Everyone is starving for some type of sporting news.
Mississippi State fans would have preferred to starve a little bit longer than receive the news they received over the weekend.
Mississippi State Women's Basketball Coach Vic Schaefer leaped from the Bulldogs to the Texas Longhorns Sunday afternoon. Schaefer built Mississippi State into an SEC powerhouse and a national contender during his eight years with the program. Between 2012 and 2020, the Lady Bulldogs compiled a 221-62 record, won two SEC championships, an SEC Tournament championship, appeared in five NCAA Tournaments with two national championship appearances.
Though the move comes as a shock to many - possibly due to the timing of our nation's pandemic and such news flooding social media - it shouldn't. Schaefer is a Texas native, born in Houston, Texas, a mere two and a half-hour drive from Texas University. The 74-year old, who shows no sign of retiring soon is a lifelong Houston Astros fan and a Texas A&M graduate. It has been said that Schaefer was "Happy in Starkville - unless Texas A&M or Texas comes calling."
Texas came calling.
What’s next for Mississippi State Women’s Basketball?
It's a devastating blow, and there's no way around it. The good news, though, is the program Schaefer built can easily attract the best of the best in terms of looking for its next coach.
The next several days will be exciting, to say the least.
Coming in June (possibly)
For those still holding a view of optimism, Golf Digest reported last week that though the British Open is canceled, The PGA Tour is "planning" to resume in mid-June, with no fans, of course.
At this point, most of us are willing to see quarantined outdoor events played on national television, even if it's a sport such as golf.
NOTE: I say “a sport such as golf” because even though I’m a fan of the sport, the majority of Americans are not.
At this rate, beggers can’t be choosy.
Will those “plans” carry out? Who knows? But for most, it’s a welcomed ray of optimism.
