Skip Johnson is just one win away from joining a long list of coaches to lead an Oklahoma Sooners team to a national championship in a sport, and he’s doing it in the same way a coaching legend throughout Norman would.
The Sooners on Saturday beat No. 5 national seed North Carolina 9-3 in Game 1 of the best-of-three championship series of the Men’s College World Series. If Oklahoma wins Sunday afternoon and extends its winning streak to 10, the Sooners will claim their third national title in program history.
“I’m just going to stay out of their way,” Johnson said. “I don’t know any other way to do it. You think we’re going to go out and hit tonight and take 100 ground balls somewhere? We’re not going to do that. I can promise you that. Just stay out of their way…