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For the first time since 1992, Texas and Texas A&M will square off in a three-game set in College Station.

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I'm going to assume that most folks who post here are unaware of this aspect of the rivalry. From 1993 until 2012, A&M and Texas split their series each year, playing Friday at the school that was designated to the the "visiting" team in the conference schedule, then Saturday and Sunday at the other place. Baylor joined in this arrangement so that it did not affect the number of home games. 1992 was unusual because the SWC tried an experiment, in the wake of Arkansas's departure, and played a double round robin, home and away (there were only seven SWC members playing baseball, so that resulted in 12 series).

Having a series start on Saturday and finish on Monday is kind of a non-starter because a Monday night game means the road team gets back home in the wee hours of Tuesday morning, if they fly charter. You want to play your getaway game during the day time, unless it's on a Saturday.

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"a seven-story, approximately 300,000 square-foot building addition to the stadium with new campus and gameday kitchens, flexible dining and concession venues, a multi-purpose hall and ballroom, intentionally flexible spaces for campus and gameday usage, and new club and premium suites,"

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Does the caw know about this?

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How many teams with a rpi of 75 or worse have ever made the NCAA tournament as an at large team?

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On selection day, I'm pretty sure the answer is zero. On April 8? I suspect there have been quite a few. Forecasting the tournament field based upon RPI in early April is about as accurate as the groundhog predicting how long winter will last.

Typically, you're going to play a minimum of two Thursday-Saturday series: (1) Easter (yes, there are always one or two exceptions); and (2) the final series (no exceptions). Beyond that, it's up to TV. The most I can remember A&M playing "off" schedule was four. This year, we just have the two (thanks to cratering in 2025, we were not in high demand for TV).

As someone who drives into CS just for baseball, having a Thursday-Saturday series on a regular weekend isn't my preferred option, as I'm out of the office for a full extra day. Now, on Easter, we close for Good Friday anyway, and I understand why they do it the final weekend, too, but it's very irritating when it happens just because TV wants a Thursday night game.

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is Grahovac, Sorrell, and Hacopian expected to go to the draft this year?

I assume Sorrell but maybe with Grahovac coming back from injury, it might be better for him to stay another year draft stock wise.

Who’s your starter you mentioned?

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All three will be drafted and sign.

Aiden Sims, our Sunday starter (up to this point), has been the best starter. I wouldn't be surprised to see him start Friday, and he pitched on Friday for our doubleheader with Vandy, so that would put him on regular rest.

Weston Moss has been up and down. Shane Sdao has been nuts -- he will give up four or five homeruns, but strikeout double digits, too. I will be surprised if the order is Sdao, Moss, and Sims for this weekend, as it has been up to this point. Clayton Freshcorn has been pretty good as a closer. The rest of the bullpen is a crapshoot.

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A&M may have the number one offense this week, but I still think UGA has the most consistent offense in the SEC. I also think they are the best overall team.

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I haven't seen enough of the league to say that, yet. They do have a damn good lineup, but I'd be a little bit worried about their pitching situation. Of course, just about everyone is worried about pitching depth this year.

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It's a great tradition and was a horrible tragedy. Like many tragedies it's one that could have been avoided. I was dating an Aggie and she knew some of the guys ("red pots" I think they were called) who were essentially the Corp reps who helped manage the construction. Every year they were absolutely trying to make it higher than the last crew did. That's just a human nature thing.

There were also lots of other aspects to bonfire such as student crews actually getting together to chop the wood, load the wood, bring it on site, etc.

No offense intended here but to me it seems like one of the best tributes A&M could make to those who died building the bonfire is to bring back the bonfire tradition again, but just do it under a stricter set of specifications. Again it was a great tradition and, quite frankly, blows our "light-a-candle-to-hex-A&M" tradition away.

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It's being done off campus, safely it would seem.

The sad thing about it is that, in my opinion, one of the prime contributors to the tragedy was when the location was moved from behind Duncan Dining Hall to the location adjacent to the polo field. The former location was on a high point, while the last location was basically a mud flat. The unstable mud was part of the problem, but the administration wanted to move it away from the residential neighborhood across Jersey.

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AD said 2 problems. There is a concrete base originally installed for Astroturf. That would have to be jackhammered. Underneath that is solid rock, which would also have to be jackhammered to install drainage and irrigation.

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They will have to remove that concrete base, but I'm not buying that "solid rock" problem. The old ballpark was carved out of a limestone cliff, yet had grass.