Episode 119: John Ward, G.O.A.T.
GoVols247: A Tennessee Volunteers athletics podcast
247Sports, Tennessee, Tennessee Volunteers, Tennessee Football, Tennessee athletics, Football, Colle
4.8 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 22 June 2018
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
GoVols247's Wes Rucker, Ryan Callahan and Grant Ramey went into Fort Rucker Studio to discuss the career and legacy of iconic former Voice of the Vols John Ward, who passed away this week at the age of 88. Tennessee's four-decade broadcaster was consistently regarded as one of the nation's best for a reason, and he was a beloved figure in the Volunteer State for a reason. This episode is focused mostly on Ward, and it features an interview with his predecessor — current Voice of the Vols Bob Kesling. Other topics are discussed in brief in this episode, but the meat and potatoes is focused on one the greatest broadcasters in American sports history.
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| 0:00.0 | There was feared. |
| 0:04.0 | My goal as the head football coach at the University of Tennessee |
| 0:09.1 | is to get us back to that point. |
| 0:11.7 | All right? |
| 0:13.0 | You can do it! |
| 0:15.0 | Let me just quote the late great Colonel Sanders. |
| 0:19.0 | He said, I'm too drunk to take this journey. |
| 0:23.0 | What is that? |
| 0:25.0 | That's what she said. |
| 0:26.0 | Punched up in the end zone, it's tipped up. |
| 0:29.0 | It's curd, it is corn. |
| 0:31.0 | It is corn. |
| 0:32.0 | Joan Jennings. |
| 0:34.0 | Jahan Jennings. |
| 0:37.0 | Good morning. |
| 0:39.0 | Afternoon, evening, |
| 0:45.0 | brunch time, lunch time, back in the United States time. |
| 0:48.0 | Kind of wish I wasn't back yet time. |
| 0:52.0 | Thanks to the guys for holding down the fort while I was gone time. |
| 0:56.4 | Whatever time of date is the right time for the Goevals 24-7 podcast West Rucker |
| 1:01.0 | alongside Grant Ramey, Ryan Callahan. |
| 1:05.0 | Coming to you from Fort Rucker Studio on a somewhat pleasant Thursday, late morning, early afternoon. |
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