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Chomping at the bit for Florida Athletics
Author: Brian D. Fox, Jr.
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Game No. 71. It all comes down to this. The Florida Gators (54-16) are searching for the program’s second national championship and first since 2017. Florida forced the winner-take-all game three with a 24-4 rout that saw numerous College World Series records fall. Follow this liveblog of all the action as we get settled in…
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As the old adage goes, hitting is contagious. This is proven over and over as teams often go into long slumps as their star players do. This Florida Gators team is no different. Since the start of the College World Series in Omaha, the top three hitters in the Florida lineup have been mired in…
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The Florida Gators are facing elimination for the first time since Regionals after suffering a 4-3 defeat to the LSU Tigers Saturday night in game one of the College World Series Championship Series. Florida entered postseason play as the nation’s No. 2 overall seed while the Bayou Bengals were named the No. 5 seed. We…
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Florida Gators head coach Tim Walton continues to turn around his team’s roster following a disappointing 2023 season. That continued Friday as Florida landed the commitment of 2023 All-American outfielder Korbe Otis out of the NCAA transfer portal. The Littleton, CO native spent her first two years of college at Louisville and found immediate success…
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Florida’s Cade Kurland came up to bat with teammate Michael Robertson on third base and two down in the top of the ninth. Kurland was already 0-4 on the day and had been mired in a post-season slump. Kurland quickly found himself down 0-2 in the count. After fouling off a pitch, the Gators’ second…
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The Florida Gators are just three wins away from a College World Series title after holding off Oral Roberts, 5-4, Sunday. The Gators received another quality start from RHP Hurston Waldrep (W, 10-3) and saw several balls leave the yard with the winds blowing out. Waldrep finished six innings allowing just one run on seven…
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Within hours of the announcement that Ole Miss had flipped 2025 QB prospect Austin Simmons (who is reclassifying to the 2023 cycle), the Florida Gators went on a ridiculous hot streak as four blue chip prospects announced their commitments on social media Saturday. Four-star TE Amir Jackson was the first to announce his commitment to…
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The Florida Gators had already stuck for one run in the bottom of the ninth inning on a leadoff homer by Ty Evans when Wyatt Langford dug into the batter’s box Friday evening. Ahead in the count 1-0, Langford saw a change-up from UVA pitcher Jake Berry and absolutely crushed the ball to left and…
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Florida RHP Yoel Tejeda, Jr. announced his commitment to rival Florida State via Twitter Monday. Excited to announce I have committed to Florida State University! Very excited for this new opportunity! #GoNoles 🍢🍢 pic.twitter.com/RdZzgXED1l — Yoel Tejeda (@yoelon52) June 13, 2023 Earlier in the day, Jacob Rudner, of 247Sports, reported that Tejeda and Carsten Finnvold…
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In front of an electric crowd of 8,439, the Florida Gators proved resilient in battling back from 2-0 and 3-2 deficits to defeat South Carolina 5-4 in game one of the Gainesville Super Regional. The Gators are now one win from advancing to the College World Series for the first time since 2018. Despite a…
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