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

Three keys for Tennessee's football team to try to upset West Virginia

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

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4.8797 Ratings

🗓️ 29 August 2018

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

The Tennessee football team is only three days away from opening the season against West Virginia. Today's show will look at how UT might be able to open the season with a big win. Today's 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:  • Josh Ward offers three keys for Tennessee to win the game after hearing coach Jeremy Pruitt describe some of the most important factors. • Josh offers five newcomers he's interested in watching on Saturday and beyond.  • Barrett Sallee of CBS Sports discusses the long-term view of Tennessee's program. • ESPN college football writer Jake Trotter weighs in on the high expectations surrounding West Virginia. Are they warranted? • Josh has a few practice notes and a health update on two projected starters. 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.

0:09.7

Welcome into Locked-on Balls, your Daily Tennessee podcast.

0:13.6

I'm Josh Ward. Thanks for being along here on today's show.

0:16.8

We're halfway through opening week of the college football season, and there's a lot to cover on today's show.

0:23.0

Coming up on today's show, a look at how Tennessee might be able to beat West Virginia,

0:28.6

some keys for the vals against the mountaineers, what Tennessee needs to try to accomplish coming up on Saturday.

0:34.9

You'll hear Jeremy Pruitt talk about that, and then I'll have a few items

0:38.2

that stand out. Part of it is I'm going to look back at last year. What happened in some of those

0:43.4

games when West Virginia fell short and what Tennessee might need to do coming up this week?

0:48.7

Also, the impact of the newcomers. You've heard about a lot of guys who are now on campus, whether we're talking

0:55.7

about high school, signes, junior college transfers, grad transfers, five newcomers that I'm excited

1:03.0

to see what they can do. And I'm going to eliminate a couple of the obvious names. So five

1:06.9

newcomers that I'm excited to see what they can do this week and as the season goes along.

1:13.1

And then also, what are reasonable expectations for West Virginia?

1:17.2

You're hearing about this hype.

1:19.4

Is it for real?

1:20.7

Tennessee's opponent getting all this attention heading into Saturday's game, is it warranted for West Virginia?

1:26.2

I'm going to cover all of that right here on Locked-on Valls, the Daily Tennessee

1:30.3

podcast.

1:31.1

The show's available on iTunes.

1:32.8

It's on Google Play.

1:34.4

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