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this is a stunning run by OU

the Sooners lost their last 4 conference series; and went 1 & done at Hoover

won just 4 SEC series in total -- and only one vs a regional team (A&M)

but now they look unstoppable

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It is wild. OU is just mashing the baseball.

And we could have easily taken that series too.

I really think we would have if Josh Stewart hadn't gotten hurt that weekend.

OU pouring it on now.

Amazing momentum they've got going right now.

Two days off shouldn't impact it much.

RED AG 98 said:

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W said:

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really makes the regular season seem kind of meaningless

like Ole Miss did in 2022

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and why I am 1000% against all baseball postseason expansionists. It might already be too many; I realize it's never getting decreased but I definitely do not want more teams involved.

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I don't know what your stance is on the CFP, but now you understand why I hated the expansion to 12, and think going to 16 or 24 is absolutely idiotic. It completely devalues the regular season.

ensign_beedrill said:

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I really think we would have if Josh Stewart hadn't gotten hurt that weekend.

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Well, if Sims hadn't gotten hurt too.

OU's offense just looks up, smiles at you, and then returns to clubbing the baby seal

Those poor parents. No matter the outcome of this game they can't fully enjoy it.

Meanwhile Mama Mercurius is living her best life.

Baseball is cruel.

That Branch HR was pretty cool though, with his brother at 2B.

I wonder if any sip will admit that it would probably have been better to have promoted Skip Johnson rather than looking for a splash hire when Augie retired? POS and Pierce are both excellent coaches but sippie has not made it to the finals in Omaha since ''09 while Skip has taken the Sooners there twice in a five season span.

I'm happy that Daniel Jackson ended his college career with a double. I was on the Georgia bandwagon at the start of the CWS because of a close friend. Them being in the sips' way, of course, was an added bonus.

Now that the matchup is set, Go UNC! Grass stadium vs turf stadium

Ou vs UNC. Thats what everyone had drawn up huh.

*sigh*

No if necessary games tomorrow.

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swimmerbabe11 said:

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Ou vs UNC. Thats what everyone had drawn up huh.

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I said ou could end up in Omaha when we were playing them the first weekend. I was told there is zero chance of that happening

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Link or GTFO

Just get in and get hot. Too many people get obsessed with that "national seed" that dictates success.

Backyard Gator said:

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RED AG 98 said:

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W said:

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really makes the regular season seem kind of meaningless

like Ole Miss did in 2022

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and why I am 1000% against all baseball postseason expansionists. It might already be too many; I realize it's never getting decreased but I definitely do not want more teams involved.

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I don't know what your stance is on the CFP, but now you understand why I hated the expansion to 12, and think going to 16 or 24 is absolutely idiotic. It completely devalues the regular season.

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This stale "argument" has been debunked countless times. There is nothing magical about a regular season, particularly in football, where certain teams don't always play each other and schools have control over their non-con schedules. Even if the SEC went to a round robin format in either baseball or football, that wouldn't determine if the teams as a whole are any good. The top teams, like UCLA and GT this year in baseball, might not make it out of their own regional. Hell, UCLA lost to St. freakin' Marys, a 4 seed, twice after having one of the better regular seasons in the last decade in baseball. GT couldn't get out of its own regional at home.

Don't forget: Aggie softball tanked last year after a number 1 seed in the tournament.

The regular season exists to set up the post-season and little more. If you want to add more meaning, reseed the teams after each round. I'm fine with that and have argued for that many times in the past. But let's not get nostalgic on an idea here that ultimately means little to nothing. There's no sport that I am aware of that measures championships by a regular season, but rather by a post-season.

How many regular season titles would you trade for one national championship? For me, there isn't a high enough number.

91AggieLawyer said:

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Backyard Gator said:

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RED AG 98 said:

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W said:

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really makes the regular season seem kind of meaningless

like Ole Miss did in 2022

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and why I am 1000% against all baseball postseason expansionists. It might already be too many; I realize it's never getting decreased but I definitely do not want more teams involved.

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I don't know what your stance is on the CFP, but now you understand why I hated the expansion to 12, and think going to 16 or 24 is absolutely idiotic. It completely devalues the regular season.

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This stale "argument" has been debunked countless times. There is nothing magical about a regular season, particularly in football, where certain teams don't always play each other and schools have control over their non-con schedules. Even if the SEC went to a round robin format in either baseball or football, that wouldn't determine if the teams as a whole are any good. The top teams, like UCLA and GT this year in baseball, might not make it out of their own regional. Hell, UCLA lost to St. freakin' Marys, a 4 seed, twice after having one of the better regular seasons in the last decade in baseball. GT couldn't get out of its own regional at home.

Don't forget: Aggie softball tanked last year after a number 1 seed in the tournament.

The regular season exists to set up the post-season and little more. If you want to add more meaning, reseed the teams after each round. I'm fine with that and have argued for that many times in the past. But let's not get nostalgic on an idea here that ultimately means little to nothing. There's no sport that I am aware of that measures championships by a regular season, but rather by a post-season.

How many regular season titles would you trade for one national championship? For me, there isn't a high enough number.

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The greatness of college football is the regular season IS the playoff, at least it was until the recent expansion. The four-team format was perfect because it didn't matter who you were, if you were undefeated in a P4 conference, you were guaranteed a right to play for it all (acknowledging that the committee violated their purpose in in 2024 with Florida State). You EARNED your postseason spot week by week by staying perfect. One loss, and you had to hope for some help. If you won every week, you controlled your own destiny. Every game mattered. Now under the 12-team format, regular season games don't matter until after you've lost two, then you're in do-or-die territory.

If OU wins it all in Omaha, are you going to say the 11th place team in the SEC is the best team in college baseball in 2026? Or were they the best team over a few weeks time in May/June? The regular season is meaningless in college baseball because it is all about what you do in Omaha. Expansionists want to do the same thing to football, and I'm against that.

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