Virginia is in the driver's seat entering Friday's win-or-play-again-on-Saturday game against Florida at the College World Series (3 p.m., ESPN2), and that affords the Cavaliers a lot of leeway. They don't have to win today; it would just get them to the championship series a little faster, and without expending the energy to vie for a win on Saturday.
So Virginia is starting Nathan Kirby, a staff ace who hasn't dealt from the mound in a real game since April, against the Gators.
And it sounds to me like Virginia's well aware the gamble could backfire.