The season is here: a final look at UT-WVU and a prediction for the season

Locked On Vols - Daily Podcast On Tennessee Volunteers Football & Basketball

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🗓️ 31 August 2018

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Tennessee's 2018 football season is finally set to begin after what has felt like a long offseason. Josh Ward will get you ready on today's show, which is presented by The Athletic. Save 40% on your first-year subscription - that's only $2.99 per month - at TheAthletic.com/rockytalk. Locked on Vols is also excited to welcome FanDuel and MyBookie to the show as sponsors. Some highlights for today: • A well-known college football analyst is picking Tennessee to upset West Virginia. Find out who made the prediction on today's show. • Coach Jeremy Pruitt explains the importance of getting after the opposing quarterback, in this case Will Grier from West Virginia. • Josh talks to John Pennington, host of the weekly TV show "The Sports Source" about the start of the season, expectations for the Vols and Tennessee's quarterback battle. • Josh offers three players to watch heading into the West Virginia game. • Josh finishes with a prediction for the game and the Vols' season. 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 Podcast Network, your team every day.
0:09.6	Welcome into Locked-on Balls. My name is Josh Ward, and we really have made it.
0:14.5	It is the Friday heading into the opening college football weekend, Tennessee against West Virginia on Saturday.
0:20.6	It has felt like a long off-season for Tennessee fans. College Football weekend, Tennessee against West Virginia on Saturday.
0:24.8	It has felt like a long offseason for Tennessee fans.
0:26.2	And it has been.
0:29.8	The month of August probably felt like it took a long time to get here.
0:33.8	And then you go through the month of August and you're ready to get the game going.
0:35.4	And it's going to happen this weekend.
0:37.6	So on today's show, a look ahead to the weekend, a look ahead to the start of the season. A national analyst who is very well known
0:43.0	is picking Tennessee to upset West Virginia this weekend. You will hear why coming up in just a
0:48.9	moment. John Pennington of the sports source. He's going to join the show coming up to talk about
0:53.5	Tennessee's quarterback position, the expectations coming up to talk about Tennessee's
0:54.3	quarterback position, the expectations for this year, how the season could play out.
0:58.4	That's coming up a little bit later here on Locked-on Balls. And then my prediction,
1:02.4	for the game and for the season, players to watch this weekend, I'll get to all of that right
1:06.8	here on Locked on Vols, which today is presented by The Athletic. Check out theathletic.com
1:11.3	slash Rocky Talk for 40% off a first-year subscription. Also by MyBooky and Fandul.
1:18.3	As we get into it on Locked-on Valls, part of the Locked-on podcast network, Tennessee against West Virginia on Saturday.
1:25.6	West Virginia is held steady as about a 10-point favorite.
1:29.1	It is a game where the mountaineers have the pressure.
1:32.1	The pressure's on West Virginia to live up to the hype of a big-time quarterback, talented wide receivers,
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