Men's College World Series Highlights: Gators' Ups and Downs

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00:00We'll be right back.

00:06But still blazing hot there out

00:10in Omaha is the Men's College

00:12World Series. Three games

00:14yesterday. Ben, this is where I

00:15want to start. Explain to the

00:17people why Florida could win

00:19fifteen to four, then lose on

00:21the same day and be taking a

00:23trip back home here. Why was

00:25Florida playing two games

00:26yesterday? So, it was the true

00:28reason why could have their

00:30season come to a close in the

00:32opener at 11 a.m. Eastern time

00:34between the Gators of Florida

00:36and the Kentucky Wildcats

00:38because of a postponement due

00:40to weather for the game that

00:42was originally scheduled on

00:44Tuesday evening. A tough draw

00:46for Florida. But what happens

00:48at times with weather, I will

00:50not let Donny right side

00:52comment on that. The Gators

00:54were illustrious though in that

00:56seven runs in the first inning

00:58they added on two more in the

01:00second. They scored fifteen in

01:02total to blow out the cats and

01:04send Kentucky packing from its

01:06first ever appearance at the

01:08Men's College World Series

01:10fifteen to four. Jack Caglione

01:12making some history. His thirty

01:14fifth home run of the season.

01:16His seventy-fifth of his Florida

01:18career. A new program record

01:20for UF baseball. He is going

01:22to hear his name called early

01:24would be my suspicion next

01:26month at the Major League Baseball

01:28draft. But tough then for Florida

01:30to have to turn it around and

01:32play in the nightcap yesterday

01:34in Omaha as well. They could have

01:36saved a couple of those fifteen

01:38runs because they were blanked

01:40by Texas A&M. And it

01:42is the advantage Donny of

01:44just going your way through the winner's

01:46bracket because Florida and

01:48Florida State, the two teams that

01:50had already suffered one loss

01:52in Omaha at the CWS

01:54had to knock off for Florida

01:56Texas A&M twice to get to the

01:58CWS finals. Back to back

02:00days. Same story for

02:02FSU. Neither even able to register

02:04a single victory to

02:06force a winner take all game

02:08on this Thursday. The Aggies

02:10have been perfect throughout

02:12this postseason in the NCAA

02:14tournament. Eight games. Eight wins.

02:16Six nothing. Blanking

02:18the Gators in the nightcap to advance

02:20their first ever appearance in the

02:22CWS championship series.

02:24Tennessee the number one national

02:26seed making quick work of Florida State

02:2872 the victory for the Vols.

02:30We're taking a look at

02:32just what happened yesterday and how it sets up for

02:34the World Series itself. It is kind of interesting

02:36where it's like, okay, we are going to make one team

02:38play a double header. And I would say

02:40that because you put yourself in some of those

02:42situations that the rain out is just bad

02:44luck at that point. But if you didn't lose

02:46any games, you wouldn't have to worry about that at

02:48the same time. But also the momentum

02:50was just crazy yesterday. Like Florida and Kentucky.

02:52Both of those teams, two SEC teams.

02:54You win 15 to 4. You think like, okay

02:56game number two is coming up. The bats are hot. We got

02:5814 hits. Multiple home runs.

03:00Then A&M comes up and goes, okay, that's fine.

03:02We'll blank you six to nothing. Like you go

03:04from 15 runs to zero runs.

03:06It was also a testament of how good that

03:08pitching staff yesterday was for Texas

03:10A&M. But I do want to focus on Tennessee

03:12because it's something that we brought up earlier

03:14this week on the shows. I asked you the same

03:16question, like, you know, what's going to happen when

03:18Tennessee plays on the weekend, then sits out because

03:20they're so good and doesn't play until Wednesday.

03:22They were phenomenal again yesterday in that 7-2

03:24victory against Florida State. And also

03:26sometimes you take a look at some of these statistics

03:28which are always going to be good for these teams

03:30that make the World Series. But Tennessee,

03:32that 58-12 record, just

03:34knowing that they're the best team in

03:36college baseball in the regular season, now

03:38really showing up here, it just shows

03:40the depth of that team. And Russ doesn't matter.

03:42We're not making any excuses. Tennessee

03:44looks the part right now.

03:46And they have looked the part for the better

03:48part of the last few years. Tony Vitello

03:50has turned this program

03:52into an absolute powerhouse

03:54in Knoxville. But it's almost

03:56a blessing and a curse, Donny, as

03:58we have detailed a few times,

04:00to be college baseball's best team

04:02and to earn that number one

04:04national seed. The seeding format

04:06of the 16 national seeds

04:08hosting the Super, or hosting

04:10the regional round, and those

04:12four teams in your single pod,

04:14if you will, on the opening weekend

04:16of the NCAA baseball tournament

04:18has not been great. The seeding

04:20format started in 1999.

04:22We have only ever seen

04:24one number one national

04:26seed win a national championship.

04:28It was the very first year of this

04:30format, back in 99,

04:32Donny's Miami Hurricanes.

04:34It has been kind of like that

04:36President's Trophy curse in the

04:38Stanley Cup playoffs, here in the

04:40NCAA tournament, and getting

04:42to Omaha, getting to the

04:44CWS championship set,

04:46and ultimately winning that ultimate prize,

04:48a national title. But Tennessee

04:50looks hell-bent on bucking

04:52that trend. Seven to two

04:54yesterday in illustrious offense,

04:56Christian Moore, one of the best bats

04:58in all of college baseball,

05:00the leadoff man often for the

05:02volunteers, and I think you will see

05:04him in game number one on

05:06Saturday night in downtown

05:08Omaha. Chase Burns, who is going

05:10to be a top ten draft pick, would be

05:12my guess, a guy that

05:14goes to triple digits consistently

05:16for Tennessee. Electric

05:18stuff on the bump, but

05:20as we have seen with A&M,

05:22they're pitching staff all postseason

05:24long, and here in Omaha

05:26has been sensational.

05:28The total not out just yet for

05:30Saturday night in game number one

05:32in the best of three CWS

05:34finals, but believe

05:36me, I will be

05:38leaning under, because I think

05:40it will still probably hover around nine

05:42in a hook, ten and a half, and I'm

05:44going to take the honor. Tennessee,

05:46the favorites DRS to win

05:48the national championship this year.

05:50Yeah, and if we're taking a look, and you explained

05:52it there, because I was going to ask you that next question, is it just

05:54a singular national championship game, but

05:56it is a best of three, and as we say,

05:58and then there were two, and that's Tennessee

06:00and Texas A&M, a minus

06:02176 prize to win the

06:04College World Series on the Tennessee

06:06Volunteers, so a prohibited favorite here.

06:08Looking forward to this three-game

06:10set, what is your opinion here? Is there a chance

06:12that the Aggies can stun? I want to say

06:14stun, it's not as if they're getting a plus 350

06:16prize. They're a quality team, two SEC

06:18teams. What can we look forward to in the series?

06:20What's going to stand out?

06:22I think we're going three. I think

06:24we will see all three games with what

06:26would be that championship game on

06:28Monday night next week

06:30in Omaha, that winner-take-all

06:32game number three. Not sure

06:34who wins game one, but I don't think

06:36we're going to see a two-game

06:38sweep. I would give the edge to the Vols

06:40and the Odds, continuously working

06:42in their favor, now minus

06:44176.

06:46It's Tennessee and Texas

06:48A&M, and for a fifth consecutive

06:50year, DRS, because whoever wins

06:52will hail from the SEC,

06:54we will see an SEC national

06:56champion for five

06:58straight seasons

07:00in the men's college

07:02World Series. Oh, by the way,

07:04you asked for the Jell-O shot update

07:06at Rocco's yesterday?

07:08Tennessee has the edge, 12,804

07:10at last night's

07:12update, 11,762

07:14for A&M.

07:16Not the largest gap there

07:18for the early run. I'm next.

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