Jeff Howe

Will Sanford hung a slider and Robbins deposited it over the left-field wall. Texas is up 1-0 on the leadoff home run.

BOOM! ROBBINS GOES DEEP!

We're ready to go. Texas is the visiting team tonight, so the Longhorns will bat first.

The Longhorns are taking infield. We're about 20 minutes away from first pitch.

I've had this Ricky Williams rookie card for a LONG time:

One of the most misunderstood athletes at any level in the last 30 years. One of my favorite one-on-one interviews I've ever done.

It's good that A-Rod is hitting his stride in the postseason.

Highlights from last night's win:

Jim Schlossnagle and the Longhorns are one win away from Omaha after last night’s 11-3 win over Oregon. Ruger Riojas is expected to get the ball for Texas, while the Ducks will counter with Will Sanford. An Oregon win will force a third and final game of the Austin Super Regional on Monday. *** Tonight's lineup, with Riojas and Sanford locked in as the pitching battle:

I’m just relaying what folks in the building at the time told me on Brooks and Murphy specifically.

Not necessarily. With Brooks specifically, the staff didn’t know about him until the recruiting department brought his name to the table. Giles didn’t recruit interior defensive linemen. Mark Hagen was the defensive tackles coach Herman’s last year.

Correct assessment on all accounts. Specifically, Burns missed with a cutter on the 3-2 pitch to Smith. They felt Smith was in swing mode and the cutter didn’t bite enough to convince him to take a hack. Someone mentioned it earlier in the thread, but Burns seems better when coming in for a clean inning or with less traffic on the bases.

Update on Bino Watters and the first portal weekend: https://ontexasfootball.com/forums/topic/12671-sunday-baseball-portal-update/

Rod Wright would’ve had a longer career after Texas it wasn’t for a bad shoulder. Malcom Brown was a freak athlete at his size. IIRC, @Gerry Hamilton watched Brown beat everybody in a mile run on the first day Brenham started practice Brown’s senior year. The best part about Brown’s recruitment was that A&M, who thought they had him, actually finished third. Brown strongly considered Oklahoma, something that didn’t go public until he put pen to paper. Byron Murphy was another great evaluation by Tom Herman’s recruiting staff. Between Murphy, Jonathon Brooks, Gunnar Helm, Hayden Conner and Barryn Sorrell, that staff identified some future NFL players who weren’t no-brainer takes as recruits.

As Kasey Studdard called it on our Longhorn Blitz 2005 retrospective: “Rod Wright: All Torso!”