T&L Extra: D1Baseball's Mark Etheridge on Mississippi State's Fall Exhibition and State's Preseason Expectations

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🗓️ 23 October 2025

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Mississippi State baseball may never have higher expectations than it does coming into Brian O'Connor's first season at the helm. The Diamond Dawgs held an exhibition this weekend, and D1Baseball's Mark Etheridge was there to watch it. Brian Hadad welcomes Mark to the pod to discuss what he saw, why he is impressed with State's roster, and his thoughts on the SEC power structure with the departure of Tony Vitello from Tennessee. Brian Hadad of SportsTalk Mississippi and Robbie Faulk of On3 give you the best insight into Mississippi State athletics. We cover the Bulldogs like no one else. This show is a production of SuperTalk Mississippi Media. Learn more at SuperTalk.FM

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0:38.0	Modern Wellness.com. I was just saying before I hit record, a little odd to be doing a
0:43.3	college baseball interview on October 21st, but that is the state of Mississippi State right
0:47.8	now with the expectations. Mark Etheridge joins us D1 Baseball. We've had him on the podcast
0:52.2	a few times before, and Mark, you were in Pensacola this past weekend. You got to see Mississippi State versus Florida State. We'll get into that in just a minute. But we haven't had a chance to speak since the hiring of Brian O'Connor. I felt like that was the kind of move that Mississippi State was making a statement, that they were like, we are going to be a player in college baseball.
1:12.5	No more, you know, piddling around, basically.
1:15.8	We have the facilities.
1:17.1	We have the support.
1:18.2	Now we have the coaches is kind of the statement.
1:22.1	I feel like Zach Selman made.
1:23.2	What were your thoughts when you heard that Brian O'Connor was taking this job?
1:26.7	Yeah.
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