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The top overall seed hasn\u2019t won the College World Series in a quarter century, and this year\u2019s No. 1, Tennessee, was fortunate to avoid a Cinderella upset in the Super Regionals. <\/p>\n
Evansville took the Vols to a do-or-die Game 3 in Knoxville before bowing out.<\/p>\n
So if the favorite (+290) to win in Omaha is looking a bit shaky, who should you be backing? Here\u2019s why we\u2019re recommending the longest shot on the odds board.<\/p>\n
Season-long metrics dictate that Florida should be priced as a substantial long shot to win the College World Series. <\/p>\n
Sportsbooks agree and have installed the Gators as the longest shot in the field.<\/p>\n
A big reason for this lack of faith is UF\u2019s much-maligned pitching staff. <\/p>\n
The Gators enter Omaha with the 11th-best staff ERA. Not in the country, in the state of Florida. <\/p>\n
Programs like USF, Bethune-Cookman, and Florida International all had better pitching this season than the Gators (6.16 ERA, 158th).<\/p>\n
But Florida isn\u2019t some plucky upstart that is getting lucky. <\/p>\n
The Gators were a consensus top-three team in the preseason, grappled with the nation\u2019s most difficult schedule, and got better and better down the stretch.<\/p>\n
Two months ago, they were adrift, staring down the barrel of a losing season. <\/p>\n
A first-round exit in the SEC Tournament seemed to seal their fate, but they snuck into the NCAA Tournament and have flipped the switch.<\/p>\n
They cobbled together three elite pitching performances in the Regionals, holding Nebraska to just two runs and repeating that same feat twice over in 5-2 and 4-2 wins over Oklahoma State in Stillwater. <\/p>\n
Then their bats came alive in the Super Regionals, plating 21 runs in two games to dispatch Clemson.<\/p>\n
They have the collegiate version of Shohei Ohtani pulling double duty from the mound and plate. <\/p>\n
Jac Caglianone struck out 82 batters as a starting pitcher and belted 33 home runs. In the Super Regionals, he hit a pair of dingers, drove in five runs and struck out six in 5\u200a\u00b2\/\u2083 innings.<\/p>\n
But the Gators have been more than \u201cJactani\u201d in the postseason. <\/p>\n
They\u2019ve scored double digits in three of their six victories and orchestrated four come-from-behind wins.<\/p>\n
Now UF gets a huge break by drawing Texas A&M in Bracket 2 in Omaha. <\/p>\n
The Gators won their season series against the Aggies, shelling the previously invincible Ryan Prager. <\/p>\n
Florida dispatched the Aggies\u2019 ace (2 \u00b9\/\u2083 innings, seven hits, six earned runs) and has the lineup to do it again at Charles Schwab Field.<\/p>\n
If the Gators advance, they could also draw Kentucky in Bracket 2, and they played a thriller of a series against the Wildcats a month ago. <\/p>\n
They lost two of three to UK, but took them to extras in each loss and were plus-6 in run differential for the series.<\/p>\n
What I love most about this play is Florida\u2019s overall experience both from a program perspective (14 CWS appearances) and from the dugout. <\/p>\n
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This is manager Kevin O\u2019Sullivan\u2019s ninth trip to Omaha and he\u2019s done a great job at keeping his team unified through a tumultuous season.<\/p>\n
His pitching staff was strikingly green and it showed throughout most of the campaign. <\/p>\n
But his young arms don\u2019t look overmatched anymore and their path in Bracket 2 is considerably more advantageous than had they been placed in the loaded Bracket 1.<\/p>\n
The fact that A&M surrendered 15 runs to Oregon last weekend gives me considerable hope that the Gators can crack Prager and the Aggies to get a run started in Omaha. <\/p>\n
At 15\/1, I\u2019m happy to play the red-hot long shot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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