When the NCAA Tournament field was announced last week, Florida Baseball drew the most ire of any team in the country as many felt the Gators weren't worthy of a spot in the field.
After making their way through the loser's bracket of the Stillwater Regional and knocking off 11th seed Oklahoma State to secure a spot in Super Regionals, it's time to hit the flashback machine to see just how wrong America was about the Gators.
Florida Baseball: The Internet Lives Forever
Just goes to show with a little hard work and being a game over .500, you too can make the tournament when your AD is on the selection committee.
— Stringer Bull (@Rajijos) May 27, 2024
Helps to have the AD on the committee. What a sham.
— For Love of the Games (@MikeFLotGSports) May 27, 2024
Getting bounced 0-2
— Scoot Servais (@trutothebluu) May 27, 2024
Least deserving team. Sickening.
— Dart Carter (@dartcarterqb) May 27, 2024
It’s a joke Florida makes the tournament with a 28-27 record, but I digress
— Fake Derek Dietrich (@DDHitsNukes) May 27, 2024
Nebraska is coming out of this regional. Florida 0-2 to finish with a losing record.
— Dustin Hoffman (@Dhoff6) May 27, 2024
Yay free win vs Florida
— Æ (@uhyuuhu9o) May 27, 2024
Welp, gators ain't going to last long...
— Nicholas H Gieschen III (@h_gieschen) May 27, 2024
Oklahoma State is about to beat Florida in Baseball & Softball in the same weekend! #ROLLDAMNPOKES
— SaD oKlAhOmA sTaTe FaN (@TrillFamThought) May 27, 2024
28-27 getting into the tourney?! Blasphemy. Clean it up @NCAABaseball
— David Roberts (@Mr__Roberts) May 27, 2024
I guess playing games just didn’t matter
— Andy Swain (@andyswain5) May 27, 2024
They're is no reason that uf should have made the tournament.
— Talking Tomahawks (@talkingtomahaw1) May 27, 2024
Unbelievable. 13-18 in conference and committee thinks they deserve in the field.
— Kevin Gunn (@prollysaid) May 27, 2024
Horrible, horrible look
— NorCalU (@NorCalU1) May 28, 2024
Absolute joke, but completely expected. It’s like the head coaches in the SEC drew up their own regionals. Even in baseball it’s all about looking out for the SEC. I’m sure SECESPN made sure of that.
— B.J. Davis (@BJ_Davis23) May 27, 2024
There are countless other tweets we could surface as well as countless comments on platforms like Reddit who didn't feel the Gators should have been in the tournament.
Whatever helps people sleep at night because the Florida Gators are off to Super Regionals against Clemson.