The return that changed Tennessee football: A look back at the 1997 Vols football team

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🗓️ 7 April 2020

⏱️ 26 minutes

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The Locked On Vols podcast is your daily show covering Tennessee football, brought to you by Josh Ward. Our series looking back at Tennessee's championship seasons continues with a trip to 1997 season. Hear Peyton Manning's announcement that he was coming back along with Josh and Will Shelton of GamedayonRockyTop.com discussing the Vols' blowout win vs Georgia and comeback win in the SEC title game against Auburn. There's also that award ceremony at the end of the season... Interested in advertsing with Locked On Vols? Text ADVERTISING to 33777 or visit lockedonpodcasts.com/advertising It's all on Locked On Vols, part of the Locked On Podcast network. Want to keep up on social media and send questions/comments? Follow these links: @Josh_Ward on twitter Facebook.com/JoshWard Instagram.com/joshjward Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	You are Locked-on Balls, your daily Tennessee Volunteers podcast, part of the Locked-on
0:05.6	Podcast Network, your team every day.
0:09.6	Welcome into Locked-on Balls, your team every day.
0:13.0	My name is Josh Ward.
0:14.1	Thank you for being here on today's show.
0:16.8	Today's show is going to look back at the 1997 season for Tennessee's football team,
0:21.8	a championship season for the Vols.
0:24.4	It was Peyton Manning's senior year.
0:26.5	Tennessee ended the season with an SEC title, the first of back-to-back titles in 97 and 98.
0:33.2	As Monday's show on Locked on Vols looked back at the the 98 season. Today, we will look back at the 97 season.
0:40.1	Will Shelton of Game Day on rockytop.com will join me again as he did yesterday to look back
0:46.0	at the final season for Peyton Manning, the way it started, the way it ended, and the championship
0:51.8	that Tennessee was able to win.
0:53.4	Also, a game that season that
0:55.9	showed just how powerful the offense could be with Peyton Manning and star freshman running back,
1:02.0	Jamal Lewis. That was quite the class that Philip Fulmer brought in in 1997. It not only helped
1:07.6	Tennessee win an SEC title, but it helped Tennessee win two of those,
1:11.5	a national championship, and helped Tennessee play for a third.
1:14.7	There are record setters in that class.
1:16.7	I'm going to go over those names on today's show as well, because what a group it was.
1:21.5	And Peyton Manning, the senior, probably played a role in helping getting a number of those
1:25.8	players to Knoxville.
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