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

TRANSFER TRUTH: Tennessee Football DOMINATES Defensive Portal – Questions on Josh Heupel QB Strategy

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

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🗓️ 16 January 2026

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Tennessee Volunteers overhaul their defense with four key Penn State transfers, sparking hope for a stronger season on Rocky Top. Eric Cain and Boogie Bentley break down the arrivals of Xavier Gilliam, Chaz Coleman, Dejuan Lane and Amare Campbell - examining how these additions could accelerate Jim Knowles’ defensive system. With standout newcomers like TJ Metcalf, Qua Moss, and Kayin Lee, are the Vols poised to leap to genuine contenders? The conversation tackles the biggest transfer portal wins and tough losses, including Rickey Gibson and Jordan Ross, and debates the critical need for new talent at running back and quarterback. Special guest Noah Taylor rewinds to Tennessee basketball’s historic 1966 upset over #1 Kentucky, with insights into legendary coach Ray Mears’ mind games. Can Tennessee’s revamped roster and storied tradition fuel their path back to SEC prominence?

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0:00.0

The good, the bad, the wins, the losses.

0:02.0

Tennessee and the transfer portal, there is still things that need to get done.

0:10.0

You are Locked On Balls, your daily podcast on the Tennessee Volunteers,

0:16.0

part of the Locked On Podcast Network, your team every day.

0:20.0

Hey everybody, welcome into it, your Friday morning Lockedon Vols. I am your host, Eric Kane. I appreciate you guys for being here, making Locked-on Vols, your first list, and your first watch each every single morning. We are a part of the number one sports podcasting network available. That is the Locked-on Podcast Network. And, man I got a lot to get into today.

0:38.3

Boogie Bentley is going to come join us here in Texan 1 and 2 to kind of just recap and

0:42.2

react and discuss what's happened, what needs to happen for Tennessee and the Transfer

0:46.2

portal. A slew of visitors came into campus yesterday or gone campus today, and Tennessee

0:51.3

is trying to finalize the class that currently sits at 12 commits

0:54.8

thus far. Noah Taylor from Neal and Press score, a little flashback Friday, down to it back

0:59.5

to Tennessee's upset win over number one Kentucky back in 1966. The last game before Stokely was

1:05.7

expanded, okay, it only housed 7,000 seats at that point in time. And the game specifically, Kentucky, was riding a 24-game win streak for the Wildcats there.

1:19.2

So a fun show coming up here with Flashback Friday with Neeland Press Corps and Boogie Bentley from the Talking Balls Network.

1:24.9

All that and more right here on a Friday logged on balls.

1:27.8

Every day,ers couldn't do the show without you. Thanks so much for making this your first listen,

1:31.0

your first watch each year every single morning. So without further ado, let's jump into my

1:34.5

conversation with Boogie Bentley of the Talking Balls Network. A lot of transfer portal

1:38.5

discussion happening right now. Boogie Bentley. No, there's not a football game tomorrow,

1:42.9

but man, there's news and news and news. You are assembling a roster for the next football season, and we're going to talk about quarterback. We're going to do that later. Okay, let's talk about the other things involved in Tennessee and the transfer portal right now. So far, Boogie, there's 12 commits. Three of those are specialists of being a return man, a snapper, and a kicker. And I'm pumped up about the kicker. Tell me your favorite transfer portal addition so far for Tennessee football in the transfer portal cycle. I think when you look at what Tennessee's added, you got to start with the kids from Penn State. And one of the arguments that I don't like, I think it's

2:17.5

low-hanging fruit and I think it's lazy is, oh, well, Penn State's defense sucked last year. Yeah,

2:21.9

let's just replace our defense with all of Penn State's defense. No, that's not what we're doing.

2:26.6

That's not what Josh Hebel's doing. It's not what Jim Knowles is doing. They are picking and

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