'Heart Attack Horns': Texas took the difficult rou...
Key takeaways
- So many elimination games that at some point along the way they picked up the nickname "Heart Attack Horns."
- But no Longhorn wanted to take the hard route Thursday night, not with a second straight national championship there for the taking against Texas Tech.
- Before Game 2, senior Ashton Maloney said the goal for Texas was clear:
Why this matters: a sports story that could shift standings, legacies, or fan conversations.
So many great moments and head-scratchers. So many elimination games that at some point along the way they picked up the nickname "Heart Attack Horns."
Maybe the Longhorns did play better when they absolutely had to, the way they did in the super regionals when they lost their first game against Arizona State, and again in the Women's College World Series, when they lost their opener to Tennessee and had a rally to find a way back to the championship series.
But no Longhorn wanted to take the hard route Thursday night, not with a second straight national championship there for the taking against Texas Tech. Not when they still remembered last year, when they needed three games to win the title despite taking the opener against these very Red Raiders.