that are different from football ?

Be a lot cooler if it was.

Us Older Horns might also remember watching him play in the most astounding Super Bowl of all time, the Namath led Jets beating the heavily favored Colts to win Super Bowl III

T E X A S F I G H T ! ! ! T E X A S I N T W O !

87 days 🤘 Lawrence Sampleton (1978-81)

I know it’s next Texas related, but… Gronk is the greatest 87 of all time at the TE position and the most entertaining. #goat

What I mean is you can throw an average catcher out there with a world beating pitcher and the results would be very similar to having an all star catcher. What I’m saying is that no position in team sports comes as close to “being able to do it on their own” as pitcher. QB, for instance, obviously needs his line to hold up. I’d also argue a QB needs at least one above average receiving threat to truly carry a team.

T E X A S F I G H T ! ! !

Pete Lammons could play too. A great TE who held the career receptions record at Texas for 15+ years, he even intercepted Joe Namath twice in the Orange Bowl doing double duty as a LB.

Thank you, @Gerry Hamilton.

Come on now Herry

Trust me, a catcher is never trivial. I played it and coached em.

I’d go with softball pitcher because they can pitch every stinking game