Some Sooner fans I know thought that Texas had better talent going into the WCWS, even with the near-disaster in the Austin Super-Regional. I agreed with that line of thinking. Then Texas walloped Florida 10-0. OU lost to the Gators 9-3, then beat them 6-5 in extra innings.
Texas was not the #1 seed for nothing. The Lady Horns were the best-hitting team in all the land. The pitching did not look elite against OU in the finals, but it was good enough to shut out the big-hitting Gators.
I wonder if playing the WCWS in OKC, or playing against Patty Gasso, or a combination of both is in Mike White's head. And maybe the players' heads too. Texas' catcher (Atwood) lost track of how many outs there were in Game 1, allowing Hodge, the runner on 2nd, to advance to 3rd, setting up an easy RBI when OU's next batter, Jennings, singled to left. Mia Scott committed an egregious baserunning error for out #3, ending a rally, in the top of the 6th last night.