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Top 20 schools with the most College World Series appearances

With the College World Series set to get underway, here’s a look at the 20 schools with the most appearances all-time. Where do the Sooners 11 appearances rank?

The Oklahoma Sooners are set to embark on another quest in their journey to become the 2022 national champions. Opening the College World Series against Texas A&M, the Sooners look to continue the level of play that carried them to a Big 12 tournament title and to series wins on the road in Gainesville and Blacksburg.

The Sooners haven’t had the easy path but they’ve made a habit of rising to the challenge of being the underdog and head to Omaha in the same boat. But with their performance on the field, they’ve shown that they’re a team to be reckoned with in the College World Series and have just as good a shot as anyone in the field.

The Sooners haven’t been to the College World Series since 2010. They’re one of three teams in the history of college baseball to make more than 10 appearances but hold a losing record in the CWS. The other two are Florida and Mississippi State. The Sooners have a chance to get to .500 record with a win against Texas A&M on Friday and remove themselves from that distinction.

The Texas Longhorns are No. 1 all-time with 38 appearances and have the most CWS wins in the history of the sport with 88. Texas also holds the dubious distinction for most losses in the College World Series with 63.

Among schools with at least 10 appearances, the USC Trojans hold the best winning percentage at .740 and the most CWS titles.

As the College World Series gets underway on Friday, here are the 20 teams with the most College World Series appearances all-time.

Oklahoma’s Skip Johnson discusses Augie Garrido’s impact ahead of College World Series

“He didn’t talk about winning or losing. He talked about executing.”

Augie Garrido is widely regarded as one of the best to ever fill a lineup card at the college level. Garrido coached a number of great players and assistant coaches during his time at Texas and Cal State Fullerton.

One of Garrido’s assistants, Skip Johnson, is now the manager of the Oklahoma Sooners. He said the following about his experience as Garrido’s pitching coach in the 2009 College World Series:

“We get ready for the first game… he didn’t talk about winning or losing the game. He talked about executing. He talked about getting bunts down. He talked about first pitch strikes. He talked about playing good catch, and we win on a walk off walk. I mean, how does that happen? … It was just about executing your game plan.”

Both the Sooners and Longhorns have overcome adversity with that mindset this season. After a slow start the Sooners are playing as good as anyone. The Longhorns similarly erased what seemed like an insurmountable 7-2 lead against East Carolina last week. They may meet up again at the College World Series.

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WATCH: Texas baseball receives proper send-off to Omaha

Fans provided Texas baseball with a proper send-off to Omaha for the 2022 College World Series on Wednesday.

The University of Texas invited fans to UFCU Disch-Falk Field on Wednesday to send off the Longhorns to Omaha for the 2022 College World Series. Continue reading “WATCH: Texas baseball receives proper send-off to Omaha”

Four College World Series matchups we’d love to see

There are plenty of intriguing matchups the Texas Longhorns could draw in Omaha.

With three traditional rivals remaining in the tournament, there are plenty of intriguing matchups the Texas Longhorns could draw in Omaha.

Texas’ first opponent is Notre Dame, one of the premier blue blood rivals for the Longhorns in football. With a win, Texas would face the winner of Texas A&M and Oklahoma. A loss would pair the Longhorns with the loser of that game.

On the other side of the bracket, Arkansas and Stanford face off. The two programs are among the best in college baseball in recent years.

The final matchup features Ole Miss and Auburn, two SEC West foes. Ole Miss won two out of three on the road against Auburn earlier this year.

Here are four matchups Texas fans won’t have any trouble getting excited about in this College World Series.

Where Texas ranks in this College World Series power ranking

The Texas Longhorns begin their quest for their seventh national title in college baseball.

Texas will begin their quest for their seventh national title in college baseball on Friday. Continue reading “Where Texas ranks in this College World Series power ranking”

Who are the college baseball blue bloods?

With Texas once again making it to the College World Series, let’s look at the seven best programs in college baseball history.

With Texas once again making it to the College World Series, let’s look at the seven best programs in college baseball history. Continue reading “Who are the college baseball blue bloods?”

Texas is heading to the CWS after an 11-1 win over ECU

A masterful performance from Tristian Stevns and the Longhorns’ offense has Texas heading back to Omaha.

Texas has punched its ticket to the 2022 College World Series after an 11-1 dismantling of East Carolina.

The Longhorns offense opened the game with some of the late momentum they built in game two. Douglas Hodo and Eric Kennedy reached base before Ivan Melendez smoked home run No. 32 of the season to give Texas an early 3-0 lead.

Skyler Messinger would bring home Murphy Stehly with his first of three hits on the day to push the Texas lead to 4-0 before a five-hour weather delay approached.

Mother nature was not able to slow the Texas bats. Five more Longhorns came across to score in the second inning as Texas strung together some big hits. Trey Faltine and Silas Ardoin would add solo home runs later in the ballgame.

Texas held down the Pirates’ high-powered offense to just one run on five hits behind a legendary performance from senior righty Tristan Stevens. In his first start since April 30 against Oklahoma State, Stevens delivered on the biggest stage with six innings of one-run ball.

Travis Stehle and Jared Southard slammed the door shut on the Pirates season and have Texas fans packing for Omaha.

Texas will square off against Notre Dame in the College World Series opener after the Irish upset No. 1 Tennesse earlier in the day. The Horns are looking for national championship No. 7 in program history.

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Texas’ pitching falters in 13-7 loss to East Carolina

Texas is on the brink of elimination after dropping game one to East Carolina.

Game one of the Greensville Super Regional could not have gone much worse for Texas. The Longhorns will face elimination on Saturday after a 13-7 defeat.

Texas got off to a quick start in the top of the first inning as Murphy Stehly hit a two-run home run to put the Horns up early.

The Texas lead was gone in a blink of an eye as Pete Hansen did not have his best stuff in the ballgame. ECU attacked the Texas lefty for three runs in the first inning, forcing Hansen to throw over 30 pitches in the process. The Pirates’ opening frame set the tone for the rest of the day.

Every Texas attempt at a comeback was answered by East Carolina. Two clutch double plays in back-to-back innings and a five-run eighth inning put the game out of reach for the Longhorns.

Lucas Gordon will take the ball in what will be the biggest start of his young career on Saturday. Texas needs to win in order to force a winner-take-all game three on Sunday.

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