On Monday night at “The Chuck” (aka Charles Schwab Field in Omaha, Nebraska), the Oklahoma Sooners decidedly disposed of the final punch hole on their meal ticket to a national championship in college baseball.
While the final destination — Oklahoma’s 13-2 rout of No. 5 national seed North Carolina in the 2026 Men’s College World Series that resulted in an NCAA championship — is what will always be remembered from this extraordinary Sooner baseball season, it is the journey that reveals the true story.
This Sooner team was going nowhere, taking one step forward and two backward, over the last half of the regular season. But once postseason play commenced, Oklahoma miraculously managed to flip the switch and produce one of the most remarkable and unexpected championship runs in Division I college baseball history…