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Conference Titles

OK, so I read about our Baseball team's Conference Championship a few minutes ago, and in the write-up it said this was the 75th conference title of the program's history.  75!!  Really!?  That number just jumped out at me as ridiculous.  So I decided to check.......

Star-divide

The first place (and last place, cause I didn't need to look any further) I looked was here  http://www.texassports.com/trads/conference-championships.html

 

If you haven't checked this out, you should.  It blew me away.  No wonder we are so hated.  I think the only thing that can maybe compete with baseball's impressive run might be the 29 consecutive conference championship string that Eddie Reese hascompiled since his arrival.  Of course, I am a little biased there.

Anyway, just some off-season thoughts and reflection.  Congrats to the Baseball Team.  The tower will be orange tonight.

 

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Thanks for sharing. The only time since 2002 that Texas hasn’t won the regular season on tourney title was ’05…

by 40AS on May 10, 2009 9:42 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Kenyon has won 30 consecutive Division III Men’s Swimming National Championships…

while that’s D3… that’s still fuckin impressive.

by Displaced Longhorn on May 10, 2009 9:44 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

In some ways, that is more impressive than Div I success....

To be sucessful in DI Swimming, you have to be at a certain level, only 10-15 schools are there every year, but when you are at that level, you are going after the top 10% of High School athletes.

To win a national championship in Div III (which is FAR more competitive than Div II btw) you have to continually convince kids that SHOULD swim at a Div I school to come to your program. Some would say the latter might be more difficult.

"A lot of people look for the easy way to do anything, in swimming there is no easy way." - Eddie Reese

P.S. 45-35

by SwimTexas on May 10, 2009 10:38 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

The Tower is orange and as always is beautiful.

"From the waist down, Earl Campbell has the biggest legs I have ever seen on a running back." -John Madden

by run Bevo run on May 10, 2009 10:46 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

I think the only thing that can maybe compete with baseball’s impressive run might be the 29 consecutive conference championship string that Eddie Reese hascompiled since his arrival.

Active Drowning Avoidance is still Active Drowning Avoidance.

by Beergut on May 14, 2009 3:07 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Hrm

I imagine the beergut buoyancy effect lends itself to Drowning Avoidance without the need for the Active part, so I can see where you feel the need to dismiss the accomplishments of so many.

by jc25 on May 14, 2009 4:17 PM CDT up reply actions   1 recs

That is idiotic.

"A lot of people look for the easy way to do anything, in swimming there is no easy way." - Eddie Reese

P.S. 45-35

by SwimTexas on May 16, 2009 9:28 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

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