Coogs

I was optimistic after UH took game one from UT at Austin that they might be able to get another one and a trip to the College World Series, but UT was just too damn good this year. I liked UH's pitching matched up against most teams in the playoffs this year -- except UT's. They have the best, deepest pitching staff I've seen in college baseball the last few years. It was just too much, as they took the last two games to go on to the College World Series to face Rice. That should be a good game.

Kudos to the Coogs, though, for an unexpectedly good season. At the start of the season, the team was unheralded and unranked. They played well beyond what anyone predicted, and established themselves as a legitimate top-10 team. Any other year, they probably would have hosted their own Super Regional, and we might have seen three Texas teams in the College World Series. But it didn't work out that way this year, unfortunately.

Still, Rayner's building quite a program here. It's pretty cool to have two college baseball powers here in town. Especially considering the stench coming from Orange Juice Field right now. Gawd, the Astros stink.

[Posted at 16:52 CST on 06/09/02] [Link]