AUSTIN (KXAN) — Texas baseball coach Jim Schlossnagle wanted to give Longhorns sports fans something to do this weekend since the football team is idle and won't be back in town until November.

He thought scheduling a fall baseball game against a bitter rival, Texas Tech, would be the solution to the burnt orange blues.

The Longhorns and Red Raiders will face off in a 12-inning scrimmage at 1 p.m. Saturday in Round Rock at Dell Diamond, and Schlossnagle said the timing was 100% intentional. He wants to give fans something to watch while the football team is off for the week.

"When you have six weeks without a home football game, it's tough on everybody," Schlossnagle said. "It front-loaded our recruiting. We've had three straight weeks with a lot of guys on visits ... and we put the Rou

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