OTF Premium Baseball Game Thread: No. 2 Texas vs. Ole Miss (Friday)

[camridleyfan]

Arod in a funk

[TrouperG]

How many times have you seen an SEC team mow down all comers in a season and then get bounced in a Regional.  This team, like all teams, needs to grow throughout the season, that's a lot easier to do when your flaws get exposed and you have to face adversity so hopefully this is the good adversity that leads to growth.  I liked watching them win 16 in a row, but even I started hoping for a loss.  And JMarquette, there was supposedly this great bat on the team last year named Will Gasparino, who slumped and spiraled, so much so that he transferred to UCLA where he is knocking the cover off the ball.  Weird s*** happens in a baseball season.

[JMarquette]

2 minutes ago, 82horn said:

Grammar police haha that made me laugh…

That’s like 5th grade spelling and grammar man, it’s not hard.   

[JMarquette]

4 minutes ago, 82horn said:

Grammar police haha that made me laugh…

That’s like 5th grade spelling and grammar man, it’s not hard.   

[82horn]

Or auto correct on a phone….

[JMarquette]

3 minutes ago, TrouperG said:

How many times have you seen an SEC team mow down all comers in a season and then get bounced in a Regional.  This team, like all teams, needs to grow throughout the season, that's a lot easier to do when your flaws get exposed and you have to face adversity so hopefully this is the good adversity that leads to growth.  I liked watching them win 16 in a row, but even I started hoping for a loss.  And JMarquette, there was supposedly this great bat on the team last year named Will Gasparino, who slumped and spiraled, so much so that he transferred to UCLA where he is knocking the cover off the ball.  Weird s*** happens in a baseball season.

Gaspo was a stud until he wasn’t. I’m not saying Tinney can’t be good, but he’s been an absolute liability in the 2 hole. 

[TCope111]

We have beat ourselves tonight. Had plenty of chances to win and our pitching let us down. Lots of baseball left, I hope our relief pitching improves. This team has fight but we shouldn’t be fighting ourselves. 

[Austalgia]

Gave it away.  

[JMarquette]

I can confidently that pitching is not this team’s strength. 

Edited 12 hours ago by JMarquette

[Brho]

Embarrassing bullpen tonight , truly pathetic stuff. Would rather give up 5 solo shots in a row than to hit and walk guys like that. 

[smokeyiii]

Absolute bullpen disaster but happens sometimes. At least Schloss gets to shave the d broom

[alrightalrightalright]

That loss sucks. Up 7-3 going into the top of the 9th

[JMarquette]

Everyone gets dropping games in SEC play, but you CANNOT drop games like that. 

[Califashorn75]

I hate losses like this. 

[TCope111]

I still have confidence in our team. We have to figure out who can come in and throw strikes down the stretch. I think Lefew needs to be moved to closer and let someone else be the middle relief. He’s the only one who comes in and shuts it down. 

[SETXAN]

First bit of adversity tonight and they lost. Top 3 arms out of the pen choked. Schloss better channel some Augie vibes in that locker room. 

[Here for the Wins]

Volantis as a 5 inning guy is not worth the trade off from closer.

[TCope111]

6 minutes ago, Here for the Wins said:

Volantis as a 5 inning guy is not worth the trade off from closer.

Especially if we blow the lead more often than he’s able to throw a CG. 

[THookem]

https://therebelwalk.com/2026/03/ole-miss-baseball-wins-extra-innings-thriller-in-sec-opener-over-no-2-texas-longhorns-in-austin/

[.45s]

Pitching did not hold up, but we also struck out 18 times.  

[stephanie]

10 hours ago, JMarquette said:

I can confidently that pitching is not this team’s strength. 

Think you forgot a word after “confidently”. Maybe don’t be so quick to call out someone else’s grammar & spelling. We all make mistakes. 

[JMarquette]

11 minutes ago, stephanie said:

Think you forgot a word after “confidently”. Maybe don’t be so quick to call out someone else’s grammar & spelling. We all make mistakes. 

It got deleted while editing, but you are right. I should be better about spelling, that’s on me. 

[cmk4pres]

My 11u team throws more strikes. That was so bad

[Here for the Wins]

33 minutes ago, cmk4pres said:

My 11u team throws more strikes. That was so bad

You being 11 explains a few things.

[Jim]

This Team was not going 53-0. Yeah it sucks to lose especially with a lead in the ninth. They were bound to drop a game like this eventually. The offense had way too many K's , and the pitching couldn't hold a lead in the ninth. The guys could've packed it in after they blew the lead in the ninth, but they scraped out a run to send it to extras. Burns came in and shut them down in the eighth but right now he struggles going more then one inning. Ruger not getting out of the fifth changed how Shloss  had to use the bullpen. I think the run rule games kinda hurt the bullpen not getting guys innings to figure out who can do what and who can't. Grubbs is most concerning to me last year he'd give you three or four innings to get the game to Volantis. I'm not sure we have another guy who can do that too not only save arms but not having to rely on stretching guys out too long and having to use guys out of their normal role.The guy going for Ole Miss is pretty dam good so Texas needs to bring their A game.