GoVols247: Vols add two high-profile transfers
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🗓️ 10 January 2020
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
GoVols247’s Wes Rucker (from Fort Rucker Studio) and Ryan Callahan (from his house across town) convened via the magic of Al Gore’s Internets to discuss Tennessee’s addition of two high-profile transfers — starting offensive lineman Cade Mays from Georgia, and speedy wide receiver Velus Jones Jr. from USC.
The first segment of this episode is a general discussion on the addition of Mays and the impact that will have on the Vols, perhaps as soon as the 2020 season if Mays is able to secure an immediate-eligibility waiver from the NCAA. Mays — a former star at Knoxville Catholic High School, the older brother of Vols offensive line signee Cooper Mays and the son of former Vols offensive lineman Kevin Mays — upset a lot of people in the state when he signed with Georgia over the Vols, but he had his reasons for doing that. Situations change, though, and Mays’ decision to return home is one that certainly won’t upset a fan base that never wanted him to leave home in the first place. What kind of player is Mays? What factors made this the right time to come home? How much of a chance does he have to secure eligibility for the 2020 season? Those are the primary discussion points in that segment.
The second segment of this episode is a general discussion on Jones — an Alabama native who initially signed with USC when Vols’ wide receivers coach Tee Martin had the same position at USC. Why didn’t Jones have a bigger role with the Trojans? What kind of impact could he have on the Vols in 2020? How will he fit into the Tennessee offense? Those are the primary discussion points in that segment.
Brief discussion of another power-program transfer — wide receiver Miles Jones from Nebraska — also is included in the second segment. The speedy Jones was a scholarship player at Nebraska and was a three-star prospect from powerhouse American Heritage High School in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., where he played alongside current Tennessee wideout Brandon Johnson.
The next GoVols247 Podcast episode will be released later in the week, unless breaking news occurs before that point.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi. |
| 0:18.0 | Good morning. Good morning, afternoon, afternoon, evening, brunch time, lunch time, lunch time, wild week in Knoxville, Tennessee time. Interesting start to the off-season time. |
| 0:25.0 | Guess interesting good is better than interesting bad time. |
| 0:29.0 | Whatever time of day it is, boys and girls, |
| 0:31.0 | it's the right time for the go-valls 24-7 |
| 0:34.0 | podcast Westrucker coming to you from Fort Rucker studio back in the studio. |
| 0:40.4 | It's been a couple weeks since we've since we've been here. It's like my own house and I don't even wait I live here |
| 0:48.4 | How about that? How about that? How about that? |
| 0:51.3 | It was gone for a couple weeks obviously down to uh down to Florida |
| 0:55.2 | Tennessee playing in the gator bowl. We took care of that stuff. |
| 0:59.0 | Brought the road equipment down there, got that done. Came back then immediately went to Missouri for a basketball game. |
| 1:05.1 | Now back in town, at least for a couple days. |
| 1:08.4 | It's good to be back. |
| 1:10.3 | Maybe I'll even remember what my, uh, what my wife and dog look like. |
| 1:14.0 | Actually, that's not true. |
| 1:15.0 | My wife's already gone back out of town for work. |
| 1:17.3 | So I guess it's just how it is these days, guys. |
| 1:20.6 | Not just me on this podcast, though, also coming to us from across town if I can |
| 1:26.2 | get the words out of my mouth is Ryan Callahan what's up Ryan. |
| 1:30.1 | Hey Wes how's it going it's going man. I'm trying to remember what everything here in this place looks like. |
| 1:36.4 | Been a while. It's kind of weird, yeah. We've been... You got used to doing the road show. You were setting setting up live remotes weren't you? |
| 1:43.2 | Yeah we were we were basically in various courtyard or Marriott properties across the United |
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