Gators under O’Sullivan have won 9 straight Super Regionals. Not bad, for a guy that has been bashed as of late.
The loss was in 2009 against Southern Miss. Since then we won supers at home in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2023, and now on the road in 2024. Sully has had plenty of success in Omaha, but even so he is 1/8 so far in winning it all. Winning the CWS is incredibly hard. In Sully we trust. Go Gators!!!
The format messes with your pitching rotation while playing the country's best teams. It takes genius coaching and a whole lot of luck to win it. No other sport has athletes that have to rest for 3-5 days before they can start again.
This is as succinct an observation of one the objective reasons that the baseball natty is the most difficult to achieve.
Two things imo are essential for winning it all, a team has to peak at the right time and has to have great pitching as in starters and relievers. I believe we are peaking at the right time but our pitching still concerns me.