The University of Texas At Omaha

by Sailor Ripley on May 28, 2025 11:51 AM CDT

Looks like we'll be taking a correspondence course this year.

Texas Longhorns out of the NCAA baseball tourney for the first time since 1998.
— @BarkingCarnival (@BarkingCarnival) May 28, 2025

On the one hand it's a pretty impressive streak to go so often. Conversely, should we ever NOT be going? Let this be your thread for well-reasoned discourse on #augieball.

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Thanks, Sailor

Despite what the Statesman opined last weekend, and what Baseball America was saying as late as Thursday, that we’d get an at-large bid — I had a feeling the playoff streak was at an end. Last chance to survive was disappeared when we dropped two games to Baylor; after that, we either needed a good tournament showing or a total collapse by OU.

The team never quit, IMO, but it was limited from the get-go — and seemed to overcome its limitations. We started conference play 11-4, swept OU in Norman, dropped a couple of killer extra-inning Big 12 games to Kansas and Tech that could have made that a 13-2 conference start. We looked like a real deal team.

Then, the limitations caught up. Lack of a quality No. 1 starter, so-so offense top to bottom, no power (again), and a defense that made a few mistakes when the margin between winning and losing required perfect execution all the time.

Then, we lost two key pitchers (one kicked off, one to injry). We finished 5-8, I believe, with two of those wins over a SWAC team (Texas Southern). We dropped eight of our final 11 conference games, lost three straight series and both games in the tournament.

I have a lot of confidence in Augie Garrido and his staff, but Augie is 73 and top assistant Tommy Harmon is 63. Do we need an infusion of youth? Dunno. It’s probably a topic worth discussing.

by edsp on May 28, 2025 1:01 PM CDT reply actions

Thanks

for your thoughts. Really curious what the folks who follow the program think.

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by Sailor Ripley on May 28, 2025 2:09 PM CDT up reply actions

"so-so offense top to bottom"

Kinda sums up the entire year for UT Athletics as far as football, basketball and baseball are concerned, doesn’t it?

by srr50 on May 28, 2025 3:18 PM CDT reply actions

Same as football slump.

Shit for recruiting.

by Flash1969 on May 28, 2025 5:39 PM CDT reply actions

Now the only excuse for a twist at the Zesto

is taking the kids to Henry Doorly.

I saw Clemens and Swindell both pitch when it was still up on the hill. Before Omaha was cool.

(Yes, I just typed that.)

by Parlin on May 28, 2025 6:37 PM CDT reply actions

I saw Wortham and Gideon both pitch when it was still up on the hill

And Omaha was pretty damn cool back then.

by srr50 on May 28, 2025 7:51 PM CDT reply actions

I've been going back to Omaha several times a years since I was born

I have family there, and my legion team used to play in Omaha during the world series. We had a nice chat one year with some poor scrub from UT who’s only action was warming up the next pitcher, guy was frickin hilarious.

Cool and Omaha are two words that should not be found in the same sentence together. That said, the downtown is actually starting to resemble a downtown and they have some decent live music. I like the new ball park as well.

If they keep this up some of the UNL graduates will actually STAY in Nebraska instead of moving to Denver.

by texitect on May 28, 2025 11:06 PM CDT reply actions