Bobby Burton

Gerry and I discussed this. He reminds me of a more athletic Devin Duvernay. Same build, same elite (10.2) speed. I just think Royal has more fluidity to his game.

Where are you getting the $3mm price tag for Royal?

Rare athlete. Very rare.

Definitely.

Texas wins 7-1 behind a 12-strikeout gem from Kavan.

Not really. It’s NCAA finish that matters.

Softball team wins SEC. 7-1.

On to the 7th. Still 7-1 Texas.

7-1 to the bottom of the 6th.

Alabama pitching change. Texas up 6-1, top of 6th with one out and runners on the corners.

I think you wouldn’t have to worry about getting HBP. She’s got control. 😉

She pulverized that.

5-1 to the 5th.

Maybe the most unlikely long-term pro the university has ever had.

Texas goes up 5-1 in softball after Bama made a bases loaded error.

Pretty sure Bill Little, the longtime Texas SID, created that stat for Earl.

Ding, ding, ding. We have a winner.

Texas up 2-1 going to the 4th.

I don’t know about a complete waste of time. At least they’re trying to push something forward. IMO it’s better that these ideas get batted down and then reconfigured to what might actually work.

I think this sounds like a recipe for disaster.

Hahahahaha

My wife and I watched the softball game last night. It was the SEC semifinal against a Georgia team that defeated an OU team the night before. Texas went up 3-0 in the third with two homers. Georgia then tagged Texas for four runs in the fourth. Georgia batted around in the 4th and went 7-9 in plate appearances. An amazing throw at the plate early in the inning is probably the only thing that kept the floodgates from opening on Texas. At any rate, Texas battled back to tie it in the bottom half of the inning. Texas eventually walked it off in the 7th with a two-out single. The reason I’m writing this is two-fold: 1. This team doesn’t seem to be as “outstanding” as last year’s. Not exactly sure why, but some of it has to do with pitching. Kavan just hasn’t been as dominant as a year ago. 2. The grit the women showed yesterday was legit IMO. It’s hard to go up 3-0, then lose the lead, then battle back to tie it and then win it with a walk off. I don’t know how far this team will go, but the focus they showed through some real adversity last night was encouraging. They play Alabama for the SEC title this evening on ESPN.

Very much so. People remember the Ohio State game. He was a vastly different player against the Aggies and Michigan. He was as good as any QB in the country IMO.

I think you hit on the point. Let the SEC and BIG 10 break away in football. Ask others if they want to join and go from there. Pooling rights might make sense for 32-40 teams, not 130+.

I think we’ll see major pushback from the SEC and Big 10. Some of the ACC and Big 12 schools, through their own mismanagement, have gotten themselves into financial trouble and that’s why they’re taking private equity. Asking the SEC and BIg 10 to cede control of their futures to people who have screwed up in the past and who are desperate just doesn’t make logical sense.