The unprecedented success that is Oklahoma softball is much more than a local or regional thing. It has reached national attention, and national sports commentator Stephen A. Smith wants to know what is it in the water down there “where the wind come sweepin’ down the plain.”
College softball is not a subject that typically draws much, if any, comment from the dogmatic and never-at-a-loss-for-words Smith, a regular fixture on ESPN’s “First Take” program. But the Sooners’ dominant performance this season in smashing their way to a record-tying third consecutive national championship was too much for the animated TV sports critic to casually dismiss.