If you don't want to feel like that, don't compete for aggy. The formula is simple. Those coaches had their aggettes playing like their hair was on fire for 3 games. They got maximum intensity out of a senior laden bunch. They got lucky breaks and capitalized on them. They got monster home runs from unlikely sources. They got everything a team needs to win and win big - and they still lost to Daddy Texas because that's. what. aggy. does. This series was a wonderful illustration of aggy's entire athletic history. Their school motto should be "We tried really hard."
You know what I see in this picture? 3 errors. We made 6 in the last two games. That needs to be fixed ASAP.
This morning I felt exhausted, happy, relieved and so joyful. After the Horns roller coaster win. It reminded me of the days of my daughter's travel ball team coming out of the loser's bracket starting at 8am on a Sunday morning. Then being at the ball park all day long. Then finally, making it to the championship game... No one else is there but the last two teams at 8pm. Hook'em Horns! BTW... I read a few comments about Atwood getting hit --> It was good to see Kennedy give Atwood a congratulatory hug when they were shaking hands at the end of the game. I don't think that last pitch was intentional. I think Kennedy was tired.
My goodness, I was never so nervous while playing as I am now watching! My fingernails have disappeared, and my liquor cabinet is dry. I can replenish the cabinet by Thursday, but am doubtful about the fingernails!
Agree on Atwood. Aggy wasn’t going to let her beat them and planned on pitching her inside. She was plunked too many times which made it appear at times to be intentional.
Watch it again. Looked more like Reece initiated that embrace. Maybe if it were the only time she was hit, but it wasn't. I could be wrong.
mm, This series is the one time that the Aggies truly did NOT "run out of time". If they had just played five innings, they would have won.
That’s what I thought, too, but the NCAA shows them as champs in 1983 and 1987 and runnerup in 84, 86 and 2008: https://www.ncaa.com/history/softball/d1 I have no memory of that, but I’m old. And the 80s were most certainly not televised ... Also, shows them as champs in the final year of the old AIAW in 1982. Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women championships - Wikipedia So I guess they have something to sell to recruits - wonder where those trophies are housed?
I presume this was because of the nauseous announcers asking for this to be played as often as possible. Gee, you mean like in the same conference? Almost had to mute the sound to be able to enjoy the game.
Announcers mentioned in Game 2 and 3 that there was no Public Address announcer in the stadium. I understood that to mean there was no UT sports info person who could find out what umps were discussing or relay info to the ESPN announcers? Odd.
Amanda Scarborough was an All American at TAM, but I think she does a good job keeping her aggie-ness hidden when she’s calling Texas games. The male announcer is too young to have any first hand knowledge of the old rivalries - I liked his excitement about both teams. Assume we will play a series because softball plays so many games. But we don’t play every SEC school in football or, IIRC, basketball. About - Amanda Scarborough
Don’t know - don’t recall seeing them. They mentioned the heat several times … it’s possible that ESPN thought Texas would cruise in 2 games, so didn’t budget for in-person announcers. Edit: I don’t recall seeing announcers at any of the other games. Only the studio threesome, who coordinated coverage. Sigh. Technology is taking over.
And that was one of the best things about the game. I hate coaches that over-work their pitchers and risk injury. The other pitchers gave up 3 runs in 5 innings, Kennedy comes in and gives up 3 in 1 inning. Ford deserved what she got.
