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College Baseball Weekend #13 Recap + Georgia Wins SEC Title, FOG GATE, and UCLA-Oregon Fireworks May 10, 2026

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The 11.7 podcast recaps weekend 13 of college baseball, featuring Ben, Dimitri. The trio highlights the Missouri vs Vanderbilt weather-delayed chaos dubbed “Fog Gate,” where heavy fog led to confusion over a ball’s landing, a debated ground-rule double or home run, and Missouri ultimately winning in extras and taking the series.
The group discusses conference races and implications heading into the final weekend, regional hosting and at-large bubbles, and frustration with SEC “win-threshold” discourse for sub-.500 conference teams, using examples like Vanderbilt and LSU scheduling and selection trends.

The guys also break down Arizona State vs Oklahoma State’s wild late-inning games and hosting implications in the Big 12, West Virginia’s sweep at Kansas, and an intense UCLA vs Oregon series filled with on-field confrontations and dramatic moments. Additional notes include Rice reaching 30 wins, Gonzaga clinching the WCC with a no-hitter, Tague Davis’ ACC home run record, Georgia clinching the SEC title, ACC bubble setbacks, and final-weekend series picks.

00:00 Intro
02:13 Fog Gate (Missouri vs Vanderbilt)
10:49 SEC Bubble Debate
15:15 Conference Fandom Rant
20:38 Bubble History Receipts
28:43 Quad System Rant
35:54 Weekend Series Talk
36:12 Oklahoma State vs ASU Recap
41:49 Big 12 Race Update
47:25 Big 12 Race Math
48:19 UCLA vs Oregon Series Recap
54:21 Ducks/Bruins Benches Clearing
55:54 Dean West Legacy Game
57:43 Oregon’s Postseason Outlook
59:55 USC vs Oregon Hosting Stakes
01:03:08 Shoutouts Gonzaga and Tague Davis
01:06:36 Golden Spikes Finalists Talk
01:07:37 Conference Champs Roundup
01:08:27 Georgia’s Seed and RPI Debate
01:12:03 Georgia's Flowers & DVH's Coaching Tree
01:15:12 SEC Weekend Winners
01:17:42 Revisiting Preseason Picks
01:28:56 ACC Bubble Disaster
01:30:55 Rising Teams in the American
01:35:22 Nebraska and La Tech
01:37:37 Big West Tournament Projection
01:39:24 NCAA Tournament Bracketology Projection
01:42:58 Other Mid Major Talk
01:48:19 Live Weekend Series Pick 'Em

College Baseball Weekend 13 Preview + ABS in SEC + DSR/KPI/RPI MiniGame May 06, 2026

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The 11.7 podcast crew (Ben, Jack, Dimitri, and Noah) previews the weekend and recaps midweek action while promoting Dimitri’s 20-minute interview with NCAA Baseball Rules Committee Chair and Xavier head coach Billy O’Conner about introducing the ABS challenge system at the SEC tournament. They debate ABS impacts, challenge strategy, Trackman accuracy, and how tech affects umpiring and “content,” plus discuss other rules topics from the interview like the runner’s lane rule and why enlarging bases is costly for turf fields. The group talks about the Patriot League Baseball Tournament encourages donations to a GoFundMe for Bucknell coach Scott Heather, and reviews RPI cancellation “bingo.” Noah hosts a metrics mini-game comparing RPI, KPI, and DSR for bubble teams (including Clemson, LSU, Vanderbilt, Mercer, Purdue, TCU, and others), leading into DSR discussion and a plug for Jack’s upcoming podcast with 643’s Forrest Allen.
00:00 Show kickoff and agenda
00:45 Promoting Billy OConner interview
03:05 Botched intro and cold open jokes
07:02 ABS debate and big picture impact
14:29 ABS satire and challenge chaos
16:29 Trackman accuracy and logistics
18:23 Rules talk runner lane and bases
21:13 Omaha plans and side challenges
23:02 Weekend pick em setup and records
27:45 Patriot League tourney and Bucknell
29:38 GoFundMe support and donations
31:08 Rapid fire series picks begin
32:54 Big 12 and SEC Picks
34:39 Demetri Signs Off
36:25 SoCon Showdown Preview
39:42 Sun Belt Clash Styles
41:47 Pokes vs Sun Devils
44:35 Mountaineers at Jayhawks
47:50 Aggies at Swayze
52:41 OVC Deep Cut Pick
56:38 Wild Names and No Hitters
58:13 Tiger Talk Bubble Debate
01:01:55 Clemson Purify Impact
01:04:19 RPI Rant and Fairness
01:12:13 Bracket Complaints Banter
01:12:47 RPI Bingo Card Explained
01:16:22 Best RPI Cancellations
01:19:56 Bubble Metrics Mini Game
01:22:59 Team By Team Outliers
01:30:09 DSR And Pythag Deep Dive
01:36:33 Final Round LSU Clemson
01:47:01 Upset Picks And Wrap Up

College Baseball Weekend #12 Recap + Field of 64 Projector + Conference Awards Talk May 03, 2026

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It's just Ben and Noah today, with a little bit of Jack in the middle of the show to talk about Texas vs Mississippi State while in a hotel room in Austin.

Dimitri is out sick today so Noah and Ben recap the weekend, including showing off the new Conference Tournament Projector on 11point7.com and show off the updated Field of 64 Projector heading into Week #13.

At the end of the show, they look at Power 4 Conference Player of the Year and Conference Pitcher of the Year races (ACC, Big 12, BigTen, SEC)

Fun show, and should have time stamps sometime soon.

Thanks for listening!

Should College Baseball Change The NCAA Tournament Format? & RPI Bingo - Weekend 12 Preview Apr 29, 2026

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The 11.7 podcast crew (Jack, Noah, Dimitri, and Ben) opens with no plan, plugs Homefield Apparel, and dives into “RPI season,” joking about teams canceling midweek games to protect their resumes while tracking an RPI Bingo card (including canceled games like UNC–Queens and Oklahoma–Texas Tech). They recap midweek results and moments such as Coastal Carolina throttling UNC, UCLA beating UC Santa Barbara, UC Irvine upsetting USC, Texas winning on a walk-off two-run homer, Oregon ending Gonzaga’s 14-game streak with a nine-pitcher bullpen game, and Nebraska walking off Kansas State. The group riffs on social media delusion, broadcast quality issues in Ole Miss–Mississippi State at Pearl, and debates potential NCAA baseball tournament changes, strongly opposing expansion or altering the current format. They finish with Weekend Series Pick ’Em selections, highlight disagreements like South Carolina at LSU, and set an Uber Eats bet on that series.
00:00 Cold Open Chaos
00:24 Sponsor Shoutouts
01:35 RPI Bingo Season
05:51 Open Dates Banter
09:17 Calling The Bingo Shot
10:42 Midweek Recap
14:16 Fanbases And Rivalries
23:54 Kentucky Stock Pile On
32:16 Dont Touch The Tourney
33:31 32 Hosts Pros And Cons
43:20 Reseeding And TV Matchups
47:32 Rivalry Omaha Dream
49:53 Super Regional Seeding Talk
50:16 Banter and Bullying
51:54 Nerd vs Dork Debate
53:11 Weekend Pick Em Setup
54:41 Standings and Uber Eats Bet
57:47 LSU Stock Hot Take
01:00:26 Creighton vs St Johns Picks
01:02:53 TCU vs Oklahoma State Picks
01:06:54 Southland Showdown Lamar vs SELA
01:10:47 OVC Rule Never Fade SEMO
01:13:21 South Carolina vs LSU Chaos
01:27:34 UCF vs Arizona State Finale
01:30:58 Locking the Bet and Sign Off

College Baseball Weekend 11 Recap: Kansas Sweeps, Pitt Surges, SEC/ACC/Sun Belt/American Shakeups Apr 26, 2026

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The 11.7 podcast recaps weekend 11 with a focus on major risers and fallers across college baseball. Kansas sweeps Kansas State on the road, boosts its RPI to 12, and looks like a serious Big 12 title and hosting contender, while UCF rebounds with a road sweep at Utah and Cincinnati builds momentum with ranked series wins despite a midweek loss. UCLA remains No. 1 despite a shaky series vs Sacramento State, and USC’s sweep of Purdue highlights resume questions tied to quad records. In the SEC, Florida’s Friday strength (Aidan King) contrasts with series losses, Texas A&M earns credit for a series win and Jorian Wilson’s impact, Georgia’s Caden Aoki delivers huge innings to win Game 3 at Ole Miss, and LSU’s bullpen collapses in a sweep at Mississippi State, pushing LSU toward missing the postseason. The ACC segment covers Pitt’s explosive week, Wake Forest’s collapses vs Georgia Tech, Florida State got swept by Stanford, and bubble/hosting debates. The show ends with discussion of Sun Belt and other conference races plus the 11.7 Field of 64 projector and bubble watch.

00:00 Intro
01:09 Kansas Sweeps K-State
06:29 UCF Bounce Back Sweep
08:31 Cincinnati Resume Builder
13:05 UCLA Survives Sac State
16:44 USC RPI & Hosting Path
19:13 Florida Pitching Debate
23:32 Texas A&M Star Jorian Wilson
30:31 Georgia at Ole Miss
37:55 SEC Race Betting Angle
42:27 LSU Bullpen Collapse
44:48 Mississippi State Sweep Takeaways
45:58 LSU Bullpen Meltdown
47:56 South Carolina Coaching Speculation
50:28 Post Title Hangover Theory
56:26 Auburn Wins and Kentucky Reality Check
58:25 Pitt Makes Big Time Noise
01:04:25 Wake Forest Collapses vs Georgia Tech
01:09:31 Clemson’s Banana Ball Roast
01:11:45 Louisville Bubble Math
01:15:56 Florida State Worries and Miami Injury Watch
01:19:12 ACC Wrap Up
01:21:49 Stanford Roster Memories
01:24:38 ACC Bubble Math
01:26:23 Big West Chaos Watch
01:29:01 UC Santa Barbara Frustrations
01:31:55 AAC Title Race
01:37:13 Conference USA Shakeup
01:40:41 Sun Belt RPI Mysteries
01:51:13 Field of 64 Projection
01:58:21 Outro

College Baseball Midweek Recap + Weekend 11 Preview + RPI Deep Dive Apr 22, 2026

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We start the show praising Beaver Nation and College Baseball Fans for helping raise more than $81,000 for Oregon State Freshman Tyler Bellerose.

We then discuss GT vs UGA and have some thoughts about future matchups to help raise more money for charity.

Miami OH beats Michigan in an RPI game

Sold out Kansas takes down top 25 Nebraska. Crowd was awesome

Pitt waxes WVU

Jacksonville season sweeps UF

UAB looks legit

UNCW walks off Coastal

Weekend Series Pick'em :

SIUE @ SEMO

Bethune Cookman @ FAMU

UGA @ Ole Miss

St Johns @ Xavier

Evansville @ Indiana State

Texas A&M @ Florida

College Baseball Weekend #10 Recap + Conference by Conference Breakdowns Apr 19, 2026

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All right, what's up college baseball fans welcome to another episode of the 11.7 podcast weekend number 10 recap episode is brought to you and everybody by home field apparel use promo code CWS 26 for 15% off incredible launch this past Friday on home fields 2026 college baseball pullover I forget what they're called pullover classics whatever they are they're freaking sweet they launched eight new teams plus restocked I believe 16 other teams from the past I know that like Oregon State Texas and somebody else sold out within like three hours I believe they have some teams remaining I haven't double checked their website so maybe you guys as listeners should double check and see what's still available and what has sold out but really just check out their whole site like they're a great partner of ours they've been a partner of ours for three plus years and like it has grown tremendously in the last three years and that's why they continue to invest in college baseball so homefieldapparel.com use our promo code for 15% off it's CWS 26 our graphic on YouTube Dimitri it says CWS 24 which shows how long we've been with the guys they were super pumped and happy with the promotion and everything from this past week with Jackie Robinson day last Wednesday check them out all right you know it's funny you know it's really funny this is how long it's been since you and I have done a just two-man episode and we actually use the correct graphic because I think the last one we have the one that was hiding behind our cameras or whatever but this is the actual graphic that we were using for two-man shows and it was 2024 so CWS 24 Jack was with us in 24 we were doing a lot of three-man shows that was when we first started putting the pod back on YouTube you know funny story Dimitri I'll tell this to the the listeners before we get going we were so early to YouTube like our 2019 season we put I think most of our podcasts on YouTube but it was just me James and then you would be the third chair and we had like a thousand YouTube subscribers from just posting interviews we had with players and coaches and then after 2019 we stopped with YouTube for 2020 2021 2022 and then 2023 like we went four years without a YouTube channel and it's hilarious that we actually had to start a new YouTube channel because we forgot the login to our first YouTube channel with like a thousand so 11.7 is so uh we can't even get a little sponsorship code promo code correctly we can't remember password we just throw shit up and see if it sticks that's basically what we do we have yeah times have changed we invested so hard into audio only for the longest time and like I still think audio is the best way to listen to a podcast like that's what I do whenever I'm listening to shows whether I'm working or working out you know I think pod or driving like listening to a podcast while driving is incredible but yeah like we found out that we probably should have continued to invest into YouTube and all that stuff but I'm happy where we're at now I think what we're gonna do today last Sunday we were so nervous that it was gonna be a bad podcast because of the field of 64 live build and it turned out like our most of our audience and fans thought it was great what I want to do today Dimitri is an old school 11.7 style podcast where we go conference by conference look at the conference standings figure out like hey is this a one big league like who's gonna come out with the bit like we're gonna go share screen Warren Nolan conference by conference and discuss what's going on in this college baseball world as we go through it we will hit on key points from the weekend teams that stood out made statements we'll do the whole nine yards there but I love the classic conference by conference let's look at every single conference and figure out who is who's performing who needs to get some work done and all of that so while you pull that up I'll let you share your screen because if I if I run Warren Nolan the same time I'm running restream my computer sounds like a jet engine it's just hyperdrive and I'll do the screen share we need to invest in a better computer for you we I've been trying to get you to buy a new computer and I was willing to send you some fun but you just won't do it but now you're you know you're in a stable location I think it's time to get you one yeah I got a nice setup nice office in here spare bedroom I've started decorating a little bit I think I got to show this off by the way hold on are we gonna look at this actually this isn't even Minute Maid Park this is Enron Field from 2001 I believe let's see what does it say on the back doesn't give a year but yeah Enron Field it says retro like it's perfect dude it's a perfect desk toy I cannot wait until I have a setup where I have like college baseball jerseys behind me memorabilia all that stuff well you can make that happen whenever you want I know I just need to hang them all over my kitchen and all over the place yeah um where was I going with this oh do we actually have to discuss something real fast before we get into the conference by conference what Michigan just did to Dayton one hilarious two don't know if it's illegal or I don't know if it's legal and three I think this might be the first domino of many and for anybody that hasn't seen it yet Michigan sitting like 41 42 in the RPI they had a midweek game coming up against Dayton who's 199 roughly in the RPI well Miami Ohio's 57 in the RPI having a great season in the MAC and they had a midweek game coming up Tuesday against Bellarmine well Michigan just canceled their game against Dayton and I guess behind the scenes this is all legend I don't know the story or anything but Michigan just canceled the game probably reached out to Dayton like hey you know not gonna play you guys Tuesday we have another sorry you talk too much well no not that but just like I mean I'm just I'm literally speaking by in terms of RPI sorry you suck too much we can't play you we're too good for that for what we're trying to do it was probably more of like hey listen all of our jobs are like very important to us and we have to do what's best for the team and playing you guys is not it's a lose lose so you guys get to go play Bellarmine and Miami Ohio is going to host us we're going to drive down Michigan Wolverines are going to drive down and play at Miami Ohio and it's a quad one game for both teams like how nice is that yep if you're if the team is top 60 in the RPI and you're on the road that qualifies as a quad one game so Michigan my advice to you is do not lose this game don't lose it but there's a couple other points I want to talk about to like I don't know the legality of this because I know every team when building their schedule have to sign contracts I'm talking out of my ass here I don't know the facts about these contracts but I'm pretty sure there's probably financial guarantees one way or the other that I mean Michigan might have to throw Dayton a few bucks here there like I don't really know but this is a slippery slope that we all know college baseball is a copycat league when one team does something the whole country feels like hey we can do that too and pretty soon we're probably gonna see somebody like name a school here I don't know I don't want to throw anybody I'll tell you I just pulled up I just pulled up the Tuesday schedule yeah let's try to do a copycat league of our own here um for example let's see who is another bubble-ish team um I should have been a little more prepared for this but for example for example let's just pretend let's pretend Campbell or Charlotte was on the bubble they're playing each other let's say Charlotte was 45 50 Campbell was 200 Charlotte would be like hey we're gonna go play UNC Greensboro or we're gonna go play Wofford or somebody that's real kind of close to us but they're 60 RPI like Wofford is 70 or something so that's the kind of idea it would be like Florida state go to North Florida so North Florida was 200 Florida state was having a bad year I'm just trying to that's kind of what it would be like yeah well I just think that this is gonna start happening a ton in the Carolinas and in like the Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Arkansas region of the world where they're like hey you know how we told you we're gonna play you guys May 8th well we're actually not we found another opponent I'm telling you this is about to be a very very slippery slope like it could be I'll let you wait wait wait let me finish my point I do agree with these schools like you've got to do what's best for your team um it is very shady and not um I don't know whatever you want to call it but at the same time look at like college baseball fans should be pretty happy about this because we get better games better matchups on the midweek and to anybody who ever said who is anybody who ever tweeted the phrase midweeks don't matter you have to take it back or else you're not allowed to watch the games so if LSU was fighting for their lives and they schedule uh Southern Miss in a midweek those LSU fans can never say midweeks don't matter ever again and not to pick on LSU I'm talking about any school in the country no no LSU is a good example they're they're in a position where they're like dude we need every opportunity we can get to keep boosting this RPI up the higher it goes the more leeway we have with our FCC schedule our FC record for example if let's just say Tulane with a 38 RPI having a really good season and they were scheduled to go play Southeastern who's 180 RPI you call up Southeastern hey uh we can't we're not sure if we can make it um and Tulane called us saying they're looking for a midweek logistically it just works out better and bam you're done end of conversation you go play Tulane and get your quad one game what I hope this doesn't eliminate is my favorite tradition in the sport and that is the crazy excuses we would get for RPI cancellations because the fad in the sport before what Michigan just did with Miami Ohio was the random cancellations of midweeks it's like hey forgot to tarp our field last Thursday um it's a little wet it's dangerous can't play or hey all of our guys have class uh at this time so like we can't travel and like finals are coming up so like we need to make sure we make good grades the excuses we would get were laugh out loud hilarious and uh we're not going to be getting those anymore but maybe we will like who knows these college baseball coaches can be creative manipulative uh deceiving like that I mean it is what it is like I don't think I'm speaking out of turn by saying that um they're not dumb they're all smart they're all trying to save their jobs and get into the postseason so I think we're about to see a lot more of this that's why I think the final three week midweeks should be TBA if TBA them we'll figure out who's around us that also need that high-end marquee high RPI resume building game TBA all of them and if you are in a position where you're like we don't even need a play then don't even schedule one don't even fill it but if you are in a position where you need one then you find someone around you or depending on where your road that theory upcoming series is that weekend you go to a team close to there or something so I mean I think it's I think it's the I'm to Michigan credit I don't want to talk about this too much but I think it's hilarious and I hope people understand what happened to Michigan credit why are we going to throw season away when we have a chance to keep building on it we're not having the best season ever but we're not having a bad season we're right there on the cusp why not build to it why not just keep going with this thing and try to help build it because the last thing you want to do on selection Monday is ah you were the last four in or the last first four out let's say they win that game against Miami Ohio their RPI goes up a spot it's a massive difference right no and I want to end it on this like I'm not I'm not talking ill at all about Michigan or any future teams that do this personally like I'm always a guy that's like hey play your schedule like you set your schedule play it win your games and like the rest will figure itself out but this is a win-win Miami Ohio is pumped because they get to host Michigan and Michigan is pumped and then meanwhile like Bellarmine and Dayton like that's a winnable game now for both of them that's another win they can put on their schedule that they probably wouldn't win um facing a Michigan or Miami Ohio uh and yeah I mean I think it's I think it's a win-win all the way around but I just I mean I hope this doesn't I hope this doesn't come into like dozens and dozens of teams are doing this every Tuesday because that would get exhausting yeah sure yeah I mean I know you um yeah I mean sure yeah like the reality of the situation is Michigan doesn't want to play a sucky Dayton team and Miami Ohio is like we'll host Michigan absolutely well why would we say no to that so it's a win-win for both teams to get another marquee game on their schedule yep cool cool all right let's go conference by conference we're making do you want to do you want to talk about a couple do you want to talk about a couple things from the weekend before we get into that sure um like uh so hey the people want what interests them the most and I want to bring up something Boston College on uh on Friday afternoon sat in or tie the NCAA record for a stolen bases in one inning and people were clowning on me eight with the record or and they tied it with eight and then they finished with 13 overall but the overall NCAA record is 22 held by Akron or against Akron or something like that a lot of people were ganging up on the dude catcher for uh having a noodle arm blah blah and I go you know whoa pump the brakes the pitchers were not helping him at all full leg kick the art of holding runners and um controlling the running game had seemed to been lost and I see it more and more in the sport in baseball in the big league the minor league because the run value of every pitch just go in your full wind up and throw your best pitch possible don't like kick don't change anything and so it'll be another data point I'm sure in five to ten years from now we'll come back on it or something like that but the point is Boston College if you're not familiar their head coach is Todd Interdonato and if you know where he came from Wofford College you would know they were the most one of the most if not the most annoying team to play in college baseball all they did the word annoying is an understatement it was it was an absolute disaster to have Wofford on your schedule Dimitri I mean we both played against them it was hours and hours and hours the week leading up to the Wofford series of everything from holding runners on bunt coverages first and thirds rundowns pick offs like we didn't dude the week going like leading into Wofford we didn't even take BP it was field work for three hours a day Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday shoot we probabl…

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Weekend 10 Preview, Bethune Cookman Beats Florida and UCSB Upsets UCLA + Panic Meter Apr 15, 2026

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The 11.7 Podcast hosts recap midweek college baseball and preview Weekend 10, starting with a Homefield Apparel ad highlighting the Jackie Robinson Day UCLA collection, limited button-down jersey, and a Friday pullover “jersey” drop, plus teasing upcoming Omaha plans. They respond to listener comments about show length and Dmitri’s “speed it up” habit, then discuss Bethune-Cookman beating Florida after also beating LSU (despite losing to Mississippi Valley State) and note Sully’s tense, wordless pitching change. UC Santa Barbara ends UCLA’s 27-game win streak and is framed as a dangerous regional matchup due to elite pitching but offensive concerns. The episode hits other midweek upsets, debates Southern Miss and bubble/RPI dynamics (including Arizona State, Texas Tech, Vanderbilt, and SEC win thresholds), previews key weekend series, makes Pick ’Em selections, and spins the wheel to award Homefield prize packs to weekly Pick ’Em winners.

00:00 Podcast Intro and Sponsor
00:31 Jackie Robinson Collection
01:59 Pullover Drop and Omaha Tease
05:24 Listener Feedback Speed It Up
12:10 Bethune Cookman Upsets Florida
18:51 UCSB Ends UCLA Streak
26:07 Ole Miss vs Southern Miss Debate
39:15 Midweek Upsets Roundup
40:13 Midweek Upset Roundup
41:13 RPI Watch St Joes Trouble
42:24 Arizona State Bubble Slide
44:31 Coaching Changes Matter
49:29 Rice Owls Bubble Path
50:58 Texas Tech RPI Debate
01:00:22 Vanderbilt Magic Number Fight
01:08:42 SEC RPI Trends Scheduling
01:14:05 Preseason SEC Poll Reality Check
01:15:52 Weekend Lookahead Clemson Must Win
01:16:42 Close Losses Breakdown
01:17:04 LSU vs Texas A&M Stakes
01:17:39 Big West Bubble Talk
01:18:46 Upset Picks Segment
01:22:26 Mississippi State Spiral
01:22:57 Pick Em Slate Setup
01:26:30 Georgia Tech vs UNC Picks
01:28:32 Ole Miss vs Tennessee Picks
01:33:13 USC vs Nebraska Hosting Battle
01:38:00 Ohio State vs Purdue Picks
01:41:30 Cal Baptist vs Tarleton WAC
01:45:34 Liberty vs DBU Clash
01:49:30 Pick Em Prize Wheel
01:52:25 Final Story and Sign Off

Weekend 9 Recap + LIVE Field of 64 Projection (Bad Idea) Apr 12, 2026

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*Disclaimer from Ben* "This ended up being a bad idea and probably the worst podcast episode we have ever recorded. Promise to be better Wednesday... On paper, filling out a field of 64 seemed fun and easy, but it turned out to be absolutely impossible and boring

The 11.7 Podcast recaps college baseball weekend nine with a different format: building a live Field of 64 projection while discussing the weekend’s biggest results. They debate top-16 seeds and key storylines including Texas A&M’s series win over Texas with a canceled rubber game, UCLA’s 14-inning win at Rutgers featuring 30 strikeouts and Logan Reddemann’s 18 K start, Georgia Tech’s offense against Florida State, Florida winning at Georgia behind strong pitching, Alabama getting swept by Arkansas, and Tennessee sweeping Mississippi State. They run through conference automatic qualifiers, argue over bubble teams and seeding logic, and ultimately complete a full projected bracket while acknowledging how messy and uncertain the process feels in mid-April.

00:00 Weekend Recap Setup
00:42 Burritos And Sparkling Water
01:37 Sponsors And Contest Winners
04:22 Masters Talk Detour
06:57 Field Of 64 Begins
08:17 Algorithm Explained
09:25 Projector Debates Clemson Baylor
12:23 April Chaos And New Toys
16:30 Jack Calls In From Buc-ees
18:48 Texas A&M Series Breakdown
29:10 Back To The Board
30:59 UCLA Rutgers Marathon
35:27 Georgia Tech FSU Series
38:01 Host Seed Shuffling
42:01 Tar Heels Silence Clemson
43:05 Arkansas Sweeps Alabama
47:21 Florida Upsets Georgia
50:09 Freshman Arms Spotlight
53:12 National Seeds 7 to 16
55:48 Kansas Hosting Buzz
01:00:25 Tennessee Sweeps Starkville
01:05:16 Committee Bias Talk
01:07:41 Auto Bids Rapid Fire
01:17:51 Seeding AQs and Bracket
01:20:10 Top Two Seeds Debate
01:22:16 Southern Miss Debate
01:23:19 Committee Manipulation Rant
01:24:23 Building Two Seeds
01:28:11 Sorting Bubble Twos
01:31:09 Auto Bids And Threes
01:33:26 Bubble Locks And Doubts
01:40:23 Purdue And NC State Talk
01:46:27 Midnight Bracket Meltdown
01:52:17 Final Picks And Wrap

Midweek Recap & Weekend 9 Series Picks + Bonus Master's Golf Picks Apr 08, 2026

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Midweek Recap & Weekend 9 Series Picks

The hosts of the 11.7 college baseball podcast open with Masters picks and betting talk, then recap a major midweek storyline: Bethune-Cookman’s win at LSU, highlighting key moments like Zambrano’s strikeouts and LSU miscues, and discussing Bethune as a dangerous regional 4-seed. That upset leads into a discussion on international players in college baseball, Bethune’s roster makeup, and how building pipelines to Caribbean and Latin American academies could give mid-and-low-majors (and even SEC programs) a recruiting edge, with Missouri cited as a smaller example. They also hit other midweek notes (Texas State over Texas A&M, Jacksonville State beating Auburn, Kansas beating Nebraska, Florida over Florida State, UCLA’s streak, SDSU no-hitter, Washington State over Oregon State) before making weekend series pick’ems for Nebraska–Oregon, Rider–Fairfield, Jacksonville State–Liberty, Florida State–Georgia Tech, UCF–Kansas, and LSU–Ole Miss, plus a separate Texas–Texas A&M bet.
00:00 Welcome and Show Plan
01:26 Masters Picks and Golf Bets
09:12 Back to Baseball LSU Upset
09:38 Bethune Cookman Breakdown
12:13 International Recruiting Pipeline
23:35 Midweek Roundup Texas State
24:25 Jacksonville State Surge
32:44 Kansas Stuns Nebraska
34:19 Nebraska Oregon Road Test
36:28 Florida Owns Florida State
37:56 Midweek Notes USC and UCSB
40:44 UCLA Win Streak Watch
41:22 UCLA Streak Watch
43:04 Big Ten Travel Rant
43:40 Midweek Roundup
44:30 Hairston Hype Train
45:58 Golden Spikes Odds
48:25 Pitchers Versus Hitters
50:38 Weekend Pick Em Setup
53:30 Oregon Nebraska Picks
56:04 Fairfield Rider Breakdown
58:33 Liberty Jack State Clash
01:01:54 FSU Georgia Tech Showdown
01:05:41 Kansas UCF Big 12 Heat
01:09:08 LSU Ole Miss Toss Up
01:12:56 Burrito Bets Sign Off

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