Ep. 24: Tennessee football receives big news both on and off the field

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🗓️ 1 August 2018

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

Today's show begins with good news for Tennessee and offensive lineman Trey Smith. According to Chris Low of ESPN, Smith has been cleared by doctors to return to the field this fall. He will resume contact activities in mid-August and should be ready to play in the season opener against West Virginia on Sept. 1. Hear from Smith, who talks about the difficult time he went through understanding the medical situation and how anxious he is to return to the field after missing time. Cole Cubelic of the SEC Network details how good he thinks Smith can be for the Vols this season. Tennessee also received more good news on the recruiting trail on Tuesday. Find out about news defensive tackle commit Savion Williams, and Steve Wiltfong of 247Sports explains why he thinks coach Jeremy Pruitt can be successful at Tennessee. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome into Rocky Talk, the Daily Tennessee Podcast.
0:09.9	My name is Josh Ward.
0:11.5	Thank you for being here on today's show.
0:14.1	And today's show has a lot of news to talk about as it relates to Tennessee football,
0:18.2	both on the field and off the field.
0:20.3	The news on the field has to do with Trey Smith.
0:23.0	Tennessee's, I would say best player, maybe most important player,
0:26.5	an offensive lineman who was an all-SEC player as a true freshman
0:29.7	playing four different positions last year for Tennessee.
0:32.9	We'll get to that as well as big recruiting news.
0:35.8	And I mean that literally and figuratively coming on Tuesday with
0:40.0	Tennessee adding another player to the 2019 class the balls are now up to 18 commitments in the 19
0:47.2	class it's growing very quickly three commits since last Friday all on the defensive side so
0:53.3	a mix of on the field, football talk, and then
0:56.6	football recruiting, which continues to be a focus for the coaching staff, but it's a class that
1:01.3	is quickly growing. There's not a lot of room right now with Tennessee's class, which I'm sure
1:06.2	is something that Tennessee's coaches are telling some of those prospects out there as well. So all of that right here on Rocky Talk, the Daily Tennessee Podcast.
1:14.4	It's at rockytocpodcast.com.
1:16.6	And the show is available every day on iTunes, Google Play, SoundCloud, and all of the third-party apps.
1:23.0	It says football is close.
1:24.0	Friday is the start of fall camp.
1:25.7	Thursday will be Jeremy Pruitt's opening camp press
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