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2023 Texas Softball - Back to WCWS


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D1 Softball - 9 (no change)
USA Today - 7 (up 1)
Softball America - 10 (up 3)
EIS - 14 (down 1)
ESPN - 7 (up 1)

We benefitted from Stanford getting swept, they dropped below us in most of the polls and allowed us to move up.  Extra Innings is the only one bullish on us being a top 10 team, as they have teams like Georgia, Bama and Washington ahead of us. 

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Wichita State knocked off OSU in a mid-week yesterday, 3-1 (8). 

We are going to get angry OSU this weekend.  OSU has 5 losses on the year, 2 to Wichita State. 

Sounds like the key to the victory was WSU's pitcher inducing a ton of ground balls - Mac Morgan's specialty. 

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1 hour ago, Js1 said:

Wichita State knocked off OSU in a mid-week yesterday, 3-1 (8). 

We are going to get angry OSU this weekend.  OSU has 5 losses on the year, 2 to Wichita State. 

Sounds like the key to the victory was WSU's pitcher inducing a ton of ground balls - Mac Morgan's specialty. 

If Mac doesn’t start game 1 and game 3 it will be criminal. Flip a coin between Czech and Citlaly for game 2. Simpson can come in for relief in game 2 if needed

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2 hours ago, Js1 said:

Wichita State knocked off OSU in a mid-week yesterday, 3-1 (8). 

We are going to get angry OSU this weekend.  OSU has 5 losses on the year, 2 to Wichita State. 

Sounds like the key to the victory was WSU's pitcher inducing a ton of ground balls - Mac Morgan's specialty. 

And especially after eliminating them in last year's WCWS.

Would be nice to get Bella back.    These games are where she excels.    However,  postseason is more important.

Edit:  Look for KennyG to test Atwood's arm.

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https://weather.com/weather/hourbyhour/l/af33f412a374076d1c22726da64dfc60951a6df5af4c21674b40e8d70b5d3753

 

80 - 90% chance of t'storms tonight.

 

In other news,  OKSt and Wichita St have developed quite a rivalry.   Only 128 miles apart.   Check article link for more info.   As js mentioned,  they will be angry.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/other/top-college-softball-team-stunned-by-epic-go-ahead-hr/ar-AA1a4fVW?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=8772c3396a07

 

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Just now, perfectchaos007 said:

I would be shocked if they get the game in tonight. You would think the decision to move the series to the weekend as a Friday, Saturday, and Sunday series would be easy to make

That or a DH tomorrow. But yeah just push it back a day to a regular F-S-S series. It was only starting tonight for TV

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52 minutes ago, perfectchaos007 said:

There must be a conflict on Sunday. Mac will need to pitch on back to back days now 

Just a guess,  they likely did not choose to request a waiver to the 72hr rule (series complete by team's arrival) and more importantly there is a 50-60% chance of rain on Sunday (showers, not heavy like yesterday).

Any positive is that it is a good "dry run" for the postseason.

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9 minutes ago, torre said:

Just a guess,  they likely did not choose to request a waiver to the 72hr rule (series complete by team's arrival) and more importantly there is a 50-60% chance of rain on Sunday (showers, not heavy like yesterday).

Any positive is that it is a good "dry run" for the postseason.

Yep. No idea if OSU bussed or flew but may also have a very late Saturday night or Sunday morning flight 

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Texas still has a decent shot of finishing 2nd in the Big 12 if we win another game this weekend.  Big IF 

Would require taking 2/3 from Baylor and OSU getting swept by OU or sweeping Baylor and OU taking 2/3 from OSU (assuming OSU sweeps Tech as well)

If we sweep OSU (unlikely), we pretty much have the inside track to win the conference if we win 2 over Baylor and OSU doesn’t win the OU series 

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2 hours ago, Js1 said:

Texas still has a decent shot of finishing 2nd in the Big 12 if we win another game this weekend.  Big IF 

Would require taking 2/3 from Baylor and OSU getting swept by OU or sweeping Baylor and OU taking 2/3 from OSU (assuming OSU sweeps Tech as well)

If we sweep OSU (unlikely), we pretty much have the inside track to win the conference if we win 2 over Baylor and OSU doesn’t win the OU series 

More concerned about the RPI.     Any chance of finishing top 8 or even top 10 ?

 

OU beat Baylor 7-0 last night in Waco,  DH today.    Was hoping for a miracle on the Brazos but not to be.

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1 minute ago, torre said:

More concerned about the RPI.     Any chance of finishing top 8 or even top 10 ?

 

OU beat Baylor 7-0 last night in Waco,  DH today.    Was hoping for a miracle on the Brazos but not to be.

Considering we still have 5 more games against top 20 RPI teams before the Big 12 tournament, it’s not impossible. If we finish strong and make the Big 12 championship finals, I think we’d be in contention for a top 8 seed. That would mean another win over OSU in OKC. 2 or 3 wins over them this season would be helpful, as would sweeping Baylor. 

Citlaly gets the morning start. Corona at 3B, no Washington 

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1 minute ago, HollidayHorn said:

Surprising that Citlaly is getting the start. You would think she would have a short lease going against Maxwell. 

Thought that too. I kind of wonder if Mike wants to see what we can do against Maxwell. Short lease but if we win, you can start Czech in game 3 because you’ve secured the series. If we lose, I wonder if he goes Mac again 

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