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Welcome back to this week's episode of the state of recruiting.

Second episode this week after our bonus content dropped yesterday.

We are back once again.

Hudson, I know you're a big softball guy and we're just

watching some Texas softball. And you said before the show, you had some takes to get off. So instead

of asking you how you're doing, I'm going to ask you to get these takes off about softball.

Absolutely. First off, Mike, I appreciate you coming back and recording another episode of the

state of recruiting with me after 100 plus minutes of talking about expectations

and putting you on the spot yesterday.

That was a lot of fun.

Try to do more of that type of stuff going forward.

I know the early response has been pretty good.

So Texas softball, for those who are listening Friday or Saturday, Texas softball just got done

beating UCLA 7 to 2 in the opening game of the Women's College World Series.

And I genuinely think this is one of the better overall turnarounds for Texas

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