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A Rod! Blow this open!

Doing a good job hitting with RISP

If you’re asking about budgets because you think Texas is getting out‑spent for elite talent, that’s not what’s happening. Texas is already in the $3.5M–$4M softball‑budget range, which puts them ahead of almost everyone not named Oklahoma. So this isn’t a “Texas can’t keep up financially” issue. What Mike does is different: he doesn’t panic‑shop the portal or chase every 5‑star just to win a headline. His whole model is development, fit, and long‑term roster stability, then using the portal only to plug specific needs. Other programs are out there throwing offers at anything that moves - Texas doesn’t need to operate that way. So if the question is “budget vs. elite talent,” the answer is simple: Texas has the budget. Texas has the talent. Texas just doesn’t recruit like a desperate program. Back‑to‑back titles say the approach works.

Nice piece of hitting by Doza. Tinney slides in safely to make it 5-1.

I sense an A Rod slicer down the 3rd baseline on my radar

5-1

😂 that kid is all of us

That was a very good at bat by Pack.

Pack makes it 4-1

Pack's first hit in Omaha is an RBI single sliced to left. Borba scores to make it 4-1.

Gimmie my run back

First and third with two outs for Pack. Texas has a 3-1 lead in the bottom of the second.

Raining bats in Omaha

M2: Texas 3, Alabama 1

One run and a hit with one left on for the Tide against Riojas in the second.

Bad effort by Pack. He should have caught that.

Ruger gets Steele to ground out short to get out of the inning.

Vaughn's sinking liner to left scores a run to make it 3-1.

Gotta make it interesting 😂

Massive, ball doesn’t lie, should’ve been a strikeout against the first batter

Larson let that bunt go foul. It worked out with Holt lining into a double play.

Not an ideal start for the top of the second with back-to-back walks.

Dang it THROW STRIKES

Have to throw 4 strikes I suppose

That’s actually a really interesting wrinkle - Scholer being nominated by Obama first and then renominated by Trump tells you she’s viewed as a straight‑shooter by both sides. Add in the Rice undergrad + Cornell Law pedigree and the fact she was a well‑respected litigator before taking the bench, and you’re right: this isn’t going to be some circus where one side games the process. And the Big 12 bringing in a BYU‑trained attorney who already handled the House settlement shows they’re not sending in the JV team either. Both sides are lawyered‑up with people who know the landscape and won’t get cute.