11Point7: The College Baseball Podcast

The 11.7 Podcast recaps weekend 7 of college baseball, highlighted by numerous statement sweeps nationwide including seven in the SEC. Vanderbilt swept Tennessee with three walk-off wins, including a ninth-inning collapse by Tennessee, Brian O'Connor leading Mississippi State to a sweep over Ole Miss in his first season, Alabama swept Auburn, Texas beat Oklahoma three times, and Florida rebounded from being swept by Alabama by beating Florida State midweek and sweeping Arkansas in Fayetteville.

The show also covers UCLA extending it's win streak with a dominant series win vs Iowa ahead of a major matchup with USC, Nebraska’s strong Big Ten run, Boston College's resurgence back to prominence, Clemson struggles continue at home against Miami, Georgia Tech swept NC State, Myles Bailey's injury, and Big 12 action featuring West Virginia vs Arizona State on ESPN2 and UCF sweeping Arizona to lead the league's standings. The episode closes with Grand Canyon’s midseason firing of head coach Gregg Wallis and potential coaching candidates.

00:00 Intro
03:01 Sunday Night College Baseball Spotlight
09:44 Mercer Meltdown
18:22 Vandy Three Walkoffs vs Tennessee
27:04 Texas Sweeps Oklahoma
30:49 Alabama Sweeps Auburn
35:11 Florida Takes 3 From Arkansas at Baum Walker
41:53 Mississippi State Sweeps Ole Miss
44:52 The Top 4 Teams in College Baseball
46:24 Week 8 Rankings Curiosity
49:13 Boston College Breaks Out
53:01 Miami Wins 2 Outta 3 vs Clemson
54:54 Clemson's Concerns and Where To Place Blame
01:03:25 Georgia Tech Sweeps NC State
01:06:01 North Carolina is Under the Radar
01:11:13 Florida State Loses Myles Bailey
01:13:02 Big 12 UCF on a Roll
01:19:02 Kansas Bounce Back
01:19:32 UCLA Baseball Talk
01:20:19 Nebraska Resume Path
01:22:33 Big Ten Tiers Debate
01:26:17 The American Has Good Resumes
01:30:05 Rice Turnaround Story
01:32:07 Conference USA Standouts
01:33:25 Dallas Baptist Rebounds
01:34:46 Grand Canyon Baseball Coaching Search
01:44:58 Sun Belt vs Other Mid Majors
01:48:42 Establishing The Weekend Series
01:50:52 Midweek Slate Preview

Keeping it short and simple until Noah adds the timestamps. We recap these midweek games: 

-Houston comeback against Texas

-Coastals magic at Clemson

-Oregon State bullies USC

-Mississippi State dominates Southern Miss

-Florida State fans correctly predicted Florida beating them

-Quinton Coats now has 19HR in 32 games

-Campbell plays that music after a win against NC State

-Memphis biggest home win in 20+ years over Ole Miss

-Kennesaw gives UGA their 3rd midweek loss

-Missouri State rakes and might host a regional after their crushing win over Oklahoma State

 

Then we preview the weekend series and make our predictions

6:00:00 Attendance # in College Baseball

10:00:00 Mainieri out at South Carolina/Potential Candidates

32:00:00 Auburn vs Texas series

35:00:00 Florida vs Alabama

40:00:00 Big 12 Action

49:00:00 ACC Action

56:00:00 Big West Action

1:00:30 Big Ten Action... USC vs UCLA coming up soon

1:05:00 Sun Belt Action

1:12:30 AAC Action

1:18:00 CUSA Action

1:20:00 Mercer Bears Baseball

1:27:00 Midweek action coming up

On this episode the crew recaps big midweek upsets, breaks down the World Baseball Classic final and the USA vs. Venezuela game, and highlights standout under-recruited pitchers turned stars.

They also demo new 11.7 website tools — a Field of 64 generator and a team comparison feature — and give their weekend series picks and podcast updates.

Lastly they make their picks for the Weekend Series Pick'em

Georgia vs Texas A&M

Texas @ Auburn

Citadel @ Mercer

NC State @ FSU

Nebraska @ Michigan

Rice @ South Florida

The 11.7 podcast crew opens by joking about Dimitri arriving over an hour late. Dimitri then joins Ben, Jack, and Noah as they analyze the World Baseball Classic. They criticize USA manager Mark DeRosa’s lineup and pitching choices while discussing pool tiebreakers, Italy’s run, and the idea of a college all-star team competing in the WBC. Afterwards, the guys re-pick their preseason Omaha 8s under snake-draft rules, adjust their Golden Spikes selections with several adds/drops, and then re-evaluate their preseason conference champion picks across every league in Division I College Baseball 00:00 Intro 03:05 USA Baseball Played With Fire And Almost Got Burned 06:38 Dimitri Joins to Talk WBC 18:03 College All Star Team in the WBC Debate 22:27 Omaha 8 Repicks 33:56 Golden Spikes Award Repicks 44:50 Conference Repicks Begin with the ACC 50:16 A Shakeup in the Big 12 55:43 Big West and CAA Switches 57:31 C-USA Ivy and MAAC Thoughts 01:03:36 Mountain West and OVC 01:08:48 Patriot League 01:09:00 SEC Analysis 01:12:30 SoCon Repicks 01:14:04 Southland Mess 01:15:17 Sun Belt Thoughts 01:21:19 A Summit League Switch 01:22:42 WCC Talk 01:25:27 WAC is Wide Open 01:26:33 Weekend Series Pick 'Em