Ketch's 10 Thoughts From The Weekend (Zigging when everyone else zags)

[BevoPhil]

Got one!

 

[Califashorn]

Ewers is really good. Just wait.

 

[Ketchum]

If Trahan is top 3 then who are the other 2?

Simms
Malik and Andrew Beck stand out from the last decade.

 

[Horn On Wheels]

Rarely does it seem like there's this much confidence from two sides.

So he does have a good poker face.

 

[Ketchum]

No youre not. There isnt a piece of that offense that scares anyone

Just seems like a pit he's trapped in.

 

[Ketchum]

If Anthony Richardson is better than Quinn Ewers, we got a problem. Pretty sure he was benched for at least part of last year at Florida.

🤷‍♂️ 🤷‍♂️ 🤷‍♂️

 

[Ketchum]

Ketch back tracking version 1,000… Engaged

if you say so....

 

[Ketchum]

I've had the same thought about the 38 trips and 6 championships, but if you look through the records from the other big name baseball programs, a lot are sitting very similar. It's hard to win there, I think you have to throw in the 6 runner up finishes and realize that a 3rd of the time texas has finished 1st or 2nd. Also, the number 1 seed hasn't won since 99, that is enough to tell you it ain't easy when you get to omaha.

I don't think anyone thinks it's easy.

 

[Ketchum]

Now I’m convinced you’re either invested in Farrell’s website or he has some serious dirt on you

He just tweets a .lot. lol

 

[Ketchum]

Good stuff, Ketch. Thought I knew about Otis, but I surely knew very little. Gracias por todo.

 

[Ketchum]

Ketch:

Never knew about your feelings for Otis Redding.

I always assumed that you were born just a little too late to appreciate the same genre as me.

Part of the weekly rotation in my house for most of my life. A lot of Saturday morning listening.

 

[Ketchum]

@Ketchum you have us at 8 wins next season, where did you put us at this point last year? 7?

about the same

 

[JBR2009]

No. 5 - What could you possibly expect?

If your starting pitching is going to massively disappoint, your defense is going to make costly errors and your fiercest hitters are going to come up empty, it's very hard to win in Omaha.

After a 2 and BBQ session over the weekend, no one knows this better than the Texas baseball team.

It just didn't happen for the Longhorns this weekend.

That it didn't happen against the Aggies on Sunday matters less than the fact that it didn't happen at all in two games. The goal is to advance. Once that objective fails, nothing else matters (unless A&M comes all the way back out of the loser's bracket).

At the end of the day, a season with more promise than just about any of the last decade ends up being pretty good. Nothing more, nothing less.

Kudos in the coverage you put together for baseball this year. It was different than in years past, but it remained second to none in quality of college baseball beat writing. @ZachattheDisch @AaronLittleOB @Travis Galey

 

[Ketchum]

Phil Steele has been a sooner honk for as long as I can remember.

Or maybe Oklahoma has won a lot of Big 12 titles and it's made sense to bet on them 🤷‍♂️

 

[LWULFE]

@bevo89 there are 8 teams at each CWS. That means there is a 1/8 (12.5%) chance of winning. How can you complain about anything better than 12.5%! Expecting better is Saban or Wooden type expectations. If Pierce gets there 5 time and doesn't win it once, he might have some pressure that he can't climb the mountain, but getting to Omaha 3 times already in his brief career at Texas is strong. We have 1 national championship in football since DKR. Was everyone after DKR a failure? MB only won it once in his entire time here and you are upset that Pierce hasn't got there yet.

 

[Ketchum]

So he does have a good poker face.

Arch Manning =

 

[Ketchum]

Kudos in the coverage you put together for baseball this year. It was different than in years past, but it remained second to none in quality of college baseball beat writing. @ZachattheDisch @AaronLittleOB @Travis Galey

I take all the credit!

Seriously, the guys killed it all year. I just got out of their way.

 

[Uncut Degenerate]

Excellent column @Ketchum, Happy Father’s Day.

 

[Ketchum]

Excellent column @Ketchum, Happy Father’s Day.

Thanks for the kind words. Right back at ya.

 

[uorij]

Love your Otis list! It would be hard to not include I’ve got dreams. Otis was king of the belly rubbing music in my day