Texas vs. AM Will Decide Big 12 Baseball Crown

by Scipio Tex on May 9, 2011 4:46 PM CDT in Texas Longhorns and Other Baseball

That series is ten days away, but it should determine the Big 12 champion with each team needing to win 2 out of 3. Although A&M sits atop the Big 12 standings on a percentage basis (15-6 record), they still have to play a home series with last place Nebraska this weekend while Texas (17-7) faces a non-con tune up against Texas Southern.

Even if the Huskers were to win 2 out of 3 against the Aggies, the winner of the Texas-A&M series still wins the regular season title either outright or with the head to head series win. The Longhorns' failure to consistently win on Sundays prevented them from taking full advantage of a late season Aggie decline and another Garrido Big 12 title (6 regular season, 4 tournament; Longhorns have 5 of the last 7 regular season titles) is pinned on an opener in College Station and two games back at the Disch.

Obviously, if Nebraska were to sweep A&M, the Longhorns would only need to win one of the three. Although there would be a certain cosmic Aggieness in that occurring, don't hold your breath.

The most important game of the series will be Jungmann pitching the opener in College Station. Win that and we're likely set. Lose and it's a confident Aggie squad needing only 1 of 2 in Austin against a Texas team that isn't all that dominant when anyone not named Jungmann pitches.

Although Texas is ranked 5th in Baseball America's most recent college poll, a low SOS makes our iterative strength ratings much more modest.

So national seeds are at stake as much as regional pride.

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I just did some “Oh crap. My boss is walking up behind me!” math and I think this series will settle the Lone Star Showdown that no one gives a crap about except that you hate to see Aggies win anything.

Let’s see the Ags deal with that kind of pressure.

by BurntEndz on May 9, 2011 5:23 PM CDT reply actions

I think we need to win Track & Field both Men’s & Women’s and baseball to win the LSS. Our team is in their standard 2nd half coming apart at the seams. We’ve been streaky this season and for once I’d like to have a good streak against the Horns. Maybe Auggie will overdo his pep talk and they’ll come out too tight. The ones I saw on Youtube were Full Metal Jacketesque.

by KilgoreTrout on May 9, 2011 8:15 PM CDT reply actions

What is a full metal jacket?

by Current UT undergrads on May 9, 2011 10:09 PM CDT reply actions

Isn’t that the old movie about the Iraq war that has Charlie Sheen in it?

by Current A&M undergrads on May 9, 2011 10:10 PM CDT reply actions

they just lost their basketball coach.

by kemit on May 9, 2011 10:24 PM CDT reply actions

What is our record against the Ags in the past 30 games? It’s got to be something like 25-5 right?

by dick on May 9, 2011 10:33 PM CDT reply actions

Full Metal Jacket
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8Nf1MK7lts

Agree we’ve been owned in baseball.

by Kilgore Trout on May 9, 2011 11:22 PM CDT reply actions

Isn’t Full Metal Jacket the one where Charlie Sheen carries that girl out of the factory at the end? Great movie….I cry every time.

Both Austin games are televised. Not sure what the Fox College Network is, but I can usually find just about anything on Dish if it is televised.

by jinx on May 10, 2011 7:59 AM CDT reply actions

We are 24-6 in the last 30 regular season games against Texas A&M, 22-8 in the last 30 overall including Big 12 Championship Tournament matchups.

In the last 5 seasons we are 14-1 against the Aggies in regular season contests. Still, that obviously doesn’t mean anything this year.

by Huckleberry on May 10, 2011 8:08 AM CDT reply actions

Figured Turgeon to Maryland would be getting some play by now on here.

by dedfischer on May 10, 2011 8:22 AM CDT reply actions

We are 24-6 in the last 30 regular season games against Texas A&M, 22-8 in the last 30 overall including Big 12 Championship Tournament matchups.

In the last 5 seasons we are 14-1 against the Aggies in regular season contests. Still, that obviously doesn’t mean anything this year.
If numbers don’t matter Huck, you’re stepping into some existential quicksand.

by Texoz on May 10, 2011 8:38 AM CDT reply actions

Figured Turgeon to Maryland would be getting some play by now on here.

With UT basketball transitioning to a “D League” farm club, we’re ambivalent.

SIX players to the big league in two years! Woo-Hoo!

by Texoz on May 10, 2011 8:40 AM CDT reply actions

Meh. Even if we win, our aggie governor will still have his revenge on the university.

by spider on May 10, 2011 8:51 AM CDT reply actions

How do you cry about a movie that doesn’t exist as Charlie Sheen was never in Full Metal Jacket and I am not sure how one confuses Matthew Modine’s portrayal of “Joker” with Sheen. Additionally, any movie that containing Vincent D’Onofrio’s incredible character of “Pyle” and Lee Armey should never be confused with any part of Stone’s overly done work in Platoon that had Sheen, Beringer, and DeFoe.

by Davey O'Brien on May 10, 2011 9:12 AM CDT reply actions

I’m looking for another Rob Job in this series against Texas which means we’ll fall flat on our faces while our best hitters are either batting 9th or on the bench.

by Ag_in_TX on May 10, 2011 9:34 AM CDT reply actions

“He tells us we’re better than Texas every day!”

by Vasherized on May 10, 2011 9:42 AM CDT reply actions

What Davey said. Great actors in both. Unfortunately “Platoon” did not have Stanley Kubrick directing.

by g'69 on May 10, 2011 10:43 AM CDT reply actions

Even more unfortunate is that no movie has Kubrick directing anymore.

Also, the first attempt by the second Aggy was the Rambo parodies was in…I think

by Frank the Plank on May 10, 2011 10:50 AM CDT reply actions

Davey,
I think you need to adjust the ol’ sarcasm meter.

by Holy Cow on May 10, 2011 11:12 AM CDT reply actions

There can be no sarcasm involving Charlie Sheen, Oliver Stone, and a real movie like Full Metal Jacket. Lee Armey wouldn’t stand for it and I won’t either.

by Davey OBrien on May 10, 2011 12:12 PM CDT reply actions

You’re right Davey. It wasn’t Charlie Sheen, it was Richard Gere. I always confuse those two.

by jinx on May 10, 2011 1:25 PM CDT reply actions

No, you are confusing FMJ with the the movie starring Gere and Daymon Wayons.

by Davey OBrien on May 10, 2011 2:04 PM CDT reply actions

I believe you are confusing Damon Wayans with Debra Winger.

by nordberg on May 10, 2011 3:23 PM CDT reply actions

He was thinking of the remake: “Officer With a Gentleman”

by g'69 on May 10, 2011 4:01 PM CDT reply actions

No, g’60, you are confused with the remake starring Lexington Steele and Mark Davis.

Damn shame David Keith’s career didn’t die tied to that shower rod instead of his character.

by Davey OBrien on May 10, 2011 4:14 PM CDT reply actions

Re: Keith. Are you sure it didn’t?

by Frank the Plank on May 10, 2011 4:22 PM CDT reply actions

Frank,

I have debated whether having a career the is comprised of failed series on TBS the equivalent or acting pergatory or one of Dante’s levels in career hell.

by Davey OBrien on May 10, 2011 7:03 PM CDT reply actions

Davey, I don’t necessarily know what that means but I’m pretty sure I know David Keith didn’t have a career. He just did some movies and stuff. Badly.

by Frank the Plank on May 11, 2011 12:51 AM CDT reply actions

I’m glad it’s coming down to the final weekend, us against aggy. I fully expect Jungmann to be at his untouchable, unflappable best in Collie Station. But I have no idea which Cole Green we’ll see on Saturday, and obviously Sunday games have been a total crapshoot for us pitching-wise. The aggy pitching staff has been both awesome and woeful this season; hopefully their late-season problems will continue next weekend.

BTW, it’s Ermey. Lee Ermey. Not Armey. Just FYI.

by burnt orange outrage on May 12, 2011 2:44 PM CDT reply actions