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re: Oklahoma softball 36-0 and won 21-0 vs Tech
Posted on 4/11/22 at 3:01 pm to CharlotteSooner
Posted on 4/11/22 at 3:01 pm to CharlotteSooner
Numbers back up that softball is killing it in ratings:
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The 2021 WCWS averaged 1.2 million viewers, which easily topped that men’s counterpart, which gathered 755,000 viewers on average.
Digging deeper, the WCWS Championship Series between Oklahoma and Florida State averaged 1.84 million TV viewers, which again easily topped the men’s version; the baseball championship series between Mississippi State and Vanderbilt averaged 1.15 million viewers.
This marks the third time since 2015 that the Women’s College World Series has outdrawn the CWS in terms of TV viewership in the Championship Series.
In 2015, the Michigan/Florida WCWS championship matchup averaged 1.85 million viewers, more than 400,000 more than the CWS that same year. In 2016, Auburn and Oklahoma’s face-off bested the Coastal Carolina/Arizona MCWS series by the same margin.
Only once since then has baseball beaten softball in that metric when both series’ played the same number of games (2017; baseball averaged higher viewership in both 2018 and ’19 when the MCWS went to a winner-take-all game three and the WCWS champion was determined in two games).
Some direct numbers that show just how dominant the WCWS was over the MCWS in 2021:
Number of games that drew 1 million+ viewers:
WCWS 10
MCWS 6
Number of times each event drew 1.5 million+ viewers:
WCWS 5
MCWS 1
Baseball’s most-watched game of the CWS was Game 3 of the Mississippi State/Vanderbilt championship series, which draw 1.67 million viewers. That number was less than both Game 1 (1.86 million) and Game 2 (2.08 million) of the Oklahoma/Florida State championship series at the WCWS, and narrowly edged out Game 3 of OU/FSU which began at 3 pm Eastern time and drew an audience of 1.565 million.
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The 2021 WCWS averaged 1.2 million viewers, which easily topped that men’s counterpart, which gathered 755,000 viewers on average.
Digging deeper, the WCWS Championship Series between Oklahoma and Florida State averaged 1.84 million TV viewers, which again easily topped the men’s version; the baseball championship series between Mississippi State and Vanderbilt averaged 1.15 million viewers.
This marks the third time since 2015 that the Women’s College World Series has outdrawn the CWS in terms of TV viewership in the Championship Series.
In 2015, the Michigan/Florida WCWS championship matchup averaged 1.85 million viewers, more than 400,000 more than the CWS that same year. In 2016, Auburn and Oklahoma’s face-off bested the Coastal Carolina/Arizona MCWS series by the same margin.
Only once since then has baseball beaten softball in that metric when both series’ played the same number of games (2017; baseball averaged higher viewership in both 2018 and ’19 when the MCWS went to a winner-take-all game three and the WCWS champion was determined in two games).
Some direct numbers that show just how dominant the WCWS was over the MCWS in 2021:
Number of games that drew 1 million+ viewers:
WCWS 10
MCWS 6
Number of times each event drew 1.5 million+ viewers:
WCWS 5
MCWS 1
Baseball’s most-watched game of the CWS was Game 3 of the Mississippi State/Vanderbilt championship series, which draw 1.67 million viewers. That number was less than both Game 1 (1.86 million) and Game 2 (2.08 million) of the Oklahoma/Florida State championship series at the WCWS, and narrowly edged out Game 3 of OU/FSU which began at 3 pm Eastern time and drew an audience of 1.565 million.
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Posted on 4/12/22 at 1:16 pm to OU Guy
Having coached it for many years, fastpitch softball is the world's greatest sport. It really is. College football used to be. Not anymore.
As for OU, they have the best team in the country by far. Everyone in the SEC is down from where they normally are except Arkansas is up. For example, Florida starts 4 freshman. Bama has gaps they don't usually have. LSU is way down from normal. Auburn is not on the same map as they normally are.
Oklahoma has the best hitting coach and the best pitching coach in the game. They haven't played the best schedule, but it is a little like Alabama football when they were hitting all cylinders. The schedule was bad, but it didn't matter. They were clearly the best team. Same for OU softball. It is what it is.
As for OU, they have the best team in the country by far. Everyone in the SEC is down from where they normally are except Arkansas is up. For example, Florida starts 4 freshman. Bama has gaps they don't usually have. LSU is way down from normal. Auburn is not on the same map as they normally are.
Oklahoma has the best hitting coach and the best pitching coach in the game. They haven't played the best schedule, but it is a little like Alabama football when they were hitting all cylinders. The schedule was bad, but it didn't matter. They were clearly the best team. Same for OU softball. It is what it is.
This post was edited on 4/12/22 at 1:19 pm
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