Episode 8: Vols land a big commitment + looking at what went wrong the last 10 years

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🗓️ 10 July 2018

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Josh Ward begins today's show with the news of Tennessee's latest commitment. The Vols landed offensive lineman Chris Akporoghene from IMG Academy in Florida. The Nigerian native has an interesting story and offers big-time upside for Tennessee. Josh also talks to Mark Nagi, author of the book "Decade of Dysfunction." They discuss what went wrong with UT athletics over the last 10 years as well as the influece athletic director Phillip Fulmer could have on coach Jeremy Pruitt. And Josh talks about athlete Alontae Taylor in today's segment "getting to know the newcomers." 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. My name is Josh Ward. Thanks for being along
0:11.8	today on the show coming up. Tennessee lands a commitment for the 2019 class, the
0:17.0	Valls' third offensive line commitment for 2019.
0:23.2	I'll tell you about him coming up in just a moment.
0:25.1	Mark Nagy is going to join the show.
0:27.8	Mark is a longtime media member in Knoxville.
0:30.1	He wrote the book, Decade of Dysfunction,
0:31.8	looking back at the last 10 years,
0:34.1	which haven't gone so well for Tennessee.
0:36.5	Mark's going to join the show to talk about that,
0:38.5	and we'll continue to get to know the newcomers for Tennessee. Today's player to know, Alante Taylor, a terrific athlete in the 2019
0:44.7	class right now projected to play defense but could help at cornerback or wide receiver.
0:51.2	We'll talk about Alante on today's show as well. It is Rocky Talk, the daily
0:54.9	Tennessee podcast available on SoundCloud, iTunes, Google Play, and all the third-party
1:01.2	sources, plus posted every day at rocky talk podcast.com. So Tennessee on Monday picked up a commitment
1:10.0	from offensive lineman Chris at Porganet, a player who moved to the United States just a few years ago.
1:16.2	He's a Nigerian native actually came to Knoxville to play at the King's Academy.
1:21.2	He has since transferred to IMG Academy where he is right now.
1:25.4	But Agporgone is one of the top prospects in the country along
1:29.3	the offensive line. He's a four-star according to rivals, a three-star prospect, according to ESPN
1:34.0	and 247 sports, and a guy that has a chance to really grow into an SEC offensive line. And he's
1:41.2	about 6'4 has been listed between 275 and 290 pounds. If you look at
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