Not sure why there’s pessimism seemingly based on the Big 12 preseason coaches’ poll? Everyone giving the team that went to Omaha last year (UT) and that is returning and adding a ton of talent the benefit of the doubt as slight favorite. Then basically a coin toss mashup of the 3 other contender regulars in Tech (preseason player of the year), OSU, and TCU (defending champ that just lost its most successful coach in program history).
UT, Tech, OSU, and TCU all in the mix? Seems super reasonable. We’ll see who gets hot in mid-April and May for a big May-June run.
We’ll see how new talent handles D1/Big 12. We’ll see if there are injuries. We’ll see how our club handles a tough schedule (no home weekend series until week 4, and 4 of the first 5 weekends on the road) and very tough April/May road series in Austin, Stillwater, and Tallahassee.