LSU's place in CWS history

All info from wikipedia. Forget the 90's "Team of the Decade"; I will make the case that LSU has been the Team of the Last 28 Years:

16 CWS appearances and 6 titles in 28 years (hereafter, "the window"). With a title this year, LSU would move into second place in total CWS championships, behind only USC's 12. USC, however, has only won 1 title in 4 appearances during the window.

LSU is currently tied for second in titles with Texas, which has 2 titles in 11 appearances during the window.

LSU's 16 appearances is tied for 7th overall, with Arizona, Cal-Fullerton and Stanford. But of those three, CSF has the shortest window to get to Omaha 16 times; 39 years compared to LSU's 28 (first appearance in 1975). Arizona's appearances are spread over 60 years (1954), Stanford's is 61 (1953). During the window, CSF and Stanford have been close to LSU, with 12 appearances for CSF and 11 for Stanford. Both, however, have only 2 titles in the same time. Arizona? Only 3 appearances during the window, though they did win it all in 2 of the 3.

In the history of the CWS, only 15 schools have made 10 or more appearances. Some noteworthy runs during the window include Miami with 15 appearances, but only 2 titles. Florida State has 14 appearances, but no titles.

Some impressive runs before the window include Texas' 18 appearances and 3 titles from '49 to '79, and of course USC's 17 appearance with 11 titles from '48 to '78. There was also Arizona State's very impressive run of 13 appearances and 5 titles in 20 years, from '64 to '84. All of those, however, came before what could be considered the "modern" era of college baseball, before which, these 3 schools were among the very few devoting serious energy to baseball. Its hard to pinpoint when exactly the modern era began, but it would seem to coincide with TV's discovery of the game. That would be between 1980, the first year ESPN began coverage, and 1988, when the format for the championship (previously the end of a pure double-elimination tournament) was changed to one game, winner-take-all for the sake of live national coverage by CBS. LSU's rise to power falls right in this period. Thanks to TV, and in no small part, the success of a few programs (led by LSU) in building a consistent fan base, led more and more schools to channel more resources into creating first-class baseball programs. LSU's success in this era of broader competition is much more significant than a couple dominating the few in the pre-modern era.