Episode 136: Vols' margin for error shrinking

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🗓️ 2 November 2018

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Looking for an honest discussion on the impact of Tennessee’s disappointing loss at South Carolina, and where the Vols go from here?

There's a GoVols247 Podcast for that.

GoVols247's Wes Rucker, Patrick Brown and Ryan Callahan went into Fort Rucker Studio to break down Tennessee's tough, 27-24 loss to the Gamecocks last weekend at Williams-Brice Stadium, and the impact that loss could have on the Vols’ chances to secure bowl-eligibility under first-year head coach Jeremy Pruitt — something few outside this state expected in Pruitt’s first season, but something that felt very possible after the team’s upset win at then-21st-ranked Auburn.

Tennessee took an early lead at South Carolina, scoring its first first-quarter offensive touchdown of the season in the process, and the Vols extended that lead to 21-9 in the third quarter before the Gamecocks reeled them in, overtook them and held them off in a game that came down to the final minutes — as practically every Vols-Gamecocks game seems to do.

How will the Vols rebound in this week’s homecoming game against Charlotte? Who actually knows anything about Charlotte? When did Charlotte football become a thing? Why are some Tennessee fans so seemingly convinced that Jarrett Guarantano needs to be replaced in favor of senior backup Keller Chryst? Why do some consider every backup a potential savior when any starter at any position is struggling?

What does this Tennessee team need to fix in order to become bowl-eligible, and how many of those things are reasonable to expect?

Now that Tennessee has just four games left in the regular season, should we expect to see any young players join the rotation while preserving their redshirt eligibility, thanks to the NCAA’s new rule?

Those and many other questions are discussed in this episode.

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0:00.0	There was a time in place that this university was feared.
0:05.0	My goal as the head football coach at the University of Tennessee
0:10.0	is to get us back to that point.
0:13.0	All right?
0:14.0	Who can do it?
0:16.0	Let me just quote the late great Colonel Sanders.
0:20.0	He said, I'm too drunk.
0:22.0	He says, I'm too drunk to taste this chicken.
0:24.8	What is that? That's what she said.
0:28.4	When you think about running through the tea at Dayland Stadium for the first time this Saturday.
0:34.0	Did that give you a little chicken skin?
0:37.0	A chicken skin, you know?
0:41.0	You know what I'm making reference to when I say chicken skin? You're Southern boy.
0:45.6	You got no idea.
0:48.2	Dodds heaves it. They're bunched up in the end zone. It's tipped up.
0:52.8	It's caught. It is caught.
0:55.2	Javan Jennings.
0:58.0	Javan Jennings.
1:00.0	Good morning. Afternoon, evening.
1:06.0	Brunch time, lunch time. Feeling a little under the weather playing hurt today time.
1:11.0	The other two guys in this studio are a okay, but they might make excuses anyway time because that's how they are time.
1:20.7	Tough, tough loss for Tennessee time.
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