Episodes

  • Bye week big-picture discussion on the state of Tennessee football and the Josh Heupel discourse

    Bye week big-picture discussion on the state of Tennessee football and the Josh Heupel discourse
    Nov 7 2025
    There's no game for Tennessee football on Saturday, but it's still been quite the week for the program with the Vols facing the reality of being out of College Football Playoff contention after the loss to Oklahoma. GoVols247's Ben McKee and Patrick Brown came together for a big-picture discussion on the state of Tennessee football coming off its third loss of the season and the discourse surrounding head coach Josh Heupel. This week has seen the discourse on Heupel and the Vols range from frustration and anger to comments from former players denigrating Heupel's outlook on Rocky Top. Then you have Kirk Herbstreit calling out Tennessee fans who want Heupel gone (there aren't many, but there are some) and saying the Vols need to lock him down for the long term. As if that wasn't enough, one national columnist thinks Heupel should leave Tennessee and go to Penn State. What do make of all of that? More importantly, what does Tennessee need to do over its final three games to salvage this season? And what changes do Heupel and the Vols need to make in the offseason to maintain their success and get over the hump to true championship contention? We discuss it all. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    57 mins
  • GoVols247 Podcast: Tennessee receives pair of commitments during busy recruiting weekend

    GoVols247 Podcast: Tennessee receives pair of commitments during busy recruiting weekend
    Nov 3 2025
    GoVols247's Ryan Callahan and Ben McKee react to 2026 tight end Luca Wolf and 2027 offensive lineman Princeton Uwaifo committing to Tennessee football over the weekend. They also discuss several other storylines from a busy weekend for the Vols on the recruiting trail. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    36 mins
  • Postgame Podcast: Making sense of Tennessee's damaging home loss to Oklahoma

    Postgame Podcast: Making sense of Tennessee's damaging home loss to Oklahoma
    Nov 2 2025
    GoVols247's Patrick Brown and Ryan Callahan break down Tennessee's 33-27 home loss to Oklahoma at Neyland Stadium on Saturday night. The Vols saw their College Football Playoff chances snuffed out with three games to go as Josh Heupel's team lost to Josh Heupel's alma mater. Tennessee could have been out of sight early, but a slew of mistakes on offense squandered multiple opportunities for early scores and separation on the scoreboard. A missed field goal and three turnovers represented a huge swing as the Sooners led at the break despite the Dark Mode having big advantages in yards, plays run, first downs and third-down conversions. Then the offense, defense and special teams took turns letting Tennessee down in the second half as Oklahoma took the lead in the third quarter and held off some late attempts at a rally with a fourth-down stop on a dropped pass looming large against the Vols. We discussed what went wrong and where the Vols go from here with their Playoff hopes done. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    35 mins
  • Tennessee-Oklahoma Preview: Can Vols prevail against Sooners in College Football Playoff elimination game?

    Tennessee-Oklahoma Preview: Can Vols prevail against Sooners in College Football Playoff elimination game?
    Oct 30 2025
    GoVols247's Patrick Brown and Ryan Callahan preview Tennessee's crunch matchup with Oklahoma at Neyland Stadium on Saturday night. First we recap the first SEC availability report with the latest injury updates on Colton Hood, Arion Carter and Jermod McCoy. Then we discuss the state of Tennessee's defense and why the Vols have regressed so far this season? We look at the numbers that have dropped off from last season and try to pinpoint a reason why Tennessee has struggled. Can the defense be fixed in-season? Next, we looked at the matchup with the Sooners, who have lost two of their past three games. Oklahoma is led by an elite defense, but one that gave up a lot of yards and points to Ole Miss last week. And what do we make of QB John Mateer's recent struggles? Finally we touched on some Tennessee recruiting news, including a recent decommitment and the visitors to know on a big recruiting weekend. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    50 mins
  • Postgame Podcast: The good and bad of Tennessee's win at Kentucky

    Postgame Podcast: The good and bad of Tennessee's win at Kentucky
    Oct 26 2025
    GoVols247's Patrick Brown and Ryan Callahan recap Tennessee's 56-34 win at Kentucky from the Kentucky radio booth at Kroger Field in Lexington. Joey Aguilar and his wide receivers lit up the Wildcats on an explosive night for the passing game, but it was another struggle for the defense. We break down the good and bad from another win against Kentucky and look at the big picture for the Vols. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    37 mins
  • Diamond Vols Podcast: Josh Elander is named Tennessee baseball's next head coach

    Diamond Vols Podcast: Josh Elander is named Tennessee baseball's next head coach
    Oct 26 2025
    GoVols247's Ben McKee is joined by former Tennessee baseball players Jared Dickey and Will Heflin to react to Danny White's decision to name Josh Elander the Vols' next head coach. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    49 mins
  • Diamond Vols Podcast: Tony Vitello is headed to the big leagues

    Diamond Vols Podcast: Tony Vitello is headed to the big leagues
    Oct 24 2025
    GoVols247's Ben McKee and former Tennessee baseball pitcher Will Heflin react to Tony Vitello's decision to accept the San Francisco Giants' manager job. They discuss how they believe Vitello will fare at the next level, Vitello's relationship with Vols athletics director Danny White, Frank Anderson being named interim head coach, Tennessee's coaching search, Josh Elander's candidacy and much more. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    1 hr and 32 mins
  • Tennessee-Kentucky preview: Can the Vols get back on track in Lexington?

    Tennessee-Kentucky preview: Can the Vols get back on track in Lexington?
    Oct 23 2025
    GoVols247's Patrick Brown and Ryan Callahan get you ready for Tennessee's game at Kentucky with a preview of the matchup between the Vols and Wildcats in Lexington. First we react to the first availability report of the week, which included Tennessee leading tackler Arion Carter? Why is the linebacker on the injury report and what are his chances of playing? Who would need to step up if Carter is sidelined this week? Then we discussed Kelsey Pope's comments about Tennessee's top wide receiver trio playing so many snaps, Josh Heupel saying the Vols will continue to rotate on their offensive line and the play of the red-hot DeSean Bishop. Finally we previewed the matchup with Kentucky. The Wildcats are just 2-4 and winless in SEC play and Mark Stoops is on the hot seat, but they just took Texas to overtime (and should have won the game) and earlier played Ole Miss tough in another home game. Why should Tennessee be concerned and confident? Patrick admitted is he down on the Vols, but not out. Should he be? Ryan gave his take on a maddening Tennessee team that has talent, spirit and a certain relentlessness about it, but is also so mistake-prone. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    48 mins