The Tigers of LSU have captured their sixth title in team history, tying them with Texas for second all-time behind USC, which has 12. Arizona State has the third most titles with five. LSU absolutely destroyed Texas in game three of the final round by a score of 11-4. The game was tied in the sixth at four but LSU proceeded to score five runs in their half of the sixth inning to put the game out of reach.

LSU would add two insurance runs in the over the eighth and ninth innings to secure their victory. It was the first national title for head coach Paul Mainieri, who played his freshman year at LSU and coached at Notre Dame, Air Force, and St. Thomas (Florida).

“I’ve had wonderful kids everywhere I’ve been,” Mainieri said. “They’re all feeling a part of this. I’m so happy for these kids. They’ve done everything I’ve asked.

“They played great. They played great defense. Our pitching has been solid all year. When we got to the end of the season everyone was determined they would get it done. It’s been a coach’s dream to have a group like this.”

The College World Series Most Outstanding Player was Jared Mitchell, who hit a three run homerun in the first inning to jumpstart the LSU offense. Mitchell also won a National Title with the LSU football team in 2007 as a wide receiver. His teammate, reliever Chad Jones, was also on the 2007 LSU football team that won the National Title. Jones was a safety on that team.

As mentioned earlier, the Tigers and the Longhorns are tied for second with six national titles all-time behind the 12 from USC. Here are the years that those three teams and Arizona State (5 titles) won their championships:

USC: 1948, 58, 61, 63, 68, 70-74, 78, 98

LSU: 1991, 93, 96, 97, 2000, 09

Texas: 1949, 50, 75, 83, 2002, 05

Arizona State: 1965, 67, 69, 77, 81

Taylor Jungmann threw nine impressive innings leading the Longhorns to a 5-1 Game 2 win.

The College World Series will come to an exciting end tonight in Omaha, Nebraska at Rosenblatt Stadium. Rosenblatt Stadium is one of the most storied and revered baseball stadiums in the country and it has seen its fair share of excitement not only in 2009 but throughout the past 50 plus seasons.

Rosenblatt has been home to the CWS since 1950 and is the largest non-MLB professional stadium in the United States. It is home to the Omaha Royals of the Pacific Coast League.

The final round of the series has pitted the Texas Longhorns against the LSU Tigers in a best of three match-up. LSU came back late in game one to win in extras and take a 1-0 series lead over the #1 team in the nation in Texas. Game 2 saw Texas jump out to an early 5-1 lead that held up for the rest of the night, helping the Longhorns knot the series at 1 games apiece.

Game 3, which is for all the marbles, will take place tonight at Rosenblatt Stadium. Taylor Jungmann is the reason for a Game 3. He pitched nine dominating innings for the Longhorns, one night after the bullpen was worn out. If Texas pulls out a win on Wednesday night they will have secured their seventh baseball national championship in school history.

So who will it be in 2009? 2008 saw the Cinderella story of Fresno State winning their first ever College World Series title, defeating Georgia 2 games to 1 in the best of three series. 2009 has pitted two completely different teams against each other in the final round and for the second straight year the final round will take all three games to determine a title winner.

Texas is looking for its first national title since 2005, when they defeated Florida two games to none. LSU is looking for its first national title since they defeated Standford in 2000 by a score of 6-5. The College World Series went to a best of three series in 2003, when Rice defeated Stanford in three games.

Once the series concludes tongiht we will also find out which player was named the CWS MVP. As we have seen in the past, not every MVP winner at the CWS is from the national championship winning team. The last player named MVP to not be on the winning team was John Hudgins of Standford in 2003. His team lost to Rice in three games.