We kick off our 2024 season coverage with a recap of AAC Media Days and a preview of some awesome coverage changes for us, including video format podcasts on YouTube! We discuss UTSA's high expectations going into the season (04:41) and analyze Jeff Traylor's comments on the importance of taking September games seriously in pursuit of the team's goal of making a run at the College Football Playoffs (16:09). One of the hot discussion topics at AAC Media Days was the concept of a conference-wide NIL floor/cap, so we gave our thoughts on the realities and implications of such league rules (19:32). Finally, we touch on UTSA's plans to hire a dedicated staff member to oversee NIL opportunities at UTSA (28:37).

Breaking Not-So-Good News! UTSA Baseball is in the midst of a mass exodus through the transfer portal over the last month, following a lackluster finish in the AAC Tournament to finish their 2024 season. The list is up to 14 names in the portal as of the time of this publishing, and fingers crossed it doesn't get any longer. Dan and Adrian discuss: what gives? Why don't guys want to play for a competitive team with good culture and a winning coach? Is it merely a coincidence, or does something smell funky at the Bird Bath?

The Roadrunners are set for their first ever American Athletic Conference tournament as UTSA wrapped up the regular season as the #2 seed. This gives the team a favorable draw as they look to win the conference in the hopes of securing a bid to an NCAA regional.

Editor's Note: I (Jared) apologize for the raw audio in this episode. I'm still without power following Thursday's storm in Houston so this episode was uploaded from my phone without any editing. 

With a short week for the Birds on the schedule this week we decided to go with a combined episode for you guys as Dan and CJ recap a UTSA run-rule victory over cross-town rival UIW, while Dan wraps up the episode with a look at the FAU Owls and some potential scenarios for UTSA's conference seeding heading into the conference tournament.

The Roadrunners need to find their groove again this weekend as they welcome USF to the Bird Bath. UTSA will be battling to keep their #2 seed in the conference tournament, but they'll need some improved starting pitching this weekend to make it happen. We break down the last home series of the season for the Roadrunners.

The Roadrunners overcame an awful top of the first inning to defend the Bird Bath in the I-35 Rivalry. While the bats responded thanks to a grand slam from Mason Lytle, UTSA's defense continued to raise concerns. Dan welcomed Cory Davis back to the podcast to discuss UTSA's win over the Bobcats on Tuesday night.

The UTSA Women's Tennis team has quietly put together one of the best regular seasons in program history as they finished the season undefeated at home for the first time since 1992. Winners of six straight, the Roadrunners will begin the conference tournament in Dallas this morning as they face the #9 seed Tulane. Friend of the pod and UTSA Women's Tennis alumna Keegan McCain returned to the podcast to talk about the amazing season the program has had, and to preview the conference tournament.

The Roadrunners continue to win ballgames, but a close 4-2 win over TAMU-CC shows that this UTSA team still has some finer points to smooth out should they expect to win the conference tournament. This weekend they'll face a lowly-ranked UAB squad that sports some impressive pitching. UTSA will need to be sharply defensively and on the basepaths to avoid an upset.

Alabama's run to the Final Four finally came to an end and UTSA's new head basketball coach is in San Antonio and ready to hit the ground running. We react to Claunch's introductory press conference as the Roadrunners welcomed their newest coach on campus.

After some careless Aggie errors gave UTSA a comfortable lead in the early innings, it looked like UTSA was heading towards a road win in College Station for the second straight season. Instead, the Roadrunners arguably left a middle reliever in for two long, then the Aggies ripped out UTSA's heart with a walk-off homerun in the bottom of the 9th. While it was a tough loss against one of the top teams in the country, there were still plenty of positive takeaways for UTSA.

Former UTSA Baseball player Jonathan Tapia joins the show to claim the throne for the most guest appearances on Around the Bird Bath and break down some observations from UTSA's 7-4 win over UIW on Tuesday.