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Welcome into Locked-on Balls, your team every day.

My name is Josh Ward.

Thank you for being here on today's show.

Well, we have a lot to talk about, don't we?

There is a lot that's happened over the last couple of days.

Some not-so-good news that has come out since the last episode with the Big Ten and Pac-12 shutting down.

We'll march forward, though, as the SEC, the ACC and the Big 12 right now appear to be working on trying to make football happen this fall.

We'll talk about it here on

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So in segment number one, I'll focus more on the SEC, which of course includes Tennessee,

trying to make football happen. You'll hear from Greg Sanky, the commissioner of the SEC,

what he has had to say, the statement that he released in response to the Big Ten's decision

and the Pac-12 deciding to shut down. And it's not just them. They're the first two power conferences.

The Mountain West decided to not play this fall. UMass, which is an independent, made that decision

as well. This past weekend, the MAC made that decision. So a number of conferences, but the Big 10 and

the Pac-12 is a big deal. The Big 12 deciding to still try to play and then put out a schedule on Wednesday.

So Tuesday, the Big Ten and Pack 12 say we're not playing. Wednesday, the Big 12 puts out a schedule.

That shows the lack of continuity that is there in college football. I'm a broken record on that

subject, but I'll talk about that in segment number two. And then in the final segment of the show, I'm going to get back to the positivity of Tennessee basketball. There

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