Current Sooners bring back memories of past success

Oklahomans have had a lot of reasons to cheer during this year’s NCAA softball and baseball World Series.

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It looked for a while that the final two teams in the women’s event would be Oklahoma and Oklahoma State.

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As it turned out, Texas spoiled that possibility but eventually lost in two games to the Sooners in the finals.

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The baseball World Series isn’t over as this is being written, but OU has won twice and is in good position to advance to the final series.

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Oklahoma State fielded a very good team this year, but was knocked out of the picture by Arkansas

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I find that many OSU fans are pulling, (somewhat reluctantly in some cases but pulling nonetheless) for the Sooners to prevail.

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Cowboy supporter as they come, said to me “It hurts me to say this, but OU has a great chance to win it all and I hope they do,”

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Watching the Sooners defeat Notre Dame got me to remembering the 1994 OU team that won the national title.

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I was living in Kansas at the time, but my inclination always is to cheer for the Big 12 when the opportunity presents itself.

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I was especially drawn to the team because it had a basketball player, Ryan Minor, in the middle of its lineup.

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