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Weekend 5 Preview: Bulldogs vs. Razorbacks 2026 NCAA Baseball | Ep. 018 · College Baseball Now

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Speaker 1: We are on the verge of conference play, with some
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of the nation's top teams coming head to head in
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only two days. All we can do is pick what
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we think will happen and prepare for anything. We'll get
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into that plus a busy midweek session on this episode
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of College Baseball.
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Speaker 2: Now, yeah, there ain't no problems, no problems, don't want problem.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, let me not sitting chet.
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Speaker 3: Then what was going for a minute?
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Speaker 1: Hit a beyot bee, didn't grab a couple wins with
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a D I D. They's even known the kid.
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Speaker 4: I had to do a b I g ds.
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Speaker 1: We can never be average and they want to problem
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with the boy. They don't want no static. I don't
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need so coach time run a week, God, I want
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to test that Tim.
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Speaker 3: Was standing to control runs a game.
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Speaker 4: Best believe them shining.
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Speaker 1: Dogs, counting them my wins. Yeah, I love them when
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they count me y out counting I'm the leaf.
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Speaker 4: Shutting shame why mint dobs?
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Speaker 1: Best believe one.
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Speaker 4: Stand don't want to.
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Your boy Drew Wheeler, the director of Amateur Scouting at Prospects.
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I'm happy to be here with you, happy to be
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here with my friends and yours, because we have got
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an awesome show for tonight. Starting with the gentleman who
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is in the bottom left hand side of the screen.
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It is mister j B. Sebastiano. JB. Howdy, you're wearing
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your nice tortoise glasses tonight. You look very smart.
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Speaker 3: Thank you. Yeah, you know, the contacts are bugging me.
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So there's the glasses type of day today.
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Speaker 1: I understand you look really distinguished wearing them. Between that
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and your air, you look like you could fit like
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right into like classic New York City. It's a good look,
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all right.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, I'll take it. I'll take that.
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Speaker 1: And and I hear, I hear. Only really handsome guys
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can pull off tortoise glasses too.
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Speaker 3: I like the glasses you I always have you.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, oh, I appreciate that. Hey, I got a question
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for you, JB. As it pertains to showers, morning or
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night showers, which is better or do you have a preference.
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You're different how you're feeling.
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Speaker 3: Maybe I've always been a night shower person. Personally. That's
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just always how it's been in my family, honestly, But
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just the I don't I guess the idea of you
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shower before you get into your bed and see you're
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clean when you get into bed, that's kind of the
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logic I've always gone by. But yeah, I like that.
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Speaker 1: Okay, okay, no disrespect there. Bottom right corner today is
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gonna be the coach. It's Jake Barjorie, Jake. It's great
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to see you, buddy. I love the hat. I'm sure
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you knew I was gonna go to the hat. It's
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a good looking hat, obviously, Jake. How have you been, sir?
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Speaker 5: I've been great. TO put a lot of thought into
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maybe wearing a different hat today, but I decided this
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is a this is a good luck hat for the pot,
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so we're gonna keep it rolling.
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Speaker 1: Good luck hat. Are you implying you need good luck
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for some reason?
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Speaker 5: Well, my picks have not been the best so far,
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so maybe maybe I should have switched up the hats.
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I don't know. I feel good in it.
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Speaker 1: I think you're taking bold shots. I appreciate what you're
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doing with your picks.
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Speaker 5: I have taken some bold shots, but some I think
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maybe one has worked out, But I mean that's fine, Jake.
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Speaker 1: I think it's fair to say that between myself, JV
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and Josh, we're pretty cowardly. If you're the only one
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taking old shots.
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Speaker 5: I'm also the one with the worst record, So take
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thatever you want.
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Speaker 1: Fair enough, fair enough. Hey, on the topic of showers, Jake,
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morning or night or is that something where you you know,
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depends on how you feel.
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Speaker 5: I've usually been a night shower guy as well, because
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like I feel like back like when I was like
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playing ball and working out all the time and everything,
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it would just feel better when i'd like come off
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the field to come home and take a shower like
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before bed or something that's just usually was my routine.
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Speaker 1: Then that makes a lot of sense. I get that completely.
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In joining us in the top right, it is not
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Josh Catlan. Grandpa Catlan has already shut this episode off.
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He's like, what are we doing here? Two episodes in
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a row. Promise to you, though, stick around, LG. This
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is an episode you're gonna want to stick around for
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because replacement Josh on this episode he is more than
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a replacement level. This is at least a three win
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host it's mister Will Dodge. Will. It's an honor and
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a privilege that we can have you on.
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Speaker 4: Finally, Yeah thing guys probing me on. It's another beautiful
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day out here and no happy talks in both you guys.
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Speaker 1: Nice weather? What's that like? Ooh you No?
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Speaker 4: I actually I never caught the official temperature, but I
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think it was like seventy and sunny, so I can't
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really be that.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, Jake, you picked maybe the worst day in the
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world to come back to the greatest state of them all.
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It's been horrible weather here in West Tennessee today.
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Speaker 5: Yeah, you're right, it's been raining on me all day
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ever since I landed.
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Speaker 1: I hate to hear that, but alas, the glow in
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your cheeks and the smile on your face is only
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one Tennessee could bring, so I know there's blessings in
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it in some regard. Well. Curious, seeing as you're the
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one that brought this up, I'm hoping you have an
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interesting opinion on whether morning or night showers are superior.
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Speaker 4: Sounds like I'm I'm the outlier, but I'm a big
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morning shower guy. For some reason. Anytime I do a
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night shower it's asking for a bad hair day the
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next day and can't deal with that, so I go
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with morning showers.
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Speaker 1: Okay, I have a question, and I don't mean it insultingly.
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I mean, so I have no room to talk on hair.
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I mean I have no hair, so literally no room
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to talk. Will how long does your hair take? Because
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it is very nicely manicured.
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Speaker 4: I mean it's it's about like an hour to try.
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And I could do, I could try whatever I want
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to try. It's never gonna try. So I basically quit
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the night shower.
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Speaker 1: Okay, So I will tag in. I take a shower
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every morning as well. Will well, rather when I am
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going to shower in the morning, like for work or
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those kinds of things have to be somewhere, I shower
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in the morning. But I've also been known to be
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a multiple shower a day guy. I shower at night.
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I love the idea of going to bed fresh as
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well that you guys reference. So a little bit of
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both there, I think. But speaking of funk, how about
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that transition making a funk? Some of our teams we're
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going to talk about did not shake off some of
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the funk shower or not. The midweek has been poisoned
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for them and alas we're gonna get into some discussions
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about it. JB. We talked in our last episode about
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the weekend that two teams had and of course what
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would happen. But in the midwek these two teams are
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going to collide in a battle of not states. Wake
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Forest not a state. They played in North Carolina. Coastal
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Carolina not a state play in South Carolina. So in
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some regard a little bit of you know, a little
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bit of jar there. And yet two teams. So I
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think the pitching has defined them, at least recently. I'm
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curious what did you make of this midweek action on
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Tuesday between Wake and Coastal.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, well, Coastal they started freshman Daniel Parker. He went
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three innings, no earned showed out for them as a
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great showing from Daniel Parker. But on the other side,
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Wake Forest had Cameron Bagwell going. He had a solid
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outing four and two thirds to earned runs. But behind
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him is really when the game fell apart. As soon
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as he came out of the game, Reespouey came in,
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got one out, three earned runs. Luke Schmokey came in
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behind him, didn't get in out two earned runs. They
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walked three combined batters together, and then after that Troy
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Dressler came in gave him one inning, two earned runs.
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It was kind of a mess from the Demon Deacon
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bullpen after a fifteen game win streak, they kind of
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just lost it all. The mojo was gone when you
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watch that game, and Coastal's offense took big advantage of
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a lot of miscues there from Wake Forest team that
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you're not used to seeing, especially in the throwing strikes department.
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So yeah, I think, honestly it was just a good
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showing for Coastal to show it they still got some
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umphinum after kind of a rough, bumpy start, and for
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Wake it was kind of a maybe leveling back down
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to earth after that fifteen win surge that we saw
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after a loss to Houston to start the year. So
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I don't know, it'll be an interesting weekend to see
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and I know we'll get into it later for them,
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but interesting see it definitely will.
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Speaker 1: And I think that the punches are not going to
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stop here. I mean, I think if if Coastal punched them,
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then I think we're getting ready for like, I don't know,
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Muhammad Ali or Chufflndell or something coming their way, because
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it is it is not going to stop here, Jake.
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JB mentioned it. Wake was coming off of a fifteen
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game win streak and to lose to Coastal, who I
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for you know, maybe the last two weeks prior to
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this weekend was a little iffy on Coastal. I think
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that it's interesting to see that Wake would choose this,
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not choose I guess they would falter in this moment though,
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And before you answer, Jake, I do have to show this.
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JB triggered one of my favorite memes is talking about
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Reese Booe, who did make the best face ever upon
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giving up a home run to Tennessee last year. Shout
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out Reese Booe. Anyway, Jake, what is the outlook right
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now for Coastal in your mind after this kind of
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resurgence almost a month into the season.
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Speaker 5: I mean, I feel like this, this has to feel
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really good for him. You know, they get they get
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a big win over a really good team. Obviously, you
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just mentioned Wake for us, which was on a fifteen
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game win streak. There well regarded team, this is a
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I think this is just kind of kind of should
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should give them confidence going forward. I mean, they've been
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pitching well without their without their without their guys. I
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mean they're they're three arguably three best pitchers on their team.
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Haven't haven't been around uh very much last weekend. They
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they they they look just fine without them, and I
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think getting this midweek win should give a boost to
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that offense as well and give them some confidence going forward.
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Speaker 1: I think so as well. It would be good for
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Coastal at least if that were the case. Uh well,
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we're gonna go to you here thinking about this kind
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of matchup for both Wake and Coastal. Do you think
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this is kind of a complex question, but I know
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you can handle it. Do you think that this is
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better for Wake to have lost this game here against
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Coastal midweek than to continue on a sixteen game high
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going into the seminoles or you know that matchup coming
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to you to start acc Like, I think I would
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almost have rather lost a one game to go incounter
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with the Hey it's okay, now let's start a next streak.
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Or do you think differently?
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Speaker 4: Yeah, you and I definitely disagree on that. I would
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you know, have that fear that starting one one game,
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like with an Ell is gonna start a new streak.
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I would definitely a thousand wigs shoes that I want
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to keep that win streak growing as long as possible.
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And plus, I mean, like we're talking about a committee standpoint,
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they're gonna coount every game is the same, and you
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know they don't really care if if it's a win
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streak ender or you know, if there's if some butts
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on the loss, they encount that as a loss. And
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it was a pretty sizable loss, I mean ten to.
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Speaker 1: Four to your point as well, Will, It's not like
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there's no panak to a Coastal team who last year. Well,
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I'll let you check the history books at home if
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you're not familiar with what Coastal did twenty five, but
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alas Coastal still has some some weight to their name.
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This is not like losing to a a chum team
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for lack of a better word, and apologies to any
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teams who self identify as chum at home, but this
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is not like losing to a nobody correct.
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Speaker 4: Will no, but I will be honest.
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Speaker 1: Though.
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Speaker 4: Once I saw that Fluke and Johnson were down for
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an extended portion Week two, I wrote them off. I
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thought that that was gonna raps for them, and so
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to to to see them them like figure this out
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and to you know, put up a good ef against
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Wake and I know that they've got a pretty big
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series coming this weekend. You know, they're there's still a
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good team. They may not be doing it the way
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that they normally like to do it. It's been no a
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big like offensive fight for them, but uh, you know,
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Coastal is still gonna be Coastal. They're they're pretty much
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the top of the mid major class and anytime we're
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gonna fight with them, it's gonna be tough, especially until Tuesday.
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Speaker 1: Good point, Very good point, I will say, Will, that's
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a great transition because you say they're the top of
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the mid major class. If a certain co host of
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ours was here, he may have thrown up all over
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his camera because he would argue that the Southern Miss
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Golden Eagles are the top mid major team. Speaking of Hi,
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Josh Catlet, how you doing, uh, Jake, Let's talk about
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a huge, I mean a humongous midweek matchup. When Old
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Miss traveled to Hattiesburg to take on Southern Miss two,
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cataclysmically large expectations out of their fan bases. These are
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two fan bases who want Omaha or the season may
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as well not have happened. And Tuesday, I think they
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got almost as good of a game as you would
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have gotten anywhere midweek weekend region Omaha. This was a game.
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Speaker 5: It sure was what what was that word you said? Kiss?
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That is maybe the first time I've heard that word
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that isn't that is an awesome word. Uh And yet
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and I know, we we I know we can't go
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two weeks in a row without talking about Southern Miss.
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Josh would not stand for if he was here, So
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I will make sure that we get some Southern Miss talk.
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But uh yeah, for this game, Like for someone like
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like me that enjoys really good pitching, this was just
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an awesome game because the offenses were were not flying
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and there was there's also wasn't a ton of strikeouts either.
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This is just a classic like weak contact, good defense
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made the last man standing wins kind of game. Thomas
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Crabtree for Southern Miss and Taylor rob For for Ole
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Miss both opened the game strong before they turned over
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to the pen, and for the most part, the bullpen too,
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took care of business on both sides like Tristan Bassetta
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and Kyle Morrison swapped solo homers in the fifth uh,
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and it was just more stale offense going forward until
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he got to the ninth inning. Southern miss got some
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guys on, got him over, and then Tucker Stockman drove
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in the winning run there to win and walk off fashion. Yeah,
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just a good uh Mississippi matchup did not disappoint us.
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Speaker 1: It certainly didn't, uh. JB. I have one question for you,
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is Thomas Crabtree. Is he had the running for like
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the Josh Catletist player of all time? I think he
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has to be.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, I don't. I think he was up there for
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what was it that he texted that Crabtree of course
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would let him down or something in that first he
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did that and then he threw well after that. I
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don't know. That is a very Josh Catley guy right there.
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Speaker 1: Just I mean, if we were to make the All
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Catlet team, I think Crabtree is a first team All
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Cattlet Game guy. On the topic of Crabtree in Southern
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miss JB. Looking ahead for them, not a can't walk
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I mean Sun Belt competition well and good and going
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here now this weekend. Everybody. Oh and no, yeah, I
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had to cross check that. Everybody with no record in
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the Sun Belt not really a weak team in the
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Old Fun Belt. I mean Georgia Southern maybe if you
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really wanted to, you know, spitball and throw some stones,
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certainly one of the strongest though, at least record wise. Whenever,
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Jake'sprints from Arkansas State are gonna be playing Southern Miss
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this weekend, So JB, I'm curious, what's the outlet for
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Southern Miss? Is this kind of how big of a
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threat do you see this as being to them? As
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Southern Mis travels to Jonesboro.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, I think it's definitely a good test
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for them. I think a lot of their big games
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have been at home, if I'm not mistaken, you know,
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Santa Barbara, these midweeks we've talked about they went to
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La Tech. I guess, I mean, that's really the one
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one game that they went out there to play. But yeah,
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I mean it's definitely a really good test, especially in
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conference play. It's always a tricky thing in conference play.
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No matter who you play in any conference, it's always
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a trip up every single weekend. It's just really important
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to win those games, So you know, I think that
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that's going to be tough for them. They do get
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to play, I mean, being in North Carolina Native app
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State's kind of a free b for a weekend, honestly,
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so that's their one freebie that they get going there
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would be app State. But outside of that, you are
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right like AGA in Georgia Southern. But you know, we'll
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talk about them in a second. They have themselves a
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game too, so you never know, that's true.
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Speaker 1: That's a good point, uh Will? Before I come to you, Jake,
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thinking about like Sun Belt teams beyond Hattiesburg and like Lafayette,
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I guess Texas State, are there any other home atmospheres?
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You know, Conway, I guess are there any other atmospheres?
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I'm forgetting that would you would consider to be like
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a definite hostile environment, Like would you call Jonesborough hostile?
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Speaker 5: Not necessarily Louisiana has a really good environment at their field,
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But yeah, I mean other than that, I don't I
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don't know too much about the environment at Arkansas State.
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I like, I like the team and the players. I
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don't know that Jonesborough, you would say, is necessarily a
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like a daunting environment at State. Has A. Has A
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has a pretty uh you know, picturesque field in the
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gorges field in the in the fall. But uh, yeah,
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the environment, Yeah, you pretty much did it. I guess
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Troy maybe could be.
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Speaker 1: A a pretty tough one. Yeah. The trees certainly don't
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do much heckling in Boone, but a gorgeous visage. Nonetheless,
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Will I kind of will go to the opposite that
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I asked JB, because you know, we talked about Southern
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and what they have coming up Ole Miss. You know,
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say what we will about Arkansas State, Jake, you are
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very polite to a fan base that you're clearly very
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passionate about and friends with.
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Speaker 5: Uh.
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Speaker 1: But but will uh Texas and not just Texas. I
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believe Old Miss is going to be traveling to Austin.
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That is certainly an environment that makes you pause and reflect.
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Speaker 4: Yeah, it's gonna be interesting, and uh, you know Ole
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Miss is a little bit of an older team, so
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you know, I'll give them the benefit of the doubt
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of being able to handle a Dave road trip coming up,
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but uh, they're gonna have their handsful this weekend.
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Speaker 1: They certainly will. It is is gonna be a test
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for them for sure. I think, uh, what Hunter Elliott
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we see on Friday is going to be a great
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indication of what the rest of this weekend is going
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to look like for Old miss But I think it's
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gonna be It's gonna be fun to see, especially I'll
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tell you another one is Besetta. I'm excited to see
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how he plays against Texas's arms as well, but we'll
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get to all that later on in the show. JB.
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It's been far too long since we've had you chop
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up about some good old California baseball, and now, JB,
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I've done you the favor of bringing another California boy in.
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So we're just gonna we're about to I don't know,
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I don't know, vibe out in California stuff.
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Speaker 5: Jake.
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Speaker 1: Let's get our notebooks out. We're gonna study this, JB.
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Irvine one of your favorite teams to talk about. They
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were playing in Los Angeles this week against UCLA.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, they they were. Wasn't the best of showings from
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the A and Eaters. You know my tack them, Oh
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my not looking so great with the an Eaters in there.
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But you know, I had to swing the stick a
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couple of times for somebody from the West coast, so
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we went, maybe we go one for two. One of
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those teams looking all right, so I'll take that. The
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ant Eaters, though they started Kate Castle's their top freshman arm.
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He threw against them in the scrimmage back in whenever
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that was in the fall. I honestly forget what it was,
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but he went out there, he shoved against them the
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first time around. I believe he struck out Schilowski Lavou.
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I mean it was a big deal on Twitter this
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time around. Not so good a luck for mister Castle's
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two outs, five earned runs, nine total runs scored in
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his outing, So not necessarily what you're looking for from
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the an Eaters to start a ball game. Angel Servantes
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on the other side, three innings, no runs, looked great.
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The whole bullpen looked great. Honestly, Strickling grow too, Swanson,
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everybody did a great job. Strickland allowed the only run
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and the offense kind of exploded again. Chilowski had a
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nice homer, Casual Dugger had a homer as well, Levi
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Levou with an RBI double, and Roman Martin was two
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for four two RBIs as well, so, I mean, this
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UCLA offense keeps chugging. Gasprino's the only one that we
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didn't hear from in that game over too, But outside
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of that, I mean, they keep chugging along like nobody's
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business right now. So definitely one of the most fun
21:09
teams in the country to watch.
21:10
Speaker 1: I'd say, yeah, the offense is just they're unconscious right now.
21:14
And like you said, the game that we don't hear
21:16
from Gasparino, you get big extra base hits from you know,
21:21
three other guys, plus a two for four out of
21:23
room in Martin. It's just this is what you want
21:25
to see if you're a Bruins guy. And even the
21:28
ant Eaters guy says, impressive win. So I like that
21:31
for sure. Uh, Jake, thinking about UCLA, thinking about the
21:36
games that they have coming up, I know that this weekend,
21:40
I'm trying to pull it up now to see what
21:41
they've got in Michigan exactly, thank you, Thank you. J
21:45
Michigan at home, Michigan's gonna be traveling to LA They're
21:48
gonna play at Jackie Robinson. Michigan's not a bad team.
21:52
We've had them kind of in our peripheral the top
21:55
twenty five as a group for a couple of weeks now.
21:58
But do you think that there's a shot Michigan pulls
22:01
out a game here, Jake, like one of three? Is there?
22:04
What are the odds?
22:06
Speaker 5: I mean there's always, I mean there's always a shot
22:10
like this U c l A team is going crazy though,
22:13
Like like j JB just mentioned all the guys and
22:16
we didn't even hear from Will Gasparino and they still
22:19
won eleven to one and run rolled a good A
22:22
good question, you see, I team so like, I don't
22:26
know if that offense gets rolling, I don't I don't
22:28
really know how you stop them from Michigan. Like we've
22:32
we've talked about take carry on here. That's I think
22:34
he's gonna give them their best, their best chance to
22:36
win if we can get a good adding from him
22:38
and some of those hitters get going. But uh, I'll
22:41
never say there's not a chance. But it's gonna be.
22:42
It's gonna be a tough weekend. Michigan going to u
22:45
c l A. For sure.
22:47
Speaker 1: I think so too. Uh Well, considering like I just seen,
22:52
Irvine's a good team, They're a good team. U c
22:55
l A put up eleven runs on them boys run
22:59
ruling the midweek. My question for you, just because we
23:02
haven't gotten here from you on the podcast, how many
23:05
teams do you put on UCLA's level right now?
23:08
Speaker 4: They're one. I mean I put it out after uh
23:11
uh after they had that massive comeback against Mississippi State. Uh.
23:15
They're they're for the time being, They're gonna be my
23:17
national champion.
23:18
Speaker 3: Pick.
23:18
Speaker 4: I like, the line was so deep. You can go
23:20
one through nine. It's gonna be someone's gonna give you
23:22
a good at that that you know, can can uh
23:25
take can take the picture yard. But I think the
23:28
more impressive thing is that they have like eight to
23:31
nine guys that I would trust pitching in regional like
23:34
you know, maybe not like starting, you know, coming in
23:36
and out of a relief, but you know, John Savage has
23:39
loaded that roster. It is just stacked with arms and bats.
23:42
And you know that to me that they're the deepest team.
23:45
Speaker 1: In the nation. We talked a lot in the preseason
23:49
will about how I guess curiously about what the weekend
23:53
rotation would look like for UCLA, and I don't think
23:57
any of us was correct. And yet now you think
24:00
about it, and I think it's I think it's pretty
24:03
good to see that depth there for sure. Okay, well,
24:08
you talked about it just a minute or excuse me,
24:10
JB talked about it a minute ago. How Georgia Southern.
24:11
We would talking about it in just a second. I
24:13
know you're working a lot on our ACC section for
24:16
the College Daily Sheet, so thank you for that a
24:18
first of all, but let's talk about what Clemson did
24:22
in their midweek when they faced Georgia Southern.
24:25
Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean you started the midwek talk with wake
24:28
Forest and with me covering the a SEC. I was
24:30
pretty much ready to talk about any part of this
24:34
a CEC car wreck that was the midweek. I think
24:37
there was maybe seven teams that went down. I think
24:41
four of them were ranked. Uh, it was not a
24:45
good midweek for for the a SEC and for Clemson
24:49
it was. It was in the blink of an eye.
24:51
I mean, Sean White hits a grand Slam in the
24:53
second and boom, it's six nothing and not a not
24:56
not to say that a grand slam is a six
24:58
run homer, but uh, it was part of a six
25:00
run second inning for Georgia Southern. Tyler Lichtenberg had a
25:05
solo home run to Respawn in the second, But that
25:07
was it for Clemson. I think they had three hits
25:10
in total for the whole game. And we'll get to
25:12
it later. They have a massive series coming up this
25:14
weekend with Georgia Tech that is tearing the baseball up
25:17
right now. I think they are statistically per way to
25:22
runs created plus the best offense in baseball D one baseball.
25:26
And put up an outing like that, it's not gonna
25:30
get you ready for this weekend.
25:32
Speaker 1: It certainly will not. It most certainly won't You mentioned
25:36
as well, just kind of the referencing the ACC's kind
25:40
of I think you called it a car crash. Love
25:42
that very good. However, one team that I don't I
25:46
think was kind of immune from this, you know, sixteen
25:49
car pile up Louisville. They actually had a really impressive
25:52
win sixteen to five over Marshall. And if I'm not mistaken,
25:55
this was the debut of a very important player for
25:57
the Cardinals.
25:58
Speaker 4: Yeah, and it wasn't just yesterday. They did it again today.
26:02
I think it was sixteen to six. They had a
26:04
two game set against Marshall, so I wanted to get
26:08
a head start on the daily sheet just because I
26:10
looked at the box score and Louisville just went top
26:13
to bottom, just completely stuffed it. I mean, he talked
26:16
about the double run rule. Of the three guys I'm
26:19
gonna highlight, all of them had the little emoji markers.
26:23
And the guy that came back, Zion Rose, had two
26:26
emojis that popped up. And I'm sneaking into a nice
26:29
little rehabit signment for him. But two doubles in the
26:32
first game yesterday today when we're recording on Wednesday, home
26:36
run in a stolen base, and then Ben Slaker on
26:39
Tuesday two home runs, one today. Take Davis one home
26:43
run yesterday to today and two thirds of an inning,
26:46
like they are just tearing the cover off the ball
26:49
right now. I was watching a good part of their
26:53
opening series against Michigan State, and I got really concerned
26:56
about their pitching staff. But if they're gonna hit like this,
26:58
it doesn't really matter.
27:01
Speaker 1: So you said, take Davis over two days. Has three
27:04
home runs in.
27:04
Speaker 4: Those two days, so does Ben Slinker.
27:08
Speaker 1: Jake, your propaganda is ringing vigorously right now. Take Davis
27:12
three homers in two days.
27:13
Speaker 5: Let's go, No, I love it. Shout out shout out
27:17
Pennsylvania High School Baseball, My boy, take Davis, shout.
27:21
Speaker 1: Them out absolutely, Jake will stick with you really quickly.
27:25
Florida State and Florida. They also had a midweek game
27:28
on Tuesday, so that would have been yesterday as the
27:30
time of recording. Really quick man, what do you think
27:34
the major takeaway from that game was Florida ended up
27:37
winning six to three?
27:40
Speaker 5: They did, Yeah, Florida. Florida got the best of Florida
27:43
State six to three in this one. The thing that
27:46
stands out to me the most is that Florida struck
27:48
out FSU eighteen times in this game. Law like like that.
27:55
That's crazy from a Florida State lineup that you know,
27:59
you obviously expect more. They have guys in this lineup
28:01
they can hit, and to strike out eighteen times against
28:04
a midweek rotation is not something that's super promising. But
28:09
you know this, the game was was really decided in
28:12
the third inning when when Florida put up a put
28:15
up a pop spot and FSU was never really able
28:17
to rally back in it. Will Bavarro had a solo
28:21
shot in the fourth for for FSU, but Brennan losson
28:24
answers right back with one of himself in the sixth
28:28
This game is always fun. The end state at a
28:30
conference Florida battle, and I'd say, this one, you know,
28:34
did live up to the hype. I think I kind
28:36
of feel like Florida was more in control than what
28:39
the score ended up saying that it was. But this
28:42
was this was this was a fun one for sure.
28:46
Speaker 1: Jake. One more quick question for you, just regarding Florida.
28:49
I look at the box score here just to see
28:51
the names out of the bullpen. When you say eighteen strikeouts, obviously,
28:54
I think, holy moly, I saw a ton of strikeouts
28:56
and it was eighteen. That's like literally two thirds of
28:58
their outs came by the way the punch out. The
29:02
names here, though, concerned me. Luke McNeely, Russell Santa for Jackson, Barbari,
29:06
Joshua ritten Hour. These are some of Florida's big guns,
29:09
and my question was gonna be is this silly to
29:12
use all these arms heading into a weekend series SEC
29:15
series where they may need them? And then I realized
29:17
they're playing South Carolina, so maybe not. Although Jake, I
29:21
still want to say yeah, I still I still want
29:24
to say that, like that's that's a lot of your
29:26
kind of trusted arms to burn on a Tuesday.
29:30
Speaker 5: Yeah, I think I think we'll mention it earlier about
29:33
how like the committee and the RPI rankings and stuff matter.
29:37
I feel like they may have been looking ahead a
29:38
little bit in Saane, this Florida State win is a
29:41
little bit more important than South Carolina wins at the end.
29:44
I mean, I don't think South Carolina's going to be
29:47
just completely out of the picture in terms of RPO
29:49
when that time comes. But like, right, I feel like
29:51
getting this win against Florida State, you can tell they
29:54
use their best arms. They they kind of sold out
29:57
a little bit for this game. They didn't just run
29:58
them completely dry. There's there's a chance, like Sander, for
30:02
he only he through thirty pitches, he could probably bounce back.
30:05
Written hour through twenty two, he could probably bounce back.
30:07
But like you could tell that they did kind of
30:09
sell out to to make sure they got the win
30:12
in this game.
30:14
Speaker 1: I think so. But that's okay. I think that it'll
30:16
be okay. And like you said, there's there's plenty of
30:18
days of rest. I mean, that's three days of rest
30:20
in between for those guys if they really needed in
30:23
a Friday emergency situation that you know, could could happen.
30:28
Anything could happen, Jake, We are going to stick with
30:30
you now to go through last weekend's picks as we
30:33
get ready for our weekend pick them brought to you
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the very simple to remember my Omaha eight dot com. Jake, So,
30:43
what happened with last week's weekends picks?
30:47
Speaker 5: Yeah, Drew and JB, you can give yourselves a round
30:52
of applause or however you want to do it. You
30:54
guys both went six and two last weekend. Me and
30:56
Josh both broke even at four and four. Drew only
31:01
got to get a point for getting Virginia over un C.
31:06
Me and JB both got both got the Coastal series win.
31:11
Drew and JB got the got the Louisiana. I was
31:15
the only one that rode with Duke in that series,
31:19
and that one actually I was. I was a little bit.
31:22
I was pretty excited about that one going into Sunday,
31:24
but Notre Dame clearly took care of business there. No one,
31:28
no one got a point, No one got a point
31:30
for the cow poly Hawaii. We all picked Hawaii and
31:33
they got I believe they got swept in that one.
31:36
And then we all and then we all kind of
31:38
predicted the Georgia Tech victory. But overall, Drew and Josh
31:45
are toded for first place eighteen and thirteen. JB one
31:49
point one game behind them seventeen and fourteen, and I'm
31:53
in last with a record that I will not sell it.
31:56
Speaker 3: Jake.
31:56
Speaker 1: I do just want to mention you are five games
31:59
out place. This is not You are not so far
32:02
out of it.
32:04
Speaker 5: You gave you gave me the job of reading the recap,
32:08
so I will keep my record for myself.
32:09
Speaker 1: I I was gonna I was gonna let it slide.
32:13
I wasn't gonna say anything. But I appreciate you being
32:16
candid with our audience. They will they will appreciate it too. Uh.
32:19
So here's how we're gonna do uh. As you may
32:22
notice at home, Josh Catlet is not here. We do
32:26
have his picks, JB. I'm gonna put you officially in
32:29
charge of representing Josh for his selections. You may choose
32:32
to lie if you'd like. I'm kidding, uh and will
32:37
I'm sure you're also wondering at home what is gonna
32:39
happen with Will's picks, because we're not gonna deprive him
32:41
of the most fun part of the show. Will, you
32:44
are gonna be the the bar to beat on a
32:46
new leader board uh for our guest pickers, So you're
32:50
gonna set the mark uh for how they will do
32:53
in a given week. We'll let you know at the
32:55
end of the season if you ended up staying at
32:56
the top. I'm sure you'll get some more cracks at
32:59
it as Tom goes on through the season as well.
33:02
So this will officially be Will Dodge three eleven twenty
33:07
six to compete against other Will Dodges in the future
33:10
like Tom Tralla, Mario Kart if you will. All right, boys,
33:14
let's get to it, because we have got quite arguably
33:17
a top five matchup coming at US with Mississippi State
33:22
traveling to take on Arkansas in Fayeville. And Will, I
33:27
will start with you on this one because when you
33:29
think about these two teams, I think again, like we
33:33
said earlier, about another two teams in the South, Omaha
33:36
or Nothing are the expectations for both the Bulldogs and
33:40
the Hawks. What do you think is going to be
33:42
the most telling factor for this game or excuse me,
33:45
the series this weekend.
33:47
Speaker 4: For me, it's gonna be how does Mississippi State held
33:50
this pressure? I think that they have a team that's
33:52
built almost entirely on young guys, and guys are having
33:56
their first SEC Roads series and they're not just walking
33:59
in where they're walking into Fayetteville for you're looking at
34:04
like like Dukestow and Ryan McPherson on the mountain, that's
34:06
probably gonna uh having having totally dull check. But I'm
34:09
pretty sure it's their first SECED road road start. The
34:13
kind of guys like uh Jacob Parker, certainly Ryder Woodson,
34:18
James Nunneley no, uh no Sullivan aiding til first SEC
34:22
road starts. How are they gonna handle that pressure at Arkansas? Honestly,
34:27
I think they're cut up for it. You know, they
34:30
were one out away from taking down UCLA that would
34:33
have made them undefeated at the time. You know this,
34:36
this miss State team is very, very talented, So I
34:41
have a faith in them uh walking in there not
34:44
getting rattled.
34:45
Speaker 1: Interesting, Okay, very good, very good. JB gonna come to
34:48
you here, Arkansas. I think something that we maybe not
34:53
criticized Mississippi State for early in the season was what
34:56
exactly is the pitching gonna look like for this team?
34:59
Are Arkinsaw was kind of the opposite we thought. We
35:02
knew that this had You know, these Razorbacks were loaded
35:05
top to bottom. You're gonna have Friday Gape Gackle going. Obviously,
35:08
you're gonna have guys like Ethan mackilvan coming out of
35:10
the bullpim. We knew that there were buzz saws everywhere
35:14
you look out of the Hogs pitching core, and yet
35:18
Mississippi State has been pleasantly competent on the mound thus
35:23
far this year. I'm curious, though JB to ask, can
35:27
Mississippi State's bats take on arguably their toughest challenge on
35:32
the mound in Arkansas? How will they measure up?
35:36
Speaker 3: Yeah, you know, I think they're prepared for it from
35:39
especially seeing him in that tournament that they played in
35:41
against UCLA and A and M. I don't know, I'm
35:45
forgetting exactly who they played. I think they played Tennessee too,
35:48
maybe back in the day, but whoever it was, they
35:51
played in the best tournament in the country basically at
35:55
that time, So I think they faced some of the
35:56
highest caliber arms. You're gonna get the gackles, his fair
36:00
share of struggles at times. You know that we've seen
36:02
so far he's been great, but you know he looks hittable.
36:06
So I think for them, I think it's very much
36:10
so going to be Can they maintain the approach that
36:13
we've seen so far in a hostile environment like Will
36:15
talked about, and then also the guys on the mountain
36:17
for them, I think that's the biggest story. Can they
36:19
keep it up too?
36:21
Speaker 1: It is going to be interesting to see going to
36:25
go to you, Jake, I think Bomb Walker has to
36:29
be considered one of the SEC's toughest environments. These are
36:34
raucous fans with their stupid flags and all their nonsense
36:38
for every single batter, I think that if to kind
36:42
of piggyback off, what will set him into the go
36:45
If a team was going to rattle these guys on
36:47
their first SEC road trip, their first SEC weekend start,
36:50
their first insert blank, you know, fill the blank here
36:54
however you want to, I think Arkansas is as good
36:57
a bet as any to do so, Jake. My question
37:00
to you, though, is can Arkansas capitalize on the pressure
37:03
that the UH, the fans, and that environment will add
37:07
to Mississippi State.
37:10
Speaker 5: You know, that is a really good point that the
37:13
Mississippi States bringing some young guys into a uh, into
37:16
that crazy environment that is that is Arkansas. But you know,
37:22
we we've hit the high points on how Arkansas has pitched,
37:27
and you know, it's it's gonna be really tough to
37:31
bet against the as well as they've been pitching the
37:33
ball in their home environment against against really anybody. But
37:38
I mean, I don't know, you're you're you're talking about
37:40
a Mississippi State team that's looked like, you know, maybe
37:43
the the second best team in the SEC right now.
37:46
I mean, depending on how you feel about how you
37:48
feel about Texas, I don't I don't think that's much
37:50
of a very hot take Mississippi State with their their
37:55
bringing their arms with them to the core. Their lineup
37:57
has just been going easy right now though, like Ace Freeze,
38:01
Price Chance, like the guys they're all hitting over three hundred,
38:05
all have an ops over one thousand. I don't know,
38:08
they've played on big stages this year already. I don't
38:10
think as crazy as the environment is, I feel like
38:13
they're going to be up for the test.
38:17
Speaker 1: It's gonna be difficult to say this knowing full well
38:20
that conference plays going. I think this may be the
38:23
most compelling game between two teams that I don't really
38:27
think either of them can afford to lose. Right now.
38:31
This is two teams, so I think both of them
38:33
have a claim to being. Like you said a minute ago, hey,
38:35
if you think Texas is one, we better be two.
38:40
Arkansas and Mississippi State are those. So with all that knowledge,
38:43
mister Dodge, we're gonna go to you first. Who's your pick,
38:46
Mississippi State or Arkansas?
38:49
Speaker 4: Yeah, I'm going to Mississippi State. They seem like they're
38:52
rolling in. Arkansas was coming off a little bit of
38:54
bad vibes. I think they just broke their thirty four
38:57
series streak of a home non conference opponents winning. I
39:01
saw I saw that on Twitter after they just split
39:04
their series with stets and it just feels like something's
39:07
off with Arkansas. I'm gonna miss State, Okay.
39:11
Speaker 1: Jake, gonna go to you? What are you thinking? Man?
39:14
Speaker 5: I'm also I think I'm also gonna go Mississippi State.
39:17
The more we talk about it, the better I kind
39:19
of feel about that, like like like you mentioned, you know,
39:22
Arkansas's kind of sputtering a little bit after they split
39:24
that that four gamer with stets and that probably doesn't
39:27
feel too good. Maybe maybe they'll use that as motivation.
39:30
But for now, I'm gonna go. I'm gonna go Misssippi State.
39:33
Speaker 1: Okay, JB two, Mississippi State's on the board. What are
39:37
you thinking first?
39:39
Speaker 3: Yeah, well my personal pick, I'm taking Mississippi State too.
39:42
I think they're just they're rolling hot. And you know,
39:45
as I was designated per Josh Catlet as well Mississippi State,
39:50
so we got all Mississippi State so far. So Drew,
39:52
you got the chance to take a swing if you want.
39:55
Speaker 1: I think I might. I really wanted to take Mississippi
39:58
State here, but the gamer in he is saying, what if?
40:02
What if Bob Walker is just too much for these
40:04
guys in their first real kick. Yeah, give me the Hawks,
40:07
I'll take I'll take Arkansas. Although I think I would
40:11
need to point out I'm picking this for the gamesmanship
40:14
of it. I think I like Mississippi State's team better,
40:17
but I really want to see if I can get
40:20
an edge your point wise, I think this is gonna
40:23
be an incredibly compelling series though, as you guys have
40:25
detailed ad nauseam. All right, we talked about it a
40:28
little bit earlier. Clemson Will is going to be hosting
40:32
none other than the uh the leading offense in the
40:36
FBS in Georgia Tech and JB notoriously down on Georgia Tech.
40:43
I think you gave them a lot of well deserved
40:46
pushback for beating up. I think you said like high
40:49
school opponents or so. I don't remember what you called them,
40:51
but you said they were just beating up like I
40:53
don't know, some some questionable competition, uh Will. I'm gonna
40:58
start with you here. Which player do you think is
41:01
gonna have the biggest outcome present, the biggest swing to
41:05
this series for either team?
41:09
Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean you can look at anyone that Georgia
41:11
Tech lineup and they're capable. They're capable of big series.
41:15
But one guy that lineup that really hasn't had like
41:17
his his welcome to twenty twenty sixth series. Yes, Drew Burris.
41:21
You know it seems like that he's hitting single, single, single,
41:24
double double, but he hasn't really been getting into the
41:26
long ball. He just put up an early home run
41:30
in their midweek this week, maybe he's getting into into
41:33
a right stretch, but yeah, I'm going with Drew Burris.
41:36
H Okay, player of this.
41:37
Speaker 1: Interesting player of the series. Okay, JB. Two teams that
41:42
we know you love quite a bit. The flag over
41:44
your shoulder is both Georgia Tech and Clemson. It's ironic
41:47
that you have a flag of both of those teams.
41:49
Pretty crazy. Which of these teams do you think has
41:52
the edge and turns of pitching? JB?
41:56
Speaker 3: Definitely the Tigers. I think Clemson has a clear advantage
42:00
in the pitching department. I think going in that being said,
42:05
the flag over my shoulder, you know, we did see
42:07
how the pitching advantage worked out for them a weekend ago.
42:09
So indeed, take you guys, you will take.
42:14
Speaker 1: That as you will, Okay, Jake, Uh, we let you.
42:18
We let you riff on this guy in the last
42:20
episode because, as we said, and we'll say it again, Jake,
42:22
you were right, we were not giving von Lackey nearly
42:26
enough credit with our last rankings. Uh, Jake, what kind
42:30
of role do you think that von Lackey's going to
42:32
play as Tech goes to Clemson for a huge acc series.
42:38
Speaker 5: I mean, I think you know, you got Drew Burris
42:41
is clearly like the leader of this team. Whether he's
42:43
got the best overall numbers or not, he's still the
42:46
leader of this team. Alex Hernandez sitting over five hundred,
42:49
I think the next guy you look to is super
42:52
utility man Von Lackey, who's playing every position on the field. Now,
42:55
how crazy was that? But yeah, I mean I think
43:00
you're you're, you're, You're gonna they're gonna go to Lackey.
43:02
They're gonna hope he's he's the guy that right now,
43:04
they're kinda they're gonna hope us up when when the moment,
43:08
when the moment comes after Buris, I guess you could
43:10
say you really want Drew Burris up in that spot.
43:12
But you're gonna, you're gonna, you're not gonna be You're
43:14
not gonna be upset. If it's fun lacky, they're gonna
43:16
they're gonna be counting on him to come through in
43:18
some big spots.
43:20
Speaker 1: I think, so, all right, JB, we're gonna start with
43:23
We'll start with you personally, who you take him tech
43:26
or cleansing.
43:28
Speaker 3: You know, I have a feeling where this is gonna
43:30
go for a lot of people, and if you saw
43:31
the sheet, I'm gonna go the opposite direction of where
43:33
I originally was thinking of going. And I'm gonna be
43:36
taking the Clemson Tigers. I think I gotta I gotta
43:41
put my my money where my mouth is if I'm
43:43
talking all this. So I'm gonna take the Tigers for
43:45
the weekend.
43:47
Speaker 1: Jb I'm not gonna lie to you. I a couple
43:50
of weeks ago when you said this is their first
43:52
actual test, I was like, market in sharpie, He's taking
43:55
Clemson when we do that series, and I didn't think
43:57
you would. But I'm proud of yet. All right, what
43:59
about what has he said to you? Has he given
44:01
you any notes or anything.
44:03
Speaker 3: Mister Catlett didn't give me any notes, but we know
44:05
that he's a big fan of this Georgia Tech yellow
44:08
jacket offense and what they do is swinging the bat,
44:10
and he was a big defender of you know, runs
44:13
per game and everything when we had this conversation. So
44:16
you know, mister Catlet is taking Georgia Tech.
44:20
Speaker 1: All right, very good. So we're split thus far, Jake,
44:23
one for Tech, one for Clemson. You're gonna have to
44:26
break the tie, Buddy, what are you thinking?
44:29
Speaker 5: I'm going Georgia Tech. They haven't really given me a
44:33
reason to pick against them yet. Clemson's pitching it really well.
44:37
I'm not going to bet against this offense yet.
44:41
Speaker 1: Yeah, well, you do a lot, Like I said earlier,
44:44
you do a lot of work for the ACC. You've
44:46
gotten to see these teams quite a bit thus far
44:48
this year. Can Clemson take out Georgia Tech? What's you pick?
44:52
Speaker 4: You know, I don't really have a ton of conviction
44:54
on either side. This is a matchup that I'm really
44:57
been excited for the for the whole year because the
45:00
two styles of these teams should make for a terrific fight.
45:03
You know, Clemson like will pound the zone like any
45:05
other team, and Georgia Tech is a really aggressive squad,
45:08
so that could make for a sharman esque to our
45:12
five minute game, or we could be in for a
45:14
twenty arun affair for Georgia Tech. If I pick one
45:17
of the other, I think I'm gonna go with the Bees.
45:19
Give me Georgia Tech.
45:21
Speaker 1: All right, very good, I'll bury the league quickly. I'm
45:26
gonna take Georgia Tech. My point that I want to
45:29
make though, is I think it's really interesting, JB that
45:33
thus far we have some four and ones on the slate,
45:37
or I guess three and ones if we're not counting
45:39
mister dodgement. So four and ones with you and I
45:42
taking big swings against the consensus. So it's gonna be
45:45
interesting to see how that works out for us. All right,
45:48
enough of the sec enough of the ac C. Let's
45:52
talk about my neck in the woods. So let's talk
45:53
some Big twelve baseball. Baby TCU Arizona State maybe two
45:59
of the best teams conference by my money thus far,
46:02
and they're gonna go mono e mono in weekend. Won
46:06
a Big twelve. Jake, Let's start with you, when you
46:09
consider this this matchup. Is there a certain player, a
46:13
certain matchup of player batter versus pitcher that jumps out
46:17
as being particularly interesting.
46:20
Speaker 5: Yeah. I mean, first of all, you know, congrats. I
46:23
know you've been waiting all year for a marquee Big
46:26
twelve matchup and you're finally getting in. This is the
46:30
this is gonna be a fun one. I want the
46:34
kind of the elephant right now? Is the Tommy Lapour
46:37
bad news that you've got. I don't want to start
46:40
us out on a negative but you know him being
46:42
out for you know, I think it said like eight
46:45
more weeks. You know, we're just gonna have to see
46:47
how they've got to manage that. Mason Brassfield and Lance
46:51
Davis both had nice starts against Tulane last weekend. I
46:55
think Fernsler was also all right. It was just short.
46:58
So I think they're gonna gonna, you know, they might
47:01
they might be the guy that they go with going forward,
47:04
but I think they're gonna want to get a little
47:05
bit more linked out of him. If you're asking me
47:08
one one thing that I'm kind of paying attention to,
47:10
I think it's just how TCU manages that pitching staff
47:12
without Lapour, knowing that they're going a longer amount of
47:16
time without him.
47:17
Speaker 1: It's gonna be curious, man. I know that that's not
47:20
what gigab Nation wanted to hear. In the slightest out
47:24
of Lapoor, JB. Jake brought it up, said we didn't
47:27
want to be negative about the LA poor injury news.
47:29
There's injury news for Arizona State too, though new Controtes
47:32
is going to be out for a considerable amount of
47:34
time depending on how you interpret what skip Schumacher had
47:38
to say about him after their game Sunday. I'm curious though,
47:43
because JB, this Arizona State offense has just kept ticking. Yeah,
47:51
even without even without controtis I mean Andrew Rowling stepped
47:55
in and I think he went like for four with
47:57
a couple of walks on some runs.
47:59
Speaker 3: Yeah. No, I mean the Arizona State offense has definitely
48:02
been one of the better talking points of Big twelve baseball. Yes,
48:06
so far, outside of maybe TCU's early season struggles. But yeah,
48:11
that ASU offense. I think, no matter what they're doing,
48:13
they just seem like they can mash and Cole carlan
48:16
Is you know. On top of that, if you get
48:18
him out there every weekend, they're always a tough team
48:20
to play. So it's gonna be a very very interesting matchup.
48:23
I think this weekend certainly so well.
48:27
Speaker 1: Big ten, excuse me, Big twelve baseball has been it's
48:32
been painful in many regards. These two teams have brought
48:36
me much joy though. These have got some good, solid players.
48:39
They're fun brands of baseball to watch. But JB with
48:43
an excellent transition here, what's your current opinion of TCU?
48:46
Knowing that they certainly stumbled some in the early season,
48:50
but have rebounded with a couple of really nice weekends. Now,
48:54
it was a tough series with them against UCLA.
48:55
Speaker 4: I don't think he could really chuck up it anyway
48:58
other than that, and then they got dealt with the
48:59
blow up for that with the poor injury.
49:03
Speaker 1: I always kind of looked at.
49:04
Speaker 4: Them as like a two headed monster with Brunston and
49:07
stro Snader, and then you're just kind of shrugging out,
49:09
like what are you gonna get with the rest of
49:10
the team, And so far, I think, no, they've delivered.
49:16
Lucas Franco, No, it's been a little bit uh cold lately,
49:21
but he he's shown some some my points. But uh
49:24
because Gardget and Brady Dallamore are also delivering out of
49:29
the plate, so you know, they're they're looking a little
49:31
bit more well rounded than than I think, uh I
49:34
thought in the beginning of the year. But it's still
49:35
gonna be the Brunston and Stress night of show.
49:38
Speaker 1: Okay, very good, very good. All right, Jake, We're gonna
49:42
start with you because you're wearing a nice hat. Buddy,
49:47
TCU Arizona State, this big twelve King Kong and Godzilla,
49:53
who's coming out? Who's the best Kaiju in the Big twelve?
49:58
Speaker 5: This is actually, this is a really tough one to decide.
50:01
I've been thinking about it the whole time we're talking
50:03
about it. I think I think I want to pick
50:05
Arizona State. I've been pretty vocal about about really liking
50:09
the TCU team, especially early on in the year, but
50:11
just with like just the injury stuff, it's just and
50:14
they're going on the road to Arizona State, and it's
50:16
just it's hard for me to to to feel super
50:19
confident in them right now. So I'm gonna go Arizona
50:22
State at home.
50:23
Speaker 1: Very good? Uh JB. Let's hear from Josh first. What
50:27
would Josh say?
50:29
Speaker 3: Yeah, Josh is rocking the horn Frogs. You know, he's
50:31
going back to it. We were, we were big on
50:33
them at the start of the year, and right there
50:35
with him, I'm taking the horn Frogs as well.
50:37
Speaker 1: All right. Well, that brings us to you. With two
50:40
on the board for TCU, one for the Old Sun Devils,
50:42
where are you thinking.
50:44
Speaker 4: There will be no for one split? We're gonna eat
50:46
it up right for you, Drew. I'm giving or I'm
50:49
going with the Sun Devils. Give me Sparky very good.
50:52
Speaker 1: Hey, well, Jake, three to two, I'm taking Arizona State
50:56
without a doubt. This has been the team that right
50:59
now I think is the hottest in the Big twelve,
51:02
with maybe one exception who we're not talking about today,
51:05
So I'll shout out the Bearcats of Cincinnati as well.
51:08
That team is in Fuego. But can't say in Fuego
51:12
without talking again about Sparky in the Sun Devils. That
51:14
offense is hot in Arizona. Jake, I'm gonna let you
51:17
walk us through one of the games that you and
51:19
I are most looking forward to this weekend, as the
51:21
Tennessee volunteers are going to be traveling to Athens to
51:24
take on Georgia. It's going to be, uh, it's gonna
51:30
be an interesting set of three at Foley Field, and
51:32
I'm curious what you think is going to be the
51:34
deciding factor in that series.
51:38
Speaker 5: Interesting is definitely the word. I'm really excited about it, though,
51:41
So I'm really glad that we're finally getting some Tennessee
51:46
versus versus another SEC team. I guess the thing that
51:50
I'm paying attention to the most is, you know, it's
51:53
gonna kind of it's gonna be does does is Tennessee's
51:57
starting pitching enough to hold down this this Georgia offense
52:00
that's been just going that's just been going crazy right now?
52:04
Or is Tennessee's offense gonna finally take that step up?
52:08
So I think that's kind of what it's going to
52:10
come down to me. Like you look at Tennessee teaking
52:15
Coon's landon mac Evan Blanco. They've been more than good
52:17
enough to keep them in games, and the bullpen's also
52:19
been solid. Just the offense has been like just way
52:23
too inconsistent. We talked about it, I think last episode,
52:25
So I'm not gonna go to in depth with that,
52:28
but like they're just gonna need some of their guys
52:29
to actually step up in the moments that they need
52:32
them to step up for. And then for Georgia, Like
52:36
on offense, for Georgia, they got four starters hitting over
52:39
four hundred. They're hitting three fifty one as a team.
52:42
The power has been crazy. Daniel Jackson has fourteen homers,
52:45
Brendan Hudson with ten. They lead the nation with sixty
52:49
one and that's nineteen more than the second place team
52:53
in Vanderbilt, which is which is crazy no matter who
52:57
you no matter who you're playing against, that's just crazy numbers.
53:00
I think it's just a battle of the I guess
53:03
the offenses Tennessee step up and can they cool Georgia
53:07
down a bit?
53:09
Speaker 1: I think so? All right, well, Jake, we will start
53:12
with you as I lift this sheet of paper that
53:14
has nothing specific on it. Uh, Jake, who are you
53:17
gonna pick here?
53:19
Speaker 5: I'm gonna go with Tennessee. I'm not gonna I'm not
53:21
gonna pick against Tennessee. Uh in the first SEC weekend,
53:25
So give me the balls?
53:27
Speaker 1: Good to know? Will? What are you thinking here? Pal? Yeah?
53:31
Speaker 4: I feel like I'm a little bit biased because I
53:33
had Georgia as a preseason Omaha eight. For me, they
53:36
were kind of like one of the sleepers, if you'd
53:38
call them that, and they have pretty much valid it
53:41
every bit of that.
53:42
Speaker 5: For me.
53:43
Speaker 4: I mentioned Georgia Tech as number one and the w
53:45
r C plus number two is the Bulldogs and their arms.
53:48
They have a fully stacked staff. So yeah, give me
53:51
the Bulldogs.
53:54
Speaker 1: Okay, JB. What are you thinking, sir?
53:59
Speaker 3: Yeah, me and Miss Catlet are right there with mister Dodge.
54:02
You know great minds think alike, and it's a three
54:04
two bulldogs. I'm gonna assume right here, three two bulldogs.
54:09
Speaker 1: Indeed, the forthcoming pay cuts will be noted. Give me Tennessee.
54:13
If I can't take them now, when can I take them?
54:16
I think that this has gotta be a big weekend
54:17
for Tennessee. Jake, I think we see a solid We
54:21
have to see a solid lineup with the guys in
54:24
the ride order, everybody coming to play against the Georgia
54:27
team that you and Will both very well emphasized are
54:30
dangerous offensively. I do think Tennessee may stack up pitching wise,
54:34
even against all the transfers in the world, and all
54:36
of you know Wes Johnson's pitching genius. It's gonna be
54:40
interesting to see what happens in Athens. That's interesting to
54:43
see what happens in Athens. Plural words are difficult, all right, Will,
54:47
We're gonna move on to you to talk about Texas
54:50
A and M and Oklahoma A and M, A team
54:52
that we thought a lot of coming into the year,
54:54
Oklahoma one who has sprung up on us and is
54:57
incredibly wildly talented. Well, what is gonna be the X factor?
55:00
In this game between these two teams in big SEC play.
55:06
Speaker 4: Yeah, I'm gonna uh say, okay, a little bit of
55:09
a cop out, I feel, but like what kind of
55:11
health or we can get from A and M. You know,
55:13
Chris Acopian's been on off the field. Hopefully if if
55:18
A and M gets three gets three games out of him,
55:20
I think they're gonna be a rolling. Same thing with
55:23
Kane Serell, I know he uh think it was as
55:26
they busted open his thumb and else got hit in
55:28
the head like he's just been just dealing with all
55:31
these like different little nagging injuries. So I think A
55:33
and M staying on the field is gonna be a
55:36
huge point for them because they have all the talent
55:38
in the world.
55:40
Speaker 1: Okay, very good, All right, well then we will start
55:42
with you as we start the picks. Are you going
55:45
am M or you're gonna take Oklahoma? I am?
55:47
Speaker 4: Because they also got the arms rolling. Shane stid Out
55:50
was fantastic in twenty twenty four, missed all twenty five,
55:53
but you know, the big money in A and M
55:56
brown him back for twenty six and he's rolling right
55:58
on again. So I'm gonna go with ah.
56:01
Speaker 1: The big money at A and M. Indeed, I can't
56:06
say that fair enough. JV. We will start with you.
56:10
One on the board for A and M. What are
56:11
you thinking? Then? Tell us what mister Catlett has chosen
56:14
as well.
56:15
Speaker 3: Yeah, well, great minds thinking life once again. A and
56:18
M for me and mister Catlett. So we're we're rocking
56:21
together with mister Dodge there. Three to zero, all right, Jake.
56:25
Three A and m's on the board for you, sir.
56:27
What are you thinking to see when A and M
56:30
goes to Norman?
56:34
Speaker 5: I can't, I can't let I can't let this happen.
56:37
I'm gonna I'm gonna go with Oklahoma. Cameron Johnson, L J.
56:41
Mccurrious have been terrific. I don't. We haven't really talked
56:43
about Oklahoma a ton since they kind of dominated the
56:46
Shriners that first weekend, but they've been they've been really
56:48
good even since then. Cord Rager had like a shorter
56:52
outing last weekend, but overall he's still being good. Uh
56:56
So I'll bank on the arms of Oklahoma at home, Jake, really.
57:00
Speaker 1: Quick, since you brought him up on the scouting scale.
57:04
Cord Rager for a name, what does.
57:06
Speaker 5: That greed that is. I put a lot of thought
57:08
into this. If there's an if there's not an eighty
57:10
grade name, if there's an eighty grade name and it's
57:14
and it's not coord Rager, I don't know who you're
57:16
gonna say it is, So.
57:17
Speaker 1: Then who is it? I'm with you, then who is it?
57:19
If not coord Rager. Also, yeah, I'll saddle up next
57:24
to you, Jacob. I'll take the Sooners as well. I
57:26
think Oklahoma, Uh, I've been I trust them more right now.
57:31
But again, the cop out is gonna be willis correct.
57:34
If A and M comes in totally healthy, I think
57:37
it's gonna be arguably Oklahoma's toughest test of the year
57:41
this far. Probably definitely. They've played some tough teams, especially
57:45
like you said in the Shiners, but it's it's gonna
57:46
be tough. Uh, JB. Gonna shift to you on this
57:49
one to talk about some acc Florida State Wake Forest,
57:54
two of the toughest teams historically at the top of
57:56
this conference right now. Uh, they're also I'm pretty big,
58:00
But JB, do you think that Wake may have a
58:04
little bit of a bug in their ear or a
58:06
chip on their shoulder after a winning streak has been snapped.
58:11
Speaker 3: Yeah, I think they will. And honestly, to another advantage
58:13
for them is playing in their you know, hitter friendly park.
58:17
The couch over there that place is a boombox for sure,
58:20
So I think that's something gonna help them out the
58:23
arms that they got. You know, if they keep rolling
58:25
Lavannast Morning Star in Marston. I mean, that's that's a
58:29
big plus for them too. Florida State comes in, you know,
58:31
it's really gonna be a lot of weight on the
58:33
shoulders that their pitching staff as well to match it
58:35
and kind of see the offense bounce back from a
58:37
bad game in Gainesville. So it'll definitely be one of
58:40
the better series of the weekend, definitely.
58:42
Speaker 1: So all right, we'll start with what mister Catlet had
58:45
to say. JB. What did what did he pick?
58:49
Speaker 3: Mister Catlett took Florida State. He's gonna be rocking with them,
58:53
bouncing back, and I'm gonna be bouncing back with wake Forest.
58:57
So we're gonna go one in one to start this one.
59:00
Speaker 1: So we're just trampolining here. We're just everybody's bouncing everywhere.
59:03
Who's bouncing back furthest It's like that game where you
59:07
put one guy in the middle and he's got like
59:08
wrapped up and everybody's bouncing trying to shoot him up
59:11
in the air. Who's gonna be the guy to fly
59:13
the farthest? Will you talk a lot about acc for
59:16
the College Daily Sheet. Both of these teams need to
59:18
win after the you know, after the loss they had
59:21
against quality opponents. Nonetheless, but who do you think pulls
59:25
it out this weekend with Florida State and Wake Forest
59:27
in a very tough series.
59:30
Speaker 4: Yeah, JBI mentioned it that Florid State's got this explosive offense,
59:34
but I think Wake Forest may have an even better
59:36
pitching staff. And though that three that they're gonna rull
59:39
out this weekend, I would say is the best three
59:41
in the nation. And I'm gonna go with the Demon
59:43
Deacons on the road.
59:45
Speaker 1: All right, Very good, Jake, Gonna take it to you here, man.
59:49
Florida State's pitching has been one that you have propped
59:51
up and elevated since the beginning of college baseball now,
59:55
and yet I don't think you or I either one
59:57
could disagree with the fact that Wake probably has I mean,
1:00:01
for smart money, arguably a top five weekend rotation in
1:00:04
the country if not number one. Do you think Florida
1:00:06
State's can can have a you know, rope it dope
1:00:09
with these guys. Can they box back and forth with
1:00:11
the top off or excuse me, a top rotation?
1:00:14
Speaker 5: You know, I think they. I think they can. I
1:00:17
really I've talked about it a lot. I really do
1:00:19
like this Florida State staff. You know, West Bendez has
1:00:22
been excellent as as Josh predicted that he would be,
1:00:26
Trey Beard is settling in nicely as a Saturday guy
1:00:29
as I predicted that he would, and Bryson Moore, Uh,
1:00:33
you know, he he bounced back pretty good after after
1:00:36
giving up a few runs in his first couple of starts. Uh,
1:00:39
I think I think I'm gonna go. I think I
1:00:40
Am going to go Florida State. I was kind of
1:00:43
leaning awake, I was kind of bouncing back and forth.
1:00:45
I didn't really know in this one, but I just like,
1:00:48
I like I like Florida State. I like their being
1:00:50
able to hit for for power as well.
1:00:53
Speaker 3: So I got one thing to jump in on there.
1:00:55
Somehow Josh Catley gets to be the West Mendes guy. Now,
1:00:58
I mean, gosh, I went down there last year of
1:01:00
Florida State with UNC and I love this dude, and
1:01:02
Josh's randomly picked him out this season. Now he's Josh's guy.
1:01:06
Speaker 1: Gosh, Josh isn't even here to Josh didn't even here
1:01:10
to claim it. It's like he's claiming.
1:01:11
Speaker 3: Guys, Wow, I was Westmendus Truther last year, like you know,
1:01:17
way back in the day when he was getting rocked.
1:01:19
But you know, I guess, yes, we're here.
1:01:22
Speaker 1: Crazy how that works. Uh, you guys have left me
1:01:25
with a split board, and I'm left with a very
1:01:27
tough decision because well, I don't know if you know
1:01:29
this or not, but in one of our earlier podcasts,
1:01:32
we had to pick extreme dark horses for Golden Spikes winners.
1:01:36
Did you hear that?
1:01:37
Speaker 5: No?
1:01:38
Speaker 4: I did not catch that. I'm excited my choice.
1:01:41
Speaker 1: My choice for that award was Braden Down And I
1:01:44
think weeks, like weeks like the last two that he's
1:01:47
had even after an injury, give me a lot Like
1:01:50
I think your boy, man, there's a there's a path
1:01:52
if you squint to that being a reasonable thing for
1:01:55
a human to say. I'm certainly not reasonable, hardly a human. Uh.
1:02:00
But FSU is a team I really like that said,
1:02:03
I think Wake's pitching staff is gonna get it done
1:02:05
this weekend. I'm I'm concerned about what a home field
1:02:09
advantage could look like. I'm concerned about what Florida State does. Again,
1:02:14
you consider what just happened with Florida quality pitching staff.
1:02:18
Eighteen strikeouts? Was that the number?
1:02:20
Speaker 5: Jake? Yes?
1:02:23
Speaker 1: Yeah, what's weight gonna do these guys? Give me wait
1:02:26
for us and the pitching there. All right, let's put
1:02:28
the accelerator on to talk about ole Miss and Texas.
1:02:31
Will you walked us through it earlier. Ole Miss has
1:02:34
got a good team with a lot of upside heading
1:02:38
into against arguably the number one team in the country
1:02:41
depending on how you feel about it. Well, who are
1:02:43
you taking ole Miss or Texas?
1:02:46
Speaker 4: This is gonna be two two pitching staffs that I
1:02:48
think are going to dominate. But you know, you mentioned
1:02:51
Texas might be the best team in the nation. I
1:02:53
feel like they're not even rolling yet, and I think
1:02:55
they're not going to roll for one more week. Give
1:02:57
me the ole Miss rebels. Townsend is one of the
1:02:59
most right arms in the nation. I think he's gonna
1:03:02
ball out on Saturday.
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Speaker 1: Oxford, Mississippi. I could hear them roaring from my seat
1:03:08
right here at that pick. Will JB will ask you first,
1:03:12
not Josh, you first, Who do you like in this matchup?
1:03:16
Speaker 3: Yeah? I took Texas for going back against it with
1:03:18
the Longhorns, and we know who Josh is riding as well.
1:03:21
He's a big Longhorns guys too, So yeah, the both
1:03:24
of us are rock in Texas.
1:03:26
Speaker 1: Texas arguably a top five Josh Catley team against you know,
1:03:30
amongst several others. I think you would see at this
1:03:33
point is probably like his number twelve favorite team. Have
1:03:37
to check in with him whenever he decides to show
1:03:39
his face around these parts again. Jake Curious two on
1:03:42
the board for Texas, one for Old Miss. What are
1:03:44
you thinking here?
1:03:46
Speaker 5: Yeah? You know, Will, I'm sorry to leave you kind
1:03:49
of hanging out to dry here. I am going to
1:03:50
go to Texas as well. I just you know, they're
1:03:54
playing at home. I think the I think the Pigeon
1:03:56
staff matches up well. I guess really anybody in the country,
1:03:59
but I do against this this Ole Miss offense. Riojas Blantis,
1:04:04
I mean, Luke Harrison, Who's who's gonna score on them?
1:04:07
I'm going I'm going Texas.
1:04:10
Speaker 1: Yeah, well, you know, I I think I went into
1:04:15
this thinking I was gonna pick one way, but I
1:04:17
honestly I can't do it to yes, I can. I'm
1:04:19
going to Texas with having doubt. All Right, coach, I'm
1:04:22
gonna let you have your moment here because we are
1:04:25
going to talk for eighth matchup of the league. We're
1:04:27
going sick o mode mid major time. So coach, walk
1:04:32
us through Mint. Excuse me, Missouri State Liberty. What can
1:04:35
we look forward to in this game with a couple
1:04:38
of really high profile draft prospects square it off?
1:04:43
Speaker 5: Yeah, that sure is. This is these two teams, These
1:04:47
are two of my favorites. They're both gonna be in
1:04:49
the the top twelve of my newest mid Major Top thirty.
1:04:54
But this is this this series is kind of just
1:04:56
like a tale of two different playing styles, pretty much
1:04:59
like Missouri State eight. They hit right, Caden Bogan Paul's
1:05:03
he hasn't he hasn't really just been lighting the world
1:05:06
on fire, but teams have been pitching all the way
1:05:08
around him NonStop. He's leaning the nation. He's got twenty
1:05:11
five walks right now, which is just crazy, but that
1:05:15
opens up opportunities for guys like Curry Sullivan, Sutherland, Sorry,
1:05:20
Logan Fife, Jax Ryan, Max Knight. Those guys are driving
1:05:24
in runs and they're pitching honestly has not been great,
1:05:29
but neither has like Liberty's offense and Liberties Liberty is
1:05:32
hitting less than less than two fifty as a team.
1:05:36
Tanner Marsh, Nick Buron and Josh Campos have been hitting
1:05:40
for average, but the rest really haven't. And there's not
1:05:43
much power production overall either. But the big strength for
1:05:47
this Liberty team is they're pitching. Obviously, you mentioned the
1:05:50
two draft prospects. The first was Caden Bogan Paul. On
1:05:53
the pitching side for Liberty, it's been Blair. We're a
1:05:56
big fan of Ben Blair at Prospects Live, and he's
1:05:58
just he hass been. He's been bawling for them this year.
1:06:04
Jackson Lucas he got rupped up a little bit in
1:06:06
this last start, but he's been solid in the Saturday role.
1:06:09
And Bradley Zych has also been really well pitched really
1:06:12
well for them too. And I think the matchup here
1:06:15
is is clearly Missouri State's offense versus Liberties pitching and defense.
1:06:20
Speaker 1: It's gonna be an interesting one. Jake, we will let
1:06:22
you choose first, since you walked us through that and
1:06:24
thank you for doing that. Who are you gonna choose
1:06:27
between Missouri State and Liberty.
1:06:31
Speaker 5: I think I think Ben Blair is gonna give him
1:06:34
as good a chance to give Liberty as good a
1:06:35
chances of any as getting that Friday game. But I
1:06:37
think I am gonna go Missouri State overall. I like
1:06:42
the offense. If this turns into any sort of high
1:06:45
scoring affair at all, I think I'm gonna go with
1:06:47
their offense over Liberties.
1:06:49
Speaker 1: Okay, very good, Well gonna come to you now. Well,
1:06:53
looking at this Missouri State team, two very early season
1:06:56
wins over Louisiana, who's a team that all of us
1:06:58
are just darlings for plate Ole, miss very close, a
1:07:03
couple of big wins over Memphis eight to seven, lost
1:07:06
to Oklahoma State. However, this Tuesday, Jake Olsimo State put
1:07:11
thirteen to six on Missouri State. On the other hand,
1:07:16
of course, Liberty they did get a weekend win against
1:07:19
West Virginia earlier this year, will a big win over
1:07:22
high Point, who we saw took Texas two wins two
1:07:25
excuse me midweek games over high Point, as well as
1:07:29
another big win over UNC Greensboro on Tuesday. I'm curious, well,
1:07:33
where you going Liberty from Missouri State.
1:07:37
Speaker 4: Jake really hit the nail on the head that Liberty
1:07:39
can pitch it and Missouri State can hit it. But
1:07:42
I'm gonna say that Liberty can hit it a lot
1:07:46
better than Missouri State can pitch it. So give me
1:07:48
Liberty or give me death.
1:07:50
Speaker 1: Oh I love it. I was hoping somebody would say
1:07:52
that very good. JB Will ask you first, who are
1:07:57
you taking in this one?
1:07:58
Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm gonna be taking Liberty. Behind that Josh took
1:08:05
Missouri State, so you know we're splitting once again. But
1:08:07
personally I'm going Liberty.
1:08:10
Speaker 1: You and Josh splitting is the way the world is
1:08:12
designed to designed to work, so it makes good sense
1:08:16
to me, and that brings me again to a split.
1:08:19
Huh wow. Love that all right? I am gonna break
1:08:22
the tie in this one. And this has been a
1:08:24
game time decision for me, the whole whole pod. I
1:08:28
think I'm gonna go Liberty just based on what Will said.
1:08:32
I really wanted to take Missouri State, but the pitching
1:08:34
is just so suspect and Liberty can put up some
1:08:37
runs that that's a really tough matchup, arguably the second
1:08:43
or third toughest I think of this slate, and that
1:08:46
is gonna wrap us up for we can pick them.
1:08:48
That is also gonna wrap up Will Dodge's appearance with
1:08:51
us on College Baseball. Now, Will, what a wonderful time
1:08:54
it's been for you to join us. Thank you so much.
1:08:57
Speaker 4: Yeah, this has been awesome. Was definitely play in and
1:09:00
out like different ways. I want to go with the
1:09:01
tick home. I'm very pleased with with how the board
1:09:05
last forming.
1:09:06
Speaker 1: Yeah, absolutely, man, We are very thankful for you joining us.
1:09:12
Do want to encourage everybody. If you're not subscribed to
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he covers ACC baseball, as you may have applied from
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listening to him speak about it tonight, all kinds of
1:09:33
great things. Jake does good work over there. JB is
1:09:36
all the time working on some good stuff over there.
1:09:39
But Will, if you would please tell the fine people
1:09:41
at home where they can follow you between episodes of
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College Baseball Now and what you're working on.
1:09:47
Speaker 4: Yeah, pretty easy. Just will t dodge dodge like the
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car on Twitter. You can also find me there and Venmo.
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If you want to give a nice tip, I'll flip
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dipad for you guys. Yeah, what I'm working on. I've
1:09:56
got live looks coming out tomorrow for the Friday night
1:09:59
game of San Diego at Cal from last week, and
1:10:02
I'll be rolling another one this weekend. JB's heels are
1:10:06
traveling to Berkeley, so I'm gonna be there Saturday. But
1:10:09
I think I hint it at in that article. Friday,
1:10:14
I'm bubbling with excitement. I'm making the drive up to
1:10:16
Davis to watch you see Santa Barbara and mister Flora
1:10:20
on Friday.
1:10:22
Speaker 1: Oh my gosh. Yeah, exciting, looking forward to hear what
1:10:25
you think about him in person. That's gonna be great.
1:10:28
Speaker 4: Yeah. Oh and also yeah, last Sunday, I put out
1:10:32
the February Team of the Month for the College Draft group.
1:10:37
I just wanted to kind of get a quick season review.
1:10:40
I know we do great work on the dailies, but
1:10:43
I want to do something that was that was a
1:10:44
little bit broader for the season going on. So yeah,
1:10:48
check that out if you wanted a quick, low recap.
1:10:51
Speaker 1: Absolutely it is. It is well well worth a read,
1:10:55
about twenty one minutes of just really good insight about
1:10:57
those players. The whole staff are, our team are amateur
1:11:01
and draft team voted on those players. It was a
1:11:04
fun exercise. I really enjoyed getting to compare some of
1:11:06
the top guys to one another for my voting. Jake,
1:11:09
tell the folks where they can find you on the
1:11:11
interwebs and what you're working on right now.
1:11:14
Speaker 5: Yeah, you can follow me on Twitter at take Barge.
1:11:18
I'm on there. I post every now and then, and
1:11:21
I've been posting the mid major power rankings. I've been
1:11:24
a little bit a little bit behind me and had
1:11:26
some pretty busy days these last few days. But I
1:11:29
am going to have my new rankings for this past
1:11:31
week out probably by the time this podcast is released,
1:11:35
so I'll be on the lookout for that. And yeah,
1:11:37
I'm just kind of tracking the Northeast baseball getting out
1:11:41
into as many games as I can right now. So
1:11:44
very good.
1:11:45
Speaker 1: Always love it whenever you get to be at the park, Jake,
1:11:48
you have great insights coach Glad Glad to have you
1:11:52
back in the best state of them all as well,
1:11:54
JB Buddy, the glasses were killer all episode. Tell the
1:11:58
people at home where they can find you between your
1:12:00
pods and what you're working on as well.
1:12:02
Speaker 3: Yeah, you can find me a GV underscore Sabastiano on Twitter.
1:12:06
Kind of the same old deal mostly, and gonna be
1:12:09
doing a lot of stuff with the rankings and we
1:12:10
get that going soon and that'll be it. And this
1:12:13
will be my last pod for a little bit too,
1:12:15
going on a little like Josh, So yeah, we're gonna
1:12:19
have I will be the one getting replaced Themke Josh.
1:12:21
You know, Josh gets to trash me for the next
1:12:23
you know, two or three. So there you go.
1:12:27
Speaker 1: So we lose Catlet for a couple of episodes and
1:12:29
now you're dipping, Jake. What what are we gonna do here?
1:12:33
Speaker 5: I don't I don't know how. I don't know how
1:12:34
we're gonna survive without without them two being together. It's
1:12:38
but but the but when they all but when they
1:12:39
do both come back and they're at the same time,
1:12:41
it's gonna be that much better.
1:12:43
Speaker 3: Fireworks. You know.
1:12:45
Speaker 1: We started this podcast with just the two of us.
1:12:47
I think we may have to remind these boys anyway
1:12:53
you were you are definitely going to. It's a well
1:12:55
deserved vacation, JB. And I'm glad you're getting to take that.
1:12:58
We will miss you while you're gone. Either way, if
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for whatever reason you're interested in following me between our
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1:13:11
same pretty much. Forerever do want to employ you to
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1:13:17
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1:13:29
It's very simple to understand concept. But these guys are
1:13:32
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1:13:35
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1:13:39
interesting thing coming to Twitter here very soon. I know, Jake,
1:13:41
you encouraged me the other day to make it into
1:13:43
an article. I don't think I necessarily have time to
1:13:46
do that. But Drew's Big Twelve for the Big Twelve
1:13:50
is coming to Twitter. I've figured it out today. The
1:13:53
graphics are in production. It's gonna be a cool thing.
1:13:55
My top twelve players of non conference play to start
1:13:58
off the year from the Big Twelve, inspired not so
1:14:01
subtly by Will's Team of the Month. So it's gonna
1:14:04
be awesome and I can't wait to drop that on
1:14:06
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1:14:09
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