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Speaker 1 (00:00):
From UFC disch falk Field. It's game one of the
three game weekend Cotton Holdings Lone Stars Showdown rivalry series.
The number one ring Texas Longhorns against the Texas A
and m Aggie. Here's the one swings here. It hits
them all well. This one out to deep left center
field and you can't see it hit off the wall.
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The plot game barely misses a home run, but he
hits it off the top of the fence right in
front of the yetdy yard shame. The plot tag with
an RBI double to score Tommy Farmer and the Longhorns
take a one to nothing lead. Bruger ready with the
one and this is hit on the ground. Riojas has it,
throws the second for one, relay to first. Bed time,
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Oh my goodness, win a double play. He's running away
from the second base back, whirls and fires to second
the relay to first. He went to Jalen Flores to
first for the double play. Won six' three and the
inning is. Old the two, ball one strike pitch From
rugariojas swung on in a fly ball hit the dead,
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center Chasing gasprino back to the warning. Track he makes
the cat tracked it all the way with just the
pacer two shy of the wall and dead center. Field
the catch By Will gasparino ends the threat for The.
Aggies in the fifth swings to the first, pitcher drives
it all, well this one out to left to the
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warning track.
Speaker 2 (01:28):
And say good night to. It Tommy, farmer the.
Speaker 1 (01:31):
Fourth has hit his first home run as A texas
Long horn and it extends the lead to to. Nothing
texas two, balls two, strikes two. Outs two on the
two two pitch swing and a. Mess balana strikes him
outs and the lead is still in the hands of The.
Longhorns going to the bottom of the, eighth no, balls two,
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strikes two. Outs balanis the stretch the go two pitch
To Terrence keel strike free call got him looking and
the log warns hold on to take game one from
The aggies in this important three game WEEKEND sec.
Speaker 2 (02:19):
Series the first one.
Speaker 1 (02:21):
Goes To texas in The Cotton Lone stars showdown FROM
ufcu Dish Fauk. Field it's game two of the three
game weekend series between The Texas longhorns and The TEXAS
a and M. Aggies one, ball two strikes and two
Owls Blue harrison, ready it Was. TRENCH i look back
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to second and the one to two pitch To hensley
big Over ham breaking, ball strike free.
Speaker 2 (02:48):
Call in the inning's.
Speaker 1 (02:49):
Over he floated in a soap bubble at seventy six
miles per, hour and the Log hoorns.
Speaker 2 (02:56):
Are out of.
Speaker 1 (02:56):
Trouble in the third and the pitch swung on the ball,
well this one out the deep left, center back to
the warning. Track you can say good night to it
into the yetti. Yard eighth In mendoza's fifth home run
of the, season drives a pitch into the yetti, yard
and this game is tied one to, one no, balls two,
strikes two.
Speaker 2 (03:17):
Outs here's the.
Speaker 1 (03:18):
Two, pinch strike three call got him. Looking it was
the brooks keishnick. MAGIC i had him come back with a,
fastball The peyon pinch To Wyatt heinsler From Luke. Harrison
he swings and pops it, up this one to shallow,
center running full. Tilted gasparino calls off the infield and.
Speaker 2 (03:36):
He makes the.
Speaker 1 (03:37):
Catch lost his, sunglasses kept the baseball and the glove
and the long worns And Luke harrison again get out of,
trouble this time in the, fifth three balls on a
strike to count.
Speaker 2 (03:48):
The borbum here's the stretch down and the three.
Speaker 1 (03:50):
One The casey runner from, second goes a throw down
the third and it squirts away coming to the. Plate
his forest here comes to.
Speaker 2 (03:57):
Throw he's.
Speaker 1 (03:58):
Safe second error of the, inning and the Law horns
take a two to one.
Speaker 2 (04:04):
Lead the pitch swung.
Speaker 1 (04:06):
On to the ball get well and this one's headed
to the gap in deep left center and it a
bounce off the fence in front of The eddy. Yard
the speedy De pontier rounds thirty's coming to the. Plate
the throw not in Time Ethan MENDOZA rbi double to
the gap and left.
Speaker 2 (04:21):
Center the Law horns now lead it three to, one
one and.
Speaker 1 (04:24):
Two the count To cayden surrel parents keel the runner
at second Base Jacks lobo left the runner at first
two on one out here on the top of the,
eighth the one two pitch swing and a miss struck him.
Out big strikeout From. Burns his second strikeouts in center
of the ball game and they're two. Down one, ball two,
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strengths two. Outs those strench From. Burns the one two
pitch To harrison swing and a miss struck him, outs
back to back strikeouts From Thomas, burns and The aggie
threat dies in THE a no, balls two, strikes two.
Outs palanis ready to. Go two pitch.
Speaker 2 (05:05):
Strike great call got him looking ball game.
Speaker 1 (05:10):
Over the Log horns have taken the series from The.
Aggies they've taken The Cotton Lone Stars showdown rivalry, series
and Tomorrow texas will look for the suite FROM ufcu
dish Fouk. Field it's The Texas longhorns against The TEXAS
a AND I maggie's in the finale of the three
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game weekend.
Speaker 2 (05:31):
Series The plantier.
Speaker 1 (05:33):
The, stretch we'll pitch swung, on hitting the air out
the shallow right now farmer had to get on his.
Horse in, fact The, plantier the, younger makes the. Catch
andre De plontier delivers the. Pitch jayden De plantier makes
the catch and the Log worns get out of the
second after the two walks to open the. Inning so
The plantier Ready drey's first pitch and that's hit on
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the line down the left field line on his. Horse rodriguez.
Speaker 2 (05:57):
Dives he made the. Catch he made a.
Speaker 1 (06:00):
Catch what a tremendous diving catch From Adrian rodriguez to
take away extra bases From kate And ken and retire The.
Aggies in the, Third Miles patton with another three to
two pitch To Adrian rodriguez and he swings and.
Speaker 2 (06:16):
Lines into the left.
Speaker 1 (06:17):
Field it'll fall in, yes and it'll go to the.
Wall rounding third to Scores. Farmer rounding second Is rodriga
and he'll hold there with AN rbi double the opposite
way into the. Corner the logorns are on the board
and The aggie lead has been cut in half to
two to, one one, ball one strike the. Count here's
the one one. Pitch mendosa swings and what's a high fly?
Speaker 3 (06:39):
Ball?
Speaker 1 (06:40):
Right this will be deep enough to score the tying
run surrel with the catch tagging at third coming in the,
Scores Adrian rodriguez sacrifice flying AN rbi From Ethan mendoza
and the game is tied at to two, balls one
strike the. Count The Tommy, farmer a lefty with a
pitch that bounces and wake gets coming to the. Plate
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shoostler will score standing. Up it just flat out got
away From Bear harrison and The Long orangs are back
within a run at four to. Three here's the three
to one swung on in the, ground paul up the
middle base hit it'll score two runs over the third,
base sliding in As Benoza Ryland galvod comes through with
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AN rbi single up the middle and the Long horns have.
Speaker 2 (07:25):
Their first lead of the.
Speaker 1 (07:26):
Afternoon it's five to, four three, balls two, strikes two.
Outs here's the three to two pitch From, sonye swung
on and hit in the, air popped up in the,
infield racing Over flores settles under looking for, it makes
the cash And Grayson sonye is out of the eighth
as The aggie strand two, runners including the go ahead
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run at third. Base so Here's kate McCoy working to
him the lefty lefty. Matchup he swings and lets a
high fly ball left drifting back, keel still, drifting still,
drifting say good night to.
Speaker 2 (07:58):
It boats it drops into The aggie.
Speaker 1 (08:02):
Bullpen Adrian rodriquez drops a bomb just over the lift
field wall into the bullpen and The loghorns take us
six to five.
Speaker 2 (08:11):
Lead here's the strench.
Speaker 1 (08:15):
A one to two pinch From grubs swung on ground,
ball hit to first and shoots lot will throw to
second from one relay the first hit Time it's there
ball game over series.
Speaker 2 (08:27):
Sweep the Log hoorns sweep.
Speaker 1 (08:29):
The aggies by getting a double, play And texas wins
it six to. Five final score FROM Ufcu Dish Bonk,
field The Texas Long worn, six The Texas he And
Him aggie's. Five the Long horns sweep the three Game
Cotton Lone Stars showdown.
Speaker 2 (08:48):
Series and with, That.
Speaker 1 (08:52):
Number one is still number, one still winning sweep Of
TEXAS a AND m and closing in on AN sec.
Title get, afternoon, Everybody welcome to the program, Here i'm
thirteen under the. Zone by name Is Craig. Way glad
to have you with, us and thanks to the producer
who expertly compiled that montage of the weekend series sweep
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For texas Over TEXAS a AND.
Speaker 2 (09:17):
M the, producer of course Is CAMERA. D.
Speaker 1 (09:19):
Parker the the The Perth certificate is For dallas as
in his favorite pro football team who drafted A Texas,
Longhorn Jayden, blue over the. Weekend good, afternoon and feel
a little bit better about Your cowboys and the totality
of the, draft not Just Dadan, blue but the totality
of the.
Speaker 4 (09:39):
Draft, no they still will suck next. Year but, afternoon
hope you had had a great. Weekend, sure hope you
didn't miss me too much On. Friday but overall it
was actually The cowboys always draft, well and you, know
there you could critique some picks here and. There The
Tyler booker a pick will probably be you, know dissect
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for a long, time especially next season of The cowboys
offense struggles without having really a number two or number
three receiver next to ce D, lamb and If Ceedie,
lamb you, Know god for bidd he does get, injured
then you, know the questions will come back and wonder
why did The cowboys go After Matthew golden or a
book Of but, Hey Tyler, booker if you've seen any
of his pre draft interviews or even his draft dight
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interview or his press conference With, DALLAS i mean it's
this is a stand up human. Being he's he's an awesome,
kid awesome, person and he's probably gonna have a FANTASTIC nfl.
Career but you, Know dallas definitely went with to what
with the thought process of draft best available versus draft
what your needs, are and so we'll, see you, know
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there's still some questions about the receiver spot For dallas
and the secondary and the interior defensive. Line but you
know they they did Get Jayden, blue which which will be,
helpful and they're running back by committee. Approach Hopefully cowboys
can say somewhat healthy there in the receiver. SPOT i don't,
know it'll it'll be a big question. Mark you're asking
a lot of asking a lot Of jail And toper
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and some of their guys too in their.
Speaker 1 (11:06):
Roster, yeah, okay tell you what we're going to do
on the program. Today obviously with the highlight, montage the
recap of that three game weekend series sweep Of TEXAS
a AND. M where The longhorns, are we know where
they are at the top of the poles and rpon
things like, that but also an examination of THE sec
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and what's to come on down the. Road they do
have a game tomorrow night at, home they'll Host Prairie
view and that will be at six thirty at Ufcuish,
farfield and then it's a quick. Turnaround they'll Travel, wednesday
And i'll be traveling with Them wednesday to Fetil arkansas
the big series with The Arkansas. Razorbacks so we'll have
more on that in college baseball in. General throughout the program, Today,
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obviously we'll have a recap of THE Nfl draft we
were looking at a little bit now that it's done
and its, Tontality and with regard to The longhorns who
are select the twelve this, year which exceeded last year's
group by, one it's the most Players texas has ever
had taken in a seven round. Draft they'd HAD i
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want to, say like twenty or something back when they
used to have the twelve round, draft but they had
twelve taken this weekend's, draft and it's the most ever
for a seven round. Draft who better to speak to
that and also to his own football program than the head,
Coach Steve sarkishan appeared just a little while ago at
the Annual Touchdown club Of houston, luncheon and sark had
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a press conference prior to, that and we'll hear. That
we have the press conference for, you and we'll hear
from sark and we'll bring you parts of it in
all three hours of the show, today including part one
coming up in just a few, minutes so we'll have
the first part of that will come here also this,
hour of, course inconceivable coming off the, weekend and yes
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it does have THAT Nfl draft connection that we're all
aware of by, now so we'll let you hear. That
in the three o'clock, hour we'll have more From sark
and also will visit With, Cedra golden columnists and longtime
friend from The Austin American, Statesman So sad will join
us with his thoughts on long run, baseball the long
run football, program THE Nfl draft and. More so that's
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that's coming up in the three o'clock, hour and we'll
have some more From sark in the four o'clock hour as.
Well so we've got a lot to get to on the. Program,
today we'll discuss THE nba. Playoffs are you surprised by
what you're seeing right? Now here's The timberwolves up three
games to one on The.
Speaker 2 (13:41):
Lakers what a, serious what a fantastic day of basketball, yesterday.
Speaker 1 (13:46):
And The knicks are up three to one on The.
PISTONS i know that's surprised a few folks as. Well
no surprise with what your Team Oklahoma city did To,
memphis and not much surprise with regard to What boston
is doing right now In. Cleveland so We'll Golden state
with the series going To, houston that could be a
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battle all the way. Through so we'll get to all
of that and. More but up next we'll hear From
Long worn's head Coach Steve sarcashan on A monday, Here
i'm thirteen under the zone here on A monday, afternoon
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and glad to have you with us here on thirteen
hundred of the, Zone, craigway alongside the Producer Cameron, parker
and we're with you until five o'clock this, afternoon and
glad to have you with. Us and AS i, mentioned
we're gonna we'll have more on The Texas longhorn sweep
of The aggies Over TEXAS a AND m getting ready
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to Play Prairie view tomorrow. Night, it's you, know definitely
not your high water MARK rpi. Game in, fact it
will be the low water MARK rpi. Game but you
do have some of those on, there because when you
get too late in the regular, season it is difficult
sometimes for non conference, opponents quality non conference opponents to
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pop up. There they do have a pretty good one
coming up a week from. TOMORROW i Think lamar is
one like thirty two to thirty three ball, games so
that one doesn't hurt.
Speaker 2 (15:42):
To let you.
Speaker 1 (15:42):
Know in case you're wondering today The LONGHORNS rpi is
number one in the. Country care to take a guest
cameraon At Prairie VIEWS rpi?
Speaker 2 (15:55):
Today, three.
Speaker 5 (16:00):
It's not that.
Speaker 2 (16:01):
Bad it's two ninety.
Speaker 1 (16:05):
Nine they're eleven and thirty one coming in so, yeah uh,
so yeah they. Are and and for reference, sake there's
a well there's only three hundred and Seven division one baseball,
programs so and there's a what is it, like three
hundred and fifty four basketball playing. Program, yeah, yeah there's
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three hundred and Seven division one baseball. Programs and And
Prairie view is two ninety. Nine they are eleven and
thirty one going into. It by the, way, Uh TEXAS
a AND, m even though they lost all three games
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over the, weekend did bump up two spots in THE
rpi because they were playing the number ONE rpi team
in the country and they were playing them on the.
Speaker 4 (16:58):
Road see who's who said that we didn't help out little,
brother you, know.
Speaker 1 (17:03):
So they helped to move up in the. Ranking they
moved up to number forty in THE. Rpi we, know
you know what a grind THE sec is, uh and
evidence by the fact and THE. Rpi that's you know
what the computer is spitting. Out and today not only
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Is texas number one in THE, rpi but the top
five spots in THE rpi are ALL sec Schools, Texas, Georgia,
Vanderbilt auburn In. Arkansas So texas will be playing probably
right around that the number FIVE rpi team on the
road when they play there this.
Speaker 2 (17:44):
Week so even even if they take a hit.
Speaker 1 (17:47):
And fall out of the top spot after Playing Prairie
view tomorrow, NIGHT i imagine it'll go back up with the
three games they have At arkansas This, Thursday, friday And.
Saturday Florida state of, Six North carolina seven clubs At.
Aha it's followed by THREE acc, schools THEN lsu at
nine And tennessee at. Ten so seven of the top
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ten spots in THE rpi belong TO sec. Schools all,
right we'll have more on that coming, up but right,
now let's this is the first. Part we'll bring it
to you in three, parts some out of each. Hour
this is from The Houston Touchdown club today the press
conference With Long worts head Coach Steve.
Speaker 6 (18:25):
Sarkisian alrighty exciting weekend on the Forty acres for. Sure,
obviously the draft was a huge success on our.
Speaker 7 (18:35):
End you, know to have.
Speaker 6 (18:37):
Twelve guys drafted coming off of eleven last, year pretty.
Cool to have twenty three players in the last two,
drafts most of any team in the. Country that's now
six first round picks in three, years which is a
really cool. Deal and to, think you, know when we got,
HERE i think there was thirty two ACTIVE nfl players
from ut in THE, nfl and we've had twenty eight
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guys draft now in the last three.
Speaker 7 (19:01):
Drafts so we're.
Speaker 6 (19:02):
Excited we're, pumping proud of that that we're developing our
players and getting them an opportunity to go do. That,
obviously wrapped up Springball, saturday had a great.
Speaker 7 (19:12):
Day Fan Appreciation DAY i thought was a.
Speaker 6 (19:14):
Hit it was a lot of fun with our fans
and taking pictures and signing autographs and the fire sale
and all the things that went with. That and then
Obviously i'd be remiss IF i didn't talk about What
slash is doing with the baseball. Program that was an
awesome series sweep that they had this. Weekend they continue
to roll, on AND i think that that just speaks
to Where Texas athletics is right now. TOO a ton
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of credit TO, cdc BUT i think of our twenty
one sports right, now nine of them this year have
been ranked number one in the, country which is which
is pretty incredible when you look at it on that.
Speaker 7 (19:49):
Front so a lot of really cool things.
Speaker 6 (19:51):
Happening, obviously the month Of may for us is a
unique month with all of our coaches hitting the, road recruiting,
today me getting an opportunity to do things like, this
the players wrapping up school and, finals and then having
a little time.
Speaker 7 (20:05):
Off before we come back In.
Speaker 6 (20:06):
June so it's kind of that the, seasons right we
kind of go with the, Season so we're we're in
the transitional phase right.
Speaker 7 (20:13):
Now that was a false start by the, WAY i.
Speaker 8 (20:17):
Know.
Speaker 9 (20:20):
Coaches hit the, Road i'm, curious what does this time
you look like or her to be because you guys have
officials coming In. June it feels like maybe the clock
on pretty and put it pushed up a little bit
because of how are the guys coming, In so what
does it look? Like you wouldn't look like your sat
this time to get your pay, Age.
Speaker 6 (20:38):
Like, yeah you, KNOW i think from an assistant coaches
perspective where it's adjusted some you, know and then it's
a real balancing.
Speaker 2 (20:47):
Act you.
Speaker 6 (20:47):
Know a lot of what you used to do back
in the day was you'd spring recruit to invite the
seniors to get to, camp to get them to, camp
and then get them to come to a game in
the fall and get to take an official, visit you,
know in the winter, time you, Know December. January that
is all sped all the way up right when signing
day is now in Early. December, now so many of
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the players have been on our campus last year to
come to a.
Speaker 7 (21:14):
Game they've been.
Speaker 6 (21:15):
On our, campus you, know this spring right to come
to practice to some. Degree and now the assistant coaches
are going out in spring really to home visit the kids,
now which is incredible to, Think, like as a head,
COACH i don't do home visits, anymore which that used
to be always felt as a head coach might have
been the most important aspect of your job was was
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getting into the home of a of a, recruit especially
one that was still in the decision making. Process now
the assistant coaches are doing, that and now they're on
the road spring recruiting for your twenty seven's to come to, camp,
Right so the whole thing is kind of sped up that,
way you. Know so my perspective has adjusted, some you, know,
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obviously and for the assistant coaches it's adjusted. Some and you, know,
again being, ADAPTABLE i think is the key right, now
and and and being really well organized and where our
coaches are going and what we're trying to. Do and you,
KNOW i can tell you our guys are our hammer
in the state Of texas this.
Speaker 7 (22:17):
Week you, know we don't go out as early.
Speaker 6 (22:19):
As maybe some other schools because our, spring our spring
ball goes a little. Later so we have to be
really efficient here over the next month to make sure
that we're getting the right stuff done.
Speaker 9 (22:30):
Well with the loss of that's not experienced as it
happened in the past few. Years how does it kind
of developmental process kind of what you've had with.
Speaker 6 (22:39):
Someone, Yeah, NOW i think that the, reason you, know
the way we did winter and the way we did
spring ball was really to get us to a point
to where our summer could now resemble what the summers
of the past.
Speaker 7 (22:57):
Were that's why we really.
Speaker 6 (22:59):
Wanted to take our time and teach really well in
springball to get so many of these new faces kind
of up to, speed.
Speaker 5 (23:08):
You.
Speaker 6 (23:08):
Know, historically AGAIN i hate to kind, of you, know
turn back the clock all the, time but you, remember
mostly the kids we signed didn't used to show up Until,
june and so you were kind of had a split, team,
Right you had all these vets and then you had
these all these new, faces and you kind of had
to balance that, act and we didn't have the ability
to be on the field and do any skill development with.
Speaker 7 (23:31):
Them and so the idea that, yes we lost.
Speaker 6 (23:34):
Some veteran, players but of the twenty five high school
kids we, signed twenty two of them are on campus.
Now twenty one of them were in springball with, us
And jonah was obviously doing baseball and then coming to
a little bit of, football but not a ton so
and then with the five transfers that came for spring
we got those guys pretty far along.
Speaker 7 (23:55):
Now so now when summer rolls, around you.
Speaker 6 (23:58):
Know i've got a handful of high school, kids And
i've got a handful of transfers that maybe don't know
all the nuances of what we, do but really the
bulk of our team now, does so we should be
able to hit the, round hit the ground running pretty
good In june And july and be pretty aggressive with.
That and, ALSO i, think you, know what we're able
to do this winter in spring is really start to
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push some guys to to a leadership.
Speaker 7 (24:23):
Role that maybe weren't quite there.
Speaker 6 (24:25):
Yet and now we feel very comfortable about where they're
at in the program that that they can handle that
this summer.
Speaker 4 (24:33):
Gus you, know for developing quarterbacks and deceivers and running,
backs the defensive tackle position.
Speaker 2 (24:38):
Over the past couple of years With colomo.
Speaker 9 (24:41):
And kiadre And firing And padre and his passionate could
you talk about medium these.
Speaker 2 (24:46):
Developed guys having in that position out for. You and
then also when you're attack it so hard to.
Speaker 6 (24:52):
Transfer, YEAH i think a couple of things on, that you. Know,
one you, Know i've been banging this, drum you, know
since since we, arrived AND i think a lot of
the times the offensive line got the attention of. This
but you win games at the line of, Scrimmage you
win championships at the line of. Scrimmage and and WHEN
i always used to talk about big, humans you, know,
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again the offensive line got a lot of that attention
because we felt like that was the immediate need to
ramp up that. Recruiting but really on the defensive side
of the, ball we were fortunate when we got here
that that room had some really good players in.
Speaker 7 (25:28):
It you, know all.
Speaker 6 (25:29):
Six of those guys that that have gotten drafted in
the last three years we. Inherited you, Know murph was
the only guy that was in that one, class and
Then Baron surrell obviously in this year's. Class they were
they were in that class right WHEN i got here In.
January they signed In. December the rest of those guys
were on the, roster you, know and and so we
inherited those, guys and you, KNOW i think we did
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a pretty good job of continuing their development to get
them to that to that. Stage and so, we LIKE i,
said we've been fortunate to have a very good defensive.
FRONT i think that allowed us to grow in the.
Secondary that allowed us to recruit some really high level
athletic players on the edge and at the linebacker position
to help with.
Speaker 7 (26:11):
That but like, anything you, know when.
Speaker 6 (26:15):
You look at us when it comes to the, portal
like we're trying to fill needs and for a variety of,
reasons we've had some real attrition at the defensive line.
Spot LIKE i, said for a variety of, reasons certain
players aren't here, anymore and you have to get your numbers.
Right when you think about where my mind is, At
i'm thinking about sixteen seventeen games, again and having the
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right amount of depth on the defensive front is critical
for us to play the style of football that we
want to. Play AND i thought we've done a really
nice job of addressing needs on the defensive, front not
only in the winter transfer, portal but obviously here in
the spring to go along with some of our young players.
Speaker 7 (26:56):
As they continue to.
Speaker 6 (26:57):
DEVELOP i think it's going to be a nice combination
of players that is going to allow the rest of
that defense to play the style of defense that we
want to. Play, hey but the portal just, closing what's
what's the biggest surprise to be a positive ordinating and the?
Results you, KNOW i don't, KNOW i, mean because it's you,
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Know i'd love to say it's not over. RIGHT i,
mean there's still a lot of guys that are out,
there you, know i'd say on our. End you, know
when when you decide to go take a transfer, Portal
punter and Kicker i'm not surprised that we lost a
punter and a kicker in this process like, That that's
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not surprising to. Me when you have a you, know
fourth year player offensive lineman decide that he wants to
go in the portal with an opportunity to go start somewhere,
ELSE i can understand. That i'm proud of the fact
that really we didn't have any, surprises you.
Speaker 7 (27:55):
KNOW i think that's a good. Thing you know that
that nobody came.
Speaker 6 (27:58):
In to, me, uh you, know two days before the
last practice to say they were going in the. Portal
and SO i think that we've, Developed LIKE i, said
we've developed a really good culture around our place where
guys feel like they're getting developed and that they're part
of a program that is competing for, championships that if
you can do things the right, way you're probably going
to have an opportunity to fulfill your dreams and playing
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in THE. Nfl and they're getting a world class. Education
and so there's a lot of positives that we have
and the fact that our team recognizes THAT i think
is a good. Thing you, Know LIKE i, SAID i
don't know If i'd necessarily have any surprises coming out of.
Speaker 2 (28:35):
It longborn's head Coach Steve.
Speaker 1 (28:36):
Sarkisan that is the first part of his media availability
today In houston at The Houston Touchdown club luncheon and
talk a little bit about the draft, obviously and where
they were at spring football and some of the surprises
or non surprises coming out of the portal industry as it.
Speaker 2 (28:55):
Is we'll hear some more from sart coming up.
Speaker 1 (28:57):
Next hour and also in the four o'clock hour up
next inconceivable for A monday, Afternoon i'm thirteen under The,
Zone Craig way with you alongside the Producer Cameron. Parker
glad to have you with us on This. Monday coming
off a very, busy very active weekend Obviously Longhorn baseball
with the three game series sweep of The aggies At
TEXAS a and m Ly moore on that coming, UP
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Nfl draft Twelve Texas longhorns taken in The National Football League,
draft and disappointing weekend For Long Worn softball As texas
fell was swept By.
Speaker 2 (29:30):
Oklahoma what a crazy game, YESTERDAY i got now eight
NOTHING i mean.
Speaker 1 (29:34):
You're talking about on the verge being, runner came all
back to tie it but lost on a sacrifice fly
nine to eight to The sooners in that. Contest but
there were plenty of other victories AS i mentioned throughout
the course of the, weekend including beach volleyball first season
eligible for postseason. Play and they earn a number seven
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seed in THE ncaa tournament and they're gonna play play
the tenn Seed california In Gulf, Shores, Alabama friday at one.
O'clock and by the, way it's going to be nashally
televised on THE espn. Two so that's pretty. Cool if they,
win then they play either the two SEED tc or
the fifteen Seed Georgia state the next. Day texas and
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cal had played this. Season The bears won the matchup In,
austin one of just two losses the Long wruns have
had at home this. Season and so that's pretty, cool
very good historic. Season they won The Coastal Collegiate Sports
Association tournament title On.
Speaker 2 (30:36):
Saturday for, folks what is THE? Ccsa what ABOUT?
Speaker 1 (30:39):
Sec not everybody, team not every team in every, Conference
not everybody's school fields beach volleyball, teams just like not
every program fields gymnastics or rifle or equestrian. Things like
that or men's soccer even But texas does have beach.
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Volleyball this is their first year of eligibility to play
IN ncaa tournament, action so obviously it was a first
conference title in their first season in the. League they
beat eight Rank Florida state three nothing in the championship
match On, Saturday so congratulations To Stein metzger's. Group they
are headed for THE ncaa. Tournament so that's that's pretty.
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Cool that's just another another team doing another, program doing
very very well at Ut OKAY NBA kam we mentioned
a little bit about this is the which is the
bigger surprise to, you The knicks being up three to
one on The pistons or The timberwolves being up three
to one on The.
Speaker 4 (31:47):
LAKERS i would Say Lakers. TIMBERWOLVES i thought After game,
TWO i thought the series would probably go, seven But
minnesota might be able to wrap this up now in
just five, games possibly. Six of, Course lakers Have game
five at. Home but the play Of luca has been.
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Interesting his numbers look really, good but the eye, test especially,
defensively is. JARRING i, mean watching the last four minutes
of the game yesterday felt Like luca didn't really have an.
Speaker 1 (32:23):
Impact that's Where Nico harrison, said, back he, GOES i
told you he's not playing defense yet thirty eight points.
Speaker 2 (32:31):
In minnesota would trap him.
Speaker 4 (32:33):
IN i, mean the last shot of the, game in
Which lakers had a chance to to bliss if we tie,
It minnesota Traps. Luca he just lets the, trip the
double team, come let's the trap. Come so then he
goes To. Lebron lebron is picked up By. Ant he
goes to the. Corner It's Austin reeves and you know
it's it's probably a corner three That reeves makes him.
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Practice but it wasn't the easiest. Shot but at the same,
TIME i, mean that's why you Got luca for shots like.
That AND i Thought deverwolves, DEFENSIVELY i had a fantastic
game plan to really slow Down luca the second. Half,
ALSO i MEAN, JJ i, MEAN i don't know if
he has much of a choice, now but the starting
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five The lakers played every single second in the second,
half and you could tell towards the very. END i,
Mean lebron defensively was incredible last, night but, OFFENSIVELY i
don't think he scored had a single field goal in
the fourth, quarter you could kind of tell that he
was putting all of his effort playing defense Because luca
And Austin reeves sure. Weren't those dudes couldn't guard cordboard
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box at this, point and so that took Away lebron's game.
Offensively so it's a very flawed. ROSTER i, think you,
know when the trade first, happened the expectations for The
lakers were probably all, right you, know they're probably not
going to contend this, year but we'll see what happens going.
Forward and then they went on a little bit of
a run the second, half AND i think people got
their hopes, up Including lakers fans and in the media,
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too and, Thought, okay This lakers team, OFFENSIVELY i don't
know that one's being able to stop. Him there could
be A Western conference final. Team but now the lack
of depth is really really. Showing in credit to the T,
WOLVES i, Mean Anthony edwards has been phenomenal this. Series
what Nas reed has been doing, DEFENSIVELY i, mean he's
been incredible this entire series as.
Speaker 2 (34:22):
Well and give a lot of Credit Julius.
Speaker 4 (34:24):
RANDALL i was very Anti Julius randall when that trade
went down and thought that The wolves just got, worse
The nicks got. Better But, Randall, man he's been. Physical
he's been excellent in this entire. Series you, know he's
been going right At lebron and anybody who defends, him
and he's been huge For. Minnesota so a bit surprised
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That luca has not been playing as. Well BUT i
mean it kind of goes back to his. Condition he
just looks like he's not in peak basketball. Shape AND
i think if you watched that Game astray in the
final couple of, minutes The lakers just kind of ran
out of gas.
Speaker 1 (34:59):
Offensively so, Well i'm playing all twenty four minutes of
the second half of the.
Speaker 2 (35:02):
STARTERS i THINK i don't UNDERSTAND J. J.
Speaker 4 (35:06):
Reddicks so they've got nobody else to, play nobody else to,
play and you, know with the playoff, game commercials are
a little bit, longer SO i think there's some more
more time in between.
Speaker 2 (35:16):
Timeouts BUT i, mean, hey they still look.
Speaker 4 (35:19):
Tired but, YEAH i mean The lakers, DEPTH i, don't you,
KNOW i don't Think Gabe vincent is really going to
change things out there for The. LAKERS i, mean you
got to Have reeves And luca on the, Floor rory
Hot chamara knocked down clutch shot after clutch shot, yesterday
And Dory Finney smith too had had a big three.
Pointer but it's a, flawed Flawed lakers. Roster so you,
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know now NOW i think The wolves can. Win but
also the same, time it's just always hard to count
Out lebron In, lucas so, hey there is a game. Seven,
HONESTLY i would not be. Surprised but also The wolves
wrapped this up in, six it would makes.
Speaker 5 (35:54):
Sense did you.
Speaker 1 (35:55):
See the deal On friday? Night We luca apparently had
a stomach. Bug sure it was like, sick but he
was going to try to push through, it push through.
It one thing that was kind of FUN i say
it's funny and that you know it's a fan Of.
Luca but there's one, point like in the second quarters
of the there was an Esp at. Highlight he's running
down the floor and all a sudden you see him
like like the hold his, stomach, like oh it doesn't feel,
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Good like who does? That even if you're just walking
around the hot do you walk around that much going
they either have a stomach, bugger you.
Speaker 2 (36:25):
Don't you don't kind of.
Speaker 1 (36:26):
Walk around holding your stomach. Do, yeah it was kind of,
funny but it was on the, floor but it certainly
wasn't funny for too much. Beer all, right all, Right
so then you Got nick's, pistons and just like with The,
lakers who you picked? Them when you picked The, Pistons
and here's The knicks up three games to. One New
york's played Fantastic. Detroit just you, know it kind of
looks like the spotlight might be too big for. Them
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one thing's for, Sure Kate cunningham is a fantastic basketball.
Player loved what he's, done AND i love What Anthony
Towns cat has been great in this. Series detroit has
kind of gone back and for worth with how they defended.
Him they went a little bit bigger with With jalen
during on, him and, Honestly kat seems the struggle with
smaller players. On so you, Know i'm just interested to
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see If detroit ultimately just decides to go go with small.
Ball but credit credit The knicks in this.
Speaker 4 (37:14):
Series you know you speaking of play in every single,
minute you, know that's How Tom deeblow likes to run
his team is make sure starters play every single second
of the, game so we'll. SEE i think they'll be
able to win this series Against. Detroit but you, Know i'm, Curious,
craig because they win this series looking at the conference semi,
finals now you Got. Boston can they hold up? Physically
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but you know it's gonna remember saying that last year
incredible the second. Round but, uh and and how about
the end called? Foul, hardaway who always liked when he
played with The, Mavericks Tim Hardaway, junior he got fouled By.
JOSH i mean he got. Hit there's no doubt in.
Speaker 1 (37:51):
It and in, fact, Uh David, guthrie the crew, chief
said to the pool, reporter here was the. Quote during live,
play it was Judged Josh hart made a legal defensive.
Play there light be a lot of people won't how
do you see that live play like? That but, anyway
it's after postgame review we observe that heart makes body
contact that is more than marginal To Hardaway junior and
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a foul should have been. Called, NOW i give the
officials credit for owning it. Afterwards it was a. Mistake
but that's almost kind of, like you, know The mavericks
Honoring luca with a night after, all it did was
make The detroit fans all the, angrier, Like, okay so
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you're you're admitting that you screwed.
Speaker 2 (38:35):
Up that didn't help us the fact that we've. Lost
now we're down three games to.
Speaker 4 (38:38):
One it's it's such a tough play any anytime a
player will pump fake and then get the guy in
the air and then try and you, know lean into
him from the three. Pointer although you, know didn't look
Like hardaway leaned into him as. Much it's it's a
tough play to. Call so it's a lose lose to
the referee in that.
Speaker 2 (38:59):
Situation but you wonder if maybe they could change that
and make that a booth.
Speaker 4 (39:02):
Review, well the thing is, is IF i know this,
Correctly detroit was out of their challenges because Bicker staff
used a challenge in the first quarter on an out
of balance. Play so that kind of goes back to
just very very very poor coaching from Bicker. Staff now
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you know they reviewed it because remember the review in
The Lakers Tuper bowl came on what looked Like lebron
was able to force a turnover and they reviewed it
to make sure the ball was actually off of And,
edwards and it turned Out lebron got risks first and
it ended up BEING T wolf's possession or ended up
being a shooting foul For Anthony edwards who knocked down
the both of the free throws and The wolves go
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on the.
Speaker 2 (39:44):
Win kind of similar.
Speaker 4 (39:46):
There you, know that could have completely changed the, game
and that's because you, KNOW T wolves had on had
their coaching challenges, remaining and The pistons did not because
of a silly first, quarter first quarter.
Speaker 1 (39:59):
Challeng all, right we'll talk some MORE nba playoff. Stuff
coming up up, next we visit with sed For golden
in The Austin American. Statesment when we continue here on
thirteen under The.
Speaker 8 (40:07):
Zone welcome back to The Craig Way show and The
voice of The Longhorns.
Speaker 2 (40:26):
Craig Follow craig on social media At Horn.
Speaker 1 (40:30):
Voice On, monday coming off the, weekend very very busy.
Weekend i've said this before and it's worth saying. Again
we love what we do in this, business, clearly whether
we're broadcasters or the esteemed gentleman who's about to join
us from the writing industry of sports.
Speaker 2 (40:49):
Journalism and.
Speaker 1 (40:52):
It's rare that during this time of, year during busy
times a, year especially when you have major intercollegiate sport
where it's several of whom were quite successful in the,
field that you get a day off or. Whatever we
kind of deal with it and go forward because we
like what we. Do it doesn't mean we don't mind
catching a breath from time to. Time so with, That
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i'm so pleased to be joined by a longtime. Friend
we've known each other back since the eighties and he
is the long, time very successful in award winning columnists
for The Austin American. Statesman Cedric goldner joins us on the.
Hotline when's the last time you had a day?
Speaker 5 (41:31):
Off? Set, Man it's been a. Minute, Correct, well, actually
here's what happened this. Weekend.
Speaker 3 (41:39):
MAN i went to THE, U, T a AND M Baseball.
Friday When saturday, when And i'm thinking. Yesterday i'm, like,
eh they want a, series they want a. SERIES i
took yesterday. OFF i did a little, thing some things at,
home BUT i watched ON i watched on the on
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the app and just.
Speaker 5 (42:03):
And checked it. OUT i kind of stole.
Speaker 1 (42:05):
One, well it's good you can slip one in every
now and then because BECAUSE i know it's it's difficult to.
Get But LIKE i, said we enjoy what we do
and have been enjoying what we do a long long,
time or we wouldn't be doing what we do at
LEAST i don't think we would unless we were really enjoying.
It And i've always said the day THAT i don't
enjoy WHAT i do is the day THAT i walk
away from. It SO i really enjoy, it AND i
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know you enjoy covering it as, Well AND i want
to make sure there's clear delineation here your job and
you and your longtime friend in Cohort Kirk, bowles who
of course writes for The Houston chronicle now but of
course still bases out of. Here you guys have said all,
along AND i understand completely your point of view on
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this that you cover a, team it does not mean
that you necessarily want them to win or. Lose you
observe and you write and you cover the. Team now that,
said it does make it pretty intriguing when they are
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on a run and, successful inasmuch as it's kind of
interesting and intriguing when it's a dumpster.
Speaker 3 (43:15):
Fire. Right, well are you asking me If i'll take
the last three years over five and, Seven, yes, SIR
i will all day, long twice On.
Speaker 5 (43:24):
Sunday no one's got it better than us.
Speaker 3 (43:28):
Right now as, Media, craig it is so much fun
to live In austin and cover a program where every
team is good and the one that you, know men's,
basketball didn't didn't cut the, mustard but THEY i think
there was an upgrade edit. Coach and for, me as
much AS i Love Rodney, terry the things are just
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so bright At texas and when football is leading the
way back to back national semifinal, appearances, man it just
it doesn't.
Speaker 5 (44:02):
Suck it does not. Suck and when have we ever
worked a day in our?
Speaker 2 (44:06):
Lives, now well we, Do.
Speaker 5 (44:07):
Craig we are so blessed and so. Blessed.
Speaker 2 (44:10):
Yeah Andrew, monico of, course good friend who Calls TEXAS
a AND m. Games he came into the booth the
other or.
Speaker 1 (44:16):
Visiting he, goes, listen just let's just not tell people
that we actually get paid to do, this you, know because.
Speaker 2 (44:23):
So, Yeah i'll keep it a.
Speaker 1 (44:23):
Secret off of that Since i'm almost subject of, baseball
would it be safe to SAY i said this kind
of rhetorically on the, air but kind of, opening AND i,
said raise your hand if you Had texas at the,
TIME i said thirty five and, five but obviously now
thirty seven and five and on top of THE sec,
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standings AND i can amend it to say thirty seven and,
five nineteen and two in THE, sec a five game
lead in the conference, standings with nine to, go a
magic number four to clinch the. Title In Jim Slows
nigel's first season in a year that they were picked
somewhere seven or eight or whatever for THE, SEC i,
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said rachelny can call it and us AND i put
your hand down your, line because.
Speaker 5 (45:13):
Saw this, coming, right, Yeah i'm venus to my little,
MAN i ain't raised the.
Speaker 3 (45:17):
Name there are no hands to. Raise none of us had.
This schloss didn't have this.
Speaker 5 (45:23):
Right so and and you, KNOW i talked to some.
Alumni you, know you REMEMBER i was the beat writer
when they were when they were wrecking Shop.
Speaker 3 (45:31):
Manu you, Know stubbs Said, johnston those guys called, mccooch But.
Speaker 5 (45:37):
CODY i still talked to those guys and and they're
to the, man they were, like, well they're gonna be. Okay.
Speaker 3 (45:46):
Eventually none of them saw this. Coming and you, know
those guys go to all the games and they are so.
EXCITED i love it when the alumni are are are
exxcited as the kids. Playing you see Books Keish he's out,
there cellar and dancing, around sark, sort throwing sark unloosing
the cannon for fifty eight mile an, hour painting the
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corner with the first. Pitch it's a good time to
be covering that. Team it's a great time to be
a fan of that. Team, schlasnagel it was the man
for this.
Speaker 5 (46:20):
Job and he is not leaving any stones on Turning.
Speaker 3 (46:24):
Craig he is Got those kids are regurgitating everything he.
Says it's like like you record his quotes and then
and Then Luke harrison.
Speaker 5 (46:34):
Comes out and says the same.
Speaker 3 (46:36):
Thing they just they're all on the same, page you know.
What they're not in full strength and they're still.
Speaker 1 (46:41):
Winning, Yeah and you know and you're the perfect person
ask this because you were on the beat when they
won the national championship twenty years.
Speaker 2 (46:48):
Ago you were around the.
Speaker 1 (46:49):
Program you got to Know augie as well AS i,
did Or Keith morland or any of the rest of
us who are around the team on a day by day, basis.
Speaker 2 (47:00):
And schloss Are augie was when he was with.
Speaker 1 (47:03):
US uh And schloss a lot, different uh in terms
of their day to day approach of. Things that, SAID i, KNOW,
Uh schloss has a lot of admiration and respect uh
for the legacy That oggie had and refers to him quite.
Often and there are some SIMILARITIES i think with how
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they connect with their, guys which is why we used
to Hear aggie's guys say that those five guys you talked,
about how they How aggie connected to, them just in
the same way that you Know Luke harrison Or Rylan
galvan or any of these other guys are connecting in
the here and?
Speaker 2 (47:40):
Now which slats you THINK i?
Speaker 8 (47:43):
DO i?
Speaker 3 (47:44):
Do AND i Think augie was more hard nos schlosk
is after those. Guys but H i've been to practices
And aggie AND i had an. Understanding. Uh BUT, uh you,
know UNLESS i talked to him, beforehand if he wasn't
allow me to be in those, practices because there are
times WHEN i was the only reporter And i'm sitting
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in the dugout with guys in it that were nineteen
and twenty years old and ended up in the major.
LEAGUES i, Mean TAYLOR. T gardens Were, STUBBS Jp, howell
guys of that Of Sam. Lekuro And i've been to
practices Where aggie cussed them black and blue and threw
them out of practice, yep and then and made them stealing.
Speaker 5 (48:26):
It and then he came and, said by me in
the dugout and go. There they're just not they're not hearing, me,
said they're not hearing.
Speaker 3 (48:32):
Me and so when you have that kind of trust
with a coach and he's allowing you a peek behind
the curtain with an, understanding, uh this is how it's gonna.
Speaker 5 (48:42):
Be and then you see these. Guys and this is
the thing that's amazing about, It, Craig i'm. Major that's
we are so. Old we are so.
Speaker 3 (48:49):
OLD i call you gray for a, reason and you
weren't great WHEN i first started calling you great. Now
But i'm gonna tell, you you see these guys, now
they're forty and forty, two and they got, kids and
they've got some gray, now and they still have that
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boyish love for the, game and they still talk so
reverently About augie and the life. Lessons Houston street guys like,
that the life lessons that he talked.
Speaker 5 (49:20):
Them and for, Me it's cool to see.
Speaker 3 (49:23):
Him go from boys to men and still maintain that
love and that loyalty for someone who's so impacted their
lives as baseball players and then actually as young. Men
AND i see the same thing happening with these. Guys
they Love, schlasnagel AND i know winning is a panaceas
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so if they were eleven and twenty eleven and, fifteen
maybe things aren't so. Rosy but, man it's all falling into,
place and what he's Preaching craig is getting through to
these guys and it's showing on the.
Speaker 2 (49:55):
Field, yeah no doubt about. It is it also your?
Estimation BECAUSE i kind of believe this.
Speaker 1 (50:01):
Now LIKE i, said they're up five, games went nine
to go that and none other Than red, Himself Keith
morland has said, this and he said this on the,
air he, said mark my, words and he said this
a week ago or when we were In lexington two weeks.
Ago he, said the team that wins the regular season
in THE sec is going to be the overall number
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one national seed if things continue kind of on the
path that they're having And texas is winning and wins
THE sec, Outright is there any reason to believe they
wouldn't be the number one overall national seed for the.
Speaker 2 (50:33):
Tournament, no who's? Better who's? Better?
Speaker 3 (50:38):
Who in college? Baseball has won every conference? SERIES i,
mean what how many sweeps? Are, yeah It's. Craig it
is ridiculous how good they. Are and it's so, weird you, know.
Speaker 5 (50:51):
As a, columnist you're trying to find that other, angle you,
know and they keep when they Punk lsu And i'm in.
Speaker 3 (50:58):
There we're in there With kirk And I'm i'm Asking.
Schloss i'm, like is there another? LEVEL i, mean where
do you go from?
Speaker 5 (51:06):
Here and he's, Like i'm not trying to diminish what we're,
doing but you, know there is room for. Improvement And i'm,
like where? SHOWING i, mean you get two out.
Speaker 3 (51:16):
Here you've got the best young, closer and that's A
friday night. Kid next year we're Just dili Of. Atlanta
it's On friday, night and it might Be. Blaville who,
knows it might Be bill Of atlantis starting a tournament.
Speaker 2 (51:28):
GAME i don't.
Speaker 5 (51:28):
Know he's that. Good he's that. Good in the second
coming Is Houston.
Speaker 3 (51:32):
Street remember When houston When god's hurt and O Ford
Houston Street algie, Said i'm gonna Start Houston street In,
tallahassee and we're Like Houston street the closer and then
and then he's throwing ninety five mile an hour gas
At Florida state In. Tallahassee so you just you just never.
Know greatness is. Greatness and so they have so many,
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options AND i Know Jared spencer's dog lost for the,
season AND i know That Max bloue might be back
for the.
Speaker 5 (52:00):
Postseason it hasn't.
Speaker 3 (52:02):
Stopped and they're a train right now AND i DON'T
i don't want to play them If i'm somebody. Else
and if there's another number one, seed you, Know Craig
day would have to really hit the skids over these
next three or four weeks not to get the number one.
Speaker 5 (52:16):
SEED i.
Speaker 3 (52:17):
DON'T i don't see it being. Anyone but because it's
the it's absolutely the. Strongest it's like, football it's the
strongest conference In.
Speaker 5 (52:25):
America.
Speaker 1 (52:26):
Yeah, yeah by the, way you're an og like. Me
since we're talking about, OLD i know you'll remember. This
That street stuff actually started even the prior year and oh,
three you remember when they were they lost the first
two games At nebraska In lincoln and it was On
easter weekend and they had to Play Easter sunday And
Easter sunday.
Speaker 2 (52:44):
Well and they moved The sunday game To rosenblatt.
Speaker 1 (52:48):
And street started and mowed them, down and you AND
i looked at each other AND i, said that's ALL
i had to. Do they had to get back To.
Rosenblat that was the comfortable and he ended up going back,
right ended up winning the title that. Year but they
but it was that sort of. THING i, know you'll
remember this visiting With Ceder golding into The Austin american.
SACTION i got to jump to football here while we
still have a few. Minutes which of the TWELVE nfl
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draft choices off The longhorn roster was the most pleasant
thing to? YOU i, mean if we're, talking you, know
going all the way to the three number one, selections
or a guy Like Gunner helm Or Baron surrell Or
Cam williams Or andrew, mccoba or you, know Obviously Matthew
golden And Vernon, Broughton Alfred collins shot a Baron Jane
(53:38):
blue to The. Cowboys what what's your overall assessment of
the draft day hall that came out Of, Austin.
Speaker 3 (53:46):
Texas were three stood out to. Be Burnard brown's got
a baby on the, way So i'm.
Speaker 5 (53:51):
Glad he's get any. Money, yeah that all the. WAY
i know it's brother Of keiko sweet. Lady and That's
Calvin anderson's.
Speaker 3 (53:58):
Brother so in that great that he's getting that he's
gonna get a chance to uh to play With Kelvin
banks and The. Saints but the two that really really
got Me Baron serell waiting around in that green room
and and then finally getting his name called for the
Hometown New Orleans, saints just like just Like Matthew. Golden
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no relation, unfortunately BECAUSE i could USE i can use a,
hookup Uh sorell.
Speaker 5 (54:27):
To, me and and wasn't always talked About. Craig he
was the he was the leader of that. Team and
And quinn was a. Quarterback but when when you came
to when.
Speaker 3 (54:38):
It came to true, leadership and WHEN i needed a
quote from someone WHO i believed to be a leader
on that, TEAM i would either.
Speaker 5 (54:44):
Talk To Baron, Serell gunn Or helm Or JOHN. D.
Barron those were the three guys THAT i really believed
were we're just we're just head and shoulders above as.
Speaker 3 (54:55):
Leaders and Then Jaydon, blue WHO i have so much
respect for coming back from, injuries had the fumble lightest.
Problems remember that game he lost to.
Speaker 2 (55:05):
Fumbles greig The Mississippi state. Game that Was Mississippi.
Speaker 3 (55:08):
State and usually when a kid makes makes those kind of,
mistakes they give knobs and they talk to the media or.
Speaker 5 (55:15):
Not and and then walks Jayda On blue after a.
Speaker 3 (55:18):
Rough rough day at the, office and he was always
there to answer the, questions win or, lose.
Speaker 5 (55:24):
Good game or bad.
Speaker 3 (55:25):
GAME i Think Dallas cowboys really got them a good football.
Player that is not an impressive group of running, backs
BUT i Think Jaydaen blue can help.
Speaker 5 (55:34):
THEM i really liked. It but those are the ones
that stood out to.
Speaker 2 (55:37):
Me, yeah no doubt about.
Speaker 1 (55:39):
It uh, hey uh, SAID i know you're not on
the beat, anymore but you still follow us. Team SO i,
mean you, know we get to the postseason and we
got used, to, uh we got used to being able
to sleep in our own beds for like a couple
of weeks during the postseason when it was regionals And super.
Reason maybe that's gonna happen again this.
Speaker 2 (55:56):
Time who knows it won't that be, great And i'm.
Gonna i'm.
Speaker 5 (56:00):
Gonna i'm gonna travel where they're not going. In i'm.
Going you know, What, craig this will be the first
time THAT i get to go To omaha since.
Speaker 2 (56:09):
Five you're kidding, Me.
Speaker 5 (56:11):
CRAIG i got off THE i wasn't the.
Speaker 3 (56:13):
Bead they win the championship and five they went football that,
fall AND i get promoted the.
Speaker 5 (56:19):
Columnists right after.
Speaker 3 (56:20):
That, yeah and so so in the years, since BECAUSE
i know all you went to a few more and
Then pierce went to.
Speaker 5 (56:27):
Three it was Always. Kirk, YEAH i always want from. Baseball.
Speaker 3 (56:32):
Yeah, so but but that old geezer doesn't work with us.
Anymore and so it will be me And kirk in all.
Speaker 5 (56:42):
Together.
Speaker 3 (56:43):
Uh you look scoping out bowling alleys on the off,
days so uh that that's.
Speaker 5 (56:48):
Gonna that's gonna be a.
Speaker 2 (56:50):
Hoot, okay all, right they're gonna make.
Speaker 5 (56:52):
IT i think they're gonna make, it all.
Speaker 2 (56:54):
Right i'm calling.
Speaker 5 (56:54):
It all.
Speaker 1 (56:55):
Right so since the last time you were, there there's
no more mister, SEASON i know you know. That but
but there's Still cashio in some other. Places so we'll,
we'll we'll if they make It omaha will have dinner.
Speaker 3 (57:04):
In Memory Algi dorito gott to go have a stake
us The italian.
Speaker 1 (57:09):
Spot, yeah that's the Other. Italians But Les lemeo was, yeah,
yeah we'll go to.
Speaker 5 (57:17):
Both, yeah worst has a Better uh has a has
a better.
Speaker 3 (57:22):
Expense they're better. Expensive they allow they allows to spread
our wings a little bit on the. Road so, yeah it's.
Speaker 5 (57:29):
Good i'm still letting you pick up a check, though.
Speaker 2 (57:31):
Crazy i'll be happy to do.
Speaker 5 (57:33):
It all.
Speaker 2 (57:33):
Right, HEY i appreciate you taking the time.
Speaker 1 (57:36):
Today and, Uh i'll look forward to Seeing you're not
heading For, fayetteville are.
Speaker 5 (57:40):
You, no we're sending Young. David so, okay see you
when they get.
Speaker 2 (57:45):
Back, okay we'll see we'll we'll see you when we get.
Back appreciate the time. Said thanks all, right love you.
Speaker 5 (57:51):
Brother.
Speaker 2 (57:51):
YouTube that Is Cedric, gold long time.
Speaker 1 (57:53):
Friend we go back to when he was at The
Tyler Morning telegraph AND i was A arld In, dallas
so that's almost forty. Years goes back quite. Away all,
right we'll have more coming. Up we'll continue on thirteen
under the.
Speaker 5 (58:07):
Zone we're.
Speaker 8 (58:12):
Back it's The Craig Way show With hall Of fame
broadcaster in voice of The Texas Longhearts Craig.
Speaker 1 (58:18):
Way all, right thanks again The center going to The
Austin American statesman for his outstanding thoughts and viewpoint time.
Things all, right let's here's some more From longgrn's head
Coach Steve. Sarkisian this is from The Touchdown club Of
houston's annual luncheon that he appears at every.
Speaker 2 (58:40):
Year and here's some more, questions SOME q AND a for.
Speaker 5 (58:43):
Sorry see the first what do you think your first?
Speaker 9 (58:46):
Pitch?
Speaker 7 (58:47):
Right it was a little, disappointed you, know it was
more of a of a two strike.
Speaker 6 (58:52):
Pitch you, KNOW i had to kind of paint the
black a little, bit had a little movement on.
Speaker 7 (58:56):
IT i was throwing maybe a little harder and warm.
Speaker 6 (58:59):
Up BUT i got up there And jonah was catching for,
me AND i knew he had a little bit of
a hamstring, issue and SO i didn't really want to
have to make him jump out of his.
Speaker 7 (59:08):
Stance so it's try to lay it in there and
make sure it was a. Strike so BUT i Guess
i'll take it. Now the real, Question i'm just.
Speaker 5 (59:15):
Kidding i'm not a serious.
Speaker 7 (59:17):
Now he kind of ended the discourse this weekend and
out Of quinn in his slide and kind of the
conversation about whether Or i'm sure come back to schooler kind.
Speaker 5 (59:24):
Of chase that.
Speaker 2 (59:25):
Head, YEAH i find.
Speaker 6 (59:27):
It first of, ALL i feel For, quinn you, KNOW
i think he's A quinn was a great player for.
US i think about a lot of the people who
have come into this program over the last four years
that have impacted the growth and the trajectory of our,
program and and he's he's right there near.
Speaker 7 (59:44):
The, top if not at the, top of the impact
that he's, had not only on the, field but off the.
Speaker 6 (59:49):
Field his ability to help recruit other players to come
be part of our, program you.
Speaker 7 (59:56):
KNOW i think he.
Speaker 6 (59:56):
Was he was one of the first, guys you, know
through all this talk of about collective and all the
things that were going on in the world Of, nil
he never took money from our. Collective you, know all
of all of what he did Through nil was his true,
name image and likeness right the intent of the. Rule
so on that, Front i'm very grateful for what he
did for our. PROGRAM i think all of us included
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wish he would have gotten drafted. Higher but at the
end of the, day IF i could have picked us
place THAT i think is a great fit for.
Speaker 7 (01:00:25):
HIM i Think miami is a great.
Speaker 6 (01:00:26):
Fit you, know, systematically what coach McDaniel does, is if
not exactly the, same very similar to what we. Do
so there's gonna be a level of comfort for him
of you, know style of. Play he got some great.
Weapons on the. Outside it's a warm weather. Place so
in the, END i think it's a good fit for.
Him now it's about taking taking advantage of the opportunity.
Speaker 7 (01:00:48):
You know that presents.
Speaker 6 (01:00:49):
Itself BUT i also think it's ironic and that so
many things are written and talked about the players from
a negative, standpoint that transfer schools or day in school
to take.
Speaker 7 (01:01:01):
More, money like it's a. Negative but all of a,
sudden here's a.
Speaker 6 (01:01:04):
Guy that, SAID i wanted to leave a legacy At
texas AND i wanted to go play in THE, Nfl
and now they're knocking it for not taking the money in.
College so you, KNOW i don't know which side of
the fence everybody sits on on, That but in the,
END i think it just speaks to the character of,
him of what he believed in and what he stood.
For and nobody wanted to win a national championship much
or more Than quinn on our team the last couple of.
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Years AND i don't think anybody felt it more than
he did when we didn't Beat Ohio, state you, know
obviously with his track record of going to school. There
so in the, end it wasn't about going to another.
School it's about the, next you, know the next part
of the journey in his career and in his, life
and that was going to THE. Nfl, so LIKE i,
said he's got a good opportunity in front of. Him
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now it's time to go make the most of.
Speaker 9 (01:01:47):
It, steve what would you say in your boots and
gentlemen became out of his brain and failed their. Boos concernment.
Speaker 6 (01:01:58):
The thing that really he fires me up about this,
team you. Know AND i look back AND i was
thinking about this AS i was driving over this. Morning
if you remember that class three years, ago The Anthony,
hill The Derek, williams The Manny, mohammad's the arch and
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we talked about the championship pedigree of that. CLASS a
lot of those guys had either one state, championships competed
for state. Championships now that they're like juniors in our,
program you can feel this sense of these guys winning
is the most.
Speaker 7 (01:02:37):
Important thing in THEIR.
Speaker 6 (01:02:38):
Dna you, Know Michael taff obviously has that as part
of HIS, Dna Trey wisner his time At DeSoto, Leonga
lafou At, Kahuku like it's in THEIR dna and you
can feel it on our practice. Field you can feel
it the way these guys talk to one. Another it's
not just about having a good. Day it's not just
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about having a you, know a good rep or a
good period in. Practice it's about seeing the forest through the,
trees like we're doing this so that we can go do,
This like they understand the process that they're in right
now to try to go achieve what they want to.
Achieve and that has probably been the biggest shift that
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this team has provided. Us you, know where the last
couple of teams they were growing through a coaching change
five and, seven eight and, five it was like let's get.
There these guys, are i, think thinking beyond let's get.
There it's, like let's go win because this is what
we're used to. Doing and so that's really exciting to,
me like that that we have a hungry team that
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has a little bit different mentality about them in their.
Speaker 7 (01:03:44):
APPROACH i.
Speaker 6 (01:03:47):
DON'T i don't know IF i have necessarily concerns right
now about our. Team you, KNOW i know we have
areas that we need to continue to improve, upon and.
DON'T i wouldn't say there's an area in our team
where we're just. Perfect you, know there's, yeah.
Speaker 7 (01:04:00):
Everybody we all got work to, do you. Know but
but at the end of the, day it's it's it's.
Speaker 6 (01:04:08):
Combining this this group of LIKE i said that juniors
and there's a few seniors in, there with this influx
of a, young talented group of guys that just came,
in and then you, know integrating the transfers into this
mix that we get the right the right, flow not
just in the locker, room but, really you, know we
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like to play a lot of, players you, Know and
how many times DID i come up to you guys post,
game especially early in the, season say, hey we played
forty two guys on defense in the first, half, right
and and we think there's a lot of value in doing. That,
now players have to earn those opportunities to do. That
but but surely that's when we're at our. Best because,
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AGAIN i think big, PICTURE i think the long, road
the long, game and when you start talking fifteen, sixteen seventeen,
games you're gonna need a lot Of you're gonna need
a lot of, bodies and we're gonna have to trust
these these guys early in the season to go do.
That but, again they have to earn our trust to
put them out there.
Speaker 1 (01:05:08):
To go do.
Speaker 7 (01:05:08):
IT i just got back in the, draft follow back
you live.
Speaker 9 (01:05:12):
THERE i thought that the best moment when you got drafted.
Speaker 5 (01:05:15):
By the past so cool more.
Speaker 9 (01:05:17):
Than two hundred thousand. People can you just talk a
little bit about what you thought of that moment and
what that just kind of meant to your?
Speaker 7 (01:05:25):
Program, YEAH i, can't, uh.
Speaker 6 (01:05:30):
One of the best draft Moments i've ever, seen you,
Know AND i you, Know i'm a you guys all
Know i'm a football.
Speaker 7 (01:05:35):
JUNKIE i LOVE i love all this.
Speaker 6 (01:05:37):
STUFF i watch it as much AS i, can AND
i don't remember anything even remotely coming close to. That you,
know we've all seen the green room moments and The
Roger goodell moments on the on the on the. Stage
BUT i think what THE nfl has done in moving
the cities around and going from city to, CITY i
got a chance to be In Kansas city With bijon
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a couple of years, ago and just the droves of
people that come out in those communities for that moment
and for you to be the guy that gets drafted
by that team at Lambeau field In Green, bay.
Speaker 7 (01:06:11):
It's, like you, know like for the rest of his, life,
right you, know the guy's going to be known for.
Speaker 6 (01:06:17):
That so what he meant for, us it was ideally
what you hope when you go to the portal is
that you get a player that you project to fit
into what you do systematically, culturally and he did exactly.
Speaker 7 (01:06:29):
That he was a blue collar. GUY i thought he got.
Speaker 6 (01:06:31):
Better in our program as time went, on AND i
thought he was played his best football for us at the,
end which is exactly what you. Want and, so you,
know really proud of him and what he stood. For
he's obviously been a great ambassador for our program and the.
Guys that an infomercial about why guys should come To
texas or transfer To. Texas so we'll take, it And
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i'd be remiss about didn't say What it was a
great moment For Baron soirel. Too you know how they
decided to bring into the draft, too like they knew
something That Green bay was going to draft.
Speaker 7 (01:07:01):
Him so it was a great moment for both those.
Guys for the.
Speaker 9 (01:07:04):
Offensive, point where do you feel confident in right? Now
arsus may not Be cocas for.
Speaker 6 (01:07:09):
That, confidence, YEAH i would Say i'm confident in our.
Ability you know that that we have some high level
players on that. Unit you know what what What Dj
campbell when he's at his, best what that looks. Like
i'm very confident in What Trevor gooseby looks like at his.
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Best i'm very confident in When Cole, Hudson, nato you,
Know Brandon baker's of the. WORLD i, mean these guys
when they're on, man it's it's really really. GOOD i
think that the key for this unit as we start
to move forward, summer fall, camp early in the season
is going to be continuity and. Consistency you, know we
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had such a comfort level of continuity over the past
few years because of so many familiar. Faces uh that, now,
well we have to make sure that we almost force
feed consistency and continuity amongst that. Group and that starts with, trust,
right trust and, calls trust and, footwork trusting the guy
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next to, you and we've seen some practices where it's
been a really beautiful thing and it feels. Great we've
seen other days when it's been a little bit, off
which is understandable in spring. Practice LIKE i, said you,
KNOW i wasn't sounding the alarm in spring ball about.
It but we're going to have to continue to find
that growth throughout the summer and into fall camp because
it's not going to be about talent with that. Group
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it's going to be about the level of consistency that
they play with individually and, collectively and that's going to
be about the continuity that they play with as a
unit when they take the.
Speaker 1 (01:08:43):
Field coming up in the next, hour more From sark
on this coming edition Of Texas Longhorn. Football we'll be
back to wrap up hour number. Two i'm thirteen under
The zone FROM ufcu Diischbark. Field it's game one of
the three game Weekend Cotton Holdings Lone Stars showdown rivalry.
Series the number one Ring Texas longhorns against The TEXAS
a and M. Aggie here's the one swings. Here it
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hits them all, well this one out to the deep
left center field and you can't see it hit off the.
Wall the plot game barely misses a whole company hits
it off the top of the fence right in front
of the yetny yard shame the plump gag with AN
rbi double to Score Tommy farmer and the Long orange
take up one to nothing. Lead bruger ready with the
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one and this is hit on the. Ground riojas has.
It throws the second for one relay to. First bit,
Time oh my, goodness what a double. Play he's running
away from the second base bag whirls and fires to.
Second the relay to first he went To Jalen florest
to first for the double.
Speaker 2 (01:09:47):
Play one six' three and the inning.
Speaker 1 (01:09:50):
Is over the, two ball one strike Pitch from rugariojas
swung on in a fly ball hit the, dead Center
chasing gasprino back to the warning tracking makes the cat
tracked it all the way with just the pacer two
shy of.
Speaker 2 (01:10:07):
The wall and death.
Speaker 1 (01:10:08):
Center field the catch By will gasparino ends the threat For.
The aggies in the fifth swings to the first pitcher
dries it. All well this one outs left of the
warning track to say good night.
Speaker 2 (01:10:20):
To It, tommy farmer the fourth.
Speaker 1 (01:10:23):
Has hit his first home run As A, texas longhorn
and it extends the lead to.
Speaker 2 (01:10:29):
To nothing texas, two balls, two strikes.
Speaker 1 (01:10:33):
Two outs two on the two two pitch swing and
A mess balanas strikes him outs and the lead is
still in the hands Of. The longhorns going to the
bottom of, the eighth, no balls, two strikes. Two outs balanis.
The stretch the go two Pitch To, terrence keel strike.
Speaker 2 (01:10:55):
Free call got him looking.
Speaker 1 (01:11:00):
And The log worns hold on to take game one
From the aggies in this important three GAME weekend.
Speaker 2 (01:11:09):
Sec series the first one.
Speaker 1 (01:11:12):
Goes to texas in the Cotton lone stars show Now
From Ufcu Diuche. Faluk field it's game two of the
three game weekend series Between The texas longhorns And THE
texas a And.
Speaker 2 (01:11:24):
M aggies, one ball two strengths and.
Speaker 1 (01:11:29):
Two Outs plum carrison ready. The trench i'll look back
the second and the one to two Pitch to hensley
big over hand, breaking ball strike.
Speaker 2 (01:11:38):
Free call in the.
Speaker 1 (01:11:39):
Inning's over he floated in a soap bubble at seventy
six miles per hour and The log hoorns are out.
Of trouble in, the third the pitch swung on the ball.
Hit well this one out to deep, left center back
to the. Warning track you could see good night to
it into the. Yetty yard Eighth in mendoza's home run of,
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the season drives a pitch into the eddy yard and
this game is tied one, to one, no.
Speaker 2 (01:12:06):
Balls, two strikes.
Speaker 1 (01:12:07):
Two outs here's the go two pinch strike three call got.
Him looking it was the brooks. KEYSTICK magic i had
him come back with, a fastball the payoff Pinch To
wyatt Hensler From. Luke harrison he swings and pops. It
up this one to, shallow center running. Full tilt gasparino
calls off the infield and he makes the catch whilst
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his sunglasses kept the baseball and the glove and The
log Worns And louke harrison again get out, of trouble
this time in the fed three balls on a strike
to Count. Of borbam here's the stretch down and the.
Three won the casey runner from second goes a throw
down the third and it. Squirts away coming to. The
plate his force here comes.
Speaker 2 (01:12:48):
To throw, he's safe.
Speaker 1 (01:12:51):
Second error of the inning and The log horns take
a two to. One lead the pitch swung onto the
ball hit Well and this one's headed for the gap
in deep left center and it'll bounce off the fence
in front Of The.
Speaker 2 (01:13:02):
Eddy yard the Speedy de pontier rounds thirty's coming to.
Speaker 1 (01:13:06):
The plate the throw not In Time ETHAN mendoza rbi
double to the gap at. Left center The longborns now
lead at three, to one one and two the Count
To cayden Surrell parents keel the runner at, Second Base,
jakes laviolett the runner. At first two on one out
here on the top of, the eighth the one two
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pitch swing and a miss struck.
Speaker 2 (01:13:28):
Him out big Strikeout.
Speaker 1 (01:13:30):
From burns his second strikeouts in center of the ball
game and they're, two down, one ball, two strengths. Two
outs those Strench, from burns the one two Pitch to harrison.
Speaker 2 (01:13:43):
Swing and a miss struck.
Speaker 1 (01:13:44):
Him outs back to back Strikeouts From, thomas burns And
the aggie thread dies in. The eighth, no balls, two strikes.
Two outs planis ready. To go two, pitch.
Speaker 2 (01:13:56):
Strike great call got him booking.
Speaker 3 (01:14:00):
Fall.
Speaker 1 (01:14:01):
Game Over the laghorns have taken the series From. The
aggies they've Taken The Cotton Lone Stars showdown, rivalry series
And tomorrow texas will look for the SWEEP from Ufcu dish.
Faluk field It's The texas lawborns Against THE texas A
And i maggies in the finale of the three game.
Speaker 2 (01:14:22):
Weekend Series the plantier the. S trench the pitch, swung on.
Speaker 1 (01:14:26):
Hitting the air out the. Shallow Right now farmer had
to get on his horse in Fact. To plantier the
younger makes. The catch Andre de plontier delivers. The pitch
Chadon de plantier makes the catch and The log hoorns
get out of the second after the two walks to open.
The inning So the, Plantier ready gray's first pitch and
that's hit on the line down the left field line on.
Speaker 2 (01:14:47):
His horse. Rodriguez dives he made. The catch he made.
Speaker 1 (01:14:51):
The catch what a tremendous diving Catch From adrian rodriguez
to take away extra Bases From cayton ken and Retire
the aggie's in. The Third miles patton with another three
to two Pitch To adrian rodriguez and he swings and lines.
Speaker 5 (01:15:08):
It in the.
Speaker 2 (01:15:08):
Left field it'll fall, in yes and it'll go to.
Speaker 1 (01:15:11):
The wall rounding third To scores farmer rounding Second is
rodriga s and he'll hold there WITH an rbi double
the opposite way into. The corner The log horns are
on the board and the aggie lead has been cut
in half to two, to one, one ball one strike.
The count here's the one. One pitch ndosa swings and
what's a high fly ball. To right this will be
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deep enough to score the. Tying run surrel with the
catch tagging at.
Speaker 2 (01:15:36):
Third coming in.
Speaker 1 (01:15:37):
The Scores adrian rodriguez sacrifice FLYING an Rbi From ethan
mendoza and the game is tied at two, two balls
one strike. The Count The, timmy farmer a lefty with
a pitch that bounces and wait gets weight come into.
The plate shoe's lib will score.
Speaker 2 (01:15:53):
Standing up it.
Speaker 1 (01:15:55):
Just flat out got Away From, bear harrison and The
log horns are back within, a run four. To three
here's the three to one swung onto, the ground.
Speaker 2 (01:16:03):
Balls up the middle.
Speaker 1 (01:16:04):
Base had it'll score two runs over the, third base
sliding In. As Mendoza ryland galvan comes through WITH an
rbi single up the middle and the logboards have their
first lead of. The afternoon it's five, to four, three balls,
two strikes. Two outs here's the three to two Pitch
from sanye swung on and hit in, the air popped
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up in, the infield, Racing over flores settles under looking,
for it makes the Catch And grayson sanye is out
of the eighth As the aggie strand, two runners including
the go ahead run at. Third Base here's kate McCoy
working to him the lefty. Lefty matchup he swings and
lifts the high flight ball left drifting, back heel, still drifting.
(01:16:48):
Still drifting say good night, To It. Apo tucko it
drops Into the. Aggie bullpen Adrian rod riquez drops a
bomb just over the lift field wall into the bullpen
and The log HOORNS take us six to. Five lead
here's the strench the one to two pinch From. The
grubs swam on, ground ball hit to first And shoots
(01:17:10):
litt will throw to second from one relay the First
midtime it's there ball game over.
Speaker 2 (01:17:17):
Series sweep The log horns Sweep.
Speaker 1 (01:17:20):
The aggies by getting a double Play and texas wins
it six. To five final SCORE from ufcu dishponk Field
The texas, longhorn Six the texas hang And him. Aggies
five The log horns sweep the Three game Cotton Lone
Star showdown series and continue their number, one ranking and
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continue their top spots IN, the rpi and continue to
Lead The. Southeastern conference third and final hour of the
program here On SPORTS radio am thirteen Under, The zone
craig wadejoined by The Producer. Cameron parker what a bang.
BANG series, i know obviously. The results the results are
(01:18:05):
going to mean a lot more to THE long wrn
fans Than THE texas A and, m fans Merely because
texas won all. Three GAMES but i mean they were
three real as we like, to, say. Bangers quirkers, you
know all three were one. Run games, it, IS however
i think noteworthy that in games decided by two or
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fewer runs, This season texas is twelve, and four and
in games decided by, ONE run i.
Speaker 2 (01:18:36):
Believe they're nine.
Speaker 1 (01:18:37):
And three i'll double check that, number there, but anyway
It's been they've been really good in one run and
two run in close. Ball games and, Quite FRANKLY texas
A and m is better than twenty four. To nineteen
we know about the massive slump they went through and
they were one to nine IN, the sec and then
they turned, it around winning seven of eight conference games
and ten out of eleven Going, into AUSTIN and i
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know is a setback. For THEM and i, also know
studying the tournament PROJECTIONS as i do and hearing it
awful lot that if we're being, completely honest they're back on. The,
BUBBLE now i still think they're on the plus side of.
The bubble THE forty rpi is flirting toward the back,
end of, you KNOW being. Rpi friendly but they have
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a massive Series with TEXAS with lsu this Week In.
COLLEGE station i think it's safe to say they need
to win. The series i'm not saying they have, to
sweep but it wouldn't help them if they were to lose.
THAT Series ls, YOU meanwhile i was coming off taking
two out of three at Home. Against tennessee were you
up Late enough friday night to see the crazy insane
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ending Of THE tennessee?
Speaker 2 (01:19:46):
LSU game i?
Speaker 1 (01:19:47):
Deliver, It, Actually okay first, of All, remember Friday The
TEXAS texas A and m game started an hour and seven,
minutes late so that the first pitch of that game
was right around. EIGHT twelve i think it was something,
Like that and so it ended well after eleven o'clock
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and by THE time i. Got home it was, after
MIDNIGHT but i Knew THE tennessee lsu game was still
going on because it was supposed to start at the
same Time, as TEXAS and i knew that they'd been
delayed by more than. TWO hours i think it was
two hours and. Twenty MINUTES so i got home and
IT was i think one of the eighth inning by
THE time i got to, the HOUSE and i turn,
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it On and tennessee looks to be an, absolute controller
up three, to nothing and they're pitching is JUST keeping lsu,
at bay and it's still three to nothing going to
the bottom of the, ninth inning, All right so it's
three nothing going to the bottom of. The night by
now it's after one o'clock in, the morning and because
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of all the rain delays and the time extrapolates out
and pitching changes and so on and so.
Speaker 2 (01:20:54):
Forth reviews so first.
Speaker 1 (01:20:57):
Batter UP for lsu hits a sharp ground ball, to
third and the third baseman fields it right over on
right about, the line and he has to make probably
the longest throw across the diamond in fair territory to get.
Him out so he, guns it and he guns it
right over the head of the, first basement so it's a.
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Wild throw next batter comes up and hits a ground
ball to, him again this one and more, routine one
and he just flap bobbled it and. Booted it so
now he had two on and it got to and
there might have been an out in, between that and
then there was a. Second Album so tennessee is still
one out away from winning. This thing three, to nothing
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and they get a pinch hit single to cut it
to three, to one and they get, A double, i
think to get another, run in and it's three, to
two and then there's a base hit which gets another
run in three, to three And Then jared jones comes
up and hits a four one hundred and fifty two
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foot home run over the.
Speaker 2 (01:22:02):
Batter's eye dead center At, alex box just.
Speaker 1 (01:22:05):
Crushes it Three run HOMER and lsu all of a
sudden scored six runs in the bottom.
Speaker 2 (01:22:09):
Of nine they win.
Speaker 1 (01:22:10):
Sixty three the game ended like right around one thirty
five in the morning something, like that so it. Was
crazy tennessee comes back And wins, saturday NIGHT but lsu
wins yesterday and they Run. Rule tennessee so as a result,
Of that tennessee takes. That series so.
Speaker 2 (01:22:30):
You, had that and it was just a.
Speaker 1 (01:22:32):
Crazy weekend and it's going to be a really big
series At bluebellt park this WEEKEND when Lsu, PLAYS texas A.
And m clearly it's gonna be a huge Series for Texas. And, arkansas,
arkansas however dropped two out of three on the Road,
at florida so their backs are up against.
Speaker 2 (01:22:49):
The, wall now what's the worst way to Lose?
Speaker 4 (01:22:51):
The tennessee Losing the tennessee like that on the walk
off that their, two errors or How the rangers Lost
the giants ship that.
Speaker 2 (01:22:59):
Was unbelievable if you did not see, that YouTube it
at least Look Up johnny miller's.
Speaker 1 (01:23:06):
Call because when he say went sixty feet or fifty,
FIVE feet i think? Sixty, feet yeah a little squibber
wild throw off the, home plate off a, home, plate,
Right yep wild throw down the line and first baseman
runs to gets it and then throws up wild to
the third trying to get him going, to third and,
he scores as they, called it a little league. Home
run all the way around the basis on that that
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was just.
Speaker 5 (01:23:29):
Just nuts the.
Speaker 4 (01:23:30):
Crazy thing back Back To, Texas baseball. CRAIG is, I
mean i think a lot of people were optimistic in
year One, under SLASH but, i mean how many would
have guessed the text would have a five game Lead
over ARKANSAS and lsu and conference play hitting In.
Speaker 2 (01:23:44):
The may there's still.
Speaker 4 (01:23:45):
Three series let the lock and app and you have,
you Know obviously ARKANSAS at aafl that's going to be an.
Incredible atmosphere But what slash, has done and with all the.
Injuries too, YOU know i saw People, on Twitter and
twitter is probably the worst place to go for sports,
takes now but, YOU know, I was i want to
see what the mentions Were On kendall rodgers's Tweet, about texas,
you know taking the SERIES from A and m and
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a LOT of A and, M, fans well. We're injured
we have a lot. Of injuries we're battling injuries. Right now, it's,
like Oh, in TEXAS isn't, i mean.
Speaker 2 (01:24:13):
You didn't Least the blue the best hitter in the Conference.
Speaker 4 (01:24:16):
Last your number One Pitcher jared Spencer in riojas was
so Fantastic on friday And what philantis did you know
throwing thirty. Plus pitches this team just finds ways. To
win and that's kind of it's. Just simple they just
find ways, To, WIN sark, I.
Speaker 1 (01:24:32):
Say sark sark was very complimentary that he threw out
the First. Pitch frider it was. Pretty Cool jim slowsnikle
has become fond of. The phrase, he said you say
it one of, two ways, you know with all, the
injuries win anyway or win, Any way and they're encompassing both.
On that, in fact, coming up we'll take, a break we'll.
Come back i'm going to tell you how it is
(01:24:53):
set up for this Week For Long, worn baseball FOR,
the sec the. National polls i'm going to extrapolate all
that out for. You there we are also going to
hear more one of our final portion of Sound From.
Steve sarkisian sark was down At The touchdown Club of houston's.
Speaker 2 (01:25:11):
Luncheon today we've heard parts in the first two hours of.
Speaker 1 (01:25:13):
The show if you missed any of that or our
great Conversation With cedra golden Of The Austin, american statesman
simply go to our podcast page at thirteen Eight and
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Speaker 2 (01:25:22):
And you can relive. It there we'll have some more
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Speaker 5 (01:25:28):
The, zone.
Speaker 1 (01:25:37):
Okay coming up in a few minutes again some more
on the baseball college, baseball scene but let's hear our.
Final installation here are part Three Of long worn's head
Football Coach steve sarkisian From The Houston touchdown CLUB his
Q and a with reporters today With.
Speaker 9 (01:25:54):
The joseid Talking About indiani Glsenal Historic helvin magsky introducer
as Well.
Speaker 2 (01:26:00):
Named, bloo.
Speaker 5 (01:26:03):
Yeah, YOU KNOW.
Speaker 8 (01:26:06):
I, I.
Speaker 6 (01:26:08):
Remember i think it was maybe two weeks ago, or
so we got Asked about kelvin potentially moving to guard
IN The, nfl DRAFT and i kind of laughed, at
it and, you, KNOW hey i. Get it the pundits
out there are always trying, to rationalize make a story.
Speaker 8 (01:26:22):
For this that.
Speaker 6 (01:26:22):
Or whatever but at the end of, the day, This Guy,
calvin banks from the day he stepped on. Our campus
i've said it time and, time AGAIN and i told
it to him again after. The draft, you know whenever
a new player comes into, Our program i'd, Always say
i'd Point, at kelvin say go be like.
Speaker 7 (01:26:39):
That guy go Be Like. Kelvin banks who he is on,
the field who he is off.
Speaker 6 (01:26:42):
The field the way he, carries himself the, work ethic
the pride that he puts into, his work his style.
Speaker 7 (01:26:49):
Of play so we were we're very fortunate.
Speaker 6 (01:26:53):
To have kelvin AND and i couldn't be more proud
and happy for him and, his family, his mother, his
dad everybody In this so great opportunity. For him uh
and AND again i Think For, jaden blue great opportunity
for him. As well you know that that was a
that was a heck of a running back, room there
and and the time that when he stepped into that room,
(01:27:14):
to think, you know here's a guy who didn't play
a senior year of, high school but yet he walks in.
The Room There's, Bjeon Robinson There's, Roshawn Johnson There's, keelan
Robinson There's, jonathan, brooks right and just the leadership that
those guys provided a young player in our program and
to watch him grow throughout. His time and now he's
got a great opportunity With. THE cowboys i think he's
(01:27:36):
gonna go do some really. Cool things AND so i
love the, fact that, you know a lot has been
made in our time here about how well We've recruited
Dallas In, south dallas but, in reality when you think
about some Of these houston players that we've recruited and
the opportunities that are getting now to play In The National,
FOOTBALL league i think is really good. For us you
know that that we can come into this city and into,
(01:27:58):
this area recruit really, good players, develop players and watch
them go on to help fulfill. Their dreams relatives and
argentications now springing over how impressed were you living freshman
that you brought in at a? Midterm uh and then
also when you live in the press of class, h
characters the munity characteristics about that which is as. A.
Speaker 7 (01:28:21):
Whole, yeah yeah you know, this group you know when
you when you get into.
Speaker 6 (01:28:29):
Winter conditioning the way we had adjusted it, a little
they had a little more Time With coach beckton before
our vets got going again because we had played, SO
late i probably got a little better chance to see them.
Up close and the first thing that jumped out to, me,
was okay we we we we hit the, right profiles meaning,
you know just about at every position we have a
(01:28:50):
we have a pretty good profile that we're trying to
fit in in. A box and it's a little bit
OF an, nfl mentality but the idea of, arm length,
hand size height at. Certain positions and you know that
the measurables. That matter then you watch you look at,
that group it's a really good. Looking group and then
and then you could see certain players players at certain.
Speaker 7 (01:29:11):
Kind of levels.
Speaker 6 (01:29:12):
Of development and there's nothing wrong with, that, too right
everybody comes out at a.
Speaker 2 (01:29:16):
Different.
Speaker 6 (01:29:16):
Stage uh the One thing i'd say about this group
is a Very hungry you know that they're, they're competitive. They're,
hungry uh and they're all really high. Character kids, like
like we continue to recruit kids with really high character
to help build into that culture that we have going on.
Right now how many of them really play play this
(01:29:37):
fall remains to be seen and. Really CONTRIBUTE but i
know a lot of them are knocking on a lot,
of doors whether it's, on offense defense or on. Special
teams and and a few of them have really stood
out to where, it's like we're going have a hard
time keeping.
Speaker 7 (01:29:51):
This guy off.
Speaker 6 (01:29:52):
The field, you know he's he's making it so evident
that we're gonna have to play. This, guy uh and
other guys are are you can see the growth and, we're,
like man what's this guy gonna?
Speaker 5 (01:30:02):
Look Like.
Speaker 6 (01:30:02):
In august what might this guy look Like? In october
what might this guy look Like? In, January right and
so we're trying not to cast judgment on these, guys
now but, just hey he's, getting better, he's improving and
let's just keep pushing him and see where they can.
Speaker 7 (01:30:18):
Finish up so let's sell of the.
Speaker 5 (01:30:21):
HARTS guy i remember the spring ainst, that spot and
he used.
Speaker 3 (01:30:23):
TO grow i mean it was ons of how Much
hartwork in puts in behind the scenes that we don't get.
Speaker 6 (01:30:28):
The, sea yeah, YOU know i thought this was a
really good spring For arch in that, you know he's
in year three in our system and he's played in.
Real games he's played where he's had to been the
guy preparing as a game plan that was built. For
him he's had to prepare as a backup to know
and then be ready if his, numbers called and a
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lot of veteran players around him in that time the last.
Two years in this spring obviously due to an attrition guys,
moving on due to a, couple inches he's really had
to lead with the knowledge base that he gained the last.
Two years you know that when we were running a
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play and not, every play it might. Be perfect the
guy might run the wrong route or not not run
a route at the, right depth or an offensive line
not not make the right line call to pick up.
A pressure and so it really forced him to have
to have those offline conversations when his series was done
to help lead younger players like those older players helped
(01:31:32):
lead him when when he was a. Young PLAYER so
i thought it was it was great. For him now
we all see the, physical ability we all see the
Connection With. Ryan wingo it, happened again You know saturday
on a big. Touchdown pass we know the rapport that
he Has With, DeAndre Moore, cedric baxter.
Speaker 1 (01:31:49):
A lot of.
Speaker 6 (01:31:49):
Those guys but in, THE end i think this time
that he spent with a lot of those younger players
is going to serve very valuable not for us just
as us as, a team but for him in the
fall when those younger guys numbers. Are called that he's
got some banked reps with those guys. This SPRING so
i thought that part was really valuable. For him, thank god,
(01:32:15):
You guys why don't you guys go? Do, something man get.
Speaker 7 (01:32:17):
A life, YOU know, I do, I do, I do?
Speaker 3 (01:32:22):
I do.
Speaker 5 (01:32:24):
What's those what's the off.
Speaker 9 (01:32:26):
Season schedule one of the like for.
Speaker 3 (01:32:27):
You guys, you know when the guys, are reporting.
Speaker 5 (01:32:30):
When they can try and accomplish In.
Speaker 7 (01:32:31):
The south The, first, yeah SO like, i said the Month.
Speaker 6 (01:32:35):
Of may like so, right now our guys have what
we call, open gym meaning, you know this week they're,
finishing school they're, finishing finals the weight rooms open for
them to get. Workouts in we do encourage all of
our guys to take some time to, go home go see,
their moms, their dads their their, you, know, aunts.
Speaker 7 (01:32:54):
Uncles whomever take a little bit. Of time, you know
we don't want to get a lot, of breaks, you
know and, these guys this is a this is a year.
Speaker 6 (01:33:00):
Round gig they got going, right now so they're gonna
take a little bit, of time they'll, work out they'll
all start to naturally start to migrate back because they,
YOU know i think they get too, far away just
like all, of us we want to. Get back and
so they'll all kind of be back at some Point.
In may but we really don't officially start up until
that first Week, of June After, memorial day and that's
(01:33:22):
when all the players will be there and we'll start
the summer, workout, program which as you, guys know consists
of obviously a lot, of lifting a lot.
Speaker 7 (01:33:30):
Of running a couple of days. A week that running
will be at four in.
Speaker 6 (01:33:33):
The, afternoon intentionally as we, all know we'll do a
lot of skill development work in, that time and we'll
do a lot of, culture work Our. Culture wednesdays we'll
get right back. To it we got to build, the
team and we'll do that obviously through just about two
months and right there at the End of july.
Speaker 7 (01:33:52):
We'll head into.
Speaker 6 (01:33:53):
Training camp and again training camp is starting a little
earlier again this year BECAUSE again i think we're Kicking off.
August thirty so it's a process and, you know once
we get Back, in june these guys have to get
into the frame of mind that they're not going to
be done until the End, of january.
Speaker 7 (01:34:10):
You know so it's a.
Speaker 6 (01:34:11):
Long road it's a, long road and we've got to
be cognizant. Of that THAT'S why i think this month
is important for them to kind of take a little
bit of a, deep breath, you know still get their,
workouts in but enjoy some family time before they get back.
Speaker 7 (01:34:25):
ROLLING again NICs coach appreciate it, o yell.
Speaker 5 (01:34:27):
Thank you.
Speaker 1 (01:34:28):
Thanks everybody Aaron Is long ort's Head Coach steve sarkisian
From Today's Houston touchdown club. Media session, all right, up
NEXT like, i said more on college baseball And The
long orange place in all. Of this, right now the
place is at, the top but. They're variables we'll get
to that coming up on thirteen Under.
Speaker 5 (01:34:47):
The zone.
Speaker 4 (01:35:14):
Rolling along On this monday afternoon On The Craig, Way
show glad to have you, With Us, Cameron Parker craig
way about the step. Back in, you know he's a
he's a very busy man running around. The studio is
always always someone trying to grab him while he's in
studio because for so much of, The, time craig we're
always on, the road so anytime we're back in the
studio feels like everyone's trying to grab us for. Some
(01:35:36):
conversation hey can be, this person everything about this just
how it.
Speaker 1 (01:35:39):
Goes well our, high powered you know, and wonderful effervescent
and always friendly sales team had a large group in
very large of folks from other parts of the very
Large high heart family and they just wanted me to
come by and, say Hi and i'm a, talking dog
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and this IS what i do for, a living, You
know it's one of. Those things but it was cool
and it's good to. Visit them so thanks for resetting
for us coming out of this. ALL right i wanted
to get to. This, clearly obviously The, long worne with
that very, successful weekend did did their due diligence in
(01:36:27):
protecting their top spot IN the sec standings and also
protecting their top spot in the college baseball hierarchy as
well by being number one IN the d one Baseball dot.
Com rankings they were a unanimous number one. Last WEEK
(01:36:50):
and i guess there's five major polls that. Are recular
college baseball has more poles than any other any.
Speaker 2 (01:36:57):
OTHER sport i don't know why, that is but.
Speaker 1 (01:36:59):
It is there are more college baseball polls than in
any other. Major, sport well simple one.
Speaker 2 (01:37:09):
Are here.
Speaker 1 (01:37:12):
Texas last week was number ONE in D, one baseball
number one By The National Collegiate Baseball, writers association number
One In, perfect game number one IN THE Espn Usa today,
coaches poll and number One In. Baseball America and i've
seen let's see for three of, the poll there's actually
another one on three does one, as well and they're
(01:37:33):
number one in that, As well and so they're number
one in all of those polls again. This week what
is interesting is that that the sparing most of the
other polls had some shake Up. Because texas it was
written down pretty Well By kendall RODGERS at D one
Baseball that texas was the only school out of the
(01:37:55):
top six not to lose a conference series. This weekend
so as a result, OF that lsu moved up by
virtue of the Winner. For Tennessee so texas was definitely
going to be a unanim's. Number one they're number one IN.
The rpi that might or might not be effected by
the fact They're Playing prairie, view tomorrow who's two hundred
(01:38:17):
and ninety nine IN.
Speaker 2 (01:38:17):
The rpi but even if they do take that bump off,
of that they wouldn't.
Speaker 1 (01:38:21):
Drop far and they've got three games Coming, at arkansas
who is currently the NUMBER five rpi team in.
Speaker 2 (01:38:27):
The country and, you said what's the big deal with
regard TO.
Speaker 1 (01:38:29):
The rpi it is a determinate tool BY The Ncaa
Tournament Baseball. Selection, committee obviously the longer it's going to
be IN The nacaa tournament and it's looking more and
more likely they're going to be a national seat of,
top eight which means if, you win you host, the
regional you win that you host. Super regional, right now
(01:38:50):
they're in the, DRIVER'S seat i, would say to be
the number one overall. National seat and for those of you, who,
say well what's the biggest difference if you're in number
one or, number seven you're still the, National seed you're
still at home for the first two weekends before you
would QUALIFY.
Speaker 2 (01:39:05):
For roma all of that is.
Speaker 1 (01:39:06):
Very true what is also true is the higher, you
are higher seed, you are the more manageable regional and
super regional that you would have that you would, be
hosting and a less, difficult one say if you were
the eight versus the nine or the seven versus, the
ten and you know that kind, of thing because they
(01:39:26):
would match up with the number. Sixteen Overall c so
there is some importance in all, of THAT and i
think it's important to keep in mind where the long
words are on. This Deal as, cameron mentioned they're up
five games ON both Lsu and arkansas with nine games
to go in the. Regular season now in the, conference
(01:39:51):
regularly and they have two non conference games tomorrow Night
Against prairie view and The following Tuesday, against, lamar who by,
the way is won thirty six. Ball games they're Pretty,
good LAMAR and i think they're only like place In
the southland, right now but good, ball club and they'll
have them a week.
Speaker 2 (01:40:06):
From tomorrow but here's.
Speaker 1 (01:40:08):
The thing the, magic number if, You Will Major league
baseball were used to just looking at the magic number
is very. Very simple you subtract the number of games
that you have the lead on from the remaining amount of.
Speaker 2 (01:40:22):
Games on, your schedule and you have the.
Speaker 1 (01:40:24):
Magic number so in, this Case, for texas the magic number,
would APPEAR and i do stress the word appear appear
to be four because they're up five with nine. To,
play however and of course they can reduce it in
the head to Head, with arkansas BUT if, lsu continues
when it could extrapolate a little. Further out but it
is important to Note obviously texas won the regular season SERIES,
(01:40:48):
from lsu so if the two, are tied it'd Be
like Texas And south carolina. Women's basketball, they tied and
of course they split two regular, season meetings and they
have flip a coin to see it was the one
scene the t they would not have to flip a
coin in this Case because texas won the regular season SERIES.
From lsu so you could say the magic number is
(01:41:08):
four to assure yourself of at least a share of
the title off. Of that so it's important to keep that.
In mind And As cedric GOLDEN and i were, talking
About As keith morland mentioned, last WEEK and i do
believe it to be true and the other people that
have READ with sec far, and AWAY and i do
mean far. And away if you look AT the, rpi
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numbers far and away the best baseball conference in. The
country they occupy the top five spots IN. The rpi
it's Like the beatles in that one Week in april
nineteen sixty four where they had the top five songs
in the in the. Top, forty yeah in the in
the top forty. Hit list that's never been done before. Or,
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since WELL the sec has the top five spots in IN,
the rpi so it really helps in. That, respect Then
Like jim, slosnagel SAYS, the sec it takes care, of
itself meaning if you're winning against REAL good, rpi teams
you're going. To rise and even if, you lose you're
not going to, drop far as evidence by The FACT
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texas A and m only.
Speaker 2 (01:42:15):
Dropped a couple.
Speaker 1 (01:42:16):
Of spots, IN fact i think it was only one
spot from thirty nine to forty by losing all three
Games to texas over.
Speaker 2 (01:42:23):
The weekend so those things all help For.
Speaker 1 (01:42:28):
The longhorns For, the aggies it's going to bet they're
eight and thirteen in conference. PLAY now a losing record in,
the conference in the best conference in the country is
not going to keep you from getting in a vast
gap in the record In the one loss record in
the conference.
Speaker 2 (01:42:47):
Is going to put you.
Speaker 1 (01:42:47):
In trouble and they're eight and thirteen now in the
league WITH an rpi. Of forty so THEY have lsu,
this weekend a successful weekend. With help then they Play,
at missouri who's horrible twenty one in. The leagues they're
not going to get much help there except that they're
going on the road and then, or no they've got
they may have them.
Speaker 2 (01:43:06):
At home i'll look.
Speaker 1 (01:43:07):
At that did they Finish, At georgia so that would
BE an rpi booster as well if they could find
a way to win those. Two series want, to sweep
but if they could win those two series and then
obviously they're probably Gonna. Sweep missouri that's. Five wins that
gets them the thirteen and seventeen in. The league with
a couple of good. Road, series yeah at that point
they're probably in. The field but they. Got it they're
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going to have to handle their business starting this WEEKEND,
against lsu.
Speaker 2 (01:43:32):
And they do play them.
Speaker 1 (01:43:33):
At home, All right we'll be back to wrap up
today's edition of the program on thirteen Under.
Speaker 2 (01:43:37):
The zone