OTF Premium Texas rallies for a 6-5 win over Oregon, punches ticket to the College World Series for the 39th time

[Jeff Howe]

Schloss said they went with Brody Walls because he liked the way he's been trending and felt the moment wouldn't be too big for him. He credited Thomas Burns with minimizing the damage in his brief appearance.

[Burnt Orange Horn]

Clozart just left UZero no chance.  Credit to the Ducks they waited through the Texas celebration and the playing of the Eyes to shake hands!!   Play the game right and respecting your opponent in defeat is representing oneself well.

TTU take notes!!

Edited 16 hours ago by Burnt Orange Horn

[Jeff Howe]

Schloss: "That sign outside the door says 38 trips to Omaha. It's said 38 for a long time, so it feels good to put a different number up there."

[Jeff Howe]

Schloss: "We're going to enjoy this. This is hard."

[Jeff Howe]

Rodriguez: "It's always been a dream of mine to go to Omaha. I can't wait to get there and compete."

[Jeff Howe]

"To be honest, I kind of blacked out after that last out," Rodriguez said when asked if he knew Texas only dogpiles in Omaha.

[Jeff Howe]

Cozart: "Winning that doesn't make us memorable here. Winning a Super Regional doesn't make you memorable at Texas. Winning a national championship does."

[Jeff Howe]

That's it for a very late postgame press conference.

[Game of the Century]

Yesterday Brody Wall came through when Thomas Burns struggled and today it was the other way around.  That’s resilience.  
 

Middle relief  has been  inconsistent all year, but this team does have resilience. 
 

I was at the game tonight. It was a bit excruciating and a roller coaster. But oh so satisfying.  
 

Hook’em!

Edited 15 hours ago by Game of the Century

[HookedOnTF]

49 minutes ago, Jeff Howe said:

Wasikowski said Oregon is, by and large, not a big transfer portal baseball program. That's why Wasikowski said his team is so emotional right now.

I'm nostalgic for getting to know players over multiple seasons, but with the number of games in a baseball season, its been pretty easy to get invested in "new" guys. Pretty wild to see not only the portal additions but freshman impact on this team.

[HonkEm]

1 hour ago, MikeH said:

Volantis and Cozart have REALLY spoiled us when it comes to freshman pitchers these last two years. Insane how good both those guys were immediately. Can’t wait to see what we can do in Omaha!

 

[chennups]

4 hours ago, Jeff Howe said:

 

With the lead, Sam Cozart retired each of the nine Oregon batters he faced, striking out four en route to his ninth save of the 

 

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Hey Jeff, cozart only faced 6 batters (like Kavan in her relief appearance). He was also nails!

[Tuco Ramirez]

[PaulieD]

5 hours ago, MikeH said:

Volantis and Cozart have REALLY spoiled us when it comes to freshman pitchers these last two years. Insane how good both those guys were immediately. Can’t wait to see what we can do in Omaha!

We are very lucky to have two ML quality pitchers on a college team.  

[PaulieD]

5 hours ago, Jeff Howe said:

Cozart: "Winning that doesn't make us memorable here. Winning a Super Regional doesn't make you memorable at Texas. Winning a national championship does."

Man, does he ever get it.  Wow.  Wise well beyond his years.

[Beldar]

Thought going in Oregon would be a tough out. They were. Our pitchers did a hell of a job with runners on base. Feels really good to get back to Omaha. Hook em

 

[Alex Butler]

5 hours ago, Burnt Orange Horn said:

Clozart just left UZero no chance.  Credit to the Ducks they waited through the Texas celebration and the playing of the Eyes to shake hands!!   Play the game right and respecting your opponent in defeat is representing oneself well.

TTU take notes!!

Preach!!! 

[Alex Butler]

6 hours ago, Jeff Howe said:

We're starting the press conference.

Oregon coach Mark Wasikowski said Texas earned the win tonight.

"At this point, we're Texas Longhorn fans because we want them to win it," he said.

Class act all the way!! Hat tip to them for fighting their tail feathers (couldn’t help myself lol) off.

[texcoyote15]

You know we haven’t always looked great this season, but Schloss is one of the best in the business.  He knows how to get teams to Omaha. He’s going to win it at some point and I wouldn’t be surprised if he doesn’t win several during his time at Texas.  This is what he was hired for.