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🗓️ 3 December 2025

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Tennessee Volunteers eye a top-10 recruiting class, but has National Signing Day lost its magic? Eric Cain breaks down Tennessee football’s early commitments, potential flip candidates like JJ Finch, Jordan Carter and Carter Gooden, and the impact of standouts such as five-star quarterback Faizon Brandon and wide receiver Tristen Keys. Are transfer portal dynamics reshaping what it means to win on signing day, and can Josh Heupel’s squad keep pace in the SEC’s high-stakes recruiting war? Key discussions include the sting of a home loss to Vanderbilt, questions about staff changes, and how Tennessee can reclaim its momentum with a daunting 2025 schedule ahead. Josh Ward and special guest Jack Foster offer sharp insights on the Volunteers’ quarterback future, roster management, and next steps for Tennessee basketball after a banner win over Houston in Las Vegas. Don’t miss this fast-paced analysis of recruiting, coaching, and the Volunteers’ path back to championship contention.

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0:00.0	Today is National Signing Day, and it's kind of sad because this day used to be such a national holiday, but Tennessee looks to lock down a top 10 class.
0:15.0	You are locked on balls, your daily podcast on the Tennessee Volunteers, part of the Locked-on Podcast Network, your team every day.
0:24.8	What is up, everybody?
0:25.6	Welcome into it, your Wednesday morning, Locked-on, Vols.
0:28.1	I'm your host, Eric Kane, a member of the ValQuest.com team here in town covering your Tennessee Volunteers.
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0:56.6	single day, and we got a fun loaded show coming up.
0:59.8	Jack Foster of Omaha Productions is going to join the show to give us his thoughts on
1:03.3	Tennessee's football season in review.
1:05.5	We'll continue that series this week.
1:07.1	Ward Wednesday will do the same with Josh Ward in segment number two, plus what's next for Tennessee football and Tennessee basketball as its early season
1:15.5	grind of a schedule before SEC slated as you've begun that kind of last week in Las Vegas
1:20.8	and that continues against a down Syracuse team last night, obviously, and then of course
1:24.9	a Syracuse team that was down.
1:28.7	And, of course, continuing on before that SEC slate begins.
1:33.5	That's coming up in segment two with Josh Ward.
1:35.1	But going to kind of set the scene, if you will, for 2025 National Signing Day.
1:40.4	And again, signing day used to be such a holiday, right? I tell the story every single
1:45.4	year. Growing up, really good friend Nathan Trower, he used to stay home and watch ESPN's coverage
1:50.6	of National Signing Day fake sick. And I don't know if he fakes sick. Maybe his parents let him stay home.
1:54.7	I can't remember. But he was all about signing day growing up. And I've worked in the recruiting
2:00.5	industry for quite some time now.
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