Tennessee has found its quarterback for the class of 2027 as Derek Baker commends.

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Today's show, it's going to be a big one.

Lindsay Nelson Stadium, boy, does it look fresh.

That $105 million renovation project, it is, I mean, they didn't say this, but it's like 97% complete, right? They've got like three

little tiny items that they got to finish this off season, but it's minor. It looks

fantastic. Got over there and got to check it out. Yesterday, going to bring some news on that

here on today's show. Ward Wednesday, Josh Ward, a lot of talk about Joey Aguilar, Charles Mediaco,

Trinidad Chamblis, the preliminary injunction week, if you will.

Joey's schedule for Friday, we'll get Josh Ward's thought on that.

But first, Tennessee has its guy.

It's 2027 quarterback, and his name is Derek Baker.

Derek Baker from Milton,

Milton High School, prestigious high school in the Alpharetta area in the state of Georgia,

fantastic player, but a guy that has been hurt, has been injured a little bit throughout his high school

career. He is, according to the rival's industry rankings, he's a three-star rated prospect,

the 491st player in the cycle, the 32nd ranked quarterback, and the 54th ranked player

from the Santa Georgia. And you're probably sitting there like, whoa, whoa, those rankings, those are very good. We don't want someone that's not ranked very high to be the quarterback. Well, first and foremost, players, you know, rankings is not everything. But also, to say the Georgia, first and foremost, is one of the hotbeds in all of college football recruiting. So if you're a top 50 player in Georgia, you're a really, really good player.

And, you know, top 50, top 60.

Ty Redmond, for instance, was like the 79th ranked player in the state of Georgia.

Well, he started every game for Tennessee, almost every game for Tennessee as a true freshman in corner.

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