Chase Thomas podcast. The Chase Thomas podcast. My nephew needs me to record. See, I hate, I already

hate it. I hate it. All right. We're back here on the Chase Thomas podcast where I'm still the A4

Mention Chase Thomas coming to you live from Knoxville, Tennessee. Everything School HQ.

Joining me, first timer on this very program, WBLT's own John Sartory John good evening sir how are you

good chase thanks for having me man thank you for being here what was it like having a night off

here not having to be the game in person you know what and it's like we we talked about it a little bit

it's hard to keep track with the SEC schedule this year.

Last week, we had a Wednesday night.

This is the first Tuesday night, and I think we're going until Tuesday the rest of the year

for the most part.

So yeah, it's weird watching from home.

It's a little different tonight, but we'll take it.

What do you prefer? What do you prefer?

What do you prefer? Oh, dude, I'd rather be there. And I'm not just saying that. Like, I mean, I'd rather be there for sure. There's nothing like it, you know. It's loud though. Printed the pod, Ryan Shumper talks about the volume here. So the volume is an issue. I was talking with someone right before the game just about how loud it is.

And I don't know, like, volume here. So the volume is an issue. I was talking with someone right before the game just about

how loud it is. And I don't know. Like, I don't know. We're on the floor. Ryan and the writers are

kind of in the stands of everybody else. I don't really notice that it's that loud. But like, whenever

I read his tweets, I'm like, okay, yeah, it is really loud down here. Like, I don't know. I don't realize it until then, but yeah, it is definitely loud. That's for sure. I can't do it, man. So you're not doing earplugs or anything. You're not. I'm not. Maybe as the years progress, I'm still kind of young. Still, uh, the doctors aren't telling me I got to put them in yet. So maybe that'll change. But as of right now, we're going, uh, you know, we're, we're letting the, the volume go as it wants to, just entering the ear canal and doing what it may. Thank you. What do you,? Because I've never been in your spot in the way

you cover games. Like, what do you see that's different than that fans don't see on TV or even in the

crowd based on your angles? Yeah, I've covered games this year from both where the writers sit. So basically

a fan seat and down on the floor. The biggest thing is in the second half, you're by the Tennessee bench,

and that's the real difference is you get to see what Rick Barnes is doing all the time,

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