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2017 Softball World Series
3 SEC Teams (Florida, TAMU, LSU)
3 Pac 12 Teams (UCLA, Oregon, Washington)
2 Big 12 Teams (Baylor, Oklahoma)


First games yesterday:
Winners:

Florida
LSU
Washington
Oklahoma

Florida/LSU and Washington/Oklahoma Tonight


Loser's Bracket starts tomorrow
06-02-2017 12:39 PM
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RE: 2017 Softball World Series
Congrats to Oklahoma ... back-to-back champions. At least NDSU took a game from them! More than I can say, unfortunately, for Minnesota doing any damage in the post season. 03-hissyfit 03-hissyfit 03-hissyfit


One thing I was struck by from watching Minnesota lose twice to Alabama: the SEC softball facilities and fan support are head and shoulders above anyone else in the country, save for a few select programs in other conferences.

Really impressed with facilities at Alabama, Florida, Tennessee, etc etc etc.


And that brings me to one small anecdote about Oklahoma: their softball program fits right in, like a square peg in a square hole ...... with the SEC.

Again, congrats.



And hope the bitter, bitter, bitter taste in the mouths of the Gophers fuels them for next season!
06-07-2017 05:08 PM
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RE: 2017 Softball World Series
I have to say I find the softball tournament much more compelling and watchable than the baseball tourney.

Unfortunately, one of the things I like about it is that the games are shorter. I'm not fond of staying up late to watch. The first game between Florida and Oklahoma lasted five hours, and I stayed with it to the end. It was great entertainment, and will remain an all-time classic in softball lore.
06-08-2017 01:57 PM
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RE: 2017 Softball World Series
I like it because sometimes the lipsticks play better than the chapsticks...
06-08-2017 04:42 PM
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RE: 2017 Softball World Series
(06-08-2017 01:57 PM)ken d Wrote:  I have to say I find the softball tournament much more compelling and watchable than the baseball tourney.

Unfortunately, one of the things I like about it is that the games are shorter. I'm not fond of staying up late to watch. The first game between Florida and Oklahoma lasted five hours, and I stayed with it to the end. It was great entertainment, and will remain an all-time classic in softball lore.

Yes, so compelling that every single SEC team, and eight of nine Pac teams, made the tournament. And 54-3 Minnesota was rewarded by not hosting at all.

Whereas in baseball Sam Houston State, Kentucky and Davidson are two wins away from their first CWS, Missouri State from their 3rd, six of the eight participants from last year's CWS are already out and the defending national champs didn't even make the tournament.
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06-09-2017 12:06 AM
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That's because SEC and PAC absolutely own college softball, with a handful of exceptions.

Just like the Big Ten and PAC absolutely own college women's volleyball, with a handful of exceptions.
06-09-2017 11:05 AM
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