The CWS has been played continuously since 1947. The CWS consists of the 8 teams that win their regional play --- so equivalent to basketball's Elite Eight and football's previous traditional New Year's Day bowls of Rose, Sugar, Orange, and Cotton (8 teams). And with the 3rd and 4th championships (1949, 1950), Texas was there from the start, and has continued with titles in the 70s (1975), 80s (1983), the 00s (2002, 2005), titles under coaching of only 3 coaches, Bibb, Gus, and Augie. BUT, under 3 different coaches over a span of 7 decades.
Last year was the 72nd year of the CWS. Texas returned to CWS play last year --- it's 36th year --- on average Texas baseball has been an "Elite Eight" or "New Year's Day bowl" team EVERY OTHER YEAR for 72 years. No one comes close --- USC is better because of Dedeaux's amazing run of titles, but take him out, and other numbers as noted above, appearances, CWS games won, etc., Texas outpaces every other program.
To put Texas' baseball success in context with the other 2 of the Big 3 college sports, to restate, Texas baseball has been on average at worst every other year an "Elite Eight" or "New Year's Day Bowl Game" team over the 72 years of the championship history of the sport. I don't think in football Notre Dame, Alabama, Michigan, tOSU, USC or OU can claim that they have averaged every other year making a "New Year's Day Bowl Game", nor can UK, KU, UNC, or UCLA claim to have been an "Elite Eight" team on average every other year.
College baseball only started getting TV coverage in the past 10 years or so IIRC, as compared to football, so support has been mostly with butts in the stands.
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