RIVALRY WEEK: Game KEYS for Tennessee Football to ELIMINATE Diego Pavia, Vanderbilt from Playoff Race

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🗓️ 28 November 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Tennessee Volunteers gear up to spoil Vanderbilt Commodores’ College Football Playoff dreams in a high-stakes SEC shootout. Can Joey Aguilar and DeSean Bishop outduel Diego Pavia and cap the regular season with a statement victory at Neyland Stadium? Eric Cain and Boogie Bentley preview this intense rivalry, predicting fireworks as Tennessee’s explosive receiving trio—Chris Brazzell, Braylon Staley, and Mike Matthews—faces a vulnerable Vanderbilt secondary. Key discussion points include Tennessee’s keys to victory, the significance of blitzing Pavia, red zone efficiency, and the evolving seasons of both teams. Boogie Bentley breaks down Josh Heupel’s impact, bowl season outlook, and whether this matchup cements Vanderbilt’s legitimacy or confirms Tennessee’s dominance. Plus, hear their score predictions, favorite Christmas traditions, and what this electric atmosphere means for Vol Nation. Don’t miss this fast-paced analysis of Tennessee vs. Vanderbilt, playoff implications, and program-building insight.

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0:00.0	It's Tennessee. It's Vanderbilt and it really shouldn't be this hard.
0:04.2	How Tennessee is going to knock off Vanderbilt and destroy any hope of a college football
0:08.8	playoff berth for the Commodores.
0:16.4	You are Locked on Balls, your daily podcast on the Tennessee Volunteers, part of the Locked on Podcast Network, your team every day.
0:26.3	What's good, everybody?
0:27.4	Happy Friday morning and welcome in to it.
0:29.2	This is Locked on Vols and I am your host, Eric Kane, a member of the BallQuest.com team here in town covering your Tennessee Volunteers.
0:36.1	This is Locked on Balls, your place for Tennessee
0:38.2	football news, entertainment each and every single day, a part of the Lockdown Podcasts Network,
0:42.7	the number one sports podcasting network available. Every dayers, could not do the show without
0:47.4	you. Appreciate you guys as always. I really do thankful for you guys here on the Thanksgiving
0:52.1	week for making Lockdown Ball as a part of your morning routine, your first listen, your first watch each and every single day.
0:57.6	Today's show, two segments with Boogie Bentley.
0:59.8	We talk a little Christmas.
1:01.1	We talk a little Tennessee Vanderbilt, the quarterback matchup, what it's going to take moving forward.
1:06.0	All that coming up in segments two and three, but first my keys to victory for the Tennessee volunteers in a game
1:11.4	like this. Tennessee is the favorite at home by three points. I believe that numbers climbed
1:16.5	over our friends over at Fandul Sportsbook. But this is a game to where it's pretty much a pickum,
1:22.6	right? We know that the home team typically gets like three points and when factoring in the spread, You know, that's what a lot of people say. And this is a good Vanderbilt offense. It's a really good Tennessee offense. It's an up and down Vanderbilt defense. It's a Tennessee defense that has not been great this year, but it's been very opportunistic and it's done a couple of things at an elite level. So these are two very similar teams, also led by two very similar quarterbacks.
1:47.3	We've talked about that all week long, how Joey Aguilar and Diego Pavia both went the Jucco
1:51.5	route, went group of five, and then of course now in the SEC, Pavia for two years in Aguilar
1:58.1	here for his first year.
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