Jun 23 2008
And then there were two…
The College World Series has finally whittled itself down to two teams, and the best of three series begins tonight at 7 p.m. Eastern on ESPN 2.
Georgia and Fresno State have both battled through to make it into the Championship series. And I don’t think anyone would have picked either team to make it into the finals.
Georgia entered the tournament as an eight seed and an average won-loss record that now stands at 44-23-1. Georgia becomes the first team to bounce back from a losing season one year and advance to the finals the next.
Fresno State entered the tournament as the fourth seed… in their region! They are the first regional fourth seed ever to make it into the Championship round, and took out national #2 seed North Carolina, a finalist the past two years, in the process.
Georgia has been here before. In 1990, Georgia won the NCAA title. That season the Bulldogs had a utility infielder by the name of David Perno. Perno now goes by the title of head coach at UGa.
Did I mention both Fresno State and Georgia go by the nickname Bulldogs? Seems appropriate.
