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What is TRULY next for Tennessee Baseball
By Andrew Riedell On the evening of October 21st, Noah Darling and I were doing our podcast “Ban The Wave,” and we both ended that show not knowing that the next morning, College Baseball and the University of Tennessee would not be the same. I was only a child, just learning and starting to love the game of football, when Lane Kiffin was the Tennessee head football coach, when he unexpectedly left for the USC head coaching job and held one of the most infamous press conferen


The Mississippi State-Louisiana Tech exhibition: Familiarity But Not Frequency
They haven't played in the regular season since 2019, but Mississippi State meets Louisiana Tech on November 1 for the second exhibition in three years. By Doug Kyle M ississippi State Head Baseball Coach Brian O’Connor announced in August a second fall baseball exhibition for his new team, this one at home against Louisiana Tech on Saturday, November 1. This one is now set for a 12 noon start. Like the October 18 venture to Pensacola, FL, to face Florida State on the same Sa


Breaking: Tony Vitello leaving Tennessee to manage the San Francisco Giants, per sources.
By Andrew Riedell Were you expecting bombshell college baseball news in October of all months? Multiple sources have confirmed to College Baseball Central, Tennessee Head Coach Tony Vitello will become the first head coach ever to make the jump directly from the NCAA level to MLB, as he will be hired by the San Francisco Giants with the finalization of a deal coming in the following days. The Athletic was the first one to link Vitello to the job and then the first to confirm


Miami and FAU Fall Scrimmage Report 10/18/2025
By Andrew Riedell Fall Ball is here in South Florida, as the Miami Hurricanes had their first and only scrimmage of the fall against the FAU Owls in Coral Gables, Florida. The Hurricanes returned 15 players and brought in 25 players via the transfer portal and freshmen coming on board. This was my second time seeing the new look FAU Owls, but this was my first time this fall seeing the projected Friday night starter in James Litman. Miami did not throw AJ Ciscar and Rob Evans


The Mississippi State-Florida State Pensacola Exhibition, Part 2: Rosters Needed To ID Teams
By Doug Kyle and Monty Taylor I t may be one of the oldest sports clichés, but “You can’t tell the players without a scorecard” may turn...


The Mississippi State-Florida State Pensacola Exhibition, Part 1: Looking Back in History
Florida State hosts recent Regional Final opponent Mississippi State in a Pensacola, FL exhibition on October 18. By Doug Kyle W hen the...


Is UCLA a Lock for Omaha or Next Season's Version of 2025 Texas A&M?
By Jake Mckeever UCLA’s return to Omaha in 2025 was one of the most surprising story lines of the college baseball season. The Bruins...


Gavin Grahovac’s 2026 Comeback Could Change Everything for Texas A&M
By Jake Mckeever The 2026 Texas A&M Aggies stand to be one of the most hyped teams who missed the tournament the previous year. They...


Jake’s Picks for SEC Series of the Week
By Jake McKeever We’re neck deep in the college baseball off-season with no end in sight, but there’s good news: the SEC just dropped the...


Riedell Report: SEC Announces 2026 Conference Schedule
By Andrew Riedell The Road to Hoover and Omaha has to start somewhere, right? The SEC conference baseball schedule has usually been...


Looking Back, Coaching Forward: Mike Bianco Reflects on First 25 Years at Ole Miss
Coach Mike Bianco (Ole Miss Athletics photo) By Andrew Riedell In the summer of 2000, Ole Miss Athletic Director John Shafer was...


Riedell Report: Does the Road to Omaha need to change?
By Andrew Riedell “We have a special tournament, and it's like a great restaurant, and they expand and then all of a sudden things fall...
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