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Can We Unannounce an Announcement???
9 Plays11 days ago
TJ and Pat are back from their short break (Pat got married, NBD) and they immediately get upset with College Gameday. They give analysis on the teams playing in it and who those matchups matter most for. They then hop over to baseball and discuss conference tournament contenders in the PAC-South Conference and even look at teams who may be primed to make runs to Omaha and even potential win the National Championship.
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Podcast Returns with College Sports Focus
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Travis White
Hey everyone, welcome back to the PacSouth podcast. After our little break the last few weeks, we are back once again. Had a few updates. We have college football announcements, and then obviously we are now in conference tournament play for baseball.
LSU vs. Clemson: Exciting or Repetitive?
00:00:16
Travis White
um On the first thing, we'll jump right back into football. Game day, first two weeks have been announced, and unless you love watching repeats,
00:00:27
Pat Q
Thank you.
00:00:29
Travis White
This is not the start of the season that you want to see for college game day. Week one, they're going to go to LSU for Lane Kiffin's first game. They are playing Clemson again in the season opener, just like last year.
00:00:42
Travis White
um Can't really say I'm thrilled for this. I understand the Lane Kiffin connection as to why, but this is quite literally the exact same game.
00:00:55
Travis White
LSU is going to have a very good roster, at least on paper. Things are showing like they will. Clemson, I think they're in for a world of shock, given their roster and where their play is right now.
00:01:00
Pat Q
Yeah,
00:01:07
Travis White
So I don't know if this really lives up to a game day feel outside of just the head coach thing. What are your thoughts here going down to Baton Rouge?
00:01:19
Pat Q
yeah I don't know. I get it um with all the press and excitement that Lane sort of created in departing Ole Miss. You know, like they had Marty Smith hold up in Oxford, Mississippi for hours on end. So I feel like yeah ESPN yeah kind of had to, i guess, cater to Lane a little bit here again and make an appearance in Baton Rouge for his home debut. But...
00:01:45
Pat Q
I don't know. I don't think it's going to be a great game, particularly. Um, you kind of hinted at the fact that LSU has a lot of talent.
00:01:49
Travis White
now
00:01:53
Pat Q
Clemson has a lot of question marks in my opinion, you know, like you lost Peter Woods, obviously Kate club next gone.
Clemson's Financial Struggles and Program Pressure
00:02:01
Pat Q
Um, what are they going to be like this year? yeah Are they going to be kind of not back to true form, but maybe back to like 10 win form, or is it going to be like another season where they're squeaking out seven and five right at the end and back door in their way into ah halfway decent bowl?
00:02:24
Pat Q
um So I don't know. I feel like, yeah ESPN from a hype perspective, I get it, you know, hyping up the Lane Kiffin era and Baton Rouge um and all that, but I just don't think it's going to be a great game.
00:02:41
Travis White
Yeah, yeah, I think if you're Clemson fan, this is not a great highlight to start your year, especially now in the last little bit.
00:02:51
Travis White
Like we're starting to learn more and more about teams and universities, financial capabilities and NIL capabilities.
00:02:59
Pat Q
Mm-hmm.
00:03:00
Travis White
It seems more and more like Clemson, they've they were slow to adapt to NIL under Dabo. Now they've started to really like, okay, we're gonna go for it.
00:03:11
Travis White
And then it almost seems like now that they're trying to make that commitment, they're realizing the financials aren't really there to be able to compete at that same level as some of these other teams have been good last decade, like in Alabama and LSU.
00:03:24
Travis White
um So I feel like that's a program that is really at a crossroads. And I think this year and next year are going to be two massive years for that program and really Dabo Sweeney's job as well.
Evolving Conference Dynamics and Financial Impact
00:03:38
Travis White
i think that that program, they want to continue to stay where they've been the last 10, 12 years. they're going to need a punch above their weight this year and they're going to need to have another follow up next year because the ACC as a conference as a whole hasn't really been able to solidify itself in this new era.
00:03:58
Travis White
And really one of the teams that seen the most is SMU who's paid their way into the conference or paying their way through the roster.
00:04:04
Pat Q
Yeah.
00:04:07
Travis White
and they have one of the more expensive teams in that conference, uh, along with a Miami who we saw last year. So it's, it's a very interesting dynamic now. And I think Clemson's going to really need, you know, if they get a win in this game, that'd be massive for them for momentum, but they're just going to need to have a good year this year, um, to be able to like kind of buck the trend that they're going down on, uh, to, to go off on a ah team's outlook on this week one game day announcement.
Ohio State vs. Texas: Readiness and Growth
00:04:40
Travis White
But we we'll dive over now to week two, Ohio state, Texas. Once again, we just saw this um last season. I mean, of course was goodbye. It was honestly for that game and the way everything went down. It was kind of like a movie. It was perfect for Corso Ohio state getting the win.
00:05:01
Travis White
I just don't know what we're going to see here in week two. I guess this game is more intriguing this year um compared to the LSU-Clemson game for a rewatch. But ah I just don't know. I feel like Texas, we're going have a little bit more of the same. Everyone keeps expecting Arch Manning to make the jump.
00:05:26
Travis White
I just, I don't know. i don't know if it happens. I don't think Texas has really done enough roster wise. I mean, one of their biggest additions was will must jump at defensive coordinator, which he's a solid defensive coordinator, but in the NIL era, when we're celebrating that as like a top two thing that your school did in the off season, I feel like we missed the talent portion of the portal, Ohio state, lots of question marks over there too.
00:05:37
Pat Q
yeah
00:05:54
Travis White
Um, kind of more so in the same line as Arch Manning, are we going to see growth position by position um like we're kind of expecting from Texas? And I think Ohio State maybe more so.
00:06:10
Travis White
They won the matchup last year 14-7.
00:06:15
Travis White
I just don't know. I still think that there's probably another game that we could have found that's more intriguing rather than just going big brand versus big brand or only for storyline. What were your thoughts on week two?
00:06:27
Pat Q
Yeah, I don't know. I feel like this one was always going to be a rematch game. Because, you know, they went to Oklahoma-Michigan last year, and that is also week two this year.
00:06:38
Pat Q
um So I felt like it was going to be between Texas-Ohio State and OU-Michigan.
Game Day Matchup Criticisms and Suggestions
00:06:45
Pat Q
um i get it. Like, obviously it's two blue bloods.
00:06:50
Pat Q
It's two extremely popular teams on the national scope where, um, you're not just relying on let's say like a smaller dedicated fan base. Um, you know, there's people who have never seen Austin, Texas that are huge Longhorn fans and vice versa for Ohio state.
00:07:07
Pat Q
So,
00:07:07
Travis White
right.
00:07:09
Pat Q
I get it. It's probably going to draw in ratings. You have the whole arch storyline. You have Ohio state trying to redeem themselves after coming up short in both the big 10 championship. And then of course the college football playoff. um So there's a lot you can play with there.
00:07:28
Pat Q
i don't know. I just, it would be nice to see a, different matchup or a more refreshing matchup, you know, like Georgia tech, Tennessee is that weekend. And of course we don't know what Georgia tech is going to be. And we don't really know what Tennessee is going to be, but that could be a cool regional matchup. Did you highlight, go to Bobby Dodd and have a good time.
00:07:51
Pat Q
down in Atlanta, you know, instead of just hitting on these same programs, these same games year after year after year, you know, like last year kind of felt like if it wasn't an SEC or a Big Ten matchup, they weren't going to show up.
00:08:05
Pat Q
um
00:08:06
Travis White
Yeah. Mm-hmm.
00:08:06
Pat Q
So I don't know. I think like we're getting to that point with game day where they need to become a little bit more self-aware, i feel like, and be like, all right, well, we did go do say four games um that georgia played in last year right that's not a real stat but hypothetically like maybe just maybe we should go to a new pac-12 game right kick it off with that ring in a new conference try and get some hype around them and some new names some new rivalries some new matchups um Um, I think BYU Arizona is that weekend too.
00:08:44
Pat Q
So like a really good big 12 matchup, um, right off the bat in week two, you could easily get some hype behind the big 12 and get people excited about that.
00:08:46
Travis White
Yes.
00:08:53
Pat Q
But again, you're going safe. SEC big 10, you know, eyes are going to be there. um And i don't know, I feel like part of that is also because the SEC the Big Ten have two of the more vocal fan bases on social media.
00:09:09
Pat Q
So I'm sure if it wasn't either Texas, Ohio State or OU, Michigan, the SEC burners would have been out in full force, kind of saying like nobody cares about X matchup or Y matchup and things like that.
00:09:24
Travis White
Yeah, and I like you saying like the Pac-12. I think it would be a lot of fun in like this second rendition of the Pac-12. If, you know, we have like week three, week four a Boise State versus whoever, like that conference opener for some of these new teams, I feel like that would be really good in setting the tone for that conference and, you know, just kind of –
00:09:39
Pat Q
yeah. Mm-hmm.
00:09:49
Travis White
getting the excitement back. I mean, it was a lot of fun with the Pac-12 after dark for East Coast fans and an obviously West Coast out with night game. But it'd be a lot of fun to kind of highlight that conference again. And it would be like a brush breath of fresh air for like, like you mentioned, i mean, i I feel like 10 out of 12 of the game days last year where SEC or Big Ten, I feel like they didn't even go to SCS last year.
00:10:15
Pat Q
Exactly.
00:10:15
Travis White
So, you know, i I think like you mentioned, game day kind of needs to show like we're thinking outside the box again. And part of game day is also just highlighting these schools. And ah like, it's great to like go like to these marquee games, but if it's, hey, we're going to Georgia versus Georgia Tech for the sheer purpose of like Georgia's number three and Georgia Tech is having an okay year,
00:10:44
Travis White
I don't think that that's worth it at that point.
00:10:46
Pat Q
Yeah. That'd be so.
00:10:46
Travis White
um Like I would much rather see like, Hey, I got a 10 and one Mac team versus a nine and two Mac team. It's rivalry week.
00:10:54
Pat Q
one
00:10:55
Travis White
Let's see. Like, that would be a lot of fun. Like we don't see it, a school like that.
00:10:57
Pat Q
happy so
00:10:59
Travis White
ah Like, like if you had a central Michigan, like they would probably all come out because they never go there. And in a way that would probably also help,
00:11:10
Travis White
re-energize some of those like fan bases that are dormant because they have one big year out of eight and then no one else is at the game.
00:11:18
Pat Q
Yeah. Mm-hmm.
00:11:19
Travis White
So i feel like that would be great. I mean, I'll give a shout out to one of my favorite YouTube channels right now. It's underdog sports. um Unless I butchered the name of that. If I did, sorry guys. um But they go to like all these random games and,
00:11:36
Travis White
And it's so much fun to watch it from, you know, a fan perspective because they'll go in and they'll do their recording and whatnot. But they also highlight like the tailgating experience, the university, the areas around.
00:11:48
Travis White
And it's not only just a game, which is game day. mean, there's little segments with the restaurants and what have you.
00:11:55
Pat Q
Yeah.
00:11:55
Travis White
And I understand I'm getting on a soapbox right now, but i I just want game day to kind of be
00:11:58
Pat Q
Yeah.
00:12:03
Travis White
It wasn't that when it first started, but that's what it kind of grew into. And now I feel like it's growing into just only the big teams. And it's losing a little bit of like, it's no longer just game of the week. It's just, you know, big brand, big brand. Maybe they're good. Maybe they're not.
00:12:26
Pat Q
Yeah. Yeah.
00:12:26
Travis White
Because, mean, this this Texas team, like, I really am not sold on them. I really think that they could have a struggle year, whether they realize it or not. um i don't think that's a playoff team. I think that they're going to have a hard time. And so, I mean, you have that in week two as a game day again. I just feel like we're taking away from other opportunities.
Pressure on LSU and Texas for Success
00:12:49
Travis White
um So i I'll start. slowly coming down the soapbox but as I do I'll ask you the question these four teams uh for game day weeks one and two who what's the most important win here who needs that win the most on that stage
00:13:02
Pat Q
meaning
00:13:11
Pat Q
I'm going to say LSU just because of the money. um You know, you spent all this money getting Lane Kiffin from Ole Miss. You dedicated all this money to the roster. If you go out and you lose week one, Brian Kelly style, you know, um then i think some Tiger fans are going to be questioning, well,
00:13:30
Pat Q
what was the point of investing all of this money if it's going to be the same thing that we've experienced for the past three years under Brian Kelly, you know?
00:13:40
Travis White
Sure.
00:13:41
Pat Q
um So from that perspective, I do think it's LSU. um i also think that Clemson's the weakest team out of these four. So dropping a game to what could be like if they win that one, let's say an eight and four Clemson team, that's not going to look great.
00:13:59
Pat Q
Come resume time. If you're like a fringy team and you drop, let's say one or two in conference play as well.
00:14:01
Travis White
them
00:14:06
Pat Q
um So I do think it's LSU from that perspective, but I would also say Texas has a lot to prove here too. um
00:14:14
Travis White
Yeah. Yeah.
00:14:14
Pat Q
Because yes, they did grind it out. They did slug it out. Um, Last year, despite the loss, right? Like it wasn't totally embarrassing. um But you did still miss the playoffs in a year where a lot of people were talking national championship.
00:14:32
Travis White
yeah
00:14:32
Pat Q
So now I think a lot of pressure is on Sark to get back to the playoff, to try and make a deep-ish run in the playoff, if possible.
00:14:43
Travis White
Yeah. Going to the individual, I think Sark, this is the biggest game ah for him.
00:14:49
Pat Q
Mm-hmm.
00:14:50
Travis White
This is a must win for him because I think that if he loses this to Ohio State in week two, that seat's hot immediately.
00:14:57
Pat Q
Okay.
00:14:57
Travis White
And he'll have opportunities to cool his seat. I mean, if he, couple weeks after B's Oklahoma, that'll certainly help. But i think Sark needs that win the most. And I think as a team,
00:15:12
Travis White
I'm actually going to say Clemson for opposite reasons.
00:15:15
Pat Q
okay
00:15:15
Travis White
Uh, yeah. Opposite reasons for what you say, LSU. I think the need, they need to win that as a program and getting a big win like that and and know punching above your weight, uh,
00:15:27
Travis White
on that roster, I think that that would help out that program a lot. I think Dabo on the recruiting trail can definitely point to that and go, Hey, we're coming back.
00:15:35
Pat Q
Thank you.
00:15:36
Travis White
We're building that. So that's, uh, that's kind of my thoughts on game day first few weeks. And, um, in total TJ fashion, I did butcher
Snapback Sports and YouTube Coverage
00:15:45
Travis White
the shout out. So shout out the shout out, um, is snapback sports.
00:15:50
Travis White
Um, I think that they do a great job. Most recently, they actually just went to Montreal Canadiens playoff game. So, I mean, they do everything. College football is obviously their main priority in the fall.
00:16:03
Travis White
um Great stuff. And shout out to them. I think that they do that sort of thing right.
00:16:11
Travis White
On to baseball now. We mentioned before, this is conference championship week here. We have all of our tournaments going on. Most have already started. A couple have not. They'll be either starting, well, actually tomorrow now.
College Baseball Conference Championships
00:16:25
Travis White
It's late enough in the day.
00:16:25
Pat Q
Yeah.
00:16:26
Travis White
um So we're we're getting to that time where we're really figuring out, like, who's going to make a run or who's going to be Cinderella. Some surprises in there, but I'll start with this question. Who's the most likely Pac-South team to win their conference tournament? Obviously, we've already seen a few get bounced, South Carolina being one of them yesterday in the SEC tournament.
00:16:47
Travis White
tournament. um For those who are remaining, though, who do you think?
00:16:52
Pat Q
you to go with Florida State. um Obviously, the ACC is pretty top-heavy this year with a really good FSU team, a really good North Carolina team, a really good Georgia Tech team.
00:17:03
Pat Q
And I would throw in a pretty dang good Boston College team in there as well.
00:17:08
Travis White
Boston College really came out of nowhere this year.
00:17:10
Pat Q
on EC has had a really good year. ah Obviously, they get Miami tomorrow. That's a little bit of a tough draw, but... Still, um the ACC has some has some horses, but I think FSU has proven throughout this year that they can hang with those top-tier teams, that they have pretty deep lineup, fairly deep rotation, and I feel like that's really what you need come conference and obviously College World Series time, where
00:17:43
Pat Q
I do think UCF winds up in the College World Series this year, um but I just don't think they have the depth to win the Big 12.
00:17:48
Travis White
Wow.
00:17:53
Pat Q
I could see them maybe pushing it, right, making a semifinal or even losing in the final, but I just don't think UCF has the depth to win the Big 12 baseball tournament.
00:18:06
Travis White
Yeah, i I agree with you there. I think ucf Great team, but as we've seen with them and their bigger matchups in the Big 12, I think their Arizona State series is the best example of it, where they can play with everybody, but when it gets down to like a war of attrition, they just slightly fall short almost every time.
00:18:20
Pat Q
Yeah. Mm-hmm.
00:18:35
Travis White
So I feel like that's a team where it seems like they're building in the right direction. They have a good team this year. They can definitely compete in the tournament. They'll make the postseason and could make a little noise in regionals.
00:18:49
Travis White
ah I just don't think this is their year. This just needs to be a building and learning opportunity for them. A team I'm not sure if we're building. I'm not sure this is just it.
00:19:00
Travis White
It's really confusing because they've kind of been confusing all year. But I like them to win their conference tournaments New Mexico. I'll high on them to start the year.
00:19:09
Pat Q
Okay.
00:19:11
Travis White
They've been super streaky all year. They get into the conference tournament on the last game of the year. They're a five seed in the Mountain West of a 16 tournament. I like them the way that they've been streaky throughout the year. This is kind of like a nice time for them. They did actually have a bye week going into conference tournament, so all their arms are rested.
00:19:33
Travis White
I think that that could bode well for them as they go into it. They'll have Nevada, I believe, tomorrow.
00:19:39
Pat Q
Yeah.
00:19:40
Travis White
but I like the Lobos. This is a team where like when they're winning their games, they're winning their games. And if they come out of that bye week and maintain a ah good ah you know staff health on the bump, I think i think New Mexico could win the Mountain West.
South Carolina's Disappointing Season and Coaching Woes
00:20:01
Travis White
Not sure what that means for them in the postseason, But it's kind of one of those things where it's like in a 16 tournament when a lot of these other conferences are looking at 12, 14, 16. I like the Lobos a lot there.
00:20:15
Travis White
So little bit an off-the-wall pick, but we're going Lobos.
00:20:15
Pat Q
Yeah. Yeah.
00:20:20
Travis White
um Now our biggest Pac-South disappointment, and i just have to go into this. I think South Carolina by far. um You fire your coach, Paul Monary.
00:20:34
Travis White
ah butchered that not trying again either um Paul fired him halfway through the year in year two i mean just a legend of a coach at LSU he's a proven winner just nothing came together in Columbia maybe it's the NIL era maybe it's just you know where the program was after Mark Kingston but but You know, he he said, like, this is a win now place. And to barely finish above 500 last year and to be below 500 this year for that program and really just any SEC program unacceptable.
00:21:13
Travis White
So he gets fired. Monty Lee comes in as an interim. Nothing really moved on from there. So I think South Carolina is a the biggest disappointment in the conference.
00:21:26
Pat Q
Yeah, I would agree with you there. Obviously, anytime you have the most losses in program history, um that's never a good thing. You know, losing 35 games this year, counting yesterday's loss to Tennessee in the SEC tournament is very far off the standard for South Carolina baseball.
00:21:48
Pat Q
um
00:21:48
Travis White
Mm-hmm.
00:21:48
Pat Q
And I don't know i I just feel like it epitomizes in a way. um this crisis of identity that South Carolina baseball has been in pretty much since Ray Tanner retired, right. Or became athletic director, um, where you had, you know, the handpicked successor in Holbrook and,
00:22:14
Pat Q
yes, it did not work out the way you wanted to in terms of like picking up where Ray left the program. But then this is a guy who's had tons of success at College of Charleston since you fired him. And then you go to um Mark Kingston, who was a really hot name on the coaching market, given his success at USF. It just never really clicked under him. You know you won some games. You made a Super Regional, but um Arkansas handled you fairly easily in that Super.
00:22:43
Pat Q
then you should have gotten out of the Raleigh regional the year you were out there. Instead, you get bounced before the Supers even take place. And, you know, like it just never comes together.
00:22:56
Pat Q
of course, the Paul Mineri era was a total disaster. um So, yeah I'm going to say South Carolina just because of – how much in flux this program feels right now, you know, um, obviously living in Columbia, I hear like a decent amount of chatter on sports radio, from people I kind of know who work at the university, close to the university about like potential names. Um, um,
00:23:27
Pat Q
And I really do feel like South Carolina needs this success to be a home run, right? Like you can't lose the relevancy that you've had in college baseball um because of at that point, four unsuccessful hires in a row.
00:23:46
Travis White
Yeah. Yeah. I mean, it for that program, I mean, it was top of the mountain. mean, they were literally in the final three years, winning them twice. And then it was a slow decline.
00:23:59
Travis White
And then once it kind of snowballed, it was just rock bottom. So like you say, they they have to hit this.
00:24:04
Pat Q
Whew.
00:24:06
Travis White
Otherwise, I think that program is going to have a hard time coming back. On to more positive notes. We'll talk about some winners here.
Georgia and Coastal Carolina's Title Contender Status
00:24:15
Travis White
um Really going for who's our most likely non-Pac South team to make a run at a national title this year?
00:24:29
Pat Q
o
00:24:33
Pat Q
And is this power five or smaller teams? Anybody?
00:24:37
Travis White
you Anyone that you're liking?
00:24:40
Pat Q
Okay. Okay. um I don't know. Part of me wants to say Georgia tech.
00:24:49
Travis White
Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.
00:24:49
Pat Q
um
00:24:50
Travis White
Mm-hmm.
00:24:52
Pat Q
I'm going to go out on a limb though. And I'm going to say Georgia. I think the bulldogs really came into their own and sec play. Um, They steamrolled most teams that they played in the SEC this year. um They've got a really, really deep lineup and they hit for power consistently. um And that's usually recipe for success come Omaha. um So I'm going to go out on a limb and go with the Dawgs.
00:25:22
Travis White
Okay. I do like that pick. And I think it's funny for the year that they've had, uh, sec regular season champs. I don't feel like Georgia's nationally getting as much talk as they should.
00:25:34
Pat Q
Ooh, okay.
00:25:35
Travis White
Um, very good program, very good year this year. Um, I'm going to stay in the same region and I'm going to go with coastal. Um,
00:25:43
Pat Q
who they
00:25:44
Travis White
Coastal has been a great program for the last decade in a way. As soon as South Carolina fell off, they stepped right up in the state. And, i mean, Coastal Carolina is the premier baseball program in that state right now.
00:25:58
Travis White
um National title, I think it was 2018. Very good team. They're proven winners. And, in a way, they have a head coach who's playing for money right now.
00:26:08
Travis White
Yeah.
00:26:09
Pat Q
For sure.
00:26:10
Travis White
because we mentioned South Carolina earlier, both of us saying they're the biggest disappointment. They're in the market. They're looking at Kevin Chennault there. And, I mean, he's done a great job in Conway. And he's certainly had conversations about it um And I feel like this postseason, depending on what he does, he's going to playing those two universities against each other, and he's going to be looking looking at his paycheck.
00:26:32
Pat Q
sure
00:26:35
Travis White
So I feel like the deeper they go, he makes it to Omaha. He's just going to make that much more money at either coastal. They're going to have to up them or South Carolina to finally get him to come away.
00:26:45
Pat Q
Yeah.
00:26:46
Travis White
So I like coastal. I mean, it's a great talented roster too. i mean, they got arms, they got bats. Um, And if you've seen the facility there, it kind of makes sense the way that that team is.
00:26:56
Pat Q
It's beautiful. Yeah.
00:26:58
Travis White
It's a great facility. You wouldn't expect, you know, a smaller school, a Sunbelt team to have that. I mean, they're top-notch. They go against SEC programs. So, like, this isn't a shock that this team is good and they've been good for a few years.
00:27:12
Travis White
Like, that is a great program and they do things right there. But i I think that that's a team that can make a run. And I don't know if it's any – it wouldn't surprise me if they won a national title but i think that i like them to make a run of like maybe a lesser um you know but i wouldn't be surprised chanthaclira's being in omaha it's just so hard in in baseball until we have the field to go yep we got a national champion right here um but yeah lots of storylines to follow there i do love your george pick though that's a great one because
00:27:30
Pat Q
Yeah. I don't
00:27:40
Pat Q
know.
00:27:48
Travis White
That wasn't even on my radar. And I mean, literally, like I just mentioned, SEC regular season champions. How are we not talking about them more? Should be interesting to see what they're able to do this weekend in the tournament.
00:28:00
Travis White
Then finally, we got to go back to conference.
Florida State's Super Regional Struggles
00:28:03
Travis White
Who do you think is the Pac-South team to make the run? You're high on Florida State earlier. You like them to win their tournament. Do you like them in postseason play? It's a flash in the pan this weekend for the Seminoles.
00:28:17
Pat Q
I don't know. I feel like... Florida state's one of those weird programs where it seems like they consistently will have success in ACC play. And then just weirdly lay an egg when it comes time for the college world series and tournament play to start.
00:28:31
Pat Q
ah Um, and like they love losing in the super regions.
00:28:31
Travis White
Mm-hmm.
00:28:35
Pat Q
I don't know what it is about that team the last decade or so, but they just cannot seem to get to Omaha.
00:28:37
Travis White
Yeah.
00:28:41
Pat Q
Um, man.
00:28:42
Travis White
Mm-hmm.
00:28:47
Pat Q
I don't know. I think I know where you're going to go with this. so I don't want to take that pick. Um, so I will stick with Florida state here, um, and say that maybe this is the year that they get out of the supers. Um, because it is a talented team, you know, like it seems like the ACC, while the bottom half is fairly weak, like top wise is pretty deep as a league this year. um
00:29:18
Pat Q
So yeah, I'll roll with the Seminoles.
00:29:22
Travis White
I have seen Florida State, you know, we mentioned struggling with the Supers. They might get the regional of death this year from what I have seen.
00:29:31
Pat Q
know.
00:29:32
Travis White
um I think if you're a Florida State fan, you're cheering for UCF to have a great showing in the Big 12 tournament because I've seen UCF get put in Tallahassee as a two and even as a three.
00:29:41
Pat Q
Yeah.
00:29:47
Travis White
And if you have a team like UCF as a three in your regional, that's that's a pretty tough draw.
00:29:51
Pat Q
That's scary.
00:29:53
Travis White
So i I think Florida State, unfortunately for them, they have a very high chance of having a very, very tough regional. And then who knows how to get paired up in supers.
00:30:05
Travis White
um Surprised if you knew this? maybe I mean, maybe, I don't maybe I'll show them my
Oregon State's Postseason Prospects
00:30:11
Travis White
cards. um I love Oregon State. I think that this Oregon State,
00:30:15
Pat Q
That's what I thought.
00:30:17
Travis White
Ah, what a guy. Yeah, no, that team in Corvallis. They're obviously not scoring very highly right now in our rankings for the conference just due to not being in a conference. um But, I mean, they've had an incredible season thus far. They've won the games they've needed to win. they They're tougher matchups. They're competing well. They're doing what they need to do. I want to say they are 42, 43 wins or something like that.
00:30:45
Travis White
Mitch Canham has done a great job out there. I mean, Oregon State, of the Pacific Northwest teams, They're the most relevant program up there.
00:30:54
Pat Q
Yeah.
00:30:55
Travis White
They've been to Omaha multiple times. They have national titles. Mitch Canham having played in Omaha for the Beavers, and now it's year seven, year six or seven, um in Corvallis for him as a head coach.
00:31:09
Travis White
And this team is great. I think they are legit. I think they can make a great run. And to be honest, I really wouldn't be shocked if they can win a national title this year between – the Coastal pick, I think the Beavers are a better team.
00:31:25
Travis White
I just... Something about this team, man. i don't know. I love them. i think I think they can really do some great stuff this postseason. so We'll have to see. um All tournaments finish up
Podcast Conclusion and Future Updates
00:31:42
Travis White
on Sunday.
00:31:42
Travis White
Then next week we go straight into regionals.
00:31:46
Pat Q
Yeah.
00:31:46
Travis White
Should be interesting to see what we get there. Hopefully game day doesn't announce any other stupid decisions between now and then, but we'll be back next week to talk about them if they are.
00:31:55
Pat Q
right
00:31:56
Travis White
Thank you all again so much for tuning in, listening, watching wherever you consume this podcast. For Pat, I'm TJ. We'll see you all again next time.