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Big XII Tourney: Day Four

Texas takes on Kansas State today at 12:30 with a shot at the conference title game on the line. Baylor plays Kansas in a meaningless game at 9:00, and the other side of the bracket will follow Texas' game to earn the right to play on Sunday. Aggy beat OU in a shootout last night (although what has happened to Aggy ace Brooks Raley? Before facing Texas -- 7-1, 1.96 ERA, since facing Texas -- 13.1 IP, 20 ER) making every team in that bracket 1-1 and every team still alive to advance with a victory and a victory by the team they've already beat.

Today's Schedule:

  • Baylor vs. KU -- 9:00 AM
  • Texas vs. KSU -- 12:30 PM
  • OU vs. Mizzou -- 4:00 PM
  • Aggy vs. Tech -- 7:30 PM

Big XII Sports allegedly has your video and live stats.

 

PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS
Texas:
RHP Taylor Jungmann (6-3, 1.88 ERA)
Kansas State: RHP Todd Vogel (4-1, 5.20 ERA)

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Comments

Sunday opponent
…making every team in that bracket 1-1 and every team still alive to advance with a victory and a victory by the team they’ve already beat.

OU win + Aggy win = Aggy advances
OU win + TTU win = OU advances
Mizzou win + TTU win = TTU advances
Mizzou win + Aggy win = Mizzou advances

Hook ’em!

Ground out to second to start the game. 1 down for KSU in top of first
Please tell me...

… that the camera work on the first ground out is not indicative of what we’ll see for the rest of the game. I could not be more confused.

I know.

camera swung around really quickly trying to catch the ball

But it is a perfect match for the announcing. nt whills
True maybe the announcers and camera operators are a package deal
Maybe that's the theme.

In Oklahoma, crappy cameras, crappy announcers… crappy game?

We cant bring our own announcers?
I assume Craig and Keith are not on in Austin?

They aren’t on 610 in Houston.

They're there...

… they’re just not doing the vid broadcast. They’ll be on the radio if you tune in to 1300 or equivalent.

Single to left. 1 on 1 out
Shut up about Google Earth.

Just shut up period, actually.

Runner on first stole second throw goes into center and runner advances to third
Ground out to third runner on third two away
Ditto.

Inning over, dodged a little bullet.

No doubt. Seemed like Taylor was behind to every batter
Ground out to third ends the top of the first
Torres base hit to center to start the bottom of the first
Who hired the announcer from Major League?

I keep waiting for “JUUUUUUUST a bit outsiide…”

He almost said it
Sacrifice moves Torres to second. Belt up
Was a nice bunt.

Hard down the 1B line, caused a stir.

Belt pops out to left. 2 away
M-I-C-K-E-Y

Anybody?

You have to e-mail

and ask him to say Just a bit outside

Trousers? For baseball
HOME trousers...
I never realized

Big12 baseball was so refined

Moldy strikes out. 0-0 end of 1
Fly out to center 1 away
Ground out to Torres 2 away
I should email him...

… and tell him to stop alternately shouting.

What's the email address? .nt whills
Hold on let me look
Walk runner on 1st 2 away
Color guy is in love with KSU.

Announcer is in love with Jagermeister.

big12mail@aol.com

Oh, you shouldn’t have just repeated that.

Do you kids even know what

Man from U.N.C.L.E. is?

I feel like i've heard of it, but not sure.
I can honestly say i don't
Ask whills, he'd remember. nt whills
Bahahahaha .nt whills
60's television show

google is ageless

There is an acheivement...

… for the spy class in Team Fortress 2 called “The Man from P.U.N.C.T.U.R.E.”. I guess that’s where it’s from.

haha - never heard of it

we are the BON version of New Army vs. Old Army…

Multiplayer online computer games...

… not that popular with people who have jobs, I’m told.

WoW
Notice I said games...

… not alternate realities.

Thank goodness for the strikeout
K for taylor to end the inning. middle 2 still no score
Email:

Subject: Suggestion

Body:
STOP SHOUTING and then talking really quietly AND THEN SHOUTING AGAIN.

My ears are killing me.

Big 12s game cast wannabe system isnt working very well
The video is working pretty well

Although unfortunately, so is the audio.

corporate wont let us have video
Screw Corporate

Those jerks are going down.

/office

until they come to my desk and hand me a pink slip
lol .nt whills
Except I missed the double because of a ChickFila commercial
I missed the double because of HB's Team Fortress 2
You like that?

“now he’s here to F*** us!”

Hilarious.

I got a hankerin'

for a peach shake for some reason. yuck.

I think the weebles gamecast

is far ahead of the video? Usually the other way around.

Crap - Keyes strikes out looking with man on third and one out
Keyes strikeout looking. 2 away
Grounout ends the inning

Have to be able to score after a leadoff double

Ground out ends the inning
did he say rex hole?
Which one of you is Michael

Complaining about the camera angles?

brain

they somehow chose to skip over your email.

They are brilliant

How did they catch that?

when is the champ game?
tomorrow afternoon
it should be a live broadcast on some channel, right?
yea on FSN i believe
1 PM CDT

FSN

good deal
believe me...

… you ain’t missing much.

back to back singles 0 outs
Pops up the bunt!

2 on, 1 out

Sweet

C’mon 6-4-3 here!

bunt popped up 1 away runner on 1st and 2nd
why the change at catcher?
catcher changed or jungeman needed to losen up some more?
Baseball remains a mystery to me. .nt whills
No clue

Hopefully nothing’s wrong with Rupp, he’s swinging a hot bat

They just said pops out of the glove of Rupp.

Unless they missed it

Popup to short left field - Loy grabs it, 2 down
pop out to shallow center 2 away
this is nice

I feel like im getting updates in stereo

haha - sorry, looks like NeTex has it

I tend to get excited

and 40AS gets to actually watch the game. .nt whills
Am I the only one watching?
I'm watching

Stopped listening, though.

I am watching on Big12 sports

Wanted to go to OKC but wife put the kabash on that idea

I prefer to stay out of Oklahoma at all costs
I like to maintain the current position of my nads as well.
haha

I just read that article again yesterday. I think someone linked it in a thread

I'm watching as well
They GET to...

They are two dudes… Don’t hurt their feelings.

He was probably refering to the entity that is 40AS
Haha

Shockingly not sure where AO is today

so you saying 40AS is two different people?

and they come together to be a more powerful Longhorn fan?

Much like Voltron
That's the plan anyway
bahahaha again. .nt whills
no problem

i think its funny

Fly out to hernandez. middle of 3
Hit it hard, but an easy catch for Hernandez
that should be the 3rd out
Great job by Jungmann
Rowe flys out to right 1 away
camera bay, dugout... whatever
club link wind

theres that refined big 12 baseball again

This is why baseball loses fans

The guy just said that there was a “Two club length” wind blowing in. Ay, ayay…

3 outs on about 5 pitches
This is how we lost...

… that game to A&M. Swing at everything.

Yup

usually when we dont play well we press at the plate. Swat at flys

And don't put the ball in play with runners at third

Ahem, Kevin Keyes

or at least swing at the ball...
Oh like no one strikes out looking. .nt whills
Yea, but everyone shouldn't
Have to swing at a close pitch in that situation

Just my opinion

My point was that...

… oh wait, that was last inning.

Look! Baseball!

I think the weird thing with this team is

they score five runs in the first inning on sunday against A&M and dont hit anything the rest of the game.

That was quick
Nice K for Jungman - high and outside heater
Hit 93 on the gun

Sweet, especially for a frosh

so whats the shelf life for a 93mph thrower in college

how long before hes in the MLB?

he has to play at least three years.

… YAY!

theres some good news
Hopefully at least 3 more years
I wouldn't imagine we'll have Jungmann more than 3 years
Maybe he'll get drafted by the Nationals

and decide to come back ;)

Like Stasburg probably will?
well, i didnt know the rules

like basketball, all you need is a diploma to get in the NBA

They can go after high school

But if they go to college they have to stay until after their junior year or after they are 21, whichever comes first

K for Jungeman 1 out
Jungmann walks next batter 1 on 1 out
double play ball to Loy. end of inning
Woo!

Let’s get some runs here!

Looks like one would be enough.

Yaaaawn.

I want to point out that my Nationals bullpen are 2-16 with 13 blown saves in 19 chances

For no real reason

Can't wait till the Cubs come to town

I’ll be at all 4 of those games. If that doesn’t get the Cubs hitters going, nothing will.

I won the lottery for Red Sox tickets

But had the email sent to an account I didn’t check until it was a month too late

Ouch

At least you can still get Pirates tickets!

Haha

Lucky me

no problem!

Belt lead off double!

Very nice

bring him in, Moldy.

Belt doubles to right center
Belt needs a nickname

In honor of his speed and height I propose Hyperspeed Giraffe

Possibly the worst/best nickname in the history of sports.

I like it.

EDSBS called VY that after the 06 Rose Bowl

Does that make it blasphemous?

No, that makes it PERFECT .nt whills
Belt steal third?

Please, that was hilarious last time.

n/m, ground out advances Belt.

moldy moves belt to third 1 away
Rupp's still in

Phew

so the Big 12 just made up the switch for no reason?
Would you be surprised?
well, the big 12 likes to try to jink us anyway
Jungmann must have tightened up or something

so they allowed him to throw some

Rupp sacrifice to score Belt
Nothing like Gamecast to incorectly switch out players randomly
Good execution that inning - love it
Ground out ends the inning
My dog has given up on me playing with her...

… and now she’s just laying down at my feet, wagging her tail whenever I say anything similar to praise. Like “oh, good, Rupp’s still in.” Probably sounded like “Oh, Good Pupp! BLAH BLAH BLAH!”

thats why you get a longhorn shirt for her so she can show her support as well
Actually, she's mostly white and orange.

A few shades of red off of perfect burnt orange.

1-0 through 3
Juuuuuuuuuuuusssssttttttt a bit outside

is back

Tried the corner and missed
and the batter is Vaughn..

I think there is something to this

And a strike brings the count to...

… aw who the hell cares?

Ground out to belt. One away
do do do do do do do do do

you have entered the major league zone

Jungmann hits the next batter one on one out
Ugh, he leaned into that one
Dude gets HBP

because he ducked his shoulder into the plate. That’s how he has 18 of them.

Biggio is in the hall of fame for that.

or will be, anyway.

Need a DP ball here
single to left advances runner to 3rd. 2 on 1 out
runner from first advances to second
You're a little TARDy, jaggoff.

HATEHATEHATE

Preston's in.

So they say now.

What the hell happened there?
ball hit bottom of bat caught by Rupp. 2 away
Damn

Caught bareahanded!

he caught it with his off arm
What?

That hit the bat!

that hit the bat or Jungmann has one helluva hook
Umpires clearly have an agenda against Texas

No other explanation

quite clearly.

No doubt.

I think they nailed it

Now they’re undoing it

That was an awesome play!

Does the bottom of the bat not count as a hitting surface or something?

yea it should count
They got it right the first time IMO

Maybe the ump saw it differently though

It took a quick dive

certainly appeared to hit his bat

So what happened to Rupp?
Now they're saying Rupp has been replaced

By Clark

someone needs to make up their mind
Crap!

This is your fault, you Harey Carey parody parody.

bottom line is that they are trailing 2-1

Damn

That would’ve been a tough play

yea it would have been. ball into center scores runner
2-1, or 3-1?
2-1

Man on first

2-1 .nt whills
caught him sleeping?
OH MY!

That was a quick throw! Picked off at first.

Pickoff ends the threat
Cap'n PROclean's bat

looks more suggestive when you hold it loosely like that.

Time to wake up the bats

If Strikeouts are K's

can Pickoffs be Z’s? As in ZZZZzzzzz….

Horn Brain that photo is disturbing!

It’s not Halloween yet! Maybe you’re bringing bad karma to the boys.

I've been a zombie through all of baseball season

We’ve been doing all right.

see kids

thats what happens when you OD on longhorns every hour of the day

I always thought it was a gorilla picture haha

Never looked at it big

Keyes doubles to center

A

Hell yes!

lets get ’em back

Keyes leads off with a double.

Nice.

That's what he brings
He just needs to make sure he keeps it in the car
Hernandez sacs Keyes to third
And now we're guaranteed to only get one run max.

I don’t like it.

i dont like it either

seems like if we get any kinda lead off hit, we immediately go with the sac bunt

That's Augie-ball

Can’t argue with Augie’s results

Yes you can.

You read Huckleberry’s post over at BC? Certainly makes an argument.

with our pitching

just getting 1 run at time is not as bad of a thing

You can, but it's a tough argument to make

Since he is the alltime winningest coach

Could he have won more?

Dunno.

Maybe

But considering he has won more than anyone else in history, it’s a tough argument.

but you don't KNOW.

Oh look! Baseball!

The problem with that analysis

Is that it assumes an average team in an average park. Texas is an above average pitching team without much power in a pitchers park. Generating a few runs here and there with superb pitching in a pitchers ballpark is a smart way to win ball games. Sitting back and waiting for the power isn’t as smart. It’s why Augie’s got 5 titles.

I like it in this situation

down 1 run, man on 2nd no outs, hernandez has been struggling.

only if it works
haha - sure, but that's hindsight

I like it from the beginning

Base hit to left 2-2
Great response
Rowe - RBI single!
Waco is only 4 hours from OKC? I had no idea OKC was so close
yeah, but theres a disease you catch once you cross over the red river
See my picture. .nt whills
lol

thats what Im talking about

Leave Craig alone

He’s probably just trying to get away from you.

Torres drive to center caught. 2 away
Bad luck on the hard hit by Torres. .nt whills
Fly out to right ends the inning
2-2 to the top of 6
Eww hope thats not serious with Rupp
Some kind of cut or maybe a break on Rupp's hand

Hopefully not serious.

They said he hit his hand on the bat throwing the ball and it was bleeding

So they made the decision to pull him out

Jungmann strikes out the lead off batter 1 away
Is this diatribe due to your email HornBrain? haha
Oh man, I completely missed it.

What happened?

They went on for about 5 minutes

about the camera angles and why they aren’t that good.

Base hit to right center 1on 1 out
We need a big Z here
well, then someone get belt a bedtime story to read
What a catch by Rowe
Great effort

that paid off.

What boring annoucning

Flyball…caught

lol

are they drunk?

I think the older one is.

The younger one is from Oral Roberts, and they don’t drink.

they are usually the worst
2 out man still on first
ground out to tucker ends the inning
Can we get some hits now that Vogel is out???
Hyperspeed giraffe up to start the inning
now all he needs is a icon
where is pb with the photo shop?
MS Paint, actually.
Zoooom!

And then um… whatever sound a giraffe makes.

Just looked

He leads the team in stolen bases…heh

belt does?
Yup

12-15

Maybe they are so stunned to see a giraffe run to second

they forget to throw the ball?

Wouldn't you be?
Haha yea i would
Actually

dont giraffe do more of a gallup?

belt walks
did he walk to first in a hyperspeed manner?
He did get down there rather quickly
With that strike zone? .nt whills
Pitcher pulled on a 2-0 count.
Moldy sac moves Belt to second
I think he was bunting for a hit
infield dribbler moves belt to third 2 outs
single to center scored Belt 3-2 horns
Good execution
They just said Rupp had a sternum injury? wtf
On his finger???
I don't think they know what they hell is wrong with him
lets think of a body part we have heard of before that sounds like it would be a bad injury
Next inning he'll probably have swine flu
like a gotta Rupp voodoo doll in the booth
haha

ate some bad pork

whos they

I dont trust the announcers

????

Who said that? Did I miss it?

Yea

the announcers were talking about it during the pitching change

Loy's been insane of late

Then he Zs

pick off loy on first end of inning
didnt see that Z coming
Sooner or aggy in the stands

threatening the good sportsmanship of our game.

i thought they were classy
grounder to loy air mailed into stands runner on 2nd no outs
Second tough error on Loy
was he trying to take out the unrully fan in the stands?
Ugh - not a good couple of innings for Loy in the field
Over the head of the giraffe?

that’s ridiculous.

How the hell do you throw it over a hyper speed giraffe?
3 errors so far...yikes!
Yea

Pretty fluke errors…tough grounder, ball off a batter’s helmet, long throw airmailed

Foul on 2 strike bunt attempt. 1 away
What the heck?

Who would bunt with two strikes? That’s ridiculously risky with almost no reward.

Yea, that was pretty dumb
Haha

That’s why you gotta practice bunting :-)

We need an abbreviation for that type of K. nt whills
I vote DA

Dumb Ass

Sideways K

like a picnic table?

They suck at Augieball

2 bad bunts already

guess Augie does know what hes doing
camera aiming from third to second is not level. .nt whills
fly out to loy and runner on second doubled off
he makes Rowlett so proud
Loy makes up for it with a DP lineout
yup nice catch

Middle 7 3-2

Woo!

Brandon makes all right

Okay I get the cows for Chick-Fila

but the Philiips 66 gas pump???

Hahahaha

This broadcast has been all class

Its been a gas!!!!!!!!
gotta fill the cups with something
There is more post in this thread

than a whole season at BGU

Bowling Green?
Aren't they BGSU?
beergut university (A&M)
That would be

bgu

Bahahaha again. .nt whills
Ah

Well, more non-beergut posts anyway

is it just me

or is having beergut as A&Ms main blogger (i could be mis-informed) is just hilarous

Aggy doesn't blog

they TexAg, which is far more hilarious than beergut.

i didnt figure that anything they do is normal
I started reading that the other day

it was pretty funny

Imagine a community of beerguts posting thousands of threads

Each more deluded than the last. That’s hilarious.

isnt what all college station is?
Oh to tap into the CS cell phone tower... .nt whills
You could sell tickets to that event. nt whills
Cap'n PROclean

Wasn’t he one of the villains on Captain Planet?

How is the pay for a job like that of

Captain ProClean?

Get paid in Phillips 66 gift cards?
They pay him in electrolytes

That suit must be awful.

The question is, can you write off the suit on your taxes?

or are they worried you would wear it out to dinner?

Keyes strikes out

A

All or nothing for him today
Yup

Big double though

Fouled off ball four

At least he went down swinging

He was mad at me for my comment about his striking out looking with a man on third

Thought he’d show me

Let it go, buddy.

It happens.

Pop out third base side 2 away
Fly out to right ends the inning
Taylor back out?

Me thinks not, but he hasn’t thrown a ton of pitches has he?

Assuming NP is pitches

109

No dont think he has, but they should be in the middle of the order right?
Never mind

He’s at 109…Hopefully Dicharry can get a good inning here

no jungmann still in
Interesting
Damn now its back to a finger

Maybe he’s a hemophiliac?

our bat boy is a chunk. .nt whills
Belt should have stuck his neck into the stands and caught the ball in his mouth
We should bring puppet giraffe heads

with extensible necks to the games.

haha that would be hilarious
Pop out to loy in shallow center 1 away
I wonder how many outs Jungmann will get before Wood comes in

Kinda surprised he’s still in

He still looks to be throwing well
Loy makes a good throw to first 2 away
haha

Beergut goes to Vegas!

If it is quiet on here, it means I’m at the craps table.

Shit! Who’s gonna do the live game thread?

The community will step up.

Right?

What Aggie would want to try their luck?

Isn’t that one of those “may lightening strike me” things?

OMG QUIT SPELLING! .nt whills
J-U-N-G-M-A-N
...M-A-N-N

lol

Batter HBP 1 on 2 outs
Glad to see they aren't going to try to let Jungmann go

Better to get him out now

He's not even spelling weird names.

Bluxom? Moldenhauer? You spell things with X’s or five consonants in a row or something.

Wood coming in

What a start by Jungmann

Hopefully this will help Wood get back on track
Hopefully he IS back on track.

Only up by one run.

True.

Not much wiggle room

Let's see a Z here
LSU put a 7 spot up on UGA in the top of the 1st
BOODAWGS SUK! .nt whills
They were #1 earlier in the year but have completely fallen off the map

Remind you of a Big XII team?

Hmm biggest fan in Vegas?

At the crap table?

And the 1st is still going on

been delayed for a while now

Honestly?

That really could have been a K.

nice catch by loy
Loy is a good defender afterall
just throws over the head of a 9 foot giant
Want insurance, please.

Federal Bailout?

Agreed

Top of the lineup up

bottom of the 8th now?
Yup

3-2 Horns

yep

top of the order.

yea 3-2 still
Torres strikes out looking
unacceptable
He should be killed. .nt whills
and fed to the giraffe
To sustain him. .nt whills
hyperspeed is not easy
Tucker doubles to left
Way to go TT!

Bring him in BB.

Belt 2 run homer anyone?
are giraffes good at homers?
If he does, then you called it.

If he’s out, then we hate you.

Intentional walk, oh.

Haha

is that considered a push?

We'll see what happens next time Belt bats. .nt whills
Hopefully he wont bat again this game
I don't mind if he bats again this inning.

But then it won’t matter.

Thought about that after I posted

If he bats again this inning I’ll take it if he strikes out

A run right here is worth $700 Billion. .nt whills

Good job Travis! It’s like we bunted!

Their walking belt
They liked it so much the first time
They ire? .nt whills
Come on Tant

Bring ’em in.

Tant PHing
We definately giraffe heads to go with the cow heads in the stands
Looking forward to seeing that on TV
With EXTENSIBLE NECKS! .nt whills
we need to start marketing this
They could have Darth Helmets on.

To indicate the capability to enter Ludicrous Speed.

I get paid to watch baseball

I dont need a real job. :)

Tell or GTFO. .nt whills
I wish

No I work in renewable fuels

Were just really slow right now

So I pass the time by watching baseball on the internet at work

Even better.

lololol.

forgot about that part of it
Kevin Lusson hitting now for Tant

Nice tourney, Tant

FLOL. .nt whills
Lusson strikes out looking 2 away
Wow

Nearly hit him

That should've been called strike three

Much more than Lusson’s K

Nice AB
what happened?
walk.

fouled off several pitches and took several close ones

Loaded up by walk

Come on Loy.

Great AB from Clark, drew a BB

Bases juiced for Loy

4-2 Loy infield RBI single
sweetness
ss error?
That's what they said.
It looked like it was in a tough spot.
Gave him a hit on gametracker
Looked like a hit, but the camera was pointed at first base
just seems unfair to give us all of the errors on the scoreboard
I'll take the errors for the W
im just glad we are close to defeating the state of kansas
did I hear the announcer refer to the regular strike area?

I wonder if there’s another name for that?

Nice play by the SS

Saved a run by knocking it down

ground out to short ends the inning
alright, 3 quick outs
damnit 3rd error by Loy runner on 1st
does loy have on the wrong glove or something?
I think its in his head now
He's been all or nothing today

First error on an easy play

grounder to loy for 6-4-3 DP
Nice thing about today

He’s gotten a chance to make up for every error

I'm probably way late on this

but how do we win a 3 way tie break with Baylor and KSU?

cuz baylor beat us and #1 seed > 14-9
The tie breaker is bracket rank

We’re #1 in the bracket

So its like the football tie break in that what happens on the field is irrelevant?
pretty much
except this time, the ranking were based on regular season, rather than stoops lovers
you got it :) ironic hugh?
Except the title game rarely matters

Baseball’s great. Its a combination of basketball and football.

Excellent DP. nt whills
2 away top 9 4-2
single runner on first
Strikeout for Wood ends the game
WOO!

Tomorrow at 1

Try to be on time this time. :)
I'll see what I can do

I was couch shopping!

You need a pottery barn outlet
4-2 Texas final
K! Over.

Way to go horns!

Bring on [insert opponent here]!

who would you rather play

irrelevance aside

Aggy

Why not?

Aggy

Need to resolve that Yeast bad calling crap from the last series.

And they melt-down better than the rest.

Finally

Revenge on the state of Kansas. albeit an ugly revenge (4 errors?!)

Maybe he will say what is actually wrong with Rupp
Dumb Question

Wouldn’ t the winner of Mizzou and OU automatically be in because they are the #3 and the #2 seed respectively and the winner would be 2-1? The Aggy/Tech winner would be 2-1 but lower ranked then either Mizz or OU so doesn’t that game pretty much mean nothing?

No. It works out funky because they are all 1-1
Highest seed only counts when more than two teams are tied
That makes sense

Since Texas beat the only 2-0 team forcing a three way tie then the highest rank team of those three goes. What a screwy system but what else would we expect from the Big 12

Yup it really is. If its just two teams then head to head counts but if 3 or more then it goes by seed
Augie said Rupp hit the bat and split his finger

Well if any team knows about 3-way ties then it would be the University of Texas would be it. Thank goodness this one worked out in their favor.

The logic is that this way:

Every team plays 3, predictable games, so it’ll be more fan friendly
The most games a team can play is 4, therefore saving pitching staffs from being overworked…not sure anyone buys that it’s a good system, but whatev.

Championship game bound is all that matters now

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