TG2 - Thanks for proving the point I have been trying to make. It would seem that all of the publications by Memorial Day had concluded that UVA had underachieved so significantly during the season that they were not a serious contender any longer.
So, how does that become the greatest job of anything by anyone?
UVA has Top 5 or Top 10 talent - that is not something that anyone has argued is not a good assumption. Instead the argument is that somehow the coaches and players might have overachieved. I prefer to recognize their talent that was there all the while rather than diminish it in any way by suggesting it isn't there.
My point was and still is - they finally played to their level - no more and no less. They caught some breaks - missing UCSB in the Regional, MD knocking out UCLA to get Super Regional at home, Arkansas (weakest team in CWS) in first game in Omaha and took advantage of all of it.
Championships happen when talent, some luck and taking advantage of opportunity come together.