Oh My Goodness! PROGRESS!!!!

[FirefightnRick]

Just before first pitch of the championship game of the Baylor tournament this morning our softball gals prove that it’s actually possible to do a unified chant that not only has a unified beginning...but most importantly an ENDING!!!!

Yes........an ENDING!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Who knew that it was ever possible?

 

Rick

 

 

Edited February 24, 2019 by FirefightnRick

[FirefightnRick]

BTW...Your Mean Green just walked out of WACkO with #20 Baylor’s hardware.

When was the last time we’ve have a team beat two ranked teams in the same season, much less in three weeks time?

 

 

Rick

Edited February 24, 2019 by FirefightnRick

[greenminer]

 

[scratch1976]

7 minutes ago, greenminer said:

 

 

[scratch1976]

Love it! ⚾

[Harry]

Great win!

[greenjoe]

Soooo, if NT beats the #20 team and the #10 team, why aren’t we ranked ?

[drex]

OK, now it's time for the thread talking about how long we can keep the coach.

[emmitt01]

5 minutes ago, drex said:

OK, now it's time for the thread talking about how long we can keep the coach.

My wife’s pedicurist has a close friend who knows a guy who saw a realtor drive past Rodney Delong’s house.  

That realtor attended Purdue.  Our coach is as good as gone to Boilermaker country folks!!!

[drex]

Sounds viable to me...we will really miss him...hope he stays to finish out the season.

[Green Crazy]

Can someone tell me how we go 2-3 and win?

[FirefightnRick]

13 minutes ago, Green Crazy said:

Can someone tell me how we go 2-3 and win?

The first three games were for seeding placement for the actual tournament, which started Saturday evening.  We were 0-3 and were the last place seed and matched up to play the first place seed 3-0 ULL...and won to get to the championship.  We went into the championship 1-3 and beat Kent St to go 2-3 and won the trophy.

 

Rick

Edited February 25, 2019 by FirefightnRick

[DeepGreen]

That's like getting a bowl invitation with a 5-7 record and winning the bowl game.

[Green Crazy]

1 hour ago, FirefightnRick said:

The first three games were for seeding placement for the actual tournament, which started Saturday evening.  We were 0-3 and were the last place seed and matched up to play the first place seed 3-0 ULL...and won to get to the championship.  We went into the championship 1-3 and beat Kent St to go 2-3 and won the trophy.

 

Rick

Thanks

[FirefightnRick]

1 hour ago, DeepGreen said:

That's like getting a bowl invitation with a 5-7 record and winning the bowl game.

Except here you had to beat Florida to get the bowl invitation.

 

Rick

Edited February 25, 2019 by FirefightnRick

[MeanGreenTexan]

11 hours ago, emmitt01 said:

My wife’s pedicurist has a close friend who knows a guy who saw a realtor drive past Rodney Delong’s house.  

That realtor attended Purdue.  Our coach is as good as gone to Boilermaker country folks!!!

I thought he was living in a travel trailer?

[THOR]

15 hours ago, greenjoe said:

Soooo, if NT beats the #20 team and the #10 team, why aren’t we ranked ?

losing to california baptist (2-9) doesn't help...

[UNTLifer]

20 minutes ago, THOR said:

losing to california baptist (2-9) doesn't help...

Outlier. 

[THOR]

6 minutes ago, UNTLifer said:

Outlier. 

so is beating the #10 team in the nation...it goes both ways

[Salsa_Verde]

Conference perception has been a problem in relation to North Texas’ Women’s sports. The volleyball team went through it and if the softball team continues to shine they will go through it. Last year every team in the SEC made it into the softball tournament. 

[UNTLifer]

4 hours ago, Salsa_Verde said:

Conference perception has been a problem in relation to North Texas’ Women’s sports. The volleyball team went through it and if the softball team continues to shine they will go through it. Last year every team in the SEC made it into the softball tournament. 

True, but  our softball team has beaten two highly ranked teams this year in A&M and La-La.

[UNTLifer]

5 hours ago, THOR said:

so is beating the #10 team in the nation...it goes both ways

Except we also beat the #20 team in the nation and have played everyone tough winning many by large margins.  Losing to a 2-9 team is the outlier this season to date.

[Salsa_Verde]

56 minutes ago, UNTLifer said:

True, but  our softball team has beaten two highly ranked teams this year in A&M and La-La.

Interesting tidbit Lousiana Tech has received 23 top 25 votes and I’m not tracking they have any wins against top 25 teams. Seems like the rankings are a crap shoot 🤷🏽‍♂️

[DeepGreen]

I'm having early season "basketball flashbacks".  Tap the breaks on the girls softball team.  Too early in the season to crown them a Top 25 team.

[greenminer]

I'm not very fluent in softball talk, but I've always been under the impression that T25 wins carry much, much less weight compared to football.

Consider that they play about 60 games/year, and that most of the top teams from 2018 lost at least 10 games.  National champion FSU lost 12.

I think this team is very, very good.  The new staff is a breath of fresh air.  It will take a lot more success for the voters to be swayed...and that's probably normal.  Let's celebrate the team and support them.  Don't go all GMG-dot-com on them and split hairs about the wins-losses.

Edited February 26, 2019 by greenminer