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  1. It was a bit more than the rule changes. The west coast offenses came around. And at the high school level in Texas, things changed significantly. Pre-1990, there were few NFL QBs from Texas but now it’s a high percentage, maybe more than any other state. It wasn’t because there weren’t athletes at QB in Texas. It was the offensive systems, the coaching, the coaching mentality, limitations on summer programs, 7 on 7, etc. People realized 3 yards and a cloud of dust was asinine.
  2. That’s fair. Winfield can likely be a contributor given time - just not sure patience is available. I missed watching many early season games, but he didn’t look comfortable on defense so putting in the work on both sides is pretty difficult. You know more than I do about the inner workings of the program, but, I’d be a bit surprised if he’s back too. I don’t know a damn thing about NIL allocations with respect to baseball, but I’d imagine it’s more difficult than other sports particularly given we’ve got draftable high school guys and current players. And none of that is known today.
  3. From what I recall (certainly may be way off), Winfield was a top 10-ish portal guy last year. If so, it raises questions about those rankings. I do not believe he was highly thought of out of high school. That’s fine and not an end all, be all but then only had 1 season at the college level. Slash lines are posted, but it’s very easy to drill down into the numbers. I wouldn’t expect most fans to do so, but it takes 5 minutes to drill down. His numbers last year were built largely on lesser teams. The same can be questioned for the Butler guy. He has two years of production though and his slash line was higher. Look at his numbers versus Louisville, Notre Dame, Xavier, Creighton, UConn. Those are more indicative of what you might see. He doesn’t walk a ton. He doesn’t steal bases. Their team is horrible. Statistically , you cannot garner much from a 2-3 with a double and a homer performance when you lose 31-5. No, he didn’t have much protection around him but at the same time I’m not sure there was a reason to pitch around him what with a team ERA above 10 and 15 wins. There likely weren’t tons of close games. Around 6-7 losses were 3 runs or less. Obviously he has some skills, but he’ll be far from what has become his comfort zone. He likely needs a good start to boost that confidence.
  4. Even so, do you think you could tackle him?
  5. One thing with DBs is that if they play early they get exposed decently often. Jahdae was great as a soph then struggled late as a junior once he got dinged up then was outstanding to cap his career as a senior. He had limited action as a frosh so you didn’t see his lack of maturity exposed that year. He was the most important and likely most impactful player we had on defense this year. He was incredibly versatile.
  6. Home field advantage decided in a somewhat subjective manner is enough. They could have easily flipped UNC-AZ with UM-UL. It is a small thing but an advantage nonetheless.
  7. I have a long but distorted memory. Still pisses me off whenever we were playing UC Something Something in game 3 at what was 1 am our time. Bs to have a team travel then give them odd, avoidable start times in complete conflict with when they normally play.
  8. We’ll hang in there kid. Tomorrow is a new day.
  9. At some point, you mentioned two things you know well or do well. Or something along those lines. Perhaps one was your profession. I was attempting to recall what those things were.
  10. What were those two things you said you know/did really well? Partially joking, but also seriously trying to recall. Now being smartass, those two things are not related to football, right?
  11. So they make Arizona travel east and effectively start at 9am their time?
  12. Wonder if he bought it while at the state fair.
  13. Pretty piss poor upping there. Terrible forcing that 3rd strike swing.
  14. Inside the numbers. Beard improved year over year with ERA dropping from 5.51 to 3.28. His K/9 was basically 1:1 his freshman year. No reason to think he wouldn’t improve again. A little more context to the numbers. 3 appearances versus UTSA. 15.1 innings versus UTSA the past two years. 12 hits, 10 earned runs, 13 Ks, 7 walks, 4 HBP. He did not finish strong this year - 10 earned in 17.2. 17 hits, 5 walks, 16 K, 1 HBP and 4 WPs in his final 3. He did not show up strong in the conference tourney with the season on the line against an average Tulane team. His best outings against better competition were FIU and Charlotte. Quite a few games against Texas Tuesday competition. Not the UTSA kind. A little help from Weiner could go a long way.
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