Tim Tadlock couldn’t speak.
His response came broken and with the a couple of “hmmms” as he tried to collect himself.
There were no tears — there is no crying in baseball after all.
But, for once the Texas Tech coach couldn’t rely on his usual points and mantras.
“They (this group of seniors) have just meant a lot,” Tadlock eventually said. “I am kind of speechless on that one. Without Cameron Smith, Dominic Moreno, Corey Taylor and Bryant Burleson, you are not sitting in Omaha last year.
“What they have done for your program you can’t put into words.