Yes, a “Nacho Libre” Character Really Does Play Into Kevin Kopps’ M.O. on the Mound

Razorback pitcher Kevin Kopps isn’t the type to go into theatrics.

Unlike some other major college pitchers, you won’t catch him on the mound constantly fidgeting and initiating all manner of gesticulations, twerking and pseudo babble.

From the outside, Kevin Kopps mostly appears as steady as they come. A textbook example of the kind of even-keeled nature and self-discipline that can, when it all comes together, produce the greatest season in Arkansas baseball history.

Still, that doesn’t mean Kopps was immune to the need to hype himself up on the mound during a record-breaking season that landed him the Dick Howser Trophy.

“I do a little bit of self-talk confidence on the mound,” Kopps said on…