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Softball crowd relies heavily on people who either a) have jobs; b) come in from out of town; or c) both of the above. Midweek games that start at 4:00 with cold weather are never going to be a big draw.
Mallets pulled his jersey unfortunately
I think Fowler will come on despite the slow start. We have some young guys that need some ABs. Other guys need to take advantage of their chances or they will end up getting benched. Osterhouse should be sweating bullets with some of the young talented guys we have waiting for a chance.

Positive side outside of Fay getting hit around a little the pitching has been mostly strong.

Lack of offense is frustrating but hopefully some pieces will be moved around and they will start to come on with the bats. I don’t know what the injury situation is with Mizell who got a lot of ABs last year. I think we were also counting on Devenport, I’d be curious as to his availability moving forward also.
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There’s a decent chance we don’t win an SEC series.

JFC. No there isn’t.
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Many thanks to Bama Central for caring enough to cover the baseball program. Something the athletic department seems uninterested in doing. Maybe just a sign of cost cutting measures.


We may not have a baseball program in about five or six years. Seriously.

At least that will be one less thing for people to bitch about.
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We could miss a regional and have a team ERA of 6.00+ and LTL would still vouch for JJ to get another year.

He must have met him once and “he seemed like a great guy” or some BS.

I don't always agree with LTL, and I'm not vouching for Jackson, but we've played three games. The pitching looked really good in two of them. I'd argue that outside of Fay, the pitching on Friday was pretty solid, and Mitchell actually looked quite good.

People whining about firing a coach after ONE frickIN GAME are idiots pissing into the wind. Maybe you didn't want him back, but he's here, and he will be here this season. The simple-mindedness of just calling for coaches to be fired after any bad performance in any sport is making this board damn near unreadable.
Good start to the year. Two against FSU on the road next weekend could be revealing.
6 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 11 K, 3 BB. Pretty damn good outing.
Wazzu weekend rotation (2025 stats):

Luke Meyers - 15 APP, 9 GS; 5-4, 5.26 ERA; 78 H in 66.2 IP; .301 BAA; 50/21 K/BB
Nick Lewis - 16 APP, 14 GS; 4-7, 6.69 ERA; 98 H in 74 IP; .319 BAA; 47/21 K/BB
Griffin Smith - 16 APP, 14 GS; 5-6, 5.73 ERA; 97 H in 81.2 IP; .289 BAA; 41/18 K/BB
The good news for Auburn is that they can distract themselves from how bad they are now by constantly complaining about Alabama.
Bediako should not be playing. I don't have a problem with that.

But neither should these other guys who were deemed ineligible and have had courts overturn the NCAA. The whole system is fricked.

Truly the only way this is going to get resolved is for congress to step in and grant anti-trust exemption to the NCAA or to set specific laws in place, and I have pretty much no faith in any of that happening, and I'm also not entirely convinced that is their purpose.

So here we are.
Are we sure he was? I think it's been pretty firmly established that, of the Saban tree:

- Kirby was not going to leave UGA
- Sark used the opening to get a raise
- Lanning used the opening to get a raise
- Kiffin was persona non grata based on his relations with a prominent booster's wife

I mean, hindsight Cig would've been incredible, but he was 2 months on the job at Indiana at the time and not a realistic hire. Neither was Cristobal at the time.
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I like to think the fact Bama seemed to bring in some larger defensive linemen should help the defense not getting pushed around so much.


"Football experts" that I've heard on podcast, interviews, etc., have been saying since early in 2024 that they were concerned our defense was going to be vulnerable to the run, and that was based on scheme, not personnel. I think the jury is out as to whether that will continue to be the case, but it's a bit of a concern.
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Grubb is shite OC who doesn't understand situational football or how to coach up a strong running game.

I'm sure you'll all fill me in on how smart you all are after seeing a top 5 talent roster get their shite pushed in by 3 stars.

Alabama has made a terrible choice post Saban. Grubb and by extension DeBoer will be gone within 2 years.

I don't even know why I'm doing this, but...

He's not a shite OC. He's shown on multiple occasions and many times through his career to be able to put a highly productive offense on the field, even when he didn't have a team full of blue chip recruits. Last year was certainly a mixed bag, but I'm going to give him more than one year to make a determination on how good an OC he is.

If you're referring to Indiana, our defense got it pushed in also, right? And Oregon got it pushed in, too, despite probably a better roster? Indiana was a great team. We didn't play well, but they were just better than us (and everyone else in CFB this year), regardless of them having 3-stars.

That remains to be seen.
This gets said every year.

I may as well have been watching Telemundo. Maybe it was great if you understand Spanish. Bad Bunny particularly doesn't seem super talented to me in terms of voice, but his lyrics could be killing it for all I know. :dunno:
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Does anyone know if GA tech is going to be a contender for the ACC. I was unable to watch any of the games on my streaming app.

Predicted to finish middle of the pack in the ACC.
We are playing our asses off, but holy cow can we please get a stop.
I like the amount of returning experience we have, and I think we have some really talented freshmen also.
Loved watching Martin Houston play.

Don’t know if he’s in tune with current S&C, but I’d defy anyone to watch our football team this past year and claim we physically were a tough team. That to me is a reflection of the attitude of the coaching staff and/or the S&C staff.
He’s not being brave. He’s virtue signaling. He knows which way the wind is blowing and what stand will get him praise.