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Gut Wagon

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  1. Most of my kin are scattered around that country. Silsbee, Devers, Raywood, etc. My maternal grandparents lived in Nome. Pop was a Cajun rice farmer (fields between there and Winnie) who preferred coveralls to overalls. Fewer openings for skeeters the size of B-52s.
  2. Win or lose, this is a masterclass in gagging.
  3. I'd fine Johnson $500 of NIL for every pass he makes in OT.
  4. Larry isn't an SEC point. He just isn't. Small, slow of foot and slow of mind is a recipe for trouble.
  5. I keep waiting for this team to do something — ANYthing — well several times in a row. It just doesn't happen. And that makes for some long, maddening stretches of almost unwatchable ball. Sigh.
  6. Shocked here, too. I suspect Booker herself would say she had a pretty mortal year in conference. Hard to imagine going 3-19 or whatever against SCar in front of the world and then playing well enough overall to earn that award. But more power to her for doing it. Her value clearly goes far beyond scoring.
  7. First World "problem" right there. I mean, Gehrig behind Ruth worked out OK. Stewie does lose some RBI opportunities being right behind another slugger, but nobody's to complain about that. Overall she's in an extremely good situation. Reese has cleared the bases 7 times but has 15 other hits and 18 free passes (4 of those via HBP). I'm not sure how often Reese might also have reached base on errors. Anyway, it's all been adding up to a lot of chances for Stewie to drive in multiple runs, and she's certainly been coming through. May it continue as the real games begin.
  8. Not that I'm going to predict it, but Stewie is physically quite capable of breaking 58 as well. Where either player ends up her career obviously is highly dependent on health, but protection in the lineup also matters. While Reese has benefited a bit more from that than Stewie has, if Goode and others can keep hitting well, both sluggers could reach big HR numbers these next two years. I'm also interested in where they end up in career RBIs. Having a relatively short softball history with a woeful lack of hitting for many of those years, Texas has no players anywhere near the top of the national RBI records. As best, I can tell, Reese figures to become our first member of the 200 RBI club. And unless we have an unexpected dropoff in recruiting elite bats, Stewie might even eclipse her. @Js1, do you know where to find Texas career stats? All I've located so far is a hodgepodge of random numbers, mostly for single seasons.
  9. Seeing Osborne go elsewhere wouldn't bother me as much now as it would have three months ago. He's a great 3-down back, but we're in on several others of similar value. Atkinson, though, seems closer to a unicorn. So while this obviously isn't a one-or-the-other situation, I'm happier about our standing with the LB than I am bummed about where we are with the RB.
  10. Put a steer on one end of a seesaw and a rooster on the other and guess which one might be higher when it stops. That said, I tend to agree with old Bill Bradley on the impact. This team ain't skeered.
  11. Nobody could punt like Stingray Guy.
  12. With Chavez in attendance today, let's show her what her future really looks like.
  13. You know this plane has crashed into the mountain when fans actually start missing Hunter and Mitchell.
  14. Having an AI bot call plays would be a huge upgrade over this clown show. Blow it all to smithereens.
  15. Glad to see Neyor put up some strong times in the low 4.4s. Had high hopes for him in Austin, but with his injury it just wasn't meant to be. Here's to a nice pro career.
  16. I haven't done a deep drive into any of the other contenders' resumes, but it strikes me there are some parallels between this UCONN team and what we just saw play out with Ohio State in football. Now having all their main pieces in place, the Huskies are going to be a really hard out. Not sure who's any better than the Huskies as March begins. That said, I'd be happy for Texas to face them in the Final Four, as that would at least mean we've taken another big step in our program's ascension. Just reaching that point is going to take some heavy lifting for any of the projected #1s, though. As it now shapes up, I could see any of a half-dozen or so teams being the last one standing. A totally crazy March awaits.
  17. Makeer needs to go to Michigan State. Stay away from South Carolina entirely.
  18. Where applicable, I figured she'd want to go with whichever team has a female coach.
  19. ND doesn't look to have the D to win a title. Taking nothing away from FSU, but the Irish were matadors on drives.
  20. Great D late by Jak in the quarter, but we can't reasonably expect her to be a scorer late on the road against a good team. This is where Booker must take control.
  21. The post I nearly made before tipoff, but then didn't, was one of concern. Nothing that's happened since then has made me feel any better. We're continuing to shoot abysmally and getting owned in the paint. Until Booker puts on her missing cape, we're going to have issues breaking it open against anyone decent. This isn't UGA we're playing.
  22. Regardless of how their replacements fare, I'm really glad Choice, Joseph and now Bo Davis have moved on to pro jobs instead of to other college programs. Choice in particular seemed popular enough with his players that someone in our RB room might have followed him to another school. I doubt it with Joseph's DB room, but you never know. Davis departing LSU for the Saints obviously might crack a window wide enough for us to grab a DL transfer or at least help us with recruiting against Kelly in this next cycle. Guess some DB or other player at Texas might follow Gideon to Georgia Tech, but I can't see any rotation guy doing so unless he's mighty homesick for the Southeast.
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