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Highway To Hoover

Highway To Hoover

By: Joe Healy Mark Etheridge | D1Baseball
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Highway to Hoover is the premier SEC baseball podcast from D1Baseball — breaking down the storylines, standings, matchups, and personalities that define the nation’s most competitive conference. Hosted by Joe Healy and Mark Etheridge, the show brings you weekly SEC recaps, weekend previews, power rankings, and deep-dive conversations with coaches, players, and insiders across the league.

Each episode of Highway To Hoover covers the biggest developments around LSU, Tennessee, Arkansas, Alabama, Texas, Oklahoma, Florida, Vanderbilt, South Carolina, Texas A&M, Mississippi State, Ole Miss, Georgia, Auburn, Missouri, and Kentucky, including midweek results, injury updates, rotation changes, breakout players, and postseason implications.

From early-season tournaments to Hoover and the Road to Omaha, this is your all-access pass to the heartbeat of SEC baseball.


Follow the #1 SEC baseball podcast to stay ahead of every shift in the SEC race all season long.

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Episodes
  • SEC Weekend 8 Recap: Georgia’s Statement, Alabama’s Rise, Tennessee’s Pain
    Apr 6 2026

    On this episode of Highway to Hoover, Joe Healy and Mark Etheridge recap Weekend 8 around the SEC. They discuss Georgia's emphatic sweep of Mississippi State, Alabama staying hot with a series win, LSU staying on the right track with a series win over Tennessee and much more.

    00:00 Intro

    00:43 Weekend Chaos Recap

    01:37 Georgia Sweeps Mississippi State

    02:36 Why Georgia Looks Legit

    06:17 State’s Fixes Needed

    12:17 Alabama's Surprise Surge

    14:10 How Bama Wins Close

    17:13 Oklahoma Arms Spotlight

    20:06 LSU vs Tennessee Thriller

    23:47 Tennessee’s Late-Game Woes

    25:28 Can Tennessee Turn It Around?

    30:53 Arkansas Offensive Funk

    32:53 Rotation Questions Loom

    35:04 Auburn Pitching Shuffle Pays Off

    37:10 Auburn Identity And Belief

    39:01 Ole Miss Ninth-Inning Surge

    40:11 Florida Arms High Ceiling

    44:30 Texas A&M Quietly Rolling

    45:47 Vanderbilt Injuries And Patchwork

    50:39 Missouri Bullpen Breakthrough

    53:37 Kentucky Offense Urgency

    57:18 Texas Rebounds With Pitching

    01:02:10 Wrap-Up And Sign-off

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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • SEC Weekend 7 Recap: Mississippi State Stifles Ole Miss, Florida Stuns Arkansas
    Mar 30 2026

    On this episode of Highway to Hoover, Joe Healy and Mark Etheridge recap Week 7 around the SEC. They discuss Mississippi State sweeping rival Ole Miss on the road, Alabama stunning Auburn at home, whether LSU is on the precipice of a comeback after a series win over Kentucky and much more.

    00:00 Midseason Check-In

    02:29 Why So Many Sweeps

    04:12 Mississippi State Sweeps Ole Miss

    10:34 Ole Miss Offense Woes

    12:25 Alabama Sweeps Auburn

    15:28 Auburn Concerns and Crowd

    20:24 Florida Stuns Arkansas

    29:49 Tennessee Walk-off Heartbreak

    33:47 Vanderbilt RPI Alarm Bells

    36:59 Vandy Bullpen Bright Spots

    38:13 LSU-Kentucky Bullpen Chaos

    41:33 Kentucky Outlook and Cleaver Questions

    45:47 Texas Sweeps Oklahoma, Rotation Edge

    49:02 Oklahoma Pitching Concerns, Next Test

    52:45 Georgia Sweep Built on Pitching

    56:25 Texas A&M Offense Rolling, Pitching Thin

    01:00:41 Wrap-Up

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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • SEC Weekend 6 Recap: Texas Survives, Alabama Rolls, South Carolina Makes Change
    Mar 23 2026

    On this episode of Highway to Hoover, Joe Healy and Mark Etheridge recap week six around the SEC, highlighted by Texas' series win at Auburn and Alabama's sweep of Florida.

    00:00 Week 6 Kickoff

    02:39 South Carolina Change

    07:29 Arkansas Survives Series

    11:24 Texas vs Auburn Classics

    15:02 Auburn Rotation Questions

    17:34 Alabama Sweeps Florida

    23:55 SEC Parity Talk

    28:01 Oklahoma Tops LSU

    28:39 LSU Issues Ahead

    30:16 LSU Lineup Questions

    32:22 Oklahoma Exceeds Hype

    35:03 Mississippi State Sweeps Vandy

    38:20 Vanderbilt RPI Worries

    41:25 Ole Miss Edges Kentucky

    45:42 Georgia Bombs Texas A&M

    50:33 Tennessee Survives Missouri

    54:08 Missouri Real Improvement

    58:12 Wrap-Up And Sponsors

    Kerriston Coffee is proud to be the official coffee of D1Baseball. With over 30 years in the business, this family-owned roastery delivers fresh, small-batch coffee made for college baseball fans, coaches, and everyone in between. Kerriston Coffee ships nationwide, and as a listener to The D1Baseball Podcast, you can use code D1 at kerristoncoffee.com to receive 15% off your first order!

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    1 hr
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