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At stake in 2023-24: 40 straight years of being in the top 10 of Division I.
Top-5 finish in the Learfield Directors' Cup 🐊
🔸Florida is the only program to finish among the nation's top 10 in each of the last 39 national all-sports standings.
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Imagine that the list of swimmers able to approach world-record form they had at 19 seven years later is not long.
Phelps, for example, only got three individual WRs after Beijing — all in fly, which he ruled for a decade. And he was younger then than Ledecky is now.
This has to be a smarter, safer road for upwards of 90 percent of track athletes with pro aspirations than just jumping. And if Nike, Adidas, etc. are committed to this, it could be a sea change for the sport.
✍🏻 NCAA 5000m champion @parker_valby has signed an NIL deal with @Nike and will continue running for @GatorsTF next year.
She joins Charles Hicks as the top NCAA distance runners with Nike NIL deals.
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I say this only to help make a point: A two-way player with 97 Ks in 85.2 IP and 13 homers against Wichita State’s schedule is a legit “massive get.”
Jac Caglianone had 87 Ks in 74.2 IP against Florida’s schedule. He also hit a bit.
TRANSFER NEWS: @TCU_Baseball has landed a massive get out of the portal as former Wichita State two-way standout Payton Tolle is headed to Fort Worth play for the #Frogs, @d1baseball has learned. Tolle struck out 97 in 85.2 IP and hit .311 w/ 13 HRs, 50 RBIs in '23.
Thinking about last night for the first time this morning, and: The SEC not making sure Florida-LSU is as close to an annual baseball series as possible would be a mistake.
It’s a rivalry. It’s been played for the highest stakes. Make it happen in the regular season. Often.
Do not delete this tweet. That score is accurate.
The Florida Gators were routed ??-? by the LSU Tigers on Monday night in Game 3 of the College World Series. Here are three takeaways. gatorsports.com/story/sports…
Six different teams have won those titles. Two other SEC programs have one to their name.
And two of the 15 Division I programs with multiple titles join the league next year.
Pretty sure no Division I program has ever won women’s basketball and baseball titles in the same year, either.
Kind of wild that USC, Stanford, and South Carolina all did the ships passing in the night thing on that.
Over seven innings on Sunday, Florida outscored LSU 23-1 — and the 23 runs were consecutive.
Over the other 22 innings of this championship series, LSU outscored Florida 25-8. And that mattered more — it earned two wins.
Hat’s off to the Tigers. That machine is whirring again.