Joey Aguilar and Deshawn Bishop are playing for much more than just a win in the Music City Bowl.

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All right, today's show is going to be a fun one.

Five storylines to watch for, for Tennessee in the Music City Bowl.

A couple of those are youth infusion, some history in Nashville for Josh Hyple and how the offense has been humming.

Joey Aguilar, Deshaun Bishop, chasing history that's coming up first.

And then, of course, we'll get into some bowl opt-outs as we continue to track and see who all is going to be playing in this football game. Because that's just the nature of the beach, right? I mean, if you're not in the college football playoffs, a lot of people opt out and declare for the NFL draft. And it's kind of like, sure, you want to use this as a springboard to the next season. But also, you do have some seniors who play in this game, but just like for Tennessee and every other team, it's like, okay, well, who is exactly playing in this football game? So we're going to, we're going to see who all's off the doubt, who's not playing for Tennessee and Illinois, all that and more coming up here on today's Locked-on ball. So without further ado, let's jump that into it. Some storylines to be on the lookout for Tennessee in the Music City Bowl. I think number one is Joey Aguilar. Now, this could very well be his

last game in an orange and white uniform, okay, for Tennessee. He is listed as a plaintiff,

or as a plaintiff on a complaint towards the NCAA as they are trying to negate the Juko

years from counting against those players. We'll see what happens. There's been a little bit of steam in that and trying to put some pressures on the courts and trying to get a ruling done before the transfer portal closes officially in the month of January. But again, you know, if your tendency, you have to assume that you're not going to have them. You have to, you know, business as usual, as then you've got to go get another quarterback

because you're only right now going to have two scholarship quarterbacks on the roster moving forward.

But Joey Aguilar, if this is his final game in the Tennessee uniform,

he is going to be chasing some history.

And really, the history resolves or revolves around the 2025 season.

He is currently number four in single season Tennessee history in terms of passing yards in a season.

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