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Locked On Vols - Daily Podcast On Tennessee Volunteers Football & Basketball

SPRING SURGE: Tennessee Quarterback Battle HEATS UP—Can George MacIntyre or Faizon Brandon TAKE Over?

Locked On Vols - Daily Podcast On Tennessee Volunteers Football & Basketball

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🗓️ 16 March 2026

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Tennessee Volunteers kick off spring football with a heated quarterback battle and sky-high expectations for the 2026 season. Will George MacIntyre or Faizon Brandon rise to the top, and how will a retooled offensive line shape the team’s future? Eric Cain breaks down the most pressing storylines, from replacing SEC-leading wide receiver Chris Brazzell to key depth battles at running back and tight end. On defense, Tennessee faces a complete overhaul in the secondary and welcomes new leaders like coordinator Jim Knowles and safety TJ Metcalf. Find out which newcomers could step up on the defensive line and how returning linebackers like Arion Carter might shift the rotation. Plus, get Eric Cain’s reaction to FanDuel’s adjusted SEC win totals and what it means for the Volunteers’ path to another strong campaign. Can Tennessee surpass expectations despite roster turnover and a tougher conference schedule?

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0:00.0

Tennessee football spring practice has begun and quarterback talk, of course, is dominating the conversation.

0:10.4

You are locked on balls, your daily podcast on the Tennessee Volunteers. Part of the Locked on

0:17.1

Podcast Network, your team every day. Good Monday morning, everybody. Welcome into Locked on Vols. First shit you guys for being here, making Locked on Balls, a part of your routine each and every single day, a part of the Locked On Podcast Network, your team every single day, the number one sports podcasting network available. Today's show is presented by the great people over FanDil Sportsbook. Fendl is giving you a way to turn that energy into a bigger potential wins with college basketball parlay profit boost. Head on over to fendul.com today to go ahead and get started. We got a lot to get into here today. Appreciate you guys for being here. Spring practice begins on Monday for Tennessee football. We got your storylines for offense. We got your storylines for defense.

0:55.1

They're going to be looking out for them watching throughout the next month or so.

0:58.7

And then, of course, Fan Dual Sportsbook released their win totals for the SEC teams.

1:03.1

Tennessee started out at six and a half. There's been some movement.

1:06.5

There were some movement for five of the teams since the win total is released late last week. Tennessee is one of them, some movement from that initial six and a half. We'll discuss all that and more from our friends over at Fandall Sportsbook coming up in segment number three. All right, so win totals for the University of Tennessee. Of course, I'm your host, Eric Kane. I got to get that in there.

1:27.5

If you're new to the show, appreciate you guys being here. I'm a part of locked on podcast network as well as vaulquest.com. And if you have any questions, comments, concerns, mailback edition of the show is coming up tomorrow. So send in those questions, comments, get those in and underscore canter and at locked on balls. All right, so storylines for spring practice number one's a quarterback, of course.

1:46.3

Tennessee's not going one's a quarterback,

1:45.2

of course. Tennessee's not going to have a quarterback named as a starter by the end of this

1:49.9

spring practice, but it'd be great if you kind of knew kind of what that pecking order was going

1:54.6

into fall camp. And that does not mean that whoever finishes spring second in the order can't overcome that. And, you know,

2:02.6

win the job in fall camp. I truly believe this is going to be a two-camp battle that's being

2:06.3

spring and fall camps. And so, you know, that's what everybody envisions. But even if somebody

2:11.8

comes out here and completely outperforms the other, that being George McIntyre, Faison

2:16.5

Brandon, Fais on Brandon, George McIntyre, I don't think any starter, of course, is going to be named leaving spring. But you want to have a general idea of kind of where you are in this race. And, you know, over the course of 15 practices, a couple of scrimmages, the Orange and White game, that'll be more like a practice that fans are going to be able to go and watch on April the 11th. I'm intrigued to see the steps that are taken for George McIntyre, his command of the offense, his leadership traits, not only leading an offense, but leading a team. Again, when you're talking about guys that kind of have the leg up in this battle, it is George McIntyre simply because he's been here. Simply because he knows the coaches. The coaches know him. He knows the offense. Sure, Tennessee tried to get Joey Aguilar eligible or Joey Aguilar. Tennessee was in support of Joey Aguilar trying to get another year via the courts. That didn't pan out. Tennessee, of course, went after Sam Levitt, talked to Brandon Sorsby, some in the transfer

3:07.5

portal, but when there was an opportunity, they were swinging big, right? When there was an opportunity to get a Bo Probula from Missouri, they passed. And so to me, I mean, sure, like, there's a clear difference in George McIntyre Faison Branden compared to Joey Aguilar, which what you saw last year.

3:24.8

You know, you know what you have.

3:26.7

And then, of course, the big dogs like Swordsby and Levitt.

3:30.5

There's a difference there, but Tennessee's telling us that there's not much of a difference

3:34.2

and or they prefer what they have in house over a guy like Bo Pervula, who, again, it's just

3:38.9

in this era of the transfer portal, you've at least seen

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