Tennessee vs. Mississippi State Early Preview, Blake Shapen Optimism For Bulldogs & Nico Iamaleava's Issues With Former MSU QB Matt Wyatt
The Chase Thomas Podcast: A Tennessee Volunteers Show
Chase Thomas
5.0 • 548 Ratings
🗓️ 1 August 2025
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
On today's program, Chase is joined by former Mississippi State quarterback Matt Wyatt to talk about Blake Shapen optimism in the SEC as QB1 for the Bulldogs, what happened to the Mississippi State defense last season, if the Vols will be on upset alert in Starkville this fall and what Matt saw with Nico Iamaleava in Josh Heupel's last season in Knoxville.
Host: Chase Thomas
Guests: Matt Wyatt
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| 0:00.0 | Chase Thomas podcast. The Chase Thomas podcast. |
| 0:04.0 | My nephew needs me to record. See, I hate it. I already hate it. I hate it. |
| 0:09.2 | All right. Hello. Welcome back to another episode of the Chase Thomas podcast from still the A for mention Chase Thomas coming to you from Knoxville, Tennessee, Everything School, HQ. |
| 0:17.8 | Joining me from very much not Mississippi where he normally is. |
| 0:22.9 | Matt Wyatt from parts unknown out of his element. |
| 0:26.8 | Still got the Bulldogs hat on, though, so people know where Matt Wyatt might be. |
| 0:30.3 | You never know where you might run into Matt Wyatt. |
| 0:32.2 | It might be in the Big Apple. |
| 0:33.3 | Who knows where Matt Wyatt, his travels might take him. |
| 0:37.0 | Former Mississippi State quarterback. Matt Wyatt, also the host of the Matt Wyatt, his travels might take him, former Mississippi State quarterback. |
| 0:38.7 | Matt Wyatt, also the host of the Matt Wyatt show. |
| 0:41.8 | Matt, good afternoon, my friend. |
| 0:43.0 | How are you? |
| 0:43.7 | Man, you're a great, Chase. |
| 0:45.2 | Good to be here. |
| 0:46.5 | And just for the record, you know, this sign that's over my head, it says Hugh Jackman. |
| 0:53.0 | I just want them to know, my name is at the bottom of the screen. |
| 0:56.3 | That's not me. I'm not Hugh Jackman. Have you ever been compared to somebody who has, has your wife ever been like, you kind of look like so-and-so. Have you ever gotten a so-and-so person? Look, the only one I ever got. Uh-huh. I was younger. it happened more when I was younger, |
| 1:10.4 | it was Woody Harrelson. |
| 1:11.5 | I would get that a lot. |
| 1:13.0 | People in college and it was back when I had hair. And then when I shaved my head, you know, and I think it was when you had skinny mat. I'm not, this isn't skinny mat, but skinny mat, apparently used to in some scenarios resemble Woody Harrelson. That's a good one. For what it's worth. Uh-huh. Did you see it? No. Interesting. I, you know, I never saw that. You know, and I think that's one of probably those examples of how you just don't see yourself the way others do or hear yourself the way others do you know your voice and that sort of |
| 1:44.6 | like yeah for um it's funny i don't know if you feel the same but as i've gotten older and you and i |
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