Tennessee vs Mississippi State Reasons For Optimism, Vols Biggest Story Through 4 Games & Vols 3 SEC Permanent Opponents With More Important Issues' Caleb Mitchell, Joe Niblick & UTK Daily Beacon's Alex Sarkis

The Chase Thomas Podcast: A Tennessee Volunteers Show

Chase Thomas

Vols, Basketball, Baseball, Sports, Football, Tennessee

5.0 • 548 Ratings

🗓️ 24 September 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Chase Thomas is Tennessee's Sports Renaissance Man, Atlanta Sports Guy & VFL. On today's program, Chase is joined by More Important Issues' Caleb Mitchell, Joe Niblick & UTK Daily Beacon's Alex Sarkis to talk about reasons for optimism and skepticism about the Vols in Starkville on Saturday, Tennessee men's hoops is back, worry at all about Florida in two months, Vols biggest story through four games and Tennessee's three permanent SEC opponents.

Host: Chase Thomas

Guests: Joe Niblick, Caleb Mitchell & Alex Sarkis

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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.
0:09.1	All right. Hello. And welcome back to another episode of the Chase Thomas podcast where I'm still the A for mention Chase Thomas coming to you live from Knoxville, Tennessee, Everything School, HQ.
0:18.5	We've got another packed house here tonight on this Tuesday night edition of the Chase Thomas podcast,
0:24.7	where I'm joined by two-thirds of more important issues.
0:27.9	We've got Caleb Mitchell here, reping the gear, reping the Tennessee hat.
0:32.1	How are you doing, my friend?
0:33.5	Doing good, man.
0:34.3	Ready for another real game week, not this buy, you know, pay for play stuff. Like, let's get down on the SEC. Let's get to the nitty gritty. Let's, well, we'll get over what you wish for with the Road SEC game early on. Whoa, I'm always prepared for the worst. But this is going to be an awesome week of college football. It is going to be an awesome slate. It is going to be an awesome slate. Whether I'm miserable in the midst of it, to be determined. TBD. TBD. We still have some time. We still have some time. Joe Niblich also here, producer of more important issues. Joe, how are you doing, sir? Oh, the surprise merch reveal. No, I can't let Caleb be by himself. my bad. No point wearing it backwards, right? I'm doing pretty well. I'm locking on this work week. I'm head to Starkville this weekend. I'm going to fight the good fight. So just got to get through the week. Every day feels like two days worth, but we're getting there. Thursday is imminent. So have you been to Starkville before for a game or not? I've not. I've never had any reason to go to Starkville besides this weekend. I've heard quite bland, but we'll give it a fair judgment. There you go. Alex Arcus, I imagine you will be there of the Daily Beacon. Are you making the trip? I will.
1:44.7	We will be there.
1:45.4	It'll be my first time in Starkville. And I've heard nothing but bad things. So I'm excited. Nothing but bad things? I don't know. I've heard it's just boring. I heard there's nothing there. We're staying in Tuscaloosa because apparently there's no hotels in Starkville. So what you're saying in Tuscaloosa, Alabama?
2:02.0	Yes, we are.
2:02.7	How far is that?
2:04.0	I think it's like an hour, hour 15. My geography must be ludicrously bad. Tuscaloosa, Alabama is an hour from Starkville? I'm pretty sure. Let me... I'm pretty sure it is. You're close. If it's not an hour, it's right at it.
2:18.4	Yeah, right around it. That's insane.
2:20.7	Well, now I, the three permanent SEC opponents for Mississippi State and Alabama makes a whole lot more sense because I did not realize they were that close.
2:28.4	I didn't either.
2:30.5	An hour.
2:31.4	I mean, LSU is just three, I think, from Tuscalo.
2:36.0	Like, it's really close to at Baton Rouge's.
2:38.4	Interesting.
2:39.3	Yeah.
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