Welcome back to Highway to Hoover, a production of SEC Extra over at D1Baseball.com! In this special New Year's episode, hosts Joe Healy and Mark Etheridge dive into their New Year's resolutions for all 16 SEC baseball teams. From Florida's quest for consistency to Arkansas's call to 'eat their Wheaties,' each team's unique goals for 2025 are discussed in depth. Tune in for a quick listen at what each SEC team needs to focus on to make 2025 "their year."

00:00 Welcome and New Year Greetings

01:10 Intro: New Year's Resolutions for SEC Teams

05:18 Florida's Consistency Challenge

06:45 Alabama's Batting Cage Bonding

08:00 Georgia's Teamwork Focus

09:20 LSU: Be Yourself

10:53 Kentucky's Chip on the Shoulder

13:11 Arkansas: Eat Your Wheaties

14:59 Mizzou's Offensive Goals

17:00 Texas A&M: Don't Take Anything for Granted

18:28 Oklahoma's Pitching Strength

20:13 Ole Miss: Get Moving

22:04 South Carolina's Foundation Year

23:31 Texas: Ready to Punch Back

25:28 Tennessee: Handling Success

27:18 Auburn: Trust Yourself

28:58 Vanderbilt's Identity Quest

31:19 Mississippi State: Keep Moving Forward

34:59 Preview Content and Closing Remarks

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On this episode of Highway to Hoover, Joe Healy, Mark Etheridge, Aaron Fitt and Kendall Rogers draft teams made up entirely of transfer players who are entering the SEC for the 2025 season.

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On this episode of Highway to Hoover, Joe Healy and Mark Etheridge are joined by Mississippi State head coach Chris Lemonis to discuss his takeaways from the fall, how things are shaping up for a rebuilt weekend rotation, what he likes about the lineup and his thoughts on some of the changes around college baseball.

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On this episode of Highway to Hoover, Joe Healy and Mark Etheridge take an early look ahead at nonconference schedules across the SEC. They take a look at the top early-season tournaments, including a trio of tournaments in Arlington, before turning their attention to nonconference series, headlined by a road series at UNCW to begin the season for Georgia.

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On this episode of Highway to Hoover, Joe Healy is joined by D1Baseball colleague Kendall Rogers to discuss his impressions of Texas and Texas A&M from his fall looks. They talk about expectations for Texas' pitching staff, the glut of UT veterans returning to the lineup, Texas A&M looking the part of a juggernaut, the Aggies' bullpen options to replace the likes of Evan Aschenbeck and Chris Cortez, and much more.

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On this episode of Highway to Hoover, Joe Healy is joined by Aaron Fitt to discuss what he saw from Ole Miss and Alabama this fall. They talk about the chances that Ole Miss has a bounce back season in 2025, what to make of the Rebels' lineup, the prospect of Bama's Zane Adams being a top-level SEC Friday starter and the importance of Justin Lebron in both the near term and long term for the Crimson Tide program.

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On this episode of Highway to Hoover, Joe Healy and Mark Etheridge discuss Joe's travels to see South Carolina and Florida last week. They discuss the Gamecocks' lineup outside of Ethan Petry, who will step up on the South Carolina pitching staff, how Florida's pitching staff seems even better in some ways than last year's group and what we expect from the Gators' lineup in a post-Jac Caglianone world.

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On this episode of Highway to Hoover, Joe Healy is first joined by David Seifert to discuss what he saw from Alabama and Tennessee in exhibition action before being joined by his usual podcast partner Mark Etheridge for Mark's observations from LSU's 21-inning exhibition against Samford.

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On this episode of Highway to Hoover, Joe Healy and Mark Etheridge are joined by Oklahoma head coach Skip Johnson to discuss his team's entry into the SEC, what he likes most about his team this fall, renovations on the way for L. Dale Mitchell Park and much more.

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On this episode of Highway to Hoover, Joe Healy is joined by Mike Rooney to discuss his impressions of Vanderbilt from the Commodores' exhibition game against Nevada in Las Vegas. Then, David Seifert joins the show to discuss his takeaways from Arkansas' two-game exhibition series against Oklahoma State.

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