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There's two things I would point to: 1) If your child is planning to play in the NCAA they better get used to practicing at 6AM regardless of the temperature. 2) You're going to get more out of your reps, especially the ones later in practice, if you're not getting beat down by the sun. There's a fine line between the benefits of practicing in the heat vs the detriment due to sapped energy levels and attention span.

Houston with an 11-2 win over Arlington. Astros are now in first place for the first time since April 3rd when they were 5-2. Houston has won 9 of last 10 and are 12 games above .500 (36-24, .600) since May 20.

10am and we're in the red... "2-hour max practice time. Players are restricted to helmet, shoulder pads, and shorts" Coaches around the state are monitoring their current conditions and will adjust as always. No real threat of missing practice in November December because of this. Hopefully they'll be smart and get the work in early.

5-4 win for Houston. Astros have now won 5 straight and 10 of last 11. Have 1 1/2 game division lead. Go for the sweep tomorrow.

People tend to have different opinions on what making America great looks like. It’s more than a narrow biased catch phrase.

Should the UIL require open enrollment schools to play sports in the highest classification? The private schools who elect to play in the UIL are required to play in the highest classification. Houston's Strake Jesuit comes to mind. SJ's enrollment fluctuates between 1,200 and 1,400, but the SJ sports teams must play in 6A. Should the open enrollment schools be treated the same way? Both systems, private education and open enrollment public schools, can cherry pick athletes.

What's even crazier is that if you're only paying your starters $11M you have little to no chance of even contending for a P4 conference championship in this environment. Indiana was the outlier because a bunch of their team transferred from James Madison with the coach and weren't sought-after NIL guys. I love that the players are getting paid now but it's also kind of disappointing that the influx of money has led to the strip-mining of high end talent from the lesser conferences. Never again will you be able to turn on a MAC game on a random Wednesday night in November and watch a Chad Pennington hook up with Randy Moss in the snow or stay up late watching Derek Carr hook up with Devante Adams at Fresno St. in a WAC game.

No it doesn't, the only player making over $1M on Baylor's roster is DJ Lagway who was a 5* coming out of high school and started two years in the SEC. The only way you get those NIL numbers listed above are to be an elite high school recruit or a big time transfer that produced at your previous stop. A low rated 4* or a 3* is going to have to earn their money once they get to campus. Prior to Baylor signing Lagway this year they signed Walker White from the portal who was a top 5-8 QB in the nation before singing with Auburn out of high school, he's already out the door again on the way to Central Arkansas. I highly doubt he's collected $300k after three years on P4 rosters. Baylor has had three players drafted in the last four years which is basically when the NIL era kicked off, two have been linemen. If you're good enough to make "millions" in the trenches in college you're most likely getting drafted. Outside of a guy Baylor is willing to overpay for in the portal from time to time to get him to Waco nobody they're willing to pay that type of money to would actually stay there because better teams/playoff contenders would pay more.

Also, this win secures the Silver Boot for the Astros. That makes 10 consecutive years Houston has won the Silver Boot. A friend of mine asked, "Is this even a rivalry anymore?"

Poor Dezenzo, with a position player pitching for the Rangers and the bases loaded, they pinch hit him for Alvarez and he got booed. Of course the boos were for the substitution, not the player. That had to be tough.

Along with leading the West, the Astros now have the same record as Cleveland who presently hold the final wild card spot. Nice change of status in just a few weeks for the club.

We'll be previewing each class over the next few weeks Here is Class 1A/2A

If they had placed a financial penalty on the contractor for failing to meet the deadline, the stadium would have been open.

I just want to get 2 of 3. But a sweep would be nice. Pitching matchups for the 3 game series: Eovaldi vs. Brown DeGrom vs. Blanco Rocker vs. ????

You need to give it a rest, it's 2026. 😎

We cant compare games to practice...games are much easier and less strenuous than practice....I was told by an AT that 95% of heat related issues take place during practice. Games have built in breaks much moreso than practice If we are talking about varsity football games start in the evening....WGBT won't be an issue at 7pm if its an issue for freshman/JV games then push start time back a bit or play Sat AM the hand wringing is typical anytime something new happens...coaches will adapt and adjust just fine

I’m sure the upcoming football season will work out fine despite these new rules and people yelling at clouds shaking their fist…

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3-2 win for Houston. Astros remain 2 games back of Arlington for division lead. Houston has won 7 of last 8.

I say pitching because that’s what the game is all about. We have plenty of fire power, they just forget to show up some games. Hard to believe Imai was part of the combined no-hitter. I went to bed on them too. Had to get up early. Them west coast games are tough. Lol

Tatsuya Imai has to go. He has failed to get out of the FIRST inning in three of his 15 starts this season and has thrown fewer than five innings eight times. This information is courtesy of Chandler Rome who I follow on the X (old twitter) platform. The Stone Cold Astros podcast believes Dana Brown is a lame duck. The Astros will let him ride out this season, the last year of his contract. If the Astros make a deadline trade, supposedly Brown wants a bat. Espada is asking for starting pitching. Which one will win that tug-of-war?

You know who you are. Lol

The worst thing Massie has done was force Trump to sign off on the Epstein Transparency Act which became law. Ever since then Trump has been butthurt. Massie has voted with Trump 91% of the time. He just doesn’t worship his party, he listens to his constituents and his votes show it. lol

What’s sad is people swallowing everything Trump does and says without questioning anything. Thats what you call sad and pathetic. lol

Don't trust anything Massie says? He's a turncoat!

So why spend so long trying to negotiate?

Well said. 🙂

4-1 win over White Sox. That's 5 straight wins. Brown with a very good outing. 7 IP, 0 runs on just 2 hits, 7 K's and no walks.

Blame it on the select sports culture........ If I don't like it one place we will just go somewhere else and parents have encouraged it. Kids play for the name on the back instead of the name on the front now.

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This just makes gas prices even more than a slap in the face. If we’re the king of oil then why in the heck are we paying ridiculous fuel prices?!!

Hader 15 saves. Sousa made it scary interesting, I thought Blanco pitched pretty well no decision. Okert wins\

Strake Jesuit has just shy of 3,000 kids so they would be 6A regardless but other states have already moved to this model or some type of hybrid. Louisiana moved to a "select" division similar to the Catholic League in California and Florida added an "open" division for their best teams regardless of class. You're probably referencing SOC and I agree, there's really no way they should be playing in 5A-D2 with PNG. SOC's actual attendance zone is very small but Molina, Kimball and Carter are all in the same neighborhood and supplement their roster before you even get to the actual "transfers". The South Dallas County coaching staffs also do a great job at identifying youth talent and "steering" them to programs so that PAPF's never even become an issue. It's going to be the same for Desoto dropping down to 5A-D1 this year

I think it also depends on your location. WBGT can be different in Orange Texas than in San Augustine Texas.

You're not giving a 3* high school QB $300k a year just for his signature at a lower tier P4 school. He would be very lucky to get $100k as a freshman from Baylor. That's why I pointed out that even a high school All-America transfer QB from the SEC is already headed out. I'm sure he would've gladly accepted $300k-$600k to wait in line behind Lagway versus transferring to a mid-major where he would be doing well to get $50k a year. These teams have GM's now and unless you're a school with extremely deep pockets you're not paying a kid $1M to sit on the bench and develop. Long before a coach with his job on the line like Aranda gives an unproven high school commodity $300K per year to be a depth player they would just go get another one of these experienced guys from the portal like they did with DJ. [Hidden Content]

Qb is still a battle gray is the rb # 21 from last year we have a kicker but we gone see how he do first time playing football 🏈

Hardin's just a tough matchup....if Golightly is eligible at Troup I might give them the edge over Hardin but thats TBD

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Well I agree completely. I’ve been saying for a decade plus now that the average American is mad at the wrong person, still aligning to “my party” , “your party” rhetoric. Some people catch on quicker than others

I dont think one of those could be any shorter

I sure am glad being a liberal isn’t a cult. They hate everybody that doesn’t agree with them, even if it’s proven false. I’d say that’s the attitude that allows a Hitler type to gain power. It’s already been conquered by the communists and Islamist, or Islamist/communist like Mamdani, but never fear, hating Trump will make everything hunky dory. Keep beating the drums without a candidate or policy, and keep after the sexual perversion that is the Democratic Party.

Nobody likes good news. They live in the negative. It’s easier that way.

My good friend Regan! 😆

Accurate.

True! If it's important for the Presidency then it should be important for all!

No, they don’t. The DSA is a separate political party. They claim “over 100,000 members”. President Failure and his media minions will lie twelve ways to Sunday in an attempt to make them indistinguishable from the Democratic Party, but it is a lie.

I think what Pine is trying to say is that kids need more outside exposure before practice starts, and he is right! Kids need to get out from in front of the TV, computer, gaming console, etc. Being acclimated to the heat before practice starts would help every kid.

Major pitching collapse today 12-3. Only bright ting Pena 2 dingers and Trammel 1. Something has to be done with that bullpen or pitching in general. That's baseball I guess. Took series and win streak was goog while it lasted. Mariners beating Arlington 5-3 in 7th tho