Your all-time favorite team should mean something beyond wins and losses. More often than not, your favorite team will be successful, but there is honor in falling short after giving everything you had.
It was interesting at the end, but Florida was knocked out of the College World Series today by Florida State, losing 8-5. In their two games in Omaha, UF was outscored 19-8.
The Gators could be two-and-out in Omaha. Following their 11-3 loss to UCLA Saturday to open the College World Series, the Gators (47-16) face FSU today in an elimination game. FSU (47-19) lost to TCU 8-1 also on Saturday.
Florida has never won a baseball National Championship. Tonight, they begin that quest, playing UCLA at 7pm in Omaha.
The Gators continue to find ways to win. Saturday night in Gainesville, it was forcing Miami into making plays and the Canes spectacularly failed, giving the Gators a 4-3 win and Super Regional series sweep. The two game sweep sends the Gators to their first College World Series since 2005. The victory followed UF's 7-2 win Friday night in Game 1.
Who is standing between the Gators and a trip to the College World Series? Those bastards from Miami.
The Gators pounded FAU 15-0 for a sweep of the Gainesville Regional in the NCAA Baseball Tournament. The No. 3 Gators (45-15) will await the winner of Miami-Texas A&M in the Coral Gables Regional.
Tonight the Gators face Bethune-Cookman at 7pm in their opener of the NCAA Baseball Regionals. The Gators (42-15) are the overall No. 3 seed in the tournament.
The Gators were selected as the No. 3 seed in the NCAA Baseball Tournament and hosts Regional play.
Wednesday night, the Gators lost 10-6 to LSU in their opening game of the SEC Tournament at Hoover, Ala. Today at 1:30pm ET, the Gators (40-14) will play No. 4 seed Arkansas (40-17), with the loser eliminated from the tournament.
