We're pleased now to be joined by Tennessee Radio Legend Tony Basileo, host of the Tony Basileo show,

which can be heard daily on WJB.E. 99.7.5.5.m. and 1040 a a.m weekdays from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Eastern time and don't forget to check

out Tony Basileo.com. Tony, thanks so much for joining the show. I really

really do appreciate it.

Oh, Mike, I love it, man. It's so great to visit with you and don't go calling me a

legend. You're making me feel old, but I'll tell you this, I really admire and appreciate the work that you do because you do a fantastic job and I tell everybody that you are an absolute must follow on Twitter

And anytime I've had you on my show you deliver the good so I hope I can

return the favor.

Absolutely well let's just get right into it and you know before we you know

talk about the 20-20 season I just want to get your thoughts looking back to 2019,

Tennessee's great run, finish the season on a 60 run, 1 7 to the last eight. Are you a believer that Jeremy Pruitt's program has

turned the corner or are you one of these still in the wait and see given that, you know, the team's

Tennessee beat at the end of the year not the best

teams in the SEC but hell I mean it's it's hard to win six straight and at any

level at college football I think.

Jeremy approached me a lot and you know his team really played with a lot of heart.

When you're one and four and you've lost to Georgia State and BYU and really look bad doing it. Last year Tennessee

had an opportunity they were either going to fold or not when they played Mississippi

State and as it turns out that was a doorway game. Tennessee season was never the same, nor was Mississippi

States.

I remember going on a couple shows in Alabama and people asking me if Jeremy Prott will be available by the

end of November to come back and be Alabama's defensive coordinator and here we are

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