Congratulations, everybody. The day is finally here. It's game day. Tennessee and Ball State. It's been a long offseason, but finally, it's game day. We're going to break down that and a whole lot more right here on your game day edition of Locked on Balls.

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What is up, everybody, and welcome into it. This is Locked-on Balls, your go-to Tennessee

volunteers podcast each and every day, a part of the Locked-on Podcast Network that's your team

every single day. I'm Eric Kane. You can find me on Twitter at underscore Caner and at Locked-on

balls. And as you very well know, it is game date. Tennessee and Ball State coming up tonight at 7 o'clock.

We're going to get you set right here on the pod, subscribe wherever you find your podcast, and please

subscribe and follow us on YouTube as well. Thank you so much for making Lockdown Balls your first listen.

So I got a fun show coming up. We're going to break down expectations for Ball State.

We're going to take a look at Tennessee and season openers throughout its history.

And then we're going to get a special guest coming up later in the show.

So really, really looking forward to that.

But first, before we get into things, I do want to make an announcement,

a little bit of an announcement.

You guys probably saw my social media account. And if you were listening to the radio show on a Wednesday morning, I am stepping away from the sports animal.

I'm no longer going to be a part of the morning show. I want to pursue, I want to continue pursuing

this podcast. I want to continue pursuing my work with Ball Quest. And I want to have more of a

work life balance if that makes a little bit sense. I don't want to work 17, work with VolQuest, and I want to have more of a work-life balance,

if that makes a little bit sense. I don't want to work 17, 18-hour days anymore. And so I'm blessed

to be in the position that I meant to be able to do that. It's going to be tough. I promise I'm not

going to make this long or anything, but it's going to be tough. I love radio. It's my passion. I'll do radio again one day. I feel like I will. But right now, this is the right move.

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