Dedeaux Download: Andy Stankiewicz joins the show after USC baseball makes back-to-back NCAA tournaments
Peristyle Podcast - USC Trojan Football Discussion
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🗓️ 26 May 2026
⏱️ 106 minutes
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Summary
The Dedeaux Download Podcast returns with Shotgun Spratling and podcast co-host Kasey Kazliner breaking down the news that USC baseball is back in the NCAA tournament for the second straight year after the Trojans were selected as an at-large team in the College Station Regional in Texas.
USC head coach Andy Stankiewicz joins the show to talk about the Trojans making it to back-to-back regionals for the first time since 2001-2002, his reaction to not being a regional host despite a No. 9 RPI as well as what the Trojans have to do better to take the next step and make it to a super regional after being in a regional final last year.
Stankiewicz also discusses how the Trojan coaching staff will try to use its Texas connections to prepare scouting reports and mentions the possibility of potentially 'pitching off' and saving Big Ten Pitcher of the Year Mason Edwards for a potential 1-0 matchup with host Texas A&M.
After a break, Shotgun and Kasey discuss the progression of the USC program making back-to-back regionals after only one in the previous two decades and take a look back at the action from the Big Ten Tournament where the Trojans went 1-1, losing a heartbreaking walk-off to rival UCLA in the tournament semifinals. They note three positives, including Augie Lopez's potential re-emergence and showing they are capable of beating the best teams in the nation. They also look at USC's struggles leaving men on base and some defensive struggles.
The podcasting duo close out the show previewing each of the teams that will also be in the College Station Regional alongside USC with host Texas A&M, No. 3-seed Texas State and four-seed Lamar, breaking down the potential starting pitchers the Trojans could face in the first two matchups.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome back to the Dato Download podcast, a USC baseball podcast presented by USCFootball.com and the Peristyle podcast. I'm your host |
| 0:21.4 | Shotgun Spratling back once again with my co-host Casey Kasseler. Casey, it's officially postseason |
| 0:27.4 | time. How are we feeling right now? Best time of the year. I know you were going over your |
| 0:31.8 | sleep schedule a few weeks ago. I'm guessing that's cut in half at this point. But I'm super excited. |
| 0:37.4 | It's all coming down to this. |
| 0:39.3 | And I'm sure we have a ton to break down. So I'm looking forward to it. |
| 0:50.7 | According to my sleep data that, you know, I have a WUPA thing. So, you know, just keeping my sleep data. I got 19 hours of sleep last week. |
| 0:51.5 | Wow. |
| 0:52.7 | Is that up? |
| 0:54.4 | That's, that's not very good. |
| 0:55.6 | That's for seven days. |
| 0:57.2 | For seven days, I got 19 hours of sleep. |
| 0:56.2 | So that's not very good. That's for seven days. For seven days, I got 19 hours of sleep. So that's conference tournament weekend. I get to rest up a couple days |
| 1:00.9 | right now, right? Because we're going into regionals and we get to talk about USC because they |
| 1:06.3 | are making a regional for the second consecutive season. First time since 2001, 2002, the USC has been in the NCAA tournament in back-to-back week, I mean back-to-back seasons. So big accomplishment for USC, making the right progression in this program under Andy Stankowitz. But for any for newcomers listening for the first episode here on the day no download podcast, which is part of the Paras style podcast filming shows. We break down all these news and developments with the USC baseball program, so we'll definitely be talking about this regional and where the program's kind of headed, as well as taking a look at the latest action. So we'll look back at the Big Ten tournament, how USC did there, and we look forward to the upcoming matchups. So we're going to break down all the regional foes that USC could be facing as they're going to head to College Station, |
| 1:49.7 | the home of the Texas A&M Aggies, to face off with Texas State in the first game, and then |
| 1:55.3 | potentially either Texas A&M and Lamar in the second game. That will be a double elimination |
| 1:59.3 | tournament for those who don't know what regionals are four teams, double elimination tournament. |
| 2:04.5 | So if you can win three games, you can advance to the super regional round. |
| 2:09.7 | And if USC does that, depending on how the other regional that they're paired up with, |
| 2:14.5 | which is the Chapel Hill Regional with North Carolina, if something goes USC's favor, if New Tennessee is able to win at Chapel Hill, if |
| 2:23.3 | East Carolina pulls off something there in Chapel Hill and makes some magic, and USC wins |
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