Episode 9: What the oddsmakers say about Tennessee versus the rest of the SEC in 2018

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🗓️ 11 July 2018

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Josh Ward begins today's show discussing the latest SEC championship odds for 2018, according to the Las Vegas Superbook. Find out where Tennessee stands compared to the rest of the league. Powell (Tenn.) High School coach Matt Lowe joins the show (4:30 mark) to talk about Tennessee offensive line commit Chris Akporoghene, who was coached by Lowe at The King's Academy. Josh also talks about defensive lineman Greg Emerson in today's "getting to know the newcomers" segment and adds a couple of Tennessee hoops notes. 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.
0:09.5	My name is Josh Ward.
0:10.9	Thank you for being here on today's show.
0:13.3	There are odds on the SEC championship this upcoming season.
0:17.4	I'll tell you where Tennessee stands among the other teams in the league, the
0:21.3	odds to win the SEC title. On Monday, Tennessee picked up a commitment from Chris Akpiroganet on
0:28.2	today's show here from Matt Lowe, the former head coach at the King's Academy, Akparogine's
0:32.8	former head coach. I'm going to talk to him about what he saw from Okpirogane when he arrived in Knoxville
0:39.0	and how he has developed over the last few years. I think you're going to want to hear that
0:43.0	conversation about Tennessee's newest commitment on the offensive line. The latest newcomer to
0:49.2	know, lineman Greg Emerson. Is he an offensive lineman or a defensive lineman? That was a question
0:54.5	coming out of the spring. I'll talk about Greg Emerson and a couple of basketball notes for you
0:58.9	on Rocky Talk. The Daily Tennessee podcast posted at rocky talk podcast.com. And if you have time to
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1:12.7	as well as the other third-party applications. So earlier this week, the Las Vegas Superbook
1:18.8	updated the odds for all 14 teams to win the SEC championship this year. Not a surprise,
1:25.2	Alabama is the favorite and a heavy favorite. The odds are five to eight
1:28.8	that Alabama will win the SEC title ahead of Georgia last year's SEC champ, which is five to two,
1:35.2	Auburn's at 7 to 1, Mississippi State 12 to 1, Florida and LSU both 18 to 1. Missouri, this might
1:42.0	surprise you a little bit. Missouri is 20 to 1 ahead of South Carolina and Texas A&M, which are both 30 to 1. Missouri, this might surprise you a little bit. Missouri is 20 to 1 ahead of South Carolina
1:45.4	and Texas A&M, which are both 30 to 1. Then you have to drop way down to Tennessee at 100 to 1 odds.
1:52.8	So if you count ahead of Tennessee, there are nine teams with better odds of winning the
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