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I love Ty Harrington on color commentary for the broadcast. A lifetime Longhorn who built a good mid-major program at Texas State.

Normally, Grubbs getting the start would signal that something possibly significant has happened. Since he didn't pitch in the OU series, however, I'm not surprised Schloss and Max Weiner are using him as the opener for this game. I'd expect to see a lot of different arms tonight.

The Longhorns and Bobcats meet for the second time this season, this time at UFCU Disch-Falk Field. The first pitch is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. on SEC Network Plus.

Watching McDonalds All American game on ESPN. Future is bright in Austin with 3 McDonalds All Americans committed. Tied with Kentucky for most of any school. Coach Vic and Lady Longhorn Basketball have to be excited, future is bright. Hook em!! 🧡🤘🏼🐂

While I don’t think it’s fair, Vic Schaefer and Texas won’t earn the respect of the national media unless they finish the job. UConn and South Carolina get the benefit of the doubt because their programs and head coaches have won multiple championships in the last decade. Vic has been here multiple times and has not gotten over the hump, although I would argue he got unlucky in 2018 as his team lost on a buzzer beater to Notre Dame. Gotta win the next two games to earn their respect.

And tomorrow is April Fool's Day Wait until this summer

Women's game is on right now. Men's follows. For Texas purposes: Women: Addison Bjorn Lizzy Spaight Bri Crittendon Men: Austin Goosby

Funny, I read an ESPN article today that re-ranked the women's teams coming in to the FF and Texas is now ranked # 2 behind only UConn - "The time has come to elevate Texas. All the No. 1 seeds have been impressive, but the Longhorns have been thoroughly dominant."

I’ll tell you if A&M goes 8-4 this season, that money is going to dry up.

We’re peaking at right time. Like the roll of Final 4 underdog. Makes next weekend more fun. Can’t wait for Friday night at 830p. Hook em!! 🧡🐂🤘🏼

Recruiting rankings don't really move me with how much emphasis is now coming from the portal.

Things have changed. Don’t get me wrong, there are players we need in every class to build depth and in some cases fight for game time but it seems near sighted to sign a top class only to have many of them sit two years while they hold you hostage every off-season for more money.

Meh.

I don't know what to make of it. Texas is the only WCBB team I watch. We go through stretches during which we turn it over like crazy and can't shoot. Pretty sure UConn doesn't have those lapses. Don't know about UCLA. If you win, you can get the respect.

I don't get the national media. Texas just destroyed a 2 seed (top 10 offensive team btw) and everyone else to this point including SC in the SEC championship, yet people still talk primarily about UConn, SC, and UCLA being the favorites to win the whole thing. Something about our style of play isn't sexy to the media or storylines. Tired of the Midrange Madi being the token Texas storyline and nothing else. Rori's leadership, control of flow, and mix of chaotic and discipline defense is not being noticed enough. She has been as important as Madi has to our success and possibly more because of the intangibles. It's pretty absurd that people would pick SC to go all the way knowing Texas dominated them a few weeks ago at a neutral site. These Final Four games will both be great but I've only seen a couple analysts that talk about our team in a way the shows they know our team. National media outlets just keeps getting lazier every year. Hopefully Vic uses this as a motivator. Time to get some respect for good and bring the BTA to UCLA Friday.

What CC is really pushing for isn’t some neutral “fix the system” framework, it’s access. A seat at the table where the biggest decisions and money flows are already concentrated. And like you said, if that access doesn’t come naturally through performance, brand, or market pull, then the next lever is trying to reshape how the pie gets divided. That’s where the “fairness” language starts doing a lot of work. The other point you make is just as important. Most schools aren’t trying to move into that top tier, they’re trying to manage costs and stay competitive at a sustainable level. So you end up with two very different incentives in the same system. A small group pushing to redefine the top tier and how it’s structured, and a much larger group that’s fine staying out of it. That’s why this whole thing feels less like a system-wide solution and more like a targeted push by a few programs trying to change where they sit in the hierarchy.

I don't trust Cody Campbell.

Given this signing and news about Sikorski and Christian getting 1st team snaps at G, is there any news on how Chatman is looking this spring? I really liked him as a recruit and he has looked solid in limited snaps but has had bad injury luck. I hope he is healthy and having a good spring.

CC's approach has been interesting. What he really wants is for Tech to sit at the Adult's Table in the main dining room. He didn't get an invite with his checkbook, so now he trying to create a volume component with his 'share the pie' rant. I do not really think he wants to share the pie. He just wants a piece of the pie and a seat at the big table.... and he needs help. The interesting thing regarding this movement is that there appears to be a very limited number of like-minded schools that are genuinely eager to change dining rooms. The overwhelming number of schools simply want extracurricular sports but at a reasonable cost. The real question is going to be, "what are the parameters of the adult dining room?" PS: I am not disagreeing with Steamboat. this is really an addition to

If you pooled oil revenues, you’d be redistributing from the most productive fields to the least. That’s basically what’s being hinted at here with college sports. It sounds like “fairness,” but it’s really about shifting resources based on where you sit, not how much demand you generate. And that’s the part people don’t want to say out loud. This isn’t really about protecting college sports, it’s about pushing back on who’s winning right now. Same idea, different industry. But just like with energy, once you start forcing redistribution instead of letting production and demand drive outcomes, you don’t fix the system, you distort it.

Circling back with info I learned elsewhere, in case y'll haven't heard. This "minor hand procedure" was indeed minor: simply removing the single metal staple that had been inserted in the surgery earlier this spring. It was done in 20 minutes yesterday. The rate-limiting step for a return to swinging is just how soon the incision location heals up. It seems there's a possibility that this meaningfully improves his comfort swinging. As he exerted a lot of force in a swing, the staple had to flex around those mobile mid-hand bones, causing pain. And then there's the secondary effect of inflammation from that mechanical irritation, plus perhaps some inflammation from the body rejecting the material of the staple. The main thing is that this talented youngster figures this out long-term, for what could be a very long and special baseball career. It's been a full year-long injury already, all from a HBP against Missouri, for pete's sake! But I was encouraged even in the short term, for his contributing to a title run this season, with the simplicity of the procedure and return timeline... and the possibility that the pain might have been as simple as side effects from the staple, which is now gone!

He played on a broken foot against Purdue.

Sounds like Borba at 3B is a done deal for now. So at 1B, I expect an initial lefty/right platoon of Livingston/Courville respectively. But spots are up for grabs — not just at 1B, but also at the personnel-related positions of DH and the third OF spot! What an opportunity for Courville, Livingston, Larson, Duplantier, and Monsour. Excited to see who, if anyone, steps up and earns an everyday role and doesn't let go! (I also wish Ermis was in the 1B/DH mix, but I think that's just me wishcasting. I haven't seen any evidence he's in those battles.)