College baseball fans react to the Texas Longhorns getting bounced out of the Regionals
College baseball fans react to the Texas Longhorns getting bounced out of the Regionals
Wow.
The Horns' season officially comes to an end as UTSA comes into Austin and sweeps the weekend.
SEC regular season champions but eliminated as the #2 overall national seed on your home field.
How would you grade year #1 of Jim Schlossnagle at Texas? pic.twitter.com/j3P29K7vsP — SEC Unfiltered (@SECUnfiltered) June 2, 2025
Plenty of exciting college baseball action unfolded over the weekend, packed with upsets and host teams pushed to their limits. The biggest shocker came when top-seeded Vanderbilt fell to Wright State, making them the first No. 1 seed to fail to advance past the regional round since 1999.
But as the sun set, all eyes turned to the No. 2 seed Texas Longhorns facing off against their kryptonite, the UTSA Roadrunners. Hate-watching is a real thing, and for Aggie fans, watching their former coach, who just last season led them to the College World Series, host a regional for their archrival was a tough pill to swallow.
With Texas A&M baseball out of the tournament, fans tuned in to see if the Longhorns could survive, needing back-to-back wins to force a decisive game. Despite being the No. 2 seed, some Longhorns supporters were nervous, as UTSA had already defeated them twice this season. In a win-or-go-home matchup, Texas fell again, this time 7-4, marking UTSA's first-ever trip to the NCAA Super Regionals.
Though several major upsets shook the opening round, this particular loss was among the least surprising. Still, it fueled intense debates between Aggie and Longhorn fans, alongside college baseball enthusiasts across social media.
Down go the Longhorns
The UTSA Roadrunner complete the Regional sweep
History repeats itself for the team based in Austin
Texas got bounced from a regional two years in a row on the same day 🤣🤣🤣🫵🏼🫵🏼 pic.twitter.com/wHOSfvvs4E — Ryder Nielson (@rydernielson) June 2, 2025
The Longhorns join the list of the Top 2 National Seeds not to make the Super Regional
THE EYES OF SCHLOSS ARE UPON YOU pic.twitter.com/xAgtepxuz9 — Barstool Texas A&M (@BarstoolTexasAM) June 2, 2025
Longhorn fans have hope for the future
This one will sting for a while for Texas fans (and rightfully so) but unfortunately it is part of baseball sometimes.
There was a lot of positives and momentum in Jim Schlossnagle's first year, and hopefully after the frustration subsides a bit that can be appreciated. — HornSports (@HornSports) June 2, 2025
The game of baseball always finds a way to right the wrongs
After last season's fiasco ending, the worst case scenario would be for Schloss to take tu to the CWS. Best case scenario would be as a #2 overall seed they would get knocked out on their home field. Baseball has a way of taking care of itself! #BeepBeep pic.twitter.com/BHi1rnb75a — Aggieland Illustrated (@aggiemag) June 2, 2025
A promising season ends in a disappointing early exit from the postseason
The Texas Baseball season ends.
An incredibly disappointing showing in the regional series. Humiliation at the plate and on the mound.
The SEC regular season champs ran out of gas, ending the season on a 6–9 skid. — CJ Vogel (@CJVogel_OTF) June 2, 2025
The guys in the burnt orange didn't show up when it mattered most
Non competitive in the biggest game of the season.
A disappointing end. 🤘🏼⚾️ — Occupy LF (@OccupyLF) June 2, 2025
Texas joins the Aggies on the couch for the rest of the postseason
Texas is now sitting with A&M. — Landyn Rosow (@RivalsLandyn) June 2, 2025
Imagine that
The host teams are dropping like flies
Down goes Texas. The numbers one, two, seven, 11 and 12 seeds in college baseball have already been eliminated. — Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) June 2, 2025
"Good" is subjective
You can't start the year 38-5, win the SEC and then say getting eliminated at home in the regional constitutes a "good season." — Brian Davis (@byBDavis) June 2, 2025
Postseason NCAA baseball doesn't get much better than this
Top two national seeds in college baseball - Vanderbilt and Texas - have been eliminated in the opening weekend, on their home fields.
College baseball. No postseason like it 😤⚾️
##CollegeBaseballGuy — Aaron Torres (@Aaron_Torres) June 2, 2025
The Roadrunners have been a legit team for a while now
But smack talking aside, congrats to UTSA. That's been a formidable squad all year. Now time for the Aggies to right the ship and jump back into the mix. — Billy Liucci (@billyliucci) June 2, 2025
Congratulations to UTSA to punching their ticket to the programs first ever Super Regional
MEEP MEEP
UTSA SWEEPS THE AUSTIN REGIONAL AND IS HEADED TO SUPER REGIONALS pic.twitter.com/nv8ZkFjwvz — Texas College Baseball (@TexasCollegeBSB) June 2, 2025
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