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2026 Super-Regionals Previews | Ep. 041 · College Baseball Now

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Speaker 1: This weekend, we're going from sixteen teams down to eight.
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We've got super regional series from Chapel Hill to Austin,
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from Lawrence to Troy and all around it. We're gonna
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be breaking down every series and picking our winners on
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this episode of College Baseball Now.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, there ain't no problems. There ain't no problems.
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Speaker 3: Don't want problem.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, let me tut sit the check then know what
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Speaker 1: They don't want no statics. How don't need so coach
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sn running week God, I want to test that to
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the listening to control run the game. Best believe of
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shinning dogs counting now my wins. Yeah, I love them
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when they.
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Speaker 3: Count me y out counting.
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Speaker 1: I'm the least in shame. Why men at gobs best
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believe I run the game.
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Speaker 2: You know i'na be to let them.
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Speaker 1: We are super Thanks for asking, and the new regional
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series are as well. It's College Baseball Now, episode forty one.
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We're glad to be here with you, starting with me,
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your friend, your host, your boy, Drew Wheeler, director of
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Amagter Scouting at Prospects Live here with my friends Andrews
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to discuss the eight super regional series that are going
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to result in knowing who the actual eight teams for
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Omaha are joined today by the gentleman in the middle.
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He has gone to Europe. Now he has taken Josh's seat.
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I guess what that means is you won the battle, JB.
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You've You've earned the middle chair. It's JB. Sebastiano. Hi, sir,
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how are you?
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Speaker 3: I'm doing great? How are you? You know, me and
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Josh we're always joshing for something, but you.
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Speaker 1: Are you are? Yeah, you absolutely are, and I think
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that as it goes, you've come out on top. You
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have earned the middle seat. Today. Josh nowhere to be seen.
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Couldn't be because this is his birthday. Now for our
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happy birthday to Josh at home and JB. We're glad
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you're back with us. Excited to chat soupers with you,
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bam of course.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, and we'll be excited to have Josh back very
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soon too.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, absolutely well. And on the far side, on the
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right side of your screen at home, it is coach,
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Jake Barjorie coach. That's a cool T shirt you got on.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, just in honor of our boys not
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moving on anymore. Figured I would throw on the twenty
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twenty four national championship shirt for the balls.
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Speaker 1: Absolutely. I respect what you're doing there. I respect what
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you're doing. I'm still in sadness. I'm going with another
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gray hoodie. Uh, just kind of in morning. I guess
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you'd say that's been the attire for the last two
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keeping it nice and somber. But I'll tell you what's
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not gonna be somber. I'm gonna be getting into it
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here in just a minute, Jake, because we've got eight
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series to discuss, and as we talked about in the
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last episode, guys, not exactly the grouping that I think
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anybody would have expected going in we said last time.
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Second straight year both the number one and number two
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national seeds lose in the regional round. First question I've
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got for you, guys and JB. I'll start with you. Obviously,
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it's unfortunate that the collegiate careers of some players Rock Schulowski, Mulva,
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Lavou Logan Rediman and then going to Georgia Tech from UCLA.
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You know, Drew Burris, Von Lackey, Carson Kurz, all all
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kinds of guys. We could go on and on for
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these two teams with the talent. It's unfortunate we're not
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going to see them in a long Yeah.
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Speaker 3: No, it's really sad that we don't get to see
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some of those guys in Omaha and some other programs.
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You know, it's really sad we're not going to see
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them either. You know, once again, I think I know
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this year we don't have a single Omaha returner. I
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think last year I don't think we either had none
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or we had won. So yeah, it's crazy to see
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the turnover once again that we're getting in Omaha year
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to year. But I think it's great for the sport
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to see this stuff. I know a lot of people
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we want to see some of the high end talent,
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which I know kind of sucks and we've had in
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that debate before our last episode. But also I think
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it's great to see a lot of these schools in
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the NIL era showing hey, you can win without the money,
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you can really take it to them, which is not
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the case for a lot of these other sports. You know,
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March madness this year, not as many upsets, not as crazy,
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a lot of nil stuff swirling around. Football has been
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the same way. It's great to see baseball being the
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sport that's kind of really sticking it to him and showing, hey,
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these little schools without nil money really can win still.
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Speaker 1: They absolutely can, Jake, what a great transition on jabas part,
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because yeah, twenty five percent of the field remaining are
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mid major schools. Man, we have got remaining in the field.
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You know, I don't want to get into them specific
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at cal Poly, Troy, Little Rock, Saint John's, all schools
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who are kind of outside the reach of our you know,
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power for conferences. It's it's got to be nice to see, though, right,
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jac I mean, as a mid major enthusiast, to still
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see some of the little guys throwing blows.
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Speaker 2: No, that's true, and then you know, you got you
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got the ones like the Saint John's that just won
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all of their games in the in that regional. Like
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it's cool to see like the little guys come out
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on top against the bigger schools for sure, and like
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if there's ever any conversation for them to like change
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the format or anything to kind of tailor to some
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of these bigger schools. I really hope that they that
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they don't do that. I saw something earlier or something
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about like it was probably just something that was made
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up by somebody, but it was like a like a
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receding thing after the first round where like, you know,
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the top seed left would just get the little Rocks
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of the world in their regional. Like I hope that,
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hope it never comes to that, because we want to
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We want to see teams like like like Troy and
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Saint John's and Little Rock and Polly and all the
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all the other teams that perform well in their regionals
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get a shot at going to Omaha like the rest
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of them.
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Speaker 1: Absolutely, it adds so much flavor to the dish, you know,
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I think looking at it knowing k next week, guys,
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we're gonna have one of Troy or Little Rock as
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gonna be an Omaha. That's just that's awesome.
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Speaker 3: Like it's great to see that, honestly, and I think too,
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even beyond that point, you can talk about the schools
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that are in it, even in the power for that
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we haven't seen a bit like Kansas. Really get into
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it now, USC being back for the first time in
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a while in a position like this, you know, schools
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like that, it's just really fun to see too. So
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I think across the board it's been a great field.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, I think, if I'm not mistaken, both Kansas and
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USC it's their first appearance since like the nineteen nineties, if.
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Speaker 3: I'm not mistaken, So I think so.
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Speaker 1: Fun fact, I think Kansas is either nineteen eighty nine
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or nineteen ninety, the year that your favorite person named
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Drew was born. Crazy work ancient. I was born in
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the nineteen hundreds. God put me anyway, guys, the plan
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for today's episode, in the Plan for you at home
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is we're gonna break down each of these Supers series.
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So obviously it's the best of three. That means that
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we could see two games with a team sweeping. We
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could see three games theoretically, don't know quite yet. We're
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gonna know after we get into it. And those games
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are of course going to start on Friday the fifth.
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Several series are going to be fifth and sixth, several
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will be sixth and seventh, and then obviously there could
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be some Monday could be some Tuesday games. Just depending
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on how that goes. We're gonna talk about it. We're
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going to make our picks obviously conspicuous by his absence,
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as we said just a minute ago, as mister Catlett,
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but Jake has Josh's picks, and Josh provide logic for
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his picks, and he could be talking to play.
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Speaker 2: He did not. He did not give us any insight
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to his picks. He just sent me the picks and
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that that is all. If you guys feel like you
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can speak for him in any way, then I think
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I say we can go ahead and do it.
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Speaker 1: JB I'll put that to you. I'll task you with
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speaking for Josh birthday.
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Speaker 3: Opposite of what I say, just putting that on Josh
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good basically, So just do the opposite of me.
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Speaker 1: Perfect it is. It is opposite day. Man has a birthday,
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thinks he doesn't have to give us complete information. What
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is this not? Anyway, Let's go ahead and get to it,
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because the first one we're going to Morgantown. The darling
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right now of social media, the sports world, I feel
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like everybody has posted the country road singalong and now
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obviously it's a deer tradition, but ESPN playing it in
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full after that emphatic and sweet victory over Kentucky to
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seal the regional as Morgantown and has West Virginia kind
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of a a lot of people's forefronts. Right now, the
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number sixteen National Seed Guys is gonna host one of
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those mid major schools cal Poly. Cal Poly of course,
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dynamic pitching boys featuring the trademark college Baseball now boy
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Nick Bain at Closer with the ignorant fastball with crazy
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extension and all the release traits and the one hundred
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miles per hour velocity crazy stuff out of them. Jake,
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you're gonna be writing this one up for the College
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Daily Sheet on the site. I'm curious, look at this
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matchup West Virginia cal Poly give us the tail of
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the tape so to.
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Speaker 2: Say, yeah, I'm glad you. I'm glad you mentioned before
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you passed it to me, the cal Poly pitching because
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that's you know, that's one of the things that I
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wanted to talk about the But first of all, before
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I get into that, like the times of these games
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are are crazy. Like to make the team, that's like
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traveling all the way from California. The small school going
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from California all the way across the country to West
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Virginia and play nine am California time on Friday is
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just it just feels crazy to me, like they're going
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to be you know, I assume they're gonna get there
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a couple of days early whatever, but like for them
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to be playing that early, it's just crazy to me.
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But the yeah, for cal Poly, their pitching was insane.
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You know, I didn't go we talked about them obviously
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in our last episode. I didn't go like two in
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depth with it. But they they pitched. They pitched twenty
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seven innings. Obviously, They won three games last weekend, thirty
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three strikeouts, only eight walks and only four eurn runs
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in Los Angeles's past weekend, Like they they've only allowed
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more than three runs in a game once in their
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last ten. This pitching staff is on a heater right now,
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and they're going to ride that high into Morgantown. Griffin Nace,
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Carson Turnquist, Josh Valmerting and Nick Bond that's their four guys,
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and we're probably gonna see a lot of all of them,
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and they should all be fresh. They only played three
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games this past weekend. Nace. You know, he's not necessarily
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a power arm, but he's got nearly one hundred strikeouts
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this year. Is as there. You know, Friday guy has
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been that spot pretty much all season long. Turnquist he's
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been up to ninety eight this year. Valmarting is in
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the mid nineties, Nick Bond, you talked about he's touching
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triple digits. It's a smaller school, yeah, mid major school,
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but they have the stuff to compete with some of
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the bigger ones like Brady Estes and Gordon Petty. That's
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another couple of our bullpen arms that's in. Like the
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load of mid nineties that have good numbers this year,
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a lot of innings. Like when you have that many
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guys that are available and you feel good about what
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they're going to give you. That's got to be a
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nice feeling to have running into this West Virginia environment.
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Speaker 1: Absolutely, and JB. I want to go to you here
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because Jake again another excellent You guys are pingponging back
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and forth with the great transitions for one another. JB.
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Their opponent Cal Poly is going to be West Virginia.
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This is an offense that I've gotten to be pretty
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familiar with from being a hashtag Big Twelfth supporter, a
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Big Twelfth enjoyer. I think I forget what the exact
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phrase I've used is, but either way, West Virginia is
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an offense that I've said is a very nickel and
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dimi offense. They have kind of an old school mentality
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to them. A dink and a dunk and a run
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you'll have. Not exactly flashy. Now they can find the
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big shot, as they did certainly over the regional but
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this is an offense that's pretty well JB built on
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an old school, fundamental small ball. Tell me what you
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like about West Virginia.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, for West Virginia, I think on top of that,
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I think the pitching is also really exceeding, like exceeded
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a lot of xpctsations we've had. And Max Fielle, despite
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having that rough outing, he came right back in that
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last game and really was a gritty outing. And Montesa
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too came back out and threw another absolutely gritty outing.
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On one day arrest, I've been thrown one hundred and
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twenty pitches. That's what you love to see in this
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type of year. Three games set obviously a little different
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not going to have to do that. But this offense,
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like you're talking about, you know, they can get the
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big shot at times. Gavin Kelly was the guy that
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really tried to put him on his back at the
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end of that regional. But this team scored double digit
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runs twice. The two games they didn't score double ditchs,
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it was a nine and six run performance. So this
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West Virginia offense is really firing on all cylinders right now,
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and that's going to be interesting to see against the
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Cowpoli pitching staff that's coming in really hot as well.
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And like we've talked about the battle of pitching versus offense,
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who wins. It's been offense a lot this year. There's
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been one instance to my mind that's near and close
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to here that worked out for the pitching staff, But
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you know, most of the time it's really gone in
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the favor of the offense. So I think playing home
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is gonna be great for them to cal Poly. It's
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kind of a similar strategy, but I think they just
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don't have as much stump as West Virginia. They can
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really get that bake swing in there. Cal Poly is
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more the traditional West Coast that we've talked about small ball,
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put the ball in play, put pressure on teams run
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the base as well. That's kind of their deal with
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coach Lee. So I think it's gonna be a very
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interesting series for sure, as we've alluded to. But I
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think that the main key is going to be which
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offense I think really can get it together more against
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the other sides. Pitching.
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Speaker 1: Absolutely, it is a It's an incredibly compelling super I
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don't I don't know if you guys will believe me
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when I say this, but I almost wish I could
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pluck separate two supers here and put one of these
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teams because I want both of them to advance. I
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love both of these squads, have gotten to be such
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a fan of them both. But alas this is the
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way the cookie crumbles, there can be only one, and Jake,
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I'm gonna go to you first. I'm gonna ask you
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to give us Josh's prediction first for this winner, and
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then we'll get yours along with your logic, and we'll
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go from there.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, real quick. For another guy, I wanted to highlight
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for West Virginia. I don't, I don't know. I didn't
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have like the actual stats and numbers in front of
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me last episode, but Armani Guzman he was he was
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ten for twenty two in this regional. I didn't realize
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he was hitting that well. I knew he was really good,
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I didn't know it was that good. It's a four
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fifty five average. He had four double seven RBIs and
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six stolen bases. As a first baseman. They moved him
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to that leadoff spot in those last I think three games,
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and he just like they were just trying to get
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him in the most AEP bats as possible, and it
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obviously we had worked out for them, and he he
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hit just as good in that spot as he was
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in the middle.
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Speaker 3: Game winner.
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Speaker 1: But such a He's been such an interesting player to
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watch this whole year, Jake, because you think of a
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first basement and I guess just you know, you imagine
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a slugger or somebody, you know, a big, lumbering fella.
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Guzban is kind of the antithesis of that. He's got
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so much versatility defensively, can play so many places, and
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it's really more kind of speed and contact. Were you
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But it's it's a bizarre profile, but one that he
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really works. Well.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's really interesting. But for the picks, I'm me
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and Josh both are going to be picking West Virginia.
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The home environment is going to be so big for them.
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I think that the way we saw that crowd get
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behind him in those last two games against Kentucky, like
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that place was, that place was rocking, and like they
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were players were feeding off of it. You could tell
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they started going at times that the crowd was going.
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Like I just think just them being at home in
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general is going to be a big boost for them.
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And I love I love the cal Poly pitchers. I
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also don't know that Ryan Taman had a nice, nice weekend,
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Cam Hoyland had some big hits, But like, I just
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don't know that that lineup is going to be deep
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enough to compete there on the road.
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Speaker 1: That's I think that's totally fair. It's going to be
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a raucous environment for sure. Jake, you got it right there.
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JB going to you two on the board for WVU
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thus far, What are you thinking? Man?
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Speaker 3: You know me at heart obviously I want to take
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cal Poly, but knowing the history and getting to see
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it up close and personal to seeing West Virginia missing
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out on going to Omaha two years in a row,
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and the Supers it's brutal. They finally get it at
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home this year, so that's one thing that they're gonna
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have going for him. As much as I want to
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take cal Poly and the Hearts there, I think I
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have to take West Virginia for the same reasons. I
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think the fans are going to be into it. I
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think this team is their due. They've gone through their
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time and I think now finally they got a draw
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that's pretty favorable to them. It's not the uphill battle
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they've had in the past. So I think I'm gonna
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have to take West Virginia here.
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Speaker 1: I hate to do it, but I think that is
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a sweep. It's like you said, JB do Jake, you
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said it there at home and guys, the pitching for
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cal Poly has been so dominant, but West Virginia has
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some very solid arms up and down that that staff
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as well. You know for Max Shale, Chance and Cole Dawson,
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Montesa Ian Korn. There's guys all over that pitching staff
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that are credible and talented. The offense I think is
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going to be the difference maker, and well, honestly that's
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not true. I think the offense is an edge for
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us Revirgima, but I think the difference maker is going
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to be those people. Again. We I alluded to it
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from the jump. They're electric right now. Was Virginia's a darling,
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and I think they're not gonna let this slip through
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their fingers, although if they did, couldn't happen to a
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more interesting school than cal Poly. I think they've earned
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all of our respects this year. So anyway, let's move on.
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Talk about two more mid major teams. We're going to
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Troy Troy super Regional. Who would have thunk it? And
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it's gonna be Troy hosting Little Rock the Battle of
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the Trojans, Jake. Two more mid major schools, and I
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love it if you could give us kind of your
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ten thousand foot view on this one. These are two
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teams that you've thought about quite a bit this year,
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that is true.
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Speaker 2: And you know, for Troy, like they you know, they
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lost their first game last weekend and they went on
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a four game heater to take the beating Florida twice.
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I mean, that's crazy impressive. I can't believe that happened.
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But in those four games, you know, they had their power.
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Their power hitting is really what stood out a lot
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in that four game stretch. They had ten doubles, ten homers.
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Jay Booroff sixty five at bats before this regional on
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the season, he got twenty in it, and he hit
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five hundred with four homers in those twenty at bats.
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Like pretty good, pretty good obviously. Jimmy Janicky's kind of
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kind of the leader of that offense, him and Aaron
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py Saki, Drew Nelson, steven Meyer. That that's that's like
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a that's a list of like four or five guys
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in that bat in order that I would put up
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against just just about anybody in this round right now.
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Like those are some legit hitters. Another note for Troy,
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like their their portal guys have been really good this year.
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Like Josh Pine came from Indiana, Aaron Paiseki came over
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from Central Michigan. That's two really strong lineup pieces that
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they added in the portal. And then arms like like
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Zach kroutch Felt from Texas Tech, Hayden Smith from Kentucky,
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Tommy Egan their Ace from from Illinois Chicago, Cooper Rawlings
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were from upstate. They all made big impacts on the
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Mound and winning that regional and just like it's just
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a testament to Schuyler meets UH recruiting ability in him
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and him just doing a phenomenal job bringing in all
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those guys this offseason, and every single one of the
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guys that I just named UH made made huge impacts
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on the team this season in the regional. And this
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Troy team, you know, they just they caught fire light
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And if you know, if you just if you just
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said that they'd be hosting a super Regional at the
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start of this tournament, I probably wouldn't have believed you.
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But they've earned every bit of it. They've been playing really,
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really good they have.
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Speaker 1: Man, that's that's too Uh, that's almost an understatement. They've
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played insanely well. Jacob's, like you said, a four game heater,
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including Lauraena twice JB. Little Rock is no stranger to
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go in into somebody else's ballpark and make it some waves.
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As a matter of fact, last year and this year
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they've done it. And yet the song remains the same
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for the Little Rock brand of Trojans. What exactly are
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they going to have to do to come to Troy
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and take this series and stay up there, tickets to
20:01
Omaha and then JB Beyond that, just kind of your
20:03
thoughts on this series in general.
20:05
Speaker 3: Yeah, well, Little Rock, you know, they're able to pull
20:07
out a clean sweep in the Hattiesburg Regional, and I
20:10
think they kind of had a nice little path beyond
20:12
going against Southern Mess at Jacksonville State twice, which Jacksonville
20:17
State no slouch, but also kind of was an easier
20:20
path than that quote unquote than I'm going to face
20:22
Southern Mess or Virginia twice there, I think, you know,
20:26
for Little Rock, it's kind of the same deal. You know,
20:29
the pitching and offense have to be playing their best
20:31
game at the same time, which is what I think
20:32
they did in the last regional. I think they were
20:34
able to go out there and truly put up a
20:37
well rounded baseball game three times, and that is what
20:40
helped them win those three games. Troy, you got to
20:44
find a way to slow down that offense. That's the
20:46
thing for them. It's going to be the pitching having
20:47
to do the same they did last round. You have
20:49
to find a way to slow them down, especially with
20:51
all the slug they've been able to put up Right now,
20:53
I think Troy will definitely be a nice environment for
20:59
this regional. I think be interesting to see, you know,
21:00
a MIDI major site hosting like this. Duke last year
21:03
was tiny and that place even got you know, bumping,
21:06
But I think Troy's a much more raucous fan base
21:08
than they got over there Duke, honestly, So that'll be
21:11
a really fun super regional, I think for two small
21:14
fan bases, and especially I think it's gonna be very
21:16
family oriented too. That's definitely gonna get very passionate in
21:20
the stands with basically all family there. That's gonna be awesome.
21:25
So I think it's gonna be a true like great
21:27
battle the mid majors, like Jake's alluded to, and it's
21:31
something that I'm excited about, and especially like we talked
21:33
about it for me at least, I know there's a
21:35
quote somewhere of me with Crotchfeldt and that he's been
21:38
one of the guys that's really stepped up for them
21:40
this year and that's been awesome to see. So I
21:43
definitely think it's gonna be a very fun regional. But
21:47
I think it's gonna be some fireworks, honestly. That's where
21:49
I'll leave it. I think there's gonna be some fireworks.
21:52
Speaker 1: Well, I'm not ready for you to leave at Jaybase,
21:55
so I'm gonna go to you first and get your
21:57
pick on the Troy Super Original The Battle of the Trojans.
22:01
Who's gonna wrap it up? I made that same joke
22:03
last episode.
22:04
Speaker 3: Josh is gonna be happy to hear it. I'm gonna
22:06
take Troy. I'm gonna take Troy. I think they're gonna
22:09
find a way to be able to pull it out here.
22:11
I think them the way they're swinging the bat right now,
22:13
it's hard to stop that. And like we talked about,
22:15
and especially in this battle between two mid major pitching staffs,
22:19
I think it's definitely something that's gonna be really hard
22:23
to stop. But there's always a chance, you know both,
22:26
This is really a coin flip. I think, honestly, this
22:28
weekend could be could.
22:30
Speaker 1: Be Jake, let's hear from Josh, let's hear from you.
22:36
Speaker 2: So yeah, we're both gonna be taking Troy as well.
22:41
I just think I just think them being at home,
22:43
I think they they probably on paper out talent little Rock,
22:47
and I don't I don't say that in any disrespect
22:49
at all to Little Rock, but not that this necessarily
22:53
affects anything about the Pig or anything at all, really,
22:55
but they they Little Rock hasn't played a Power conference
23:00
opponent since they played Arkansas back on April seven, and
23:03
obviously that's gonna continue because they're playing Troy. But they
23:05
haven't played a power team. But they also played jack
23:09
State twice, who won forty eight games this year, and
23:13
they didn't trail them at any point in either of
23:15
those two games. They were never behind on the scoreboard,
23:18
so they're obviously playing good. And I'm not picking this
23:21
as a slight Little Rock, but I'm picking it as
23:23
I think Troy and those power hitters are just gonna
23:26
thrive in that home environment.
23:28
Speaker 1: I think. So it's Troy. We've grown to expect so
23:32
much from it now. Granted, Little Rock has almost established
23:34
themselves as like a perennial David in a way. They're
23:37
gonna knock the Giant off. But at the same time,
23:41
I just don't know how long that streak can continue.
23:45
I'm gonna take Troy as well. We're being incredibly chalky
23:47
of boring thus far amongst two, but we're all on
23:50
the same page. Nothing bad there for sure. On the
23:54
topic of nothing bad Chapel Hill super Regional, JB, we
23:59
know you're gonna be there. We know that you've seen
24:01
the regional go down, and you're gonna be there to
24:03
see North Carolina the old tar Heels are going to
24:06
be taking on Southern not not Carolina, not South Carolina.
24:11
It's South Southern California USC, meaning Southern California. It's all you,
24:16
oh yeah, all you game Cocks over there.
24:18
Speaker 3: If you want to piss off a game Cock fan,
24:20
it's a great weekend to say Carolina is playing USC
24:23
and an eighth boys down South.
24:24
Speaker 1: So absolutely not, JB. Give us the ten thousand foot
24:29
view of this one, because man, just like me and
24:31
you were talking about yesterday, Buddy, this is two very
24:33
talented pitching staffs up and down. Gonna be Kaliina. Yeah.
24:38
Speaker 3: No, I think it's a very well balanced matchup. I
24:41
think on both sides, especially pitching wise, it's gonna be
24:45
great to see the balance of Edwards and Govell having
24:48
to take on to Caro and Lynch. I think that'll
24:51
be a very fun first few games, and then most
24:54
likely it'll be if we get to a game three.
24:55
Boaz versus Flasquez for them, but that you, he's got
25:00
more options too, they've started this year and we have
25:02
also Jackson Rose who's been the mix this year too,
25:05
So it'll be interesting to see what that game three
25:07
looks like if it got there. The offenses, like we
25:10
talked about, USC scored fifty five runs in four games
25:13
last weekend. Do we see that offense that they had
25:16
there in College Station or is it more like what
25:18
we've seen throughout the year with them kind of up
25:20
and down, struggled on the road, just that type of stuff.
25:25
So I think it'll be a very very fun test
25:29
of a trojan team there for you, For you and Cee,
25:32
it's just kind of the same. You got to find
25:34
a way to hit, find a way to get to
25:35
the bullpen early for them. I think if you really
25:37
tax them, that's going to be a big part of it.
25:40
And I think the USC offense or the UNC offense, jeez,
25:44
it's about getting the big hit. Same thing as last
25:45
weekend Heinich with the homer to tie the game against
25:47
ECU and finding ways to get big hits in big moments.
25:51
I think that's the key to it all.
25:53
Speaker 1: All right, It certainly worked last weekend. Yeah, Jake, considering
25:59
that these two teams are ones that we've talked about
26:01
pretty regularly on the show North Carolina, I think beyond
26:05
just JB kind of having a really, you know, good
26:08
intimate perspective of that team. They've been incredibly talented. We've
26:12
all seen it, we've all watched them play this year.
26:13
But then South Jeez, I'm gonna keep saying Southern USC,
26:18
I'm changing them, I'm changing the format. USC has been
26:22
a team that I specifically in US as a group,
26:24
have been very critical of what really are USC. But
26:28
to see them emerge from out of college station over
26:31
Texas A and M in that offense, it certainly gives
26:33
me a little more confidence in them, especially when you
26:37
consider the offensive onslaught that the Trojans laid on these folks.
26:44
Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm really glad you bring that up, because you know,
26:47
last weekend, you know, it was a sudden just offensive
26:50
you know, surge, onslaught whatever word you want to use there,
26:55
that we haven't really seen from USC. Oh. Yeah, I
26:57
mean they kind of came out of nowhere. And when
27:00
Av said that fifty five runs in four games number
27:02
that that that's just that's just that's just insane to hear.
27:05
It caught me a little bit off guard because I
27:06
didn't know it was quite that many runs off the
27:08
top of my head, but that that's a lot of
27:10
scoring for this for this Trojan offense. Adrian Lopez in
27:14
particular made a ton of noise in that in that
27:18
in that regional AUGI Lopez also got hot towards the end.
27:21
Kevin Kevin Takiyuchi and Walter Urban were just doubles machines.
27:25
They were just hitting the gaps. Andrew Lamb had a
27:28
couple of homers like and they they they they just
27:31
they outslucked A and M. And that's what they knew
27:33
they were gonna have to do going into it. They
27:34
knew that the pitching was gonna be good. They could
27:36
trust their arms, but in the end they were gonna
27:38
have to They're gonna have to hit, and they do
27:40
and they did that, and they're gonna have to do
27:42
it again this weekend if they're gonna knock off North
27:44
Carolina and all those arms that that JV just talked about.
27:48
But one thing to watch, I would say for USC,
27:52
Jack besser Is has kind of been like their most
27:55
consistent guy at the plate all year, and he didn't
27:57
really do a lot. The rest of the lineup kind
27:59
of did a lot around him. He's his numbers last weekend.
28:02
We're not We're not crazy, and like, if he gets going,
28:04
obviously that's another strong piece. But you know, for them
28:07
to take down North Carolina in this super regional environment,
28:11
I feel like that's a piece that they're going to
28:13
kind of need in this lineup, especially if it one
28:15
and two of those guys cools off a little bit,
28:17
he's gonna have to probably be the one that picks
28:19
up a little bit of the slack. One other thing,
28:23
probably the coolest uniform matchup in this super regional round,
28:26
I would say the Carolina blue of the USC Cardinal
28:30
and gold. That's gonna be some some pretty cool, cool,
28:33
cool jerseys out there.
28:35
Speaker 3: The last thing I'll throw in two that I think
28:36
I mentioned to Drew yet I think we talked about
28:39
last night. The USC lost their first game, won four straight.
28:43
The last time they won four straight in a regional
28:46
they won a national title in nineteen seventy two ESPN
28:49
stat He came up on the broadcast. That's why I
28:51
got that one. But that is that's insane to think
28:54
about that. That was the last time something like that
28:56
happened for them.
28:57
Speaker 1: So I love the ESPN stats. Start plugging this. It's
29:00
just you guys, just know this. You did the research.
29:04
Just I figured that out. I stood that, you know,
29:05
I went back in the history. All right, JB gonna
29:08
be the easiest pick you make all night. What do
29:10
you think of North Carolina? USC?
29:13
Speaker 3: Tar heels all the way. I think I'll just leave
29:17
it with. The key is, you know, starters getting deep
29:19
into the game and being able to utilize Glowber and
29:22
McDuffie in short usage roles that you can use them
29:25
all three games if needed. I think that's key word.
29:28
Speaker 1: Love it. Uh, Jake, let's hear from Josh. Let's hear
29:32
from you.
29:35
Speaker 2: So Josh is also taken North Carolina, I assume, I
29:38
assume similar reasons for for JB. So farther three for three.
29:41
That's got to change. It's got to change at some point.
29:44
But right right now, there, right now, they're they're in
29:46
lockstep together with the same picks. I'll take USC. I'll
29:51
take USC. I mean, it's not gonna be an easy, easy,
29:54
easy stadium to go into and play but like pictures,
29:57
I think their pictures when they're at their best, they
29:59
can match up with. We've seen them pitched as well
30:02
as anybody in the country, and like, I know this
30:04
could be their toughest tests, but like going into there that,
30:06
I think they have the arms to do it. Sax Mattson,
30:09
we saw him a couple of times. He was really
30:11
good out of the bullpen, Chase Harrell, Adam Troy. They
30:13
can all give him, Like like you mentioned with the
30:16
North Carolina relievers, they can also give them multiple outings
30:18
and be good in all of them. And uh, you know,
30:21
I'll just bet on the bats staying hot. They scored
30:23
the most runs in probably a four game stretch than
30:25
they have and definitely the season. But uh you know,
30:29
I'll take yousc the bastards and stay hot.
30:32
Speaker 3: Jake heard my fifty five runs stat and he's like,
30:34
you know what, I'm gonna take that.
30:36
Speaker 2: A lock of it for me.
30:37
Speaker 1: It's like a light bulb over his head. One on
30:39
the cartoon style. That's tough. You make a compelling argument
30:43
for USC, Jake, But I think I'm gonna stick with
30:46
the tar Heels here, and they've just they've been so
30:48
consistent all year. I think that it's almost one of
30:51
those things where North Carolina never felt like something's got
30:56
to give like UCLA did. They never really felt like
30:59
this is out of hand like Georgia Tech did. It's
31:03
just you North Carolina, I think right now is the
31:05
team that I have maybe the most faith in in
31:08
this whole field. And that pains me to say, because
31:11
you know, we have to share this podcast, Jake with
31:13
two at least one un C fan and one supposed
31:16
that u n C fan, and that that's the very regional.
31:18
Speaker 3: One that we're program the other one that allegedly has ties.
31:22
Speaker 1: Allegedly supports them. I think it's his family supports some
31:25
shout out LG at home. But yeah, I'll go with
31:29
I'll go with you and see, I'll i'll rock the
31:31
tar heels as well. I'm gonna have to find some
31:32
baby blue around here somewhere, but I'll something will happen.
31:36
All right, Let's move on to talk about the Auburn
31:38
Super Regional and Josh, we're gonna throw it to you.
31:41
Oh wait, Josh isn't here, JB. That means it's yours
31:44
bad default Auburn is gonna be hosting ole Miss an
31:48
SEC battle. Uh not the not the last one. We'll
31:53
see in this round as well. Very odd, but Ole
31:56
Miss emerged from one of the regions of death. They
32:00
took down Nebraska, they took down Arizona State, and now
32:05
in front of them another one of the country's best
32:08
teams in Auburn JB. The ten thousand foot view of
32:12
this regional or excuse me of the super regional, sir,
32:15
let's get your thoughts.
32:17
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean going at it right away. The one
32:20
thing that stood out last weekend in the first two
32:22
games was the Auburn pitching kind of falling flat. The
32:25
first two games. I mean they had Milwaukee ten runs.
32:29
They were down ten to nothing in the fifth inning,
32:31
which is something that I don't think any of us
32:32
saw coming, and had Josh on life support over there,
32:35
so yeah, we were all worried about him. Then the
32:38
NC State game, we thought we could chill out a
32:40
little bit, and you know, I was a fan of
32:42
it too, you know, send him with the acts. But
32:44
NC State started chipping away and they found a way
32:47
to score thirteen runs, So kind of a concerning bit there.
32:52
Auburn kind of cooled down. The bats after that with
32:55
only three runs on UCF and held Milwaukee to four
32:58
total in two games afterwards. I think they need that
33:00
type of pitching for performance going forward. I couldn't talk there,
33:04
especially against an ole Miss offense that's kind of rolling
33:06
in a little bit hot off that last regional. They
33:09
found ways to put up runs, found ways to win games.
33:12
They were in the big spots, they found ways to
33:14
get two out hits. So that's going to be the
33:16
key there. I think for ole Miss it's continuing to
33:18
play get baseball and continuing to score runs with two outs,
33:22
find ways to get big hits. For Auburn, I think
33:24
it's what we've talked about and Josh has hit on
33:26
all year. What Auburn are we getting like having to
33:28
be consistent. Offense has to show up for them. They
33:31
can't fall flat for most of the game. Freylik's got
33:34
to keep going like Josh has hit on him being
33:36
the hottest guy in the country, he's got to keep
33:38
being the hottest guy in the country, and kind of
33:40
the pitching just figuring it out. So I think that's
33:42
what we're going to see, and especially against an ole
33:44
Miss pitching staff that's been really good this year. It'll
33:48
be a fun one.
33:48
Speaker 1: I think it is gonna be. It's it's going to
33:51
be incredibly compelling. Uh, Jake, I want to go to
33:54
you because Ole Miss they really, they really survived. I
33:58
think that's something you could and maybe not even just
34:01
survived in a raucous environment. I mean we said it.
34:05
It's tons of offense in that regional that we saw
34:08
in Lincoln almost are the ones that survived and again
34:11
thrived there. So what's what are they gonna have to
34:13
do to put down Auburn at plans?
34:18
Speaker 2: Yeah, I think I think there's gonna be I mean,
34:21
there's gonna be pitching on both sides. This is the
34:23
strength to both teams. For for for Auburn, you know,
34:27
it was nice to see it was nice to see
34:29
Marciano and l J. Cormier come back bounce back last
34:33
weekend after that first game where they kind of got
34:35
roughed up a little bit against Milwaukee. But uh, on
34:37
the other side, for for ole Miss, you know, Hunter
34:40
Elliott he's got he's got a ton of experience and
34:42
he has experience pitching in a super regional. Uh, Taylor
34:46
Raves and really good. Caine Townsend's really popped off this
34:48
year as their number three, and and you know they're
34:51
they're always gonna give them a chance. And I think
34:55
just if they're gonna come out of this super Regional
34:57
with a victory, it's gonna be, it's gonna it's gonna
35:00
end up being on the back of the pitching. Probably.
35:03
I don't know that we can just count on like
35:05
the offense being this most crazy explosive offense that's gonna
35:09
out hit everybody all the time, because that's just not
35:10
what they've been this year. They've been a pitching team
35:13
and it's really worked out for him. Like JP Robertson,
35:15
Will Libert, Hudson Calhoun have just been nails out of
35:18
the pen. They give him multiple outings in a weekend.
35:20
Like just with this many arms similar to the last
35:23
one that we talked about in North Carolina USC Like
35:25
this many arms is just gonna be It's gonna be
35:27
a really fun matchup and it could just it could
35:29
end up coming down to, you know, which offense steps
35:32
up first, like we saw. You know, I talked about
35:35
it before the regionals happened last time, Like Tristan Massetta
35:39
he lost as he lost his power swing, like he
35:41
only had two hits in this past weekend, but both
35:43
of them were home runs. So like, if he could
35:45
run into a couple more of those, you know, that's
35:47
obviously a really quick way to put runs up on
35:49
the board. But uh, like, Will Ferness has been hitting well,
35:53
Hayden Federico had a good h had a good regional
35:56
at the play Dom Decker had a couple, had a
35:58
couple of good games. Like, but it's gonna be it's
36:01
gonna be all hands on deck and they're gonna have
36:02
to hit. They're gonna the pitchers are gonna have to
36:04
stay hot going into to Plainsman Park and trying to
36:07
take down this Auburn team.
36:08
Speaker 1: They're gonna have to. I think it's it's mandatory that
36:11
they do. As a matter of fact, Jake JB. Let's
36:14
hear it. We're gonna start with you, Auburn super regional.
36:17
Speaker 3: Who you got, Yeah, I'll go ahead and get the
36:21
dice rolling early. I'll take ole Miss. I think Ole
36:24
Miss is rolling in hot, a nice little sweet for them.
36:27
Back in the pitching, I think the offense is finding
36:29
some footing. I'm gonna rock with them.
36:32
Speaker 1: Jake, Wow, Okay, I didn't I thought JB may pulled
36:36
the trigger there, But uh, Jake, let's go to you first.
36:40
What are you thinking?
36:44
Speaker 2: You know, I think I am. I think I'm just
36:46
gonna I think I'm gonna pick Auburn. I've picked the
36:51
home team and all of these I just I don't know.
36:54
I trust the Auburn offense more, even even though ole
36:57
Miss hit well this past weekend. I think I just
37:00
trust that offense more, especially being being at home. Chase
37:05
Freelick is just going bisserk right now. And if you know,
37:08
if if some of their top guys get going, then
37:10
you know that offense is also is really really scary
37:12
bumped out, don't even have a great weekend. If he
37:14
gets going, That's just another piece added to it. But
37:17
I will note that I looked it up. The last
37:19
time that these two played was in se was the
37:22
last SEC series of the year in twenty twenty five,
37:25
ole Miss won it at home. And then the time
37:27
they've played before that was in Auburn in twenty twenty four,
37:30
and ole Miss took that series as well. So maybe
37:33
they're maybe Auburn's looking to avenge those last recent losses
37:36
they've taken.
37:38
Speaker 1: Oh boy, wow, that's some crazy work, all right, Josh,
37:43
I'm assuming it is gonna take Auburn. I don't really don't.
37:46
I'm asking.
37:49
Speaker 2: He is.
37:51
Speaker 1: Thank you, thanks. Uh, you know what, I had planned
37:57
on taking two upsets, I'll take three. I'll take hole Miss.
37:59
Well split that gap. Although I think Auburn at home
38:03
has been I try not to pick against that. That's
38:05
a tough one. But like you said, the ole Miss
38:08
offense has looked much improved, and I think that pitching
38:10
can hang. It's gonna be what do they do against
38:13
kind of the white hot bat if Chase Freeley right now,
38:16
he's looked like, I mean, an All world player for
38:20
the moment. So we'll see what it means.
38:22
Speaker 3: We've got more Drew upsets on the way. If what
38:24
I heard was correct that we got a couple in
38:26
the works, you.
38:27
Speaker 1: Might you might have heard that you might. Let's go
38:30
to Lawrence, though, gentlemen, Jake Lawrence, super regional. This is
38:34
gonna be our first one that we're kind of walking through.
38:36
That's gonna start on the sixth. It's gonna be Kansas
38:39
hosting Oklahoma Battle of Some Midwest teams were talked about
38:42
their shared lineage in the last last podcast, of course,
38:46
going through what happened with the regionals. Now Oklahoma coming
38:50
off of an incredible well, I'm going to gohea and
38:52
call it this an incredible upset to come out of
38:55
Atlanta with the victory in that regional and now you're
38:58
gonna have to face Kansas, who, for my money, if
39:02
there was going to be a team who you could say,
39:03
all right, gt the top offense and then maybe in
39:06
that next tier, I'd place Kansas maybe somewhere in that peripheral.
39:10
They've been awesome.
39:12
Speaker 2: What's your thoughts, Jake, Yeah, I mean I would completely agree.
39:18
And you know, these two teams you mentioned it, they
39:20
obviously they obviously have history. Oklahoma is forty nine and
39:25
twenty four against Kansas in their history, eight and two
39:28
in their last ten meetings. But this obviously is not
39:31
the same Kansas team that they've faced in the past.
39:34
And this this feels like, you know, first glance, it's
39:37
easy to predict this out of a Kansas team, but
39:40
this feels like it could just turn into another offensive
39:44
battle and a really offensive super between both teams. We
39:48
talked about it with Kansas all year, but like last weekend,
39:50
Tyson LeBlanc went absolutely crazy, five extra base hits, three
39:55
homers in those three games. Dariel Asoria also had a
39:59
really nice weekend. But they have a ton of power
40:02
ton run producing potential from top to bottom in this lineup.
40:06
And then for Oklahoma, you know, whereas Tyson LeBlanc was
40:09
really good for Kansas, Dayton hockey is a force to
40:12
be reckon with right now at the plate. Jason Walk Dayton,
40:17
the chance, Jackson Willitts, they all had really strong four
40:19
games against Georgia Tech, and the fact that they went
40:22
there and knocked off that Georgia Tech lineup proves in
40:26
itself that when this is when they're when they're clicking
40:27
on all cylinders, that this day they can't compete with
40:30
some of these top offenses in the country, Kansas being
40:33
one of them.
40:35
Speaker 1: Yeah, that's a great point, Jake JB looking at it,
40:39
I'm curious if you have any thoughts, kind of any
40:43
any leans, any any vibes about what what do you
40:46
think could happen here? Because these are two teams who
40:49
at the onset of the year, I think we knew
40:50
there were talent for both squads. But if you just said, yeah,
40:53
we're going about these two teams. That's going to make
40:55
a super crazy right we'd have been like, yeah, okay, sure,
40:57
crazy guy.
40:59
Speaker 3: Yeah no, I agree. Oklahoma. I mean I feel like
41:04
they're they're very enticing pick because they went to GT
41:07
and did what they did and obviously, you know, played
41:10
one of the better better games out there, and they
41:13
got the track record, they got a lot of stuff
41:15
backing them. I really would like love to see Kansas
41:19
go I think a lot of people would. You'd love
41:21
to see Kansas get there, especially with everything they've been
41:24
able to do and playing at home. That's great. Part
41:28
of me wants to say that I think Kansas is
41:30
gonna pull this, or that Kansas like will pull it
41:33
out like in a vibe check, but also like my
41:36
mind is like in a rational sense saying Oklahoma's going
41:40
to take this. So I don't know. It's really a
41:42
coin flip for me. I think this is the one
41:43
that's like truly one of the hardest coin flips of
41:46
the entire weekend.
41:47
Speaker 1: Interesting. It's a good point, though, I mean, you consider
41:51
if Kansas has a weakness, it has to be that
41:52
pitching staff, whereas Oklahoma they've had some guys that could
41:56
really huck it this year, guys that you know, delivering
41:58
that pill has been something. Oklahoma has been shockingly good.
42:02
As a matter of fact, They've got some dudes, and
42:05
I don't know, the Sooners offense is nothing to sneeze
42:07
hat either. They've got some bats. It's gonna be an
42:10
interesting one in Lawrence and Jake. I'd love to start
42:12
with Josh's selection. We'll go to you after that.
42:17
Speaker 2: So Josh, Josh's taking Oklahoma. The thing that I have
42:23
noted here for Oklahoma, like Cameron Johnson, he had he
42:26
had a very short leash when in his one outing
42:30
that he had in this past weekend, I think you
42:32
don't He got the start in one of those one
42:35
of those Georgia Tech games, I think, and he didn't
42:37
even last like an out before he you know, gave
42:40
up a few heads, a couple of walks, and they
42:42
just yanked him out of there really quick. So it'll
42:44
be interesting to see how they manage not just him,
42:46
but like the rest of that starting pitching. Because they
42:48
went in they went in. I forget who they bring
42:51
in brought in after him, but like Gavin Jones and L. J.
42:54
Mccurius came out of the bullpen like a couple of
42:56
times and that one so like it'll be interesting to
42:58
see how how they managed just that, not just the rotation,
43:02
but if they've used more curious out of the bullpen
43:04
or with what it is with him. I'm gonna pick.
43:08
I'm gonna pick Kansas. Every time I've had Kansas, I
43:11
think on the board as the home team, I think
43:14
I've picked Kansas and they haven't. I don't think they've
43:16
let me down yet. They're just gonna hit and I
43:19
just think this this. You know, there's too many wild
43:22
cards on the pigeon staff. All they both have loud stuff.
43:25
Can they be in the zone If it comes down
43:27
to which offense I trust more, it's hard to pick
43:30
against Oklahoma, I guess the way that they performed in
43:32
Georgia Tech. But uh, all your long, Kansas has had
43:36
a crazy offense. Everybody on that lineup can hit. So
43:38
I'm gonna go with Kansas at home.
43:41
Speaker 1: Love it, uh JB. It's a split board for the
43:43
first time, I think after two picks, I'm curious what
43:46
you're thinking.
43:48
Speaker 3: Yeah, as much as I want to take Kansas. Looking
43:52
at my board already, MC, how many home teams I picked,
43:55
and I feel like the intellectual side of my mind
43:58
is really gonna take me to go to Oklahoma. So
44:01
I'm gonna have to pick against you know, the supposed
44:04
future Nick Kurtz and take on Oklahoma. I'm gonna have
44:06
to go Oklahoma and go shout out.
44:12
Speaker 1: I'm gonna stick with Kansas. I I the Big Twelve
44:16
supporter in me has gotta give this another go. And
44:19
I think two teams of the Big Twelve would be
44:21
such a man that would make my all of my
44:23
time watching them feel like it was.
44:25
Speaker 2: Going to set at least one.
44:28
Speaker 1: Yeah, right, I gotta get at least one. Seriously, though,
44:31
I mean the offense has been dynamite up and down
44:33
the squad. I mean you talk about guys like Jordan Bach,
44:35
who I think is getting like no love whatsoever nationally,
44:38
but it's just an incredible lead off type guy Bice
44:40
and Leabla has been just fire. I mean he's he's
44:44
been an exceptional player this year and again has been
44:46
so under the radar. Guys like Brady Ballinger. I mean,
44:50
you know Darielsoria we talked about just a second ago.
44:52
It's this, This is a lineup filled with dudes. And
44:54
I think if Dominic Vogel can pitch well, if mathis
44:58
narrow can pitch well, just stay stay close to the zone,
45:02
just keep keep them in it. I think Kansas has
45:05
a shot and Lawrence is gonna be rocking to see
45:06
those Jayhawks rock and chalk. I'll take Kansas. I feel
45:11
pretty good about it. Uh, on the opposite side of
45:14
things things, I don't feel pretty good about Alabama sitting
45:16
in a super regional and we are gonna be talking
45:18
about it here, Tuscaloosa hosting a super regional. Jake, they
45:23
have got Saint John's, the Red Storm, the Johnny's rolling
45:27
in to tuscal Luisa, And I'd love it if you
45:29
can give me your thoughts on what this is gonna
45:31
look like. What is Saint John's gonna have to do
45:32
and pull this on?
45:35
Speaker 2: You know, I think, I mean, they're they're gonna have
45:38
They're gonna have to do a lot. I mean, that's
45:39
not an easy It's not easy for a team from
45:43
from New York to go down to to Alabama and
45:45
playing a series in general. But uh, you know that
45:48
the Saint John's team, you know, they might be Cinderella
45:52
or they might also just be good. You know, they
45:54
play they play in a tough, a tough Big East Conference,
45:58
like it's I feel like that's a pretty underrated conference.
46:00
And they took down all the top teams during the
46:03
season and in that tournament, they took down the the
46:06
the Creightons and the Yukon's, uh and in in the
46:09
regular season and just won that tournament, so I mean,
46:12
and then they just swept through a regional that included
46:14
two wins over Florida State, like they're I don't know
46:16
if they're just hot, if they're Cinderella, or if they're
46:18
just all their best players are playing well at the
46:21
right time. I don't know what it is. But uh,
46:23
Jada Reefstainger, Adam mcgresty had that big grim slam in
46:26
that in in that regional, John LaGrande, they they all
46:29
did a lot at the plate to secure that victory.
46:33
Dylan fitz Simmons may have had the best weekend at
46:35
of all of them, hitting in the nine spot in
46:37
that order. But then like their ace, you know, Liam O'Leary,
46:41
he didn't have a great outing, but it was the
46:43
other guys around him, like Evan Evan Heckley out of
46:45
the bullpen, Jack Nessler, Victor Frederick, they were all clutch
46:48
out of the pen, and uh, you know it, We're
46:51
just gonna have to see if the if the lineup,
46:53
if those bats can stay hot against all the you know,
46:56
Alabama's got some really good arms on the other side
46:58
as well, so we're gonna see if the basking keep
47:00
going against him.
47:01
Speaker 1: Yeah, certainly, JB Man Alabama, for better or worse, they
47:07
just they're just still around. Man. I think that that's
47:10
a testament to their talent. And I mean outside of
47:12
kind of their their rudder, their captain, Justin Lebron, who
47:16
we've been incredibly critical of this year, but yet it's
47:19
still probably one of the most dynamic skill sets, if
47:22
not dynamic athletes in college baseball right now. That's still
47:26
not saying anything about the pitching that's done really well
47:28
for them, the other offensive pieces that have done really
47:31
well for them. Alabama's earned this spot.
47:34
Speaker 3: Yeah, No, Alabama's definitely earned the spot. Alabama. You know, Lebron,
47:39
like you said, despite all the criticism we've given him,
47:42
he's definitely the type of guy that can take over
47:45
a series and really do some damage and really do
47:47
some hurt if he gets on his hot streak. So
47:51
it's really tough. I think the supporting cast for Alabama
47:54
has been a lot better than we expected. They've lifted
47:57
this team more than Lebron at times. Especially. The pitching
48:01
has been good enough, better than I think we expected.
48:03
Even so it's really tough. I mean, Saint John's, you know,
48:08
they're coming in playing one of the best series that
48:11
we saw in the regional clean weekend. Played well, no flaws,
48:16
They went straight through Alabama. They had some scuffles with
48:20
some of these teams, had some close games, but they
48:22
found a way to pull it out. And they're gonna
48:24
be playing at home, and you know that fan base
48:25
is gonna be going crazy to try to get this
48:27
team to Omaha for the first time and however long.
48:30
So yeah, it's gonna be It's definitely gonna be a
48:33
crazy series and definitely a must watch for sure, I
48:37
would think.
48:38
Speaker 1: So, uh, JB, let's stick with you. Let's have your
48:41
pick for Alabama and Saint John's and the Tuscaloosa Super
48:44
What are you thinking.
48:47
Speaker 3: As much as I'd love I I'd love to pick
48:51
the Johnnies, you know, I'd love to go there but
48:53
I know realistically you can't pull too many upsets and
48:57
in one weekend. So I think I'm gonna have to
48:59
take Alabama sadly against everybody else. And I know that
49:03
there's a good chance of multiple people take Saint John's
49:05
in this, and if Saint John wins, I would be
49:07
very happy. Don't get me wrong, I'm on that front.
49:10
But from my actual opinion, I think it's Alabama.
49:14
Speaker 1: I understand Jake going to you, buddy, We'll go to
49:16
you first, because I'm curious, are you gonna take Saint John's?
49:19
Do you think this is a plausible thing?
49:22
Speaker 2: You know, I am gonna take Saint John's, Don't worry,
49:25
j B. At least at least one of us is
49:27
gonna take the Johnny's in this one. Look, I mean O'Leary.
49:33
O'Leary's been their ace. He's thrown like a million innings
49:35
for him this year. He didn't have a great outing
49:38
uh in in this regional start, but he's good. He's
49:40
gonna he's good in this Alabama offense has shown flaws
49:45
at times. Obviously, Justin Lebron hasn't produced in the SEC,
49:50
but he was good last weekend. JB talked about all
49:52
the other some of the other guys that stepped up
49:54
for him. Uh, I'm taking Saint John's. You give me,
49:57
you give me a Northeast mid major team going up
49:59
against alabam and you think I'm gonna take You think
50:01
I'm gonna take Alabama. I'm not gonna do it. Taking
50:03
Saint John's. Josh is taking Alabama, though, I'm shocked he
50:07
put uh he spelled it. He left the a's out
50:11
of Alabama, so he didn't he didn't want to. He
50:14
didn't want to type the full the full Alabama team name,
50:16
but uh something. Yeah, yeah, he is taking and he
50:22
is taken Alabama. I could tell what he meant fair enough.
50:26
Speaker 1: I think, Jake how that's a bold shot taking Saint John's.
50:33
But it's hashtag never Alabama. Here, give me Saint John's
50:36
ever never Alabama. Man, I got I gotta have some
50:39
fun somewhere in this. And I mean the second letter
50:42
is T and there's a T in Tennessee. Yeah, we're
50:44
going Saint John's. I think a point that JB made
50:48
or I forget much one of you. I think JB
50:50
said it. Saint John's had an incredibly clean regional whereas
50:55
Alabama was tested. What if it's a mental thing here,
50:58
I don't know. I'm gonna I'm gonna I'm gonna cope
51:00
with every rationalization I can, but let's keep it interesting.
51:03
That was one of the upsets I knew I was
51:04
gonna take. We'll see if we've got another one in
51:06
this sphere later, shall we? Jake Austin Super Regional. We've
51:11
got two of the national seeds colliding. Uh this is
51:14
gonna be the first of two where we've got the
51:16
two national seeds and in Austin, it's gonna be Texas
51:19
hosting Oregon uh SEC and Big Ten Oregon the beacon
51:26
of Big ten play. Curious, what's your thoughts on this series,
51:30
because this is gonna be two of the teams that
51:31
I think a lot of people would have put advancing
51:35
from their regionals to this super one of the only
51:38
instances where this racket was talk for a lot of people.
51:43
Speaker 2: Yeah, that that is true. This is one that we
51:45
kind of we did kind of predict pretty I won't
51:48
say easily, because obviously none of these regional picks were
51:51
easy for the most part, but we we did all,
51:53
we did all predict this one. But for you know, Oregon.
51:57
You know, we we've kind of slept on Oregon too,
51:59
similar to similar to USC, We've we've we've had them
52:01
ranked UH for the majority of the year, but we've
52:04
kind of slept on them at points, and you know,
52:06
they they they proved us wrong a little bit here recently.
52:08
You know, they they swept through that regional uh in
52:11
pretty dominating fashion. If we're being honest, you know, there
52:14
wasn't a single uh, there wasn't really like a single
52:17
hitter that like went off in the week in the
52:20
weekend outside of like that first game. But the way
52:22
that like Nelavella Milwaukee, Wow, uh, he can can he
52:28
can hit home runs. He's got he's got a home
52:30
run swing and he's figured out how to use it.
52:34
And then like Ryan Cooney, Drew Smith, the freshman trio
52:37
of Milwaukee, Braydon Jackson and Angel Lia, they're they're all
52:41
hitting over three hundred, all have double digit homers this year,
52:44
all are have ops is over nine hundred. Like that's
52:47
a that's a really bright future for this Oregon lineup.
52:50
They've also they also only allowed three runs last weekend.
52:54
Cal Galari, Will Sandford, Miles Gastola, like they're they're they're
52:58
really good in the rotation. And then you have like
53:00
Colin Clark, who's got a ton of starting experience that
53:03
they can bring out of the bullpen if one of
53:04
those guys get gets in trouble, or they could just
53:06
bring him in multiple times in the weekend. Tanner Bradley,
53:09
Toby Twist, Devin Bell like this, this is a deep
53:12
pitching staff, and you know, for them to match up
53:15
against this this Texas team, you know, they're all obviously
53:18
gonna have to be on their a game.
53:21
Speaker 1: Eve.
53:21
Speaker 2: I'll leave most of Texas for for JB, but I
53:24
do want to mention that Ruger Riojas being back for
53:26
Texas was was just massive, Like, you know, getting him
53:30
back after he hasn't pitched since May sixteenth. He went,
53:32
you know, seventy seven pitches in five innings like his
53:35
old self in that last game against UCSB, and I
53:38
think they got to feel really good about having him
53:40
back for the Super Yeah.
53:42
Speaker 1: Absolutely, JB. That's a good transition for you, pal, because
53:45
Riojas returning is kind of it's almost like geez Texas
53:48
has got another weapon now that they can use the deep,
53:52
the deep Texas team I mean, you can't even say pitching,
53:55
you can't say line up. I mean, it's it's everything.
53:57
Texas is just loaded. And now this Oregon team, who,
54:01
like Jake said, they've got the incredible pitching staff that
54:04
we've we have not talked about them enough. It all
54:07
take the play for that, haven't haven't talked about them enough.
54:10
The sickening freshman trio of offense that's just going to
54:13
carry that team, you know, assuming they all stick together,
54:15
of course. But yeah, Texas is a juggernaut that I
54:18
don't think that they have faced since they went to
54:21
our excuse me, since they played UCLA. This is this
54:24
is a complete team, unlike many others in the country.
54:28
Speaker 2: JB.
54:28
Speaker 1: Tell us about Texas and give us your thoughts on this,
54:30
uh this super series.
54:32
Speaker 3: Yeah, I think Texas is definitely one of the more
54:35
complete teams in the country and definitely the heavy national
54:38
title contender for sure, one of the favorites. I know,
54:43
I know your thoughts on Schloss, so I'll leave that.
54:45
I'll leave that to Druth. I'm here taken a certain
54:51
direction off of that one. But you know, Texas, we
54:55
talked about Sam Cozart a little bit in the past.
54:58
You know, he's been dominant. He had a little bit
54:59
of an interesting outing closing out that last game against
55:02
Santa Barbara, not his best, but he's been elite all
55:05
year for them. Out of the Penn Valantis, who I
55:07
know you love Drew, that's that's huge. Like Jake mentioned, Rugariojas,
55:12
that's huge. Aiden Robbins, Carson Tini, both of those guys
55:15
have been amazing additions to this offense this year, along
55:19
with a Rod and Pack and all these other guys
55:21
that we've talked about. You know, this offense has been very,
55:24
very good. So for this Oregon team, it's a huge
55:29
test and I think, you know, it's something that, like
55:31
Jake said, the pitching is really gonna have to hold
55:33
up in an environment that's really tough, and it gets
55:37
an offense that's really really good. So I think it's
55:40
something that's gonna be probably the biggest test for this
55:42
Orgon team all year. And we've seen them in the
55:44
past kind of struggle in these scenarios. I'd say, especially
55:48
in postseason play, we've seen organ struggle a bit, So
55:51
I think this will definitely be a big one here.
55:53
I think a lot of people are going to pick
55:55
in one direction for this one, Orgon. I think they
55:57
still have a chance if they play all the right cards,
56:00
But it also just depends on what type of Texas
56:02
team they face. If texts at their best, I think
56:04
they're unbeatable.
56:06
Speaker 1: That is compelling, JB. Unbeatable when they're at their best.
56:10
I love that. I will stick with you, JB. I'm
56:12
curious what do you lean in here, because, like you said,
56:16
it's been so much, so much Texas, but we've seen
56:20
some fluctuation. Oregon. It is an awesome team, but this
56:24
is a test that they have not really faced again,
56:26
like I said, since Ucla. And if you're listening at home,
56:30
call me out on that. If you think that there's
56:31
another team Morgan's face that's as deep as this, But
56:34
I don't. I think that it starts with Ucla and
56:36
it ends with Texas in terms of these are the deep,
56:38
deep teams Organs play. But anyway, JB, your pick, sir.
56:43
Speaker 3: I'll take Texas as I was alluding to a little
56:45
bit there. I think this is a team that's really good,
56:47
and I think it's one that it's tough to pick against.
56:49
I know last year they fell short. I think this
56:52
is what they came back with, and they brought more
56:54
firepower than they had last year to the fight this year.
56:56
So I definitely think this is one of the teams that,
56:59
you know, even beyond this, I think it will be
57:01
hard to pick against him in Omaha too, from their
57:03
side of the bracket.
57:04
Speaker 1: I was just about to get to that. It sounds like, well,
57:08
bladd we'll we'll talk about that later later this week,
57:12
maybe here early next week, but it sounds like JB's
57:15
Omaha final selection is pretty cut and dry. Jake, let's
57:19
hear from Josh first, who's he taken here. I'm sure
57:21
he's gonna go with Texas. He's been preaching them all
57:23
year long.
57:24
Speaker 2: He is uh he and he is gonna be uh,
57:27
He's gonna be picking Texas here. I'm gonna be going
57:29
with him uh in picking Texas as well. I am
57:33
interested to see though, how you know, it sounds crazy
57:37
to say talk about anything Texas pitching being any sort
57:41
of vulnerable, but like I'm I'm interested to see, like
57:44
how tested the rest of their bullpen after coz Art
57:47
gets tested. Hayden the few he got he got roughed
57:51
up a little bit last weekend I'm pretty sure Max Grubbs,
57:54
Thomas Burns, they both have ra's over five point five.
57:58
Speaker 1: Like.
57:58
Speaker 2: It's gonna be interested to see how they hold up
58:01
against like the the Milwaukee's and the Elas and how
58:04
they're how they're how hard they've been hitting the ball lately.
58:08
But I am going to be picking Texas. I think
58:09
they're just too deep in the lineup. Uh. We love
58:12
Aidan Robbins around here. He's hitting the ball so much,
58:16
Anthony pat Carsontina that those three guys at the top
58:19
of that lineup are so scary and then as deep
58:21
as it gets. Also, I can't pick against him right now.
58:24
I'm going Texas too.
58:25
Speaker 1: Jake, you remember our very first episode we bonded about
58:28
Aidan Robbinson, how we thought he was going to be
58:30
just a freak show this year.
58:32
Speaker 2: Mm hmm.
58:33
Speaker 1: That feels like centuries ago and somehow just yesterday as well.
58:36
Good on us, Good on us. Anyway. This is tough, guys,
58:40
because all year long, I've said I feel like Oregon's
58:42
a little fraudulent, and I feel like now I've kind
58:45
of come to terms with that being just wrong. I
58:47
think I've realized that that's this is a great team,
58:51
and it gives me a great opportunity to pick against
58:55
coach Schloss and be the only one to take Oregon.
58:58
So I think I'll do that against my best or judgment.
59:00
I'll pick with my heart and not my head for
59:03
the second straight Tom's I'm going to I'm going to
59:10
take Oregon. Does that sound on second? Does? I tried
59:15
really hard?
59:15
Speaker 3: I like it? I like it?
59:16
Speaker 1: Thanks, man, I appreciate that. Man. All right, Well, JB,
59:19
we'll go with you for the Athens Super Regional. Like
59:21
we said earlier, I've set this up really well, another
59:23
battle of SEC teams, another of the two national seats.
59:27
Number three Georgia is gonna host number fourteen Mississippi State.
59:31
Speaker 2: Uh.
59:31
Speaker 1: The key thing with this maybe it's that we're playing
59:34
in Athens, where fully fields got those trees in the outfield,
59:37
and if there's ever gonna be another squad who can
59:40
feed those trees, perhaps it's another breed of bulldogs. JB.
59:44
Georgia and Mississippi State. What's the thought for this one?
59:47
Speaker 3: Yeah, No, it's this is gonna be in heavyweight battle here,
59:51
and I think it's it's definitely something that's gonna be interesting.
59:53
The first thing you got to mention right off. Rip
59:55
No Trey Phelps, No Wes Johnson in the first game,
59:58
both ejected both suspension huge impact on this first game,
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for sure. I have my own thoughts on a lot
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of stuff here. I guess I'll quickly run over it.
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Mississippi State rotation has been dominant, and I think especially
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now with Stone, McPherson, and Valanchunis all in the same rotation.
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I mean, this is gonna be amazing. It's gonna be
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a great thing to see in one weekend. And also
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Uga they've also kind of figured out too. Aoki's been
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great for them. Matt Scott looked pretty good last weekend.
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Vulshko he looked pretty good too, So I mean it's
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kind of a thing where we'll see how they go.
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I mean, obviously, Daniel Jackson stud, They've got a lot
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of guys in this offense. Phelps was a stud too,
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and it's gonna be tough. Ace Rees obviously Mississippi State
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that's has been big. This Misissippi State offense has stepped
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up too. For me, though, there's one thing that comes
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out that's that's kind of big here. I hit on
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early in the year and I've got a lot of
1:00:55
criticism back from us, and we've gone on this about
1:00:57
Ramsey early in the year and the coaching and how
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I had my doubts, and I think in the regional
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it kind of came to fruition with McKee getting put
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in the game or the whole thing and the panic
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and the meltdown. We kind of saw it happen there.
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I've also been critical Wes Johnson this year. If we've
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heard that a little bit, you have, and we saw
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him get thrown out and a little bit of stuff
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going on there, which is not necessarily the brightest idea
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for you going into a super regional. I'll say, very
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talented coach, great, great recruiter. He's done a great Jarbraianan talent.
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I don't know if he's he hasn't performed well so
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far at UGA in the postseason Versus a guy in
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O'Connor who has been great in his career in the
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postseason with UVA. He's been a guy that's led success
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time after time while disciplined teams. He knows what to do.
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I'm gonna trust in him. I'll even put it my
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pickout right now. I'm taking Mississippi State because I had
1:01:51
just I believe in O'Connor and what they got going
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on more than I do at Uga. Now, this could
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bite me in the butt, and I'll completely take it
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because you know, it is what it is. But that's
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where I'm in a rock with this, JB.
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Speaker 1: Would you believe me if I said that this coaching,
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the difference in the coaching is what's gonna be the
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choice here for Drew. The literal, you couldn't have said
1:02:12
it better for me. It's Mississippi State for Drew as well.
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I'm taking the Bulldogs, not the Georgia brand. Give me
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the maroon, bring the cow bell for me. I just
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I think that, like you said, and especially now that
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we've seen the pitching staff solidified and it's at the peak,
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it's at the peak. It could be you got Valincius,
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you've got Stone, you've got McPherson back, and then you've
1:02:33
got a bullpen that's almost deceptively deep. I mean, we
1:02:36
have not talked about Jack Bower yet, who has actually
1:02:38
kind of gotten his his stuff pushed in here recently.
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But I mean Ben Davis has been solid, Max Webb
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has been solid. They this is a solid team. And again,
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what would I tell you if it looks like the
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Robin to Ace Reese's batman has finally stepped up and
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it might be another batman. We may just have two
1:02:56
batmen because Jacob Barker in the excuse me, the Region
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final four for four five RB, I's two giant holers.
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This kid is for real. He is here and he's
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he's ready to play. It's Mississippi State for me as well. Uh, Jake,
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that's gonna bring us to you and Josh. I'd love
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to hear from Josh first and then we'll get you
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to round my South.
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Speaker 2: So interesting that you both took Mississippi State. Just just
1:03:28
going off for your guys's reasoning. If it's if it's
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the if it's the you guys think that there's that
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big of a difference in the coaching. Wes Johnson is
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not going to be there in the first in one,
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in one in one third of these potential games. So uh,
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I guess if you're betting against him, he's not. He's
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not even gonna be there for the first one. But
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obviously the big thing here JB talked about it. No
1:03:48
Trey Phelps as well, This lineup can certainly compensate losing
1:03:55
one guy in it, I think, but like you know,
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when the when, the when the one guy missing hitting
1:03:59
three seventy and has no teen homers in the year,
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it's obviously a huge blow. But me and Josh are
1:04:06
both gonna be going with Daniel Jackson and the Georgia Bulldogs.
1:04:12
They've done nothing but win this year. They've got forty
1:04:14
nine wins on the season, twenty three sec wins. Like
1:04:18
they're they're playing at home. I can't. I can't, especially
1:04:22
that after you two took Mississippi State. They also played
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Mississippi State earlier in the year in startbull and they
1:04:28
swept them. I'm just gonna I'm just I'm just gonna
1:04:32
take Georgia. They're they're too good. Right now, they're the
1:04:35
number three overall seed and they completely earned that. Going Georgia,
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they're playing at home.
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Speaker 1: Josh as well, it's that's gonna be another one that's
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incredible TV. Lots of offense and like you said, Jbs,
1:04:48
I gonna go deceptively good pitching, and Jake, I like
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to your point. We talked about how Wes Johnson being
1:04:54
gone is going to be kind of a disadvantage to
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Georgia to not have your your skipper here for this
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all important one. The dude Trey Phelps is the kind
1:05:02
of the igniter of that whole offense for Georgia, and
1:05:04
that's such a loss. To be such a spark plug
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and a catalyst for them is in losing it. I
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think they can. I certainly think that they can manage
1:05:13
not having him, but I think they'd far more rather
1:05:16
of him than not, if that makes sense. Awesome, awesome, awesome, Yeah, guys,
1:05:22
we did it. That's eight series. We have picked the
1:05:25
soupers and it's gonna be fun. So we'd love to
1:05:29
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We've got all kinds of great stuff coming out. We
1:05:41
know that we're gonna be doing a recap. I believe
1:05:43
if I'm not mistaken, it's gonna be Sunday could roll
1:05:46
into Monday, though, just knowing how this typically tends to
1:05:48
go with the games, maybe needed to Monday. So just
1:05:51
play that by a year for you guys at home.
1:05:52
We'll try to let you know on social media where
1:05:55
you can expect us. But JB, I would love it
1:05:57
if you tell the people at home what you're working on.
1:05:59
Where they find John Socials between.
1:06:01
Speaker 3: Ours, Yeah, it's at JB on Ashour Sabastiano. It'll be
1:06:05
this weekend more Live Look stuff. A lot of that,
1:06:08
A little bit of live Look stuff is getting finished
1:06:10
up right now currently that we'll have about some of
1:06:12
the guys played well this past weekend. And yeah, from
1:06:16
there we'll see some exciting stuff maybe soon, but we'll see.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, it sounds like there's some pretty exciting stuff coming soon.
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Maybe on our next episode, we'll have an announcement to make.
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We'll see, we'll see how that goes. Jake, same question, man,
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what are you working on right now? Where can folks
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Speaker 2: You can follow me on Twitter at Jake Barge. The
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1:07:11
it's been outstanding. I know, the first three days, Jake
1:07:14
of the regional sheets, we had one hundred and twenty
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