Texas Tech sports: Bold predictions for the Red Raiders in the 2020s
Tim Tadlock will win two College World Series titles
The Texas Tech baseball program went from the bottom of the Big 12 at the start of the 2010s to knocking on the door of a national title by the end of the decade. It feels like Tim Tadlock’s program is on the verge of breaking through in a big way and when that happens, we might have a juggernaut of a program on our hands in Lubbock, one that wins multiple titles.
That’s why I can envision Tadlock winning at least two titles in Omaha this decade. Though we can’t take winning even one for granted given that this program has yet to accomplish that task, it almost feels like an inevitability that the Red Raiders are going to climb that mountain sooner than later.
Last year, Tech was one of the last four programs standing, the first time this program has been able to claim such an accomplishment. That came in the same year that Tadlock got his team to Omaha in consecutive seasons for the first time. Make no mistake, those are important stepping stones on the road to a national title.
It isn’t a stretch to think that Tadlock could open this decade by winning his first title. The Red Raiders will once again enter the year as a consensus top 10 team and are being ranked in the top 5 by most college baseball publications. Thus, many will be picking Tech as a favorite to not only get back to Omaha but to win it all.
It’s important to remember though that breaking through in Omaha is tough. In fact, some of the sport’s greatest head coaches have never been able to win it all at the CWS. For instance, Mike Martin, never brought a National Title to Florida State despite being the winningest head coach in NCAA history and going to Omaha 17 times.
Still, I’m putting my money on Tadlock figuring out a way to get his program over the hump in Omaha this decade. Once he does, winning it all will become the expectation for Tech baseball and he’ll end the decade with at least two national titles.