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Overall I think it looked really good. Even with a few control struggles, the pitching at this time of year looked better than at this time last year. They did a good job against the pros, with a few exceptions. Mercer and Riojas were standouts to me, but others looked pretty good too. I thought that Volantis has some real potential. Howard had some good moments, as did Volantis. I was impressed at the speed of the pitches by some of the new guys. A lot of mid 90s and some in the high 90s. Moffett was in the mid to high 90s the whole time and can deliver a somewhat side-armed fastball. Scary for some right-handed hitters and potentially fooling lefties if it hits the outside corner. Some of the young guys will probably need some work with Wiener to improve their control. Rerick is quite a specimen and threw hard, but was not dialed in. He has a lot of potential too. I wonder who will be calling the pitches to the catchers this year- Schloss? We have a lot more better arms than we have had the last couple of year. Hopefully we have enough to have a good three man rotation for the weekend series and several good relievers out of the bullpen. It has been a crap shoot the last couple of years. I really wanted to see Spencer, but he did not play and may have already secured his spot. Gasparino seems to have modified his swing a little bit, but I will have to see him a few more times. He still has good speed in the outfield and tracked down a tough straight shot to center over his head, but missed another at the wall. I couldn't tell if he should have caught that one or not. The roster shows that he has gained weight- he needed to- but I don't think it was that apparent and we were sitting pretty close. Perhaps it is good muscle that he has added. Chamberlain looks promising and so does Rodriguez. They both swung the bat well. Stewart has lost weight, which is probably better for his overall health anyway, and he still swings a good bat. Even in the fall he moved pretty well so he might be even faster and mobile now. Maybe he will do more splits like he did in the fall. I was a bit disappointed in some errors by Galvan and Mendoza (I think he was the one that booted the ball at 2nd). I still see too many balls missed by the catchers. I didn't see enough of Winfield to develop much of an impression for his fielding or hitting. He did get gunned down at the plate on a play where he probably should not have been sent. Service looks very athletic, but I am not sure about his throwing ability. He seemed to be aiming for the centerfielder a couple of times with his throws to second. Corba did not look good in the one plate appearance that I recall. Flores looks like he is ready to pick up where he left off last year. I think Schuessler will be good again. I would like to have seen Belyeu, but heard he was sick. Probably that flu bug that has been going around. A few other guys were in and out so I don't recall off-hand if any things were memorable regarding them. Unless we get several position players in yearlong slumps we should be a pretty good hitting team with some power. There is the potential for a lot of power. Our pitching staff should be better this year and we will need both to be competitive in the SEC and to get back to Omaha. It is pretty expensive but I am saving my Pesos in case we get back. We will be in Arlington for the whole weekend series and may start to see what Schloss is thinking as far as the pitching and position player lineups, at least for the early part of the season. Hook'em. 🤘

Too bad he was sick for the Alumni game. I wanted to see him hit. We will be in Arlington for the whole weekend so we should get a look at quite a few bats for the starters and top potential subs.

Interesting about his arm, because I am pretty sure that I read somewhere last season that his arm was average. Maybe a high school scouting report. I saw him make several throws and his arm seemed pretty good to me and it made me question those old reviews.

Hopefully 1-13 each lose their regional and Texas advances from its regional. 😅

Ola.

😅 That police report has a longhorn logo on it. I'll bet he doesn't like that.

I am from Houston and not a Mavericks fan, but I don't understand that trade and feel sorry for their fans.

I have nothing against Quinn and think he has been good at UT. I think he has been one of the better QBs at UT. Maybe, I might have thought the same thing about Brady but it is a good thing I said "I think" about Quine instead of "I know". If I had slept in a Holiday Inn Express last night I still would have said "I think".

Condolences to the whole Campbell family. RIP Tim.🤘🤘

I hope QE does well but I think he will be a back up at best, possibly getting starts off and on. Colt got in 14 years. Being a backup QB is one of the best jobs in the NFL, actually one of the best jobs anywhere, because the longer you can stay the better the money is and you have far fewer injuries than being a starter.

She's a very good ball player, so it must be tough on her to have to redshirt.

Derrick Foster to the Cowboys as RB coach.

Dallas just hired Derrick Foster as their RB coach.

I'll tell your wife. Just let me know if I need a hard hat or a kevlar vest. 😁

I was generally impressed with the pitching and was surprised to see all of the new arms that could throw consistently in the mid-90s and Moffett in the high 90s. Howard pitched pretty well for awhile too. The pitchers overall looked pretty good and did a good job against the alumni. As mentioned above, several of the pitchers were fairly impressive. It looks like Stewart either lost weight or has been working out and redistributed it. He is a big guy but he did not seem as chunky yesterday compared to what he looked like in fall ball. He had a really nice double to left center. Several of the young position players stood out. Chamberlain looked really good, Rodriquez looked really good, Farmer is waiting in the wings and will probably play a lot. I did not get much of a feel for Winfield or Mendoza, although Mendoza did boot one. Galvan may have gotten an ear full after the game for a bad throw to first and for missing a foul ball way up the line that was not really his anyway. Oliver Service did not look particularly good catching and made some bad throws. Gasparino made a really good running catch to deep center with the sun in his eyes and later missed a leaping catch at the wall which from our seats was hard to tell if he should have caught it or not. Overall, they looked pretty good. Hitting should be good and there are more good arms this year. Hopefully control won't be an issue again.

As a Cowboy's fan, I think Choice would help, but there would be too many hindrances from Jones to make it a good experience for him or to make a huge impact+. I think he is doing a great job at Texas and would hate to see him leave, but know that it is probably inevitable at some point unless he is promoted. Since he is supposed to be such a good recruiter he might be better off making his next move to being a promotion in the college ranks to OC or something like that.

I read several reviews online by various sports groups where they rated or discussed their top player's performances at the Senior Bowl practices and Sorrell was not mentioned one time. I thought it was strange since the OL there picked him as the number one DL.

I must have posted the same time you did, but I used the Princeton version. I was at a conference years ago and a friend of mine, a Princeton grad, told that joke as an introduction to his presentation.

A Texan started college at Princeton and was wandering the campus looking for the library. He bumped into what appeared to be an upper classman and asked “do you know where the library’s at?” The upper classman said “at Princeton we do not end our sentences with prepositions”. The Texan responded “okay, do you know where the library is at “a..shole”. 😀

The amount of money these schools spend on tutors is astronomical. If he needs it and they can't help him then it could be a tough semester. Hopefully they enroll him with a minimum load and ease him in- even if he is a good student. I was on the faculty at Tulane Medical School years ago and attended some of the university wide faculty senate meetings and got to see some of the inner workings of the athletics department budget, as well as the ongoing monitoring of the GPAs of each sport. I was surprised at the tutoring budget, but not surprised at the grades of some of the the various athletic teams. When I was a senior in college I was the teaching assistant for an anatomy and physiology class for P.E. majors (a lot of athletes), pre-nursing, etc. I ran the lab portion and administered and graded the tests. I had a number of football players in that lab, including the quarterback, and he was the only one of them that passed the lab. His final lab grade was just a little over 70. I guess that is why he was the quarterback.🤣 He did go on to play in the NFL for a few years and hung around because he was a pretty good overall athlete.

He is relentless. I lived in Pennsylvania for a few years and Penn State rules there. Most people bleed blue and white. Their PA competition is Pitt, Penn, Temple, etc. Eastern PA is primarily Penn State country for fans and Coatesville is a suburb of Philly.

I was close. We are just about up to date with this season. It is a really good show. We have also been watching Person of Interested. We missed most of it when it was on originally. We enjoy that too and it was from network tv, meaning there are more than 10 episodes per season.

Thanks. Yeah I knew that happened to guys that get cut at the end of the semester and it is still tough, particularly since semester start and stop dates aren't the same at all schools and making arrangements are hard. Getting cut in the Spring was not something I knew or had paid attention to. I would think that just about rules out any transfer to the season, whether a JUCO or otherwise.

That was a good one. Several really funny parts. They saved Texas for last and it was all good until the scene with the counselor.

The cleaners in the spy movies do.