Josh Wolff finds yet another hat to wear for Austin FCĪ change in job description: Wolff is adding to his duties in the absence of Claudio Reyna, who resigned as sporting director to take a lesser position of technical advisor of the club after his and his wife’s entanglement over their accusations of physical abuse by U.S. We want to build off our good years, but we want to build consistency.”ģ. We still think we have to go out and certainly establish and prove who we are. … So is Verde now the hunted after finding more depth and offensive firepower? “I think that’s a good way to put it,” third-year head coach Josh Wolff said this week. In 54 MLS appearances, Driussi has scored a mind-boggling 30 goals with 12 assists. Driussi just signed a multi-year deal with the Verde and Black extending through the end of the 2025 season with an option for 2026, and that had to get done if Austin wants to eventually hoist the Cup. In a remarkable turnaround, Austin bedazzled the league with a prolific offense paced by striker Sebastián Driussi and is prepared for a repeat performance starting with a home match against St. Austin FC, coming off a huge year, makes its pitch for 2023īring it on: Year 3 will be here in just 10 days, but count Austin FC as ready and eager to try to successfully follow up a season that had Verde in the Final Four, falling just short against LAFC in the Western Conference final. Think way, way, way out of the box, Pac-12, before you dissolve.Ģ. Is UTSA beneath the Pac-12? Is Rice too irrelevant? Hey, the Big Ten grabbed Rutgers. Short of that, make a pitch for any school in Texas (think time zone, more eyeballs, big-time recruits) or Kansas for hoops or Nebraska for (past) gridiron glory or Oklahoma State for strong football, basketball, wrestling, baseball and golf. Who cares about the overall greatness of the programs? Maximize with what they are good at. I honestly don't see a path to big-time for the Pac-12, so it should just try to grab Gonzaga for hoops and Boise State for football. While the SEC knows “It Just Means More” for the best, baddest conference around, the Pac-12 meandering aimlessly around should adopt the slogan “It Just Means More … Streaming” if it can’t land a profitable deal with ESPN, Fox or any big network to equal or top the $32 million each that Big 12 schools will get in their next media rights deal. It'd make no sense for the Aggies and Horns not to play annually.īohls: Texas, OU exits bring much-needed clarity OU should be grouped with Texas, A&M and Missouri and the Aggies should be linked to Texas, OU and either LSU or Arkansas. I still think Texas' permanent rivals should be OU, Texas A&M and Arkansas - most Razorbacks still consider the Horns their top rival. Our league has not shown a willingness to go to facilities used for campus games.” That said, it won’t surprise at all if the SEC holds its high-profile football media days in either Dallas or Houston. The women’s tournament is in Greenville this year and the next two years. … Did hear a rumor that the SEC might hold its conference basketball tournament at Texas' Moody Center, but Sankey shot that down. But, Sankey said, “I don’t delve into the details of full shares.” … Texas has four future football games against Georgia and Florida that had been scheduled as nonconference games and we assume those will be canceled. We feel we have a future with 16 outstanding members, but we’re mindful of what’s going on.” … We assume both Texas and OU will join the league and receive full shares like the other 14 schools. There’s plenty of talk out there (about future expansion). “Well, other than three years coaching golf at Northwest State. “I’ve never been a recruiter,” SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey told me last week. The SEC is standing pat: Don’t look for the SEC to expand beyond its 16 teams after Texas and Oklahoma join the new league the summer of 2024. Texas and OU will make the SEC a sweet 16 While I got ya, here are nine things and one crazy prediction: 1. Super Bowl commercials for trucks, cell phones and moonlighting actors were the big winners on Sunday.Austin FC re-signs premier All-Star striker Sebastian Driussi and prepares to be the hunted when the MLS season begins next week.Texas and Oklahoma will likely get full shares as SEC members when they join the league in 2024, but commissioner wouldn't say for sure.
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