GAINESVILLE -- Florida trounced the Miami Hurricanes 16-5 on Sunday night. It was the first time in team history that Gators eliminated Miami from the playoffs. Entering the weekend, Miami had eliminated Florida from the NCAA tournament eight times.
Florida will now play either Southern Miss or Georgia Tech in the Super Regional round of the NCAA baseball tournament. Southern Miss and Georgia Tech play today in Atlanta. Tech defeated Southern Miss on Sunday night to force today's game.
Amazingly, Sunday was only the second time UM coach Jim Morris had been eliminated from the regional round of the NCAA tournament since he began coaching at Miami in 1994. Florida coach Kevin O'Sullivan got the best Miami's legendary coach by making all the right calls this weekend. That was the subject of my story in today's paper. Here's the game story of yesterday's game by our Miami Hurricanes beat writer, Susan Miller-Degnan.
Not to add insult to injury or anything like that, but I managed to record part of Sunday's game -- the part when Morris got tossed by the home plate umpire. Enjoy.
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Um...softball??????????
Posted by: Adam S. | June 01, 2009 at 11:41 AM
Could the glory days for "Canes be gone for baseball too??? Maybe they're joining their football "brothers" as has-beens. Sweet.
Posted by: Reptilian Rhapsody | June 01, 2009 at 11:46 AM
Keep dreaming Reptilian, as the Canes next year will be top 5 in baseball and much improved in football.
The Gators short-lived glory days of
the last 3-4 years will be over once Tim "I eat steroids for breakfest" Tebow graduates to become the next Gator bust in the NFL.
Posted by: J-Rod | June 01, 2009 at 12:38 PM
Cane fans can enjoy their summer of discontent.
Posted by: bigDgator | June 01, 2009 at 01:26 PM
More great news from the team with the longest rap sheet team in sports!
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=4221947
Posted by: UF Football Team = Criminals | June 01, 2009 at 02:37 PM
I respect you guys for your recent success on the field, but the players are simply out of control off of it.
You cannot deny that. In my 25 years, I have never seen so many players arrested over the course of 3 years.
It really is an incredible streak!!
Which streak is more impressive?
Miami's streak of 1st round picks?
or
UF's streak of arrests?
Posted by: J-Rod | June 01, 2009 at 03:32 PM
What's next?
Tebow will finally get busted for steroids?
His head looks like Arnold "The Governator"
Posted by: J-Rod | June 01, 2009 at 03:35 PM
You gotta put that clip up on YouTube. Too funny!
Posted by: EdGator | June 01, 2009 at 03:51 PM
Glad to see UF pound UM in something new. Here comes USF and UCF...watch out UM:)
Posted by: Paul | June 01, 2009 at 04:05 PM
UF arrests? Maybe we are Arrest U over the last three years, but at least we are not known as Mudered U. as the um is.
Posted by: The Great Jota | June 01, 2009 at 04:37 PM
Great Jota,
Yeah, you are stealing dead people's credit card u.
UF-elons
25 arrests and counting and one steroid ingesting QB (Head is shaped like an Austrian Body-Builder)
Posted by: JRod | June 02, 2009 at 10:24 AM