GAME PLAN: Tennessee Football MUST Rely on DeSean Bishop and RUN GAME vs. Diego Pavia, Vanderbilt | STATS

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🗓️ 26 November 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Tennessee Volunteers target Vanderbilt’s seemingly strong rush defense and expose the hidden flaws—can DeSean Bishop’s relentless ground attack secure victory? Eric Cain breaks down why running the ball is Tennessee’s key, dropping compelling stats on Bishop’s breakout season, recent dominance over the Commodores, and why Vanderbilt’s defensive ranking may be misleading. The analysis digs into Josh Heupel’s offensive strategy, Joey Aguilar’s pass attempt threshold, and historical trends that shape this pivotal SEC rivalry. Josh Ward joins the conversation to spotlight Bishop’s rise from walk-on to SEC star, and offers a firsthand look at how Tennessee can capitalize against Diego Pavia’s surging Vanderbilt offense. Plus, the show ventures back to 1951 with Noah Taylor, reliving Tennessee’s first unanimous national title and a wild, brawl-filled showdown with Vanderbilt. Can the Volunteers run their way to another statement win on Senior Day?

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0:00.0	All eyes are on the quarterbacks for Tennessee and Vanderbilt, but the key for the volunteers to win this football game is running the ball with Deshawn Bishop.
0:08.4	Vanderbilt's rush defense, very misleading.
0:10.6	I'll tell you why.
0:16.9	You are locked on balls.
0:19.1	Your daily podcast on the Tennessee Volunteers. part of the Locked On Podcast Network, your team every day.
0:26.6	What is up, everybody? Welcome into it, your Wednesday morning, Locked on Vols.
0:30.5	I am your host, Eric Kane, a member of the BallQuest.com team here in Knoxville covering your Tennessee Volunteers.
0:36.7	We are a part of Locked on Podcast Network, where it is your team every single day. We are the number
0:40.5	one sports podcast and network available. That is the Lockdown Podcast Network. This is
0:45.4	Lockdown Balls, your daily stop for Tennessee Football News and Entertainment. Appreciate
0:48.8	you every day or is for being a part of the show and making it's your first listen,
0:52.2	your first watch each and every single day.
0:55.0	And yeah, we're going to have a fun show coming up here today. We're going to throw it way back on a Wednesday. Let's see what I did there, no throwback Thursday, because I'm going to have a crossover with Corey Burton of Locked on Vanderbilt coming up on tomorrow's show. So looking forward to that. throwback or way back Wednesday with Noah Taylor and PC coming up later in the show
1:13.1	1951 the first so looking forward to that. Throwback or way back Wednesday with Noah Taylor and PC coming up later in the show.
1:13.5	1951, the first undisputed unanimous national championship in Tennessee program history.
1:19.6	But it almost didn't happen that way because a 1-10 Vanderbill Club tried to play spoiler.
1:24.4	We'll go back and revisit that account.
1:26.8	Ward Wednesday coming up in segment
1:28.0	number two, getting Josh Ward's thoughts on Tennessee football against Diego Pavia and the
1:32.3	Vanderbilt Commodores. But first, the key to Tennessee winning this football game is running
1:36.5	the football while all eyes are going to be on the quarterbacks in Joey Aguilar and Diego
1:41.2	Pavia. We had a show about that yesterday about looking at the numbers and looking at the deep ball accuracy specifically for these two quarterbacks and how they had very similar journeys coming through the junior college ranks and now finding success at the power for specifically in the SEC.
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