LSU's victory over texas in the 2009 College World Series championship series, which gives LSU their 6th national championship in baseball, caused me to ponder a question. texas fans like to brag about their baseball program: most trips to the College World Series for any program; most trips to the championship game or series in the CWS; more games played at the College World Series than anyone else; 6 national titles, the list goes on. I've even heard one texas athletic representative (think it was DeLoss Dodds) refer to texas as "the Yankees of college baseball". texas fans (and administrators) consider themselves part of baseball royalty.

texas has been to the College World Series a record 33 times. That is an impressive number. However, they have won it all only six times, total. That means whenever texas goes to Omaha, their chance of winning it all is at roughly 18%. This is somethng to brag about? 18% doesn't make you "the Yankees of college baseball", it makes you the Boston Red Sox. 18% means you find ways to lose, which has always been something the Red Sox excelled at.

Conversely, LSU has been to the College World Series 16 times in their history, and won it all 6 times. This means that when LSU makes it to Omaha, there is a 37% chance they'll win it all. So, LSU is roughly twice as likely to win it all in Omaha as texas is; baseball royalty, indeed.

LSU has won all of their national championships since 1990 (1991, '93, '96, '97, 2000, '09), while texas won their first national title in 1949 and last in 2005. So, what it has taken texas approximately 60 years to accomplish has been equalled (and some might say surpassed) by LSU in only 19 years?

Furthermore, texas a dn LSU are tied for the second-most national titles in college baseball, with their 6 falling behind University of Southern California's 12 national championships. Baseball royalty? It looks to me like texas' place in outside in the hall, because LSU has passed them up in the line of succession.