Colby Bortles’ eyes have seen a lot in the three years he’s been at Ole Miss. He’s been a freshman the core of a dog pile on a muggy June night in Lafayette, Louisiana in 2014 as the Rebels clinched their first birth to Omaha in nearly half a century. He’s also trudged off the diamond the last two seasons after his teams went 0-2 and were prematurely bounced from the NCAA tournament, once in Los Angeles and once at home.
“I think my role every year is try to do what I’m supposed to do to take this team to Omaha.