Expectations for Tennessee football. What is an acceptable record and why the over is absolutely in play?

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into it locked on vols here on a thursday appreciate you guys for being here making us your first

listen your first watch each and every single day today we have cc mic on the show you guys know

his podcast you guys know who he is you know cousin chainousin Shane. One of the best shows about SEC football out there. Awesome stuff. Always watch you guys. So, Mike, thank you so much for joining us. Hey, thanks for having me, Eric. It's an honor. And being a Tennessee grad, I love your show. I just stay locked in on the balls. Thanks to you. So thank you. This

is just my thank you to you coming on your show getting to be a part of it.

SEC Mike is locked in on locked on balls right there. That's that's the mantra. He's also a

Morristown guy, Marstown East. Is that right or West? Oh, West. West. I hate Morristown East.

I can't stand that. Jeff County Boy can't stand the Trojans, wish you were a hurricane more than that. But good old East Tennessee boy. And we're going to talk about Josh Hebel's ranking in the pecking order in terms of head coaches in the South Eastern Conference. Tennessee's offseason, bringing in Jim Knowles, Derek Owings, and of course, transfer portal, how those players performed in the spring.

But first with SEC, Mike, and this is why I told you off air,

that's why I love having, you know, you and people that cover the SEC as a whole, right?

Just to get your thoughts. Like, I have expectations for Tennessee. I'm on the ground floor.

I see the warts. I see the star freshman or the reserve that's

poised to step up and take on a bigger role or whatever. But I'm interested to hear from you.

You know, Van Duel has it at seven and a half. I mean, yeah, give me your win-lost total if you got it.

But like, what are your expectations for Josh Heipel this year?

And then, of course, we know it's always a caveat.

Who's the quarterback?

How's that quarterback play?

Yeah, I mean, if I have to give you a record prediction right now, I'd probably say

nine and three for Tennessee.

And it's kind of interesting, Eric, because I try not to be a Tennessee homer.

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