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Stephen Schoch (@bigdonkey47), Jake Mintz, and Jordan Shusterman (@CespedesBBQ) put a bow on the 2023 college baseball season with their thoughts on LSU winning it all, what they'll remember most from this year's College World Series and Steve's final takeaways from Omaha.
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Stephen Schoch (@bigdonkey47), Jake Mintz and Jordan Shusterman (@CespedesBBQ) review one of the greatest college baseball games of all time, as LSU defeated Wake Forest 2-0 to earn a spot in the championship series. They break down everything from the Paul Skenes vs. Rhett Lowder duel, Tre' Morgan's unbelievable bunt defense, and Tommy Tanks' walk-off dinger.
Next, they discuss how the transfer portal has dramatically impacted college baseball, some for better and some for worse, before previewing the championship series between LSU and Florida.
Stephen Schoch (@BigDonkey47) and Jake Mintz (@CespedesBBQ) recap days 3 and 4 of the Men’s College World Series and look ahead to the rest of the week in Omaha.
Stephen Schoch, Jordan Shusterman, and Jake Mintz recap a star-studded day two of the Men's College World Series and look ahead to days three and four!
Jordan Shusterman & Jake Mintz do the show on their own after a thrilling day one in order to let co-host Stephen Shoch recover after a shocking loss was handed to his Virginia Cavaliers. Nonetheless, Jordan & Jake recap a thrilling day one at the Men's College World Series that included two ninth-inning comebacks, tons of home runs, and one huge upset!
From Omaha, Stephen Schoch, Jake Mintz, and Jordan Shusterman preview all eight teams at the 2023 Men's College World Series! Plus, the guys discuss which team fan base will come out on top in Rocco's Jell-O Shot Challenge.
Stephen Schoch (@bigdonkey47), Jake Mintz and Jordan Shusterman (@CespedesBBQ) review all the action from the super regional weekend as the College World Series fast approaches. First, Jordan and Steve slowly reveal what happened at the end of Game 3 between Stanford/Texas since Jake was asleep for the whole thing. Then, they bounce around the other seven super regionals with thoughts on Oral Roberts' remarkable consistency, Wake Forest's dominance, Steve's trip to Charlottesville to see UVA punch their ticket to Omaha, and much, much more.
Stephen Schoch and Jordan Shusterman review the wild weekend of regional action, running through the entire bracket with brief thoughts on all 16 regionals, plus Steve's experience in Charlottesville watching his beloved Virginia Cavaliers advance to Supers! Then, they select the three super regionals they are each most excited to watch this upcoming weekend.
Stephen Schoch (@bigdonkey47), Jake Mintz, and Jordan Shusterman (@CespedesBBQ) get you ready for regional weekend by going through all 16 regionals and telling you (at least) one thing about all 64 teams competing on the Road to Omaha.
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01:44 Winston-Salem Regional
08:17 Tuscaloosa Regional
15:56 Coral Gables Regional
23:39 Stanford Regional
29:26 Baton Rouge Regional
35:19 Lexington Regional
45:00 Auburn Regional
52:02 Clemson Regional
57:56 Gainesville Regional
1:02:51 Columbia Regional
1:09:30 Conway Regional
1:16:32 Charlottesville Regional
1:22:37 Nashville Regional
1:26:59 Stillwater Regional
1:34:14 Terre Haute Regional
1:39:35 Fayetteville Regional
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Stephen Schoch (@bigdonkey47) and Jordan Shusterman (@CespedesBBQ) discuss what they are excited about with conference tournament week coming up, and why the ACC/SEC conference tourneys just aren’t nearly as exciting as they should be or nearly as exciting as some of the mid-major conference tournaments.
Next, they discuss the recent hot stretches of UVA and Clemson heading into the ACC tourney (which Steve will be at) before Steve reflects on his first year making picks in the weekly D1baseball.com staff picks.
Finally, they react to a certain tweet that called out Steve by name regarding that one home run he allowed that one time in Omaha.
Stephen Schoch, Jake Mintz and Jordan Shusterman discuss what caught their attention in D-I baseball over the past week, beginning with takeaways from Steve and Jordan from the ACC games they attended this past weekend in Louisville/UVA and Pitt/Miami.
Stephen Schoch (@bigdonkey47), Jake Mintz and Jordan Shusterman (@CespedesBBQ) discuss what caught their attention in D-I baseball over the past week, beginning with a brief discussion on the firing of Alabama head coach Brad Bohannon and the unfortunate reality of gambling becoming more prevalent across all sports.
Then they get into the surprising results of the weekend, with a bunch of top teams losing series – including LSU, South Carolina, Vanderbilt and Tennessee. Next, they give some love to Stanford after its big sweep of Arizona State on the road and then explain the bizarre weekend the ACC had scheduling-wise.
Finally, Steve shares the remarkable story of Xavier's Matt McCormick before a brief discussion of Ole Miss' Calvin Harris' 4-HR game vs. Missouri to close out the pod.
Stephen Schoch (@bigdonkey47), Jake Mintz and Jordan Shusterman (@CespedesBBQ) discuss what caught their attention in D-I baseball over the past week, starting with the impressive series win by Auburn at South Carolina and what specifically they love about the Tigers this season.
Next, they shout out some of the other teams that had excellent weekends, including Clemson, Duke, Tennessee, Maryland and Washington. They then move to their favorite moments of the week, including two unbelievable catches, rain delay shenanigans, unintentionally hilarious in-game interviews and a literal gator in Gainesville.
Finally, they give some love to some individual performances from the past week including Mac Horvath, Blaine Traxel and Brock Wilken's record-breaking HR.
Stephen Schoch (@bigdonkey47), Jake Mintz and Jordan Shusterman (@CespedesBBQ) discuss what caught their attention in D-I baseball over the past week but first congratulate Steve on his wedding over the weekend and get the hilarious story behind the one tweet he sent out during his own wedding reception.
Next, they discuss Tennessee's impressive sweep over Vanderbilt to get their season back on track and the differences between sweeping on the road vs. at home. Then they give some love to some of the top mid-major schools in the current Top 25, highlighting Coastal Carolina, UConn, Campbell and Dallas Baptist.
Finally, they shoutout Jared Sundstrom for the most aesthetically pleasing homer of the 2023 season off the San Diego tram line and Cooper McMurray's incredible trick shot dingers off both foul poles at Auburn.
Stephen Schoch (@bigdonkey47), Jake Mintz and Jordan Shusterman (@CespedesBBQ) discuss what caught their attention in D-I baseball over the past week, starting off with a salute to Arkansas' impressive sweep of Tennessee, why Jace Bohrofen deserves more love, and how concerned they should be about the Vols moving forward.
They proceed with some love for Wake Forest, in particular lefty Sean Sullivan who has been magically almost as good as Rhett Lowder so far which is just amazing to watch. Other series that stood out this past week included Kentucky/LSU, Ole/Miss/Mississippi State and Maine/Binghamton.
Next, they discuss what constitutes an "excessive celebration" and the differences between the Florida celebrations and the Jared Jones homer reaction.
Finally, they shout out some individual performances from Nash Bryan to Charlie Condon to Ethan Petry to Kemp Alderman's PITCHING and Nolan Schanuel's OPS crown.
Stephen Schoch (@bigdonkey47) and Jake Mintz (@CespedesBBQ) discuss Steve's time in Charlottesville watching his beloved Virginia Cavaliers sweep Miami with big shoutouts to Jake Gelof and Kyle Teel and the remarkable bullpen that has contributed to one of the best pitching staffs in the entire country.
Behind the Hoos, Cal State Fullerton caught Steve's attention for their series win over UC Santa Barbara. Finally, they discuss the concept of a Thursday/Friday/Saturday series compared to the usual Friday-thru-Sunday slates and how they feel about ties in baseball after UCLA/Utah finished 10-10.
Stephen Schoch, Jake Mintz and Jordan Shusterman discuss what caught their attention in D-I baseball over the past week, starting off Florida's first road sweep at Ole Miss since 1988, which obviously featured more Jac Caglianone homers.
Next, they bounce around some of the other notable series wins including UVA, Wake Forest, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vanderbilt, Texas, USC, and their beloved Bearkats of Sam Houston. After the break, they review their favorite moments featuring the incredible Mountain Dew ejection in Austin Peay/Liberty, Campbell blessing their bats, and a 20-inning D-II game.
Finally, they shout out some individual performances, from Dylan Crews and Tommy White at LSU to Kris Armstrong's back-to-back 3 HR games and, of course, another Blaine Traxel CG.
Stephen Schoch, Jake Mintz and Jordan Shusterman discuss what caught their attention in D-I baseball over the past week, starting off with Steve's trip to Gainesville to check out the Florida Gators taking on Alabama.
Then, they give some love to Missouri after their emphatic sweep of Tennessee and discuss just how real the start for the Tigers is and what to expect moving forward. Next, they bounce around some of the other most impressive series sweeps of the weekend from Vanderbilt to Miami to South Carolina to Kentucky and more.
After the break, they review their favorite moments of the week from shoveling ice off the field pregame to broken aluminum bats.
Finally, they shout out some individual performances, including Olivia Pichardo making history, Paul Skenes domination, Braden Montgomery looking like the best player all the time, Gavin Kash raking, Blaine Traxel chuckin', and Brooks Coetzee's clutch plunkings.
Stephen Schoch (@bigdonkey47), Jake Mintz and Jordan Shusterman (@CespedesBBQ) join to discuss what caught their attention in D-I baseball over the past week, and begin with an honest conversation about the sky-high home run totals and exit velocities we've been seeing and try to put the numbers in perspective without being too much of a bummer.
Next, they highlight which teams stood out over the past week, focusing on Boston College's road series win at Virginia Tech and Virginia staying undefeated longer than anyone else, among others. They then check in on the winless teams still remaining and discuss what it's like to have a coach fired midseason.
After the break, they review the shocking umpire situation in the New Orleans/Mississippi Valley game, salute Siena head coach Tony Rossi as he retires after 54 years (!!!) at the helm, and talk tarp.
Finally, they shout out some individual performances, from Chase Mora to Wyatt Hudepohl to Daniel Bagwell to Zach Morea and more.
Stephen Schoch, Jake Mintz and Jordan Shusterman reconvene to discuss their favorite things from the third weekend of the 2023 college baseball season.
Stephen Schoch, Jake Mintz and Jordan Shusterman recap the final day of the Karbach Round Rock Classic. Plus, more college baseball news and updates.
Stephen Schoch, Jake Mintz and Jordan Shusterman recap Day 2 of the 2023 Karbach Round Rock Classic.
Stephen Schoch (@bigdonkey47), Jake Mintz and Jordan Shusterman (@CespedesBBQ) recap Day 1 of the Karbach Round Rock Classic. They begin with a review of the first game between LSU and Kansas State, from Paul Skenes and Owen Boerema's surprising duel to what they thought of the pitch clock violation conclusion. Then they talk about Sam Houston State's quietly dominant shutout of Iowa and what they liked from each team, even in a lopsided result.
Stephen Schoch (@bigdonkey47), Jake Mintz and Jordan Shusterman (@CespedesBBQ) deliver the first regular season episode of 2023 with their early reactions to Opening Weekend. First, Stephen shares some of his favorite things he saw, from a Nickelback-inspired walk-off to a replacement hammer and much more. Then, they discuss and debate the implementation of the pitch clock in college baseball and the pros and cons of the system so far. Finally, Jake and Jordan share their takeaways from the college games they got to see in person in Florida and Arizona, respectively, headlined by GCU vs. Tennessee.
Stephen Schoch, Jake Mintz, and Jordan Shusterman finish up their season preview series with a broad look at mid-major baseball.
Stephen Schoch (@bigdonkey47), Jake Mintz, and Jordan Shusterman (@CespedesBBQ) preview the SEC and explain in basic terms why it is extremely fair to declare that it does indeed Mean More.
Next, they discuss the biggest storylines for the SEC in 2023. How will the juggernauts in Tennessee and LSU perform? Can old powerhouses like South Carolina get back in the mix? What is different about Florida's fan atmosphere than the other SEC schools?
They then discuss some of their favorite main characters before finishing with various superlatives, from Most Unfinished Business to Coach You'd Want to Play For and more!
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Stephen Schoch, Jake Mintz, and Jordan Shusterman preview the Pac-12 on the latest season preview episode of The Schoch Factor!
Stephen Schoch, Jake Mintz & Jordan Shusterman preview the Big Ten, a conference that only promises 10 but in fact gives us 13 baseball teams to talk about!
Stephen Schoch (@bigdonkey47), Jake Mintz and Jordan Shusterman (@CespedesBBQ) preview the Big 12 Conference and all 12, er, 9 teams that play baseball in it. First, they review which Big 12 teams were and weren't in the postseason last year, and talk about how different Texas and Oklahoma will look after reaching Omaha in 2022. Finally, they present their main characters for the upcoming Big 12 season and assign various superlatives, from Most Unfinished Business to Biggest Culture Schoch Factor and so much more!
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The Schoch Factor presents their ACC Preview for the 2023 College Baseball Season. Besides making their ACC picks, the gang discusses the team with the most players who have never seen the Atlantic Ocean and the player with the Best Major...among other topics!
On the first Schoch Factor of the year, former UVA closer Stephen Schoch (@bigdonkey47), Jake Mintz and Jordan Shusterman (@CespedesBBQ) reintroduce themselves and explain why they have chosen to do a college baseball podcast together for another season. What has changed since they watched Ole Miss dogpile in Omaha? They discuss the madness of the transfer portal and the newly entertaining college baseball offseason, expectations for the LSU juggernaut, and the great news about college baseball getting a third paid assistant. Then, the guys each share one thing they can't stop thinking about as Opening Day approaches before teasing some of the stuff they have planned together for the upcoming season on the podcast and beyond.
In the final episode of the season, the boys wish goodbye to Omaha by looking back at Ole Miss's first national title and plenty more.
The boys recap all the College World Series action and look ahead to the Ole Miss vs Oklahoma in the finals.
The boys record after Day One of the MCWS, going over Stephen's first time as a press member, media day shenanigans, pulling tarp at the Chuck and more!
For the first time, the guys record in the same actual place, live from a hotel room in Omaha, Nebraska, which can only mean one thing: the Men's College World Series has arrived.
Stephen, Jake and Jordan recap all their favorite Super Regionals moments before hitting the road to go to Omaha!
Stephen, Jake and Jordan list off the 10 things they'll remember the most from the 2022 regionals, and pick the three Super Regionals they're looking forward to.
It's a Schoch Factor Speed Run, where Jake, Jordan and Stephen spend 60 seconds or less giving you a reason to like all 64 teams in the NCAA Tournament field!
In the latest Schoch Factor Podcast, Steve picks out his highlights and breaks down conference tournament week as only he can.
In the latest Schoch Factor Podcast, the boys discuss dogpiles, gatorade baths, salute the teams who have clinched NCAA bids, and much more.
In the latest Schoch Factor Podcast, the boys discuss a raccoon cameo in Arkansas, favorite moments of the week, and reflect on Maxwell Costes' article on college athlete's mental health.
In the latest Schoch Factor Podcast, the boys discuss rain delay entertainment, ties, favorite moments of the week and so much more.
In the latest Schoch Factor Podcast, the boys discuss Ben Joyce's record heat, ducks at SLU, the NAIA race for Apple King and more!
In the latest Schoch Factor Podcast, the boys discuss the MSU-UM rivalry, the home run race, a wild tackle in Texas and more.
In the latest Schoch Factor Podcast, the boys discuss Tennessee's umpire drama, favorite players to watch and so much more.
In the latest Schoch Factor Podcast, the boys discuss the bizarre happenings in Louisville, beer showers and so much more.
In the latest Pod, the boys discuss Tennessee's dominance, long bus trips in college baseball and some of the weekend's biggest moments.
In his latest podcast, Stephen Schoch takes a look at some of the midweek action and more in colorful fashion.
In Schoch and the BBQ boys' latest podcast, they look at crazy walkoffs, an increase in smack talk in college baseball and so much more.
In the latest Schoch Factor Podcast, the Cespedes BBQ boys and Stephen Schoch compare Power Fives to Scooby Doo characters and more.
In his latest Pod, Stephen Schoch on playing a powerhouse program on the road in the midweek, student sections and Non-D1 teams beating D1 teams.
In the inaugural Schoch Factor podcast, Stephen Schoch and the Cespedes Family BBQ duo discuss winter weather, Ivan Melendez and more.