2022 Fall Report: Florida

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Florida coach Kevin O’Sullivan surveyed the field last fall in an exhibition game against Georgia. He saw the opponent had older, more experienced players. Then, he looked back to his dugout. He saw youth. He saw inexperience. 

“I didn’t really know it until I saw it in that game,” O’Sullivan recalled. “That had like seven of their nine hitters were fifth-year players or grad students. I’m looking at it, and I’m going, the average age of our lineup was 19 and a half, I think, at that point. You know, it makes a huge difference.”

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