Blake Munroe

This cracked me up. I think I’m good after 65.

Haha be my guest. Trying to drill it into my son this evening.

This kid is electric. Multi-qualifier in track last year. Ran a wind-aided 10.49 100m, along with a (wind) legal 10.98 as a sophomore.

“WEAR IT.” I’ve probably heard my 15 year old son told that 25+ times in the last six months during baseball. After all, his coach is a hard-nosed, no BS, do what it takes to help your team type of guy. And I absolutely love it. My son responds well to it and I truly feel he gets the most out of baseball when he's coached hard. As for my son's coach, he knows what it takes to win. I saw him smoke many Big 12 opponents down while on the mound, including some former Longhorns. (Of course I also saw Ivan Melendez hit one of his longest hits ever against him, a fact my son and I both like to bring up occasionally.) On Sunday, I texted Bobby with this stat: Every team that won a national title this past year were in the top few teams that lead the nation in hit by pitches. D1: LSU 143 HBP (2nd in nation) D2: Angelo State 152 HBP (2nd in nation) D3: Lynchburg 107 HBP (7th in nation) And that got me thinking… Is HBP count an indicator for success? Sure it may not tell the whole story, but could it possibly show the unselfishness of a team to a degree and does that correlate to wins? So I decided to look it up with Texas as my case study, mainly to prove a point to my son. Here’s the season, the final record, how many HBP the team recorded in Big 12 conference play only, where that HBP total ranked in Big 12 play and where the Longhorns ended up at the end of the year. 2023 (38-18): 42 HBP (Last in Big 12) - Super Regional 2022 (47-22): 83 (3rd) - CWS 2021 (50-17): 74 (2nd) - CWS 3rd Place 2020: DNP due to Covid 2019 (27-27): 31 (Last in Big 12) – DNQ for post-season play 2018 (42-23): 65 (3rd) - CWS 2017 (39-24): 50 (3rd*) - Regional Final 2016 (25-32): 36 (5th) – DNQ for post-season play 2017* - The difference between 1st and 3rd was 34 HBP, whereas the difference between 3rd and 5th was 3 HBP. Pretty interesting results. 2023 might be an anomaly because Texas rarely got hit by a pitch, yet they made the Supers and were extremely close to advancing past that. The results in 2018, 2021 and 2022 speak for themselves. 40+ wins, and trips to the CWS. They were in the top 3 in HBP each year. They were top 3 in 2017, but I think it's important to read my note there. 2016 and 2019 weren’t kind to the Longhorns and those are the only two times the HBP numbers were in the 30s. They didn’t qualify for the post-season in either year. It’s not a definitive stat by any means, but it only shores up my belief that unselfish players and unselfish teams do well in baseball. I truly believe getting on base by any means necessary is an indicator of unselfishness. What will 2024 bring? We will find out in a few weeks.

Let me do some digging and see what’s up.

You should just need a YouTube account to post them. Once you sign up (if you haven't already), then give it a shot. You can also post the question on each day's C&F thread (I'll post a new one each day going forward with info for the day's show) and I'll be glad to read them off of here!

Also want to add that his head coach will be joining us tomorrow morning on Coffee and Football to give you guys some insight into Lance both on and off the field.

Definitely! This surprised me a lot.

We will look into this for sure. What podcast app are you using? I know sometimes its delayed on Spotify.

My goal is to beat him to the senior rank.

Welcome to the site!

We're glad you're here joining us!

Thank you!

@CJ Vogel and I will try to put something together for sure.

From both CJ and myself, thank you!

Also worth noting that today marks the first day of high school baseball in the state of Texas! Proud dad moment: My son will be taking to the diamond for the first time of his high school career today. He's a freshman who plays all other sports, but this is what he lives for. He's been up since 5 AM and went to workout before practice later today (rain needs to get out of town). To say he's excited would be an understatement,

Today's Storylines: Quinn Ewers tabbed best college football player that made the decision to return https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/nfl-draft-2024-top-20-college-football-players-who-spurned-the-pros-to-return-for-another-season/ Longhorns Hire Former Steelers DB As Defensive Analyst https://www.si.com/college/texas/longhorns-in-the-pros/texas-longhorns-hire-former-steelers-db-william-gay-defensive-analyst Longhorns in the NFL: Playoff Divisional Round https://texassports.com/news/2024/1/21/football-longhorns-in-the-nfl-playoff-divisional-round.aspx Byron Murphy II Earns High Grades From Renowned NFL Draft Expert https://www.si.com/college/texas/football/texas-longhorns-defensive-lineman-byron-murphy-ii-first-round-pick-in-recent-nfl-mock-draft CBS Sports: Duke gets an "A" for landing former Horn QB Malik Murphy https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/college-football-qb-transfer-grades-notre-dame-gets-a-florida-state-a-c-for-key-additions/ After bad loss to UCF, Texas Longhorns’ ‘survivor’s mentality’ carries them by No. 9 Baylor https://www.kxan.com/sports-general/horns-report/after-bad-loss-to-ucf-texas-longhorns-survivors-mentality-carries-them-by-no-9-baylor/ No. 15 Oklahoma hosts Texas following Hunter's 21-point performance https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/colleges/2024/01/22/texas-oklahoma-preview/ca7b06bc-b902-11ee-b176-fe5fd794e716_story.html Fourth-quarter run fuels No. 11/11 Women’s Basketball to 76-66 win at Oklahoma State https://texassports.com/news/2024/1/20/womens-basketball-fourth-quarter-run-fuels-no-11-11-womens-basketball-to-76-66-win-at-oklahoma-state.aspx Track & Field wins nine events at Dr. MLK Jr. Invite https://texassports.com/news/2024/1/20/track-field-cross-country-m-track-field-wins-nine-events-at-dr-mlk-jr-invite.aspx

Good morning! Time to kick off your week with Coffee and Football, over on our YouTube channel. At 8 AM CST, join me, Bobby Burton and CJ Vogel as we discuss all things Longhorns, including recruiting, team news, portal news and more! Today's special guest is Cedric Griffin. Cedric was at Texas' junior day this past weekend, along with his son Swayde Griffin (Lago Vista), and it also marked his first time meeting a lot of the coaching staff. He's going to tell us all about it and more when he joins, so don't miss it! View full news

This will probably be the last of the junior day information you see from me, but wanted to share what I rounded up late last night/early today. - This morning marks the start of winter workouts for the Longhorns. After about three weeks off, they're back in the saddle in preparation for the 2024 season. - CJ Vogel spoke this weekend of how impressionable new Texas linebackers coach Johnny Nansen was this weekend and that he hit it of well with many recruits. I also heard rave reviews on both wide recievers coach Chris Jackson and running backs coach Tashard Choice. The two of them, along with Nansen, were mentioned as coaches who stood out the most and made parents feel really good about where the program is heading. - Texas may have landed a 2026 RB in Aledo's Raycine Guillory over the weekend, but another name to keep an eye on at the position is Forney's Javian Osborne. Running backs coach Tashard Choice offered him nearly a year ago and the two spent an ample amount of time together this weekend in Austin for the junior day as well. Osborne, who already holds offers in the double digits, was already high on Texas and this past weekend has only helped their chances more. - It's still very early in the process for 2026 CB Braylon Edwards (Wilmer-Hutchins), but he was on campus Saturday for the first time. He checked in at 5-foot-10, 185-pounds and caught the attention of cornerbacks coach Terry Joseph and safeties coach Blake Gideon and they told Edwards they could envision him playing either position. Edwards will visit Texas A&M this upcoming weekend, followed by LSU on February 3rd. One other thing worth noting in this recruitment is that Edwards is the cousin of Jordan Johnson-Reubell. - Dallas Kimball's Kevin Jacobs is a 2025 defensive back, but he spent a lot of time with Tashard Choice as well. One thing Jacobs noted is that he felt Texas did a phenomenal job of explaining their plan for the future, both on the field with their play and off the field with their recruiting. Jacobs said that, without a doubt, he will be returning. View full news

Gus, that’s a great point I haven’t thought of. With the new playoff expansion, plus conference championships, there really is a chance teams could face off three times in a season. That is pretty interesting to think about with any set of schools, not just UGA and Texas.