Florida's Jackson Kowar celebrates after recording the final out of the 2017 CWS (Aaron Fitt)

Gators Finally Reach Promised Land

OMAHA — The last time Florida was in the CWS Finals, in 2011, Kevin O’Sullivan had to watch from the first-base dugout at TD Ameritrade Park as SEC rival South Carolina celebrated a national championship. After shaking hands with South Carolina’s players and coaches, O’Sullivan turned to a couple of reporters and said, “We’ll be back. We’ll be back.”

It was a simple statement of fact. It wasn’t arrogant — it was[…]