COLLEGE WORLD SERIES: CWS Game Eight: Arkansas 2, South Carolina 1

OMAHA—Teams have tried different formulas to handle South Carolina in the postseason. UCLA tried power pitching in 2010 with Gerrit Cole and Trevor Bauer; Connecticut tried first-round picks Matt Barnes and George Springer in a failed 2011 super regional bid. Florida tried power bats in 2011 and Saturday in this CWS. In-state rival Clemson tried hatred in this year's regional.

No one had figured out how to do it since Oklahoma in the first game of the 2010 College World Series. The Gamecocks had won two straight national championships and acquired an aura and a mystique not seen in college baseball since Darwin Barney's O-State Ballaz (better known as Oregon State's back-to-back 2006-2007 champions).

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