The Gators saw their season end on Saturday afternoon at the hands of their in-state rivals, but one thing the Seminoles couldn't snuff out was the promise of a bright future.
TALLAHASSEE - Raise your hand if you saw this one coming.
Stephen Locke does not know what the future holds for him just yet, but he does know his immediate future now involves starting the first game of regional action.
The last time the Gators were here, things were different, but the same.
It has been three years since the Gators have made the NCAA's field of 64. In 2005, they were one of the last two teams standing in the College World Series. This year, the road to Omaha winds through the home of their rivals.
HOOVER, Ala. - The things that carried them through much of the season were the things that failed them in the Southeastern Conference Tournament.
HOOVER, Ala. - It was a tournament to forget for the Orange and Blue.
Perhaps Brandon McArthur was being prophetic when he changed his batting music for this past weekend's series against then-No. 13 Vanderbilt.
It would have been easy for UF to come out flat in their last nonconference game of the season.
When Kyle Mullaney, who came into the game with a 6.75 ERA, is the pitching star of the night, things don't look good for your team.
For the first time all season, Tommy Toledo will be starting the weekend instead of ending it.
With his record unblemished, a key victory against Georgia on Sunday and an offense that's finally putting up runs behind him again, it's safe to say UF starter Patrick Keating is enjoying himself.
For nine innings on Sautrday afternoon, Georgia could not pick the Locke of the UF pitching staff.
It only took Georgia half an inning to show why it is the best team in the Southeastern Conference.
It's been a long time since Brandon McArthur got to sit down and watch Wednesday Night Baseball.
Until the last pitch of the series, it was impossible to tell whether UF or Kentucky was the better baseball team.
The pitcher who has made the most pronounced impact for the UF baseball team is, perhaps, its most soft-spoken individual.
TALLAHASSEE - It wasn't long ago that UF appeared to be an upstart worthy of challenging a perennial power like Florida State.
The UF-Florida State rivalry is too intense to be squeezed into one measly weekend like the UF-Miami series earlier in the year.
There goes the thought that UF had finally cleaned up the pitching and defensive woes that plagued the Gators during their recent five-game losing streak.
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