I missed that play, though we saw most of the game, but I was busy. But in a different game, they were talking about an "international" pitcher that doesn't drag her foot and she had a couple calls against her although the commentator said and showed that she does the same thing every time. The Washington pitcher also doesn't drag her foot much, but it also wasn't called.
When Plain has come back from participating in international competition, it takes her a while to get dialed in. IIRC she got called for a bunch of illegal pitches at the beginning of last season. But that was more than a year ago. Can't say that I'm aware it's been an issue for her this season.
Apparently it hasn't. But she does do it. I wouldn't have noticed if not for the announcer at the other game showing close-ups of the pitcher's feet. My wife saw it as well. But it isn't called, typically. You said something about an illegal pitch, so I just assumed it was one of those random times that for no particular reason, they call one even though they could every one.
Because ESPN pushes the SEC so hard? Oklahoma obviously has been crushing it lately, but if you look at the entire history the Pac has absolutely owned softball. ESPN decided out of pretty much nowhere based on nothing that the SEC is THE power in softball. So us West Coast fans have been enjoying watching the SEC's disastrous performance the last 2 years.
Well I dunno, it seems mostly a Pac-12 hate SEC thing with softball. I dunno how the ACC feels about the SEC tho. I know the SEC has crazy involved fans in any sport, the SEC can really be all shades of the spectrum.
I am someone who understands the SEC dislike from other conferences. I will say that other than football, I don't think the SEC is the best league in any other sport but that makes ESPN the most money so it will carry over into other coverage.
Five years old.. Incredible.. Won the ACC last year and now this.
Yeah, the number of Championships by SEC schools is likely to increase rapidly with Oklahoma in the fold. The entire SEC has 3 currently, Oklahoma has 5 (and 3 of the last 5, excluding the cancelled season and 4 of the last 8). Texas has never actually won one.
The SEC has made great strides in softball and women's basketball over the years with a lot of teams being good. I think it is hard to assess "best conferences" but I do think of them as quality in both sports. I also think of the PAC in softball, of course, with the ACC coming on and the Big 12 represented by select teams.
I wasn't aware of there being a mass exodus via the portal for softball last season, but maybe this year it will hit that sport as well. Volleyball doesn't seem like it's seen this yet either so far.
Does volleyball need the portal? Volleyball players have been able to transfer without sitting out a year for many years now.
Excellent point. That was probably the case with softball as well. Maybe that's why the other sports haven't gone crazy with movement of players, because they weren't restricted previously.