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Do you excited that he has committed to Texas? Interesting.

Looks good but with his dad being an Aggie there may be an upcoming rift in the family or perhaps his dad had some issue with AandM now. 😆

I was hoping that we would get to see Trey play because he looked so good in that scrimmage before. However, there must have been something lacking or not up to snuff for Sark to get to this point where he does not even travel and appears to have 2 other guys between him and Arch. I hope he gets to a program where he can start.

We were at the game last night but left after the 11th. Luke Harrison gave up two in his frame and did not look good. A freshman left gave up three in his frame and only recorded one out. He walked a bunch, a throwing error led to as as did some of Lamar's hits. He was bailed out by Bing who came in and got the next two batters. Thomas Burns was throwing heat in his inning. His fastball was 96-99 and was mostly at 97 and 98. Grubbs looked okay but gave up a homerun that bounced off the top of the fence as the left fielder (I think it was Monsour) was leaping. Not an impossible catch, but I think he is only about 5'11'. Texas had the bases loaded at least twice and didn't score. They struck out too much (big surprise) and did not really have timely hitting. Robbins swings a great bat and he played centerfield last night. Several transfers and freshmen pitched and most looked pretty good, at least through the 8th inning. I did not know they were going to play 12 or we might have stayed at least one more inning. But we had already been there almost 4 hours and those seats were getting hard.

I told a Longhorn friend of mine about this. He said that he and his wife are going to Italy and that he will teach the Italians how Texans say hello. 🤣

Nice story by those Texans in Malta. I hope some Aggies show up to that restaurant.

Found this at the Baseball website. They must have posted it earlier today. Longhorns score seven unanswered runs to cruise past Red Raiders, 9-3 ROUND ROCK, Texas — The Texas Longhorns opened their fall slate with a 9-3 exhibition win over Texas Tech in a 12-inning contest at Dell Diamond on Saturday afternoon. Texas mounted six unanswered tallies across the fifth and sixth, highlighted by a pair of two-run doubles from Aiden Robbins. Robbins also kickstarted the offensive outburst with a run-scoring single in the first, finishing 3-for-4 with five RBI. Following a standout freshman campaign, Adrian Rodriguez picked up where he left off, reaching safely four times. Rodriguez tallied three hits and plated two runs across the nearly five-hour affair. With the Longhorns and Red Raiders tied in the fifth, Rodriguez delivered a go-ahead RBI single. Two batters later, Robbins notched a two-run extra-base hit to extend the lead to 5-2. The next inning, Texas padded its advantage thanks to a bases-loaded walk and another two-RBI double from Robbins. The six-run cushion was more than enough for the Longhorns' pitching staff, which held the visitors to only three runs on seven hits. After yielding two tallies in the third, Texas held Texas Tech scoreless over the next eight frames, including four straight hitless innings. Freshmen Brett Crossland, Brody Walls, Sam Cozart and Brady Westphal combined for five strikeouts over that stretch. Overall, the Longhorns used 13 different hurlers, with the first 11 arms all tossing one frame apiece, as scheduled. Left-hander Cal Higgins logged the win, punching out a pair in a shutdown fifth. Up next, Texas returns home to host Lamar on Oct. 3. First pitch is set for 6:30 p.m. at UFCU Disch-Falk Field.

Blake responded to my question in Coffee and Football that they were working on something. Someone posted on Twitter that the game was 9-3. Supposedly no stats were kept, but someone posted updates on Twitter during the game. It appears that the new guy from the Northeast that batted over 400 last year and won the batting title at Cape Cod this summer had three hits (2 doubles) and 5 RBIs (Aiden Robbins). A lot of guys pitched and most did really well.

Pretty funny.

How about a baseball update?

Just up from Monterey and S.F. is Napa Valley and Sonoma Valley, the best wine country in the country in country. There are hundreds of vineyards, some with fantastic wines, and it is a great area to visit. Good food everywhere, but in general it will be a lot healthier than what we get in the south, particularly if you are in Cajun country as your name might imply. Good food just different. If you are wine drinkers try to get there, but if you can't get up there, there are still good ones in a couple of areas south going back toward L.A. Monterey and Carmel are great, but with Clint Eastwood's age you won't see him around. The drive along PCH is great and in fact from northern Oregon to S.F. that stretch is incredible. I have not been to L.A. in decades so I can't really provide any insight there. The last 30 years my trips have all been to northern cali or to southern cali south of L.A.

I did not think it would be that quick, but it was probably a mercy killing. Good old Petrino back.

That was a shocker to me. I worked at UVA for about 15 years and could never get behind that team. Not many Longhorns or Longhorns fans there. I did follow the baseball team some because they were good. Interestingly, like everywhere else there were some Dallas fans, though most were Redskins/Commander fans.

Good one. Love SEC Shorts.

Be forewarned that you drive on the left side of the road in a right hand drive car there. Takes a bit to get used to it. We had an automatic but it would have been really frustrating to have gotten a stick and having to shift with my left hand. on top of that. Also, the country roads are often really only one lane with occasional small pullouts to let oncoming traffic through. Lots of traffic circles/roundabouts there too and that takes a bit getting use to. We did not use a car in Edinburgh, but did when we took of the highlands and the islands. There are some really nice scenic drives in Scotland. We drove the length of Loch Ness on the way to Inverness and were not lucky enough to see Nessie. 😀