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Run rule is the default in non-conference games unless both coaches agree beforehand to play a full nine innings.

Yes. Many, many colleges aren’t requiring athletes attend classes at this point. It’s online ND is one of the few that are required to attend classes in person

Maybe he meant to say that he was able to take some online classes at Ohio St, but Notre Dame only offers in person classes?

Fantastic stuff, @Jeff Howe, thank you! On the run rule: can you clarify whether, in non-con play, the run rule is the default (and both coaches have to agree to change that and play all 9) or vice versa? (Either way, I don't understand Jim talking about it in terms of choosing "the recommendation from our conference." Don't offload responsibility for that decision. That's a choice, and your duty is to your team and university, not to a conference's non-binding "recommendation" smh. That justification shouldn't fly—ever, but especially not when the run rule has been all downside for us (1) this early in the season and (2) with this deep a staff we need to get to know.) On a different note, so relieved to hear Pack is fine. Obviously it started as a transient cramp, but I was worried he injured himself by trying to play through it and taking swings. Whew!

Good for ND. Fwiw, my daughter graduated from UT in 2017. Even though she is a legacy and grew up in a Burnt Orange home and went to many Longhorns football games as a kid... her Sophomore year on the Forty Acres she had a class with a DB on the football team. Not a starting player, but a guy who saw a decent number of snaps on Special Teams and in the Secondary in certain personnel packages. The professor assigned a group project and the football player invited the student group to meet in the study facility used by the football team. After the first meeting, my daughter called me in a bit of a huff. She was upset and jealous of the "incredibly nice" meeting/study facility the University provided for the football players. I told her she was a bit naive about how the World of Big Time college football worked! And this was before the era of NIL. I remember she said the Longhorns football player was a good student, "but he ought to be, given the support given to the players." The player transferred after that year, which was also his Sophomore season at Texas. Hook 'Em!

Yeah, from personal experience, the schloss quote had me thinking hamstring (again). Weird how "Ft Knox" everyone is being about it. Thanks for posting the update though! Jonah is the biggest wildcard for this team's ceiling, and anything is better than nothing for inquiring minds who want to know wtf is up 😆

No question. Elite physical tools, elite makeup, elite bloodlines (his brother Nick was a longtime MLB vet who now runs a training facility for pros in the offseason... Jonah has grown up around big leaguers), tantalizing production as a freshman in the SEC without the same level of investment other guys put in... Absolutely first-round potential. Potential being the operative word for the whole frustrating Jonah-in-Austin experience so far.

.29 WHIP for DyVo. When a problem comes along...

NCAA does nothing, y’all are pissed, NCAA does something y’all still pissed. It’s a lazy complaint. NCAA is only as strong as their member institutions. Some of those institutions chose litigation and chaos. Until institutions and conferences grow a backbone and stand up to obvious bad actors (like Bama Basketball), nothing is going to change.

LSU is down by 10 in the 4th

I know it was Arkansas, but 10-28 from three and 25 assists to 9 turnovers. Great offense tonight. Too many fouls from the defense, but other than that, defense was good was well.

93 -62 Horns!

He's getting his bench involved too. We need everyone for the stretch run. One thing about this team, is they play defense.

IIRC, the buzz coming out of high school was that if he would’ve focused on baseball, he would’ve gone anywhere from the second to the fourth round.

How good of a pro baseball prospect is he? First round potential?

Vic is prepping his team for that Final Four matchup against UConn with all these threes

The Aggies just upset Tennessee at Tennessee. That coach is not long for that team. Hard to coach in Pat Summit's shadow.

Rori with two three pointers. Maybe she will get confidence to start shooting these.

AUSTIN, Texas — The biggest drawback of No. 3 Texas recording two run-rule victories through the first four games of the 2026 season is that there are a few pitchers coach Jim Schlossnagle and pitching coach Max Weiner haven’t seen on the mound. By the time the Longhorns wrap up their three-game non-conference series against Michigan State, which begins Friday at UFCU Disch-Falk Field, Schlossnagle hopes left-handed junior Haiden Leffew and freshmen righties Brett Crossland and Brodie Walls will have made their respective season debuts. “He's an experienced pitcher at the highest levels of Division I baseball,” Schlossnagle said of Leffew on Thursday. The Wake Forest transfer was preparing to enter Tuesday’s 14-4 rout of Lamar when freshman Maddox Monsour ended the game with a three-run double in the bottom of the seventh inning. “With (Dylan) Volantis in the rotation, we would like another lefty in that bullpen," Schlossnagle said. “Crossland and Walls are both just super talented young players. They hear it from Max, how important they are to this team and this program moving forward, but playing time and an opportunity to pitch is what they want the most. It's what I want to see them do the most.” The challenge in that regard is that the run rule will be in play for each of the three games between Texas (4-0) and the Spartans, who took two of three from a top-10 Louisville club on the road in their season-opening series last weekend. While the run rule is a mandatory stipulation in SEC play, Schlossnagle said the Longhorns are abiding by the conference’s recommendation that any game can end if one team has a lead of 10 runs or more after the seventh inning unless both head coaches agree beforehand to play a full nine innings. “I think what everybody wants to avoid is the game that gets out of hand. The 21-4 game, where everybody in the park is just waiting for it to be over,” Schlossnagle said. “Not all 10-run rules are the same. There are 10-run games where the wind is blowing out and the pitching is not great and you still feel like you're in it down 10. Then there's also the argument for this time of year, where we need to get players in the game. I'm sure Michigan State wants to play — I've been in a cold weather climate where you're just looking to play. You can argue both sides, but that's the recommendation from our conference. Coaches across the country are dealing with the drawbacks of a mandatory rule and discussing how to best utilize it, Schlossnagle said. With that said, managing the implementation now could pay off in a few years, when downsized rosters could make the run rule necessary to get through the grind of a college baseball season. “We're getting closer to a 34-man roster once we get through the next couple of years. Three years from now, there will be a 34-man roster only. There won't be any extra players,” he added. “The 10-run rule comes into effect more when you're trying to avoid injury, or let's say you're down pitchers and you don't have anybody to pitch the extra two innings.” *** The starting pitching rotation won’t change this weekend. Schlossnagle and Weiner will give the ball to Ruger Riojas on Friday, Luke Harrison on Saturday and Volantis on Sunday. The bullpen roles, however, remain fluid, especially since Schlossnagle added two names to the mix on Thursday when he went out of his way to single out junior southpaw Kade Bing and redshirt senior right-hander Cody Howard for how they looked in Wednesday's simulated game. According to Max Grubbs, the lack of a defined pecking order isn't an issue for the Longhorn hurlers. The senior righty said the relievers have accepted their roles as out-getters, which puts everyone on notice that they could be called upon to enter the game in a high-leverage situation at any time once it gets turned over to the bullpen. Without a designated closer following Volantis’ promotion to the weekend rotation, Grubbs and the other relief pitchers have adopted the mentality that “it's always the bottom of the ninth and you're always in for a one-inning save, one pitch at a time.” “It doesn't matter if there's runners on or anything, the zone never changes for us,” Grubbs said. “Just attacking the zone, dominating the zone. It's what we do.” *** While Texas waits to see if Jonah Williams will make his season debut this weekend, the team got good news on the injury front coming out of the Lamar game. Anthony Pack Jr.’s early departure from Tuesday’s win was an issue with cramps, which Schlossnagle indicated isn’t expected to keep the electric freshman out of the lineup against Michigan State (2-1). Pack, who leads the Longhorns in hits (seven) and is tied for the team lead in doubles (two) and stolen bases (2-for-2) through four games, took part in batting practice and the team's regularly scheduled practice on Wednesday. Pack was expected to “go full scale” in team activities on Thursday, according to Schlossnagle. “He did some early work before that game in the outfield. He's looking to get more comfortable in the outfield and he's not afraid of repetition. He's not afraid of work. Probably did too much,” Schlossnagle said of Pack, who played high school baseball on a field that didn’t have an outfield fence. That's amplified the challenge of Pack trying to navigate right field, which is arguably the toughest outfield position to play at Disch-Falk Field. Although Pack won't stop putting in work to hone his craft, Schlossnagle suspects the newcomer learned a tough yet important lesson in his fourth collegiate game. “We all sweat differently,” Schlossnagle said. “I think we've learned he sweats more than others and he's got to learn how to rehydrate and do different things that way. “He should be fine.” View full news story

47 -27 at the half.

Let’em rain!

I am surprised that Harmon and Preston don't shoot from 15 feet out. They just don't. If Harmon wants to play in the W, her outside shot needs work.