The Schoch Factor

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.