{"id":327237,"date":"2026-06-08T07:26:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T07:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/327237\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T07:26:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T07:26:11","slug":"omahorns-fans-react-to-texas-longhorns-return-to-college-world-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/327237\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;OmaHORNS&#8217;: Fans react to Texas Longhorns&#8217; return to College World Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For the 39th time in program history, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statesman.com\/hookem\/baseball\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Texas baseball;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Texas baseball&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Texas baseball<\/a> will play in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statesman.com\/sports\/college\/baseball\/article\/ncaa-tournament-predictions-super-regionals-22292291.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Men&#039;s College World Series.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Men&#039;&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Men&#8217;s College World Series.<\/a> Texas hasn&#8217;t made the final since 2009 and hasn&#8217;t won it all since 2005.<\/p>\n<p>But in 2026, UT is back. And the Longhorns will play SEC foe Georgia to begin things. Texas won the Austin Super Regional in two games against Oregon; UGA did the same in its super regional against Mississippi State. The Bulldogs and Longhorns did not meet in the regular season.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statesman.com\/sports\/columns\/article\/texas-baseball-dylan-volantis-oregon-22287764.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Volantis stars in Game 1 despite challenges\u00a0;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Volantis stars in Game 1 despite challenges&amp;nbsp&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Volantis stars in Game 1 despite challenges\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what fans and observers had to say after the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.statesman.com\/sports\/college\/longhorns\/baseball\/article\/texas-longhorns-score-today-oregon-ducks-22287682.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Longhorns beat the Ducks 6-5;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Longhorns beat the Ducks 6-5&quot;}\" class=\"link \"> Longhorns beat the Ducks 6-5<\/a> on Sunday:<\/p>\n<p>Texas returns to College World Series: Social media reacts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For the 39th time in program history, Texas baseball will play in the Men&#8217;s College World Series. Texas&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":327238,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[116951,27,67041,29,537,28],"class_list":["post-327237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-men39s-college-world-series","tag-texas","tag-texas-baseball","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-longhorns","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=327237"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327237\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/327238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=327237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=327237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=327237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}