Tamuag04 said:

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Texas loses to NW St at home
Arkansas lost to Iowa at home
Auburn lost to Louisville at home
Florida is getting humiliated by Florida State

Baylors got some nice attacking pieces. They won't finish 10th or whatever in the Big 12. They will make some noise. Have a touch of perspective after game one - it could have been worse.

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For anyone that laughed when I put Baylor's coach on the Hot List in the coaching thread last season..... This is why. She's got a good system and they play attractive soccer. She will need time to find players but they're going to be contenders in that conference more often than not.

It's not just a perspective after one game, it's the decline of a program that's seen us miss the tournament twice in 3 years, not finished ranked in 4 years, not win more than 3 conference games since 2020, recruit at a very poor level, watch all the in state talent go elsewhere, have a mass exodus of your entire starting lineup that's laughed about among everyone outside this program, and oh yeah we haven't won a match in 7 straight games. This was an awful Baylor team that's not going to make the tournament again.

We have the highest paid coach in the entire NCAA… and that coach just told the entire media that his 10 transfers who left the program left for easier playing time and he also said this team is so much more in shape than last years team. He also told the media why would people judge us over girls that got 10th being gone… classy as they come

Apologies it was 2021 where we had a losing record and 2022 we squeaked in near the bottom and got walloped by tu in round 1

Regarding the transfers:
1). Shea O'Rorke scored 2 goals in TN's victory over UNC
2). Leb, Olinsky and Cornog all played meaningful minutes in TCU victory over Pepperdine
3). Matula and Armenia start for Vandy who is a favorite to win the SEC. Armenta scored a goal this evening
4). Calzada is starting at left back for Notre Dame but was injured for today's match

We may discover that last year's team was actually loaded with talent.

I got in trouble in the other thread for mentioning how it awesome Yolinsky scored! 5 minutes into the game she got her first goal of her collegiate career. After missing all of last year that was cool to see. Same for O'Rourke, I was so excited when she came in and it hurt to see her have to miss the entire year as well. Then first game back and she scored twice against the number 1 team in the country, that's amazing. Didn't know Armenta scored but wow lol! Pregame mentioned that Calzada should be back pretty soon! She was in some shades jumping around on the sidelines for Notre Dame lol! Grace Ivey started for Auburn as well.

Forgot to mention Grace. She is a real talent and will have impact at Auburn.

O'Rourke was a real difference maker. She had a great Spring after her transfer in to A&M. Her injury at the end of the Spring season was pretty devastating to our Fall campaign. So, she never actually played a "real" game here. But those on the team had great respect for her. She was just different in front of the goal given her combination of size and quickness. She could control the ball in that dangerous spot and the ball couldn't be taken from her.