Tennessee Football: What Anonymous CFB Coaches are Saying about the Vols, Nico Iamaleava

we're almost to the season opener but there's still a few more days of talking season Anonymous coaches what they're saying about the vs Nico and Tennessee recruiting that and so much more to Wednesday lockdown balls you are locked on balls your daily podcast on the Tennessee Volunteers part of the locked on podcast Network your team every day hey good Wednesday morning everybody Welcome in lockon BS I am your host Kane a big shout out to game time for making this show possible download the game time app create an account put in the promo code locked on College you're going to get $20 off your first purchase terms apply we got a loaded show coming up here today what Anonymous coaches are saying about the vs recruiting quarterback Niko malava and so much more what SEC locked on SEC host which you should make that your second listen today after lock on vs Chris Gordy is saying about Tennessee where he thinks they're going to finish by season's end and where he has Tennessee in the power rankings ahead of the season and all that and more coming up in a matter of moments NFL roster cut day that was yesterday at 4:00 eastern time which former BS who were on the brink made NFL rosters and which didn't some really good news for some former Tennessee Volunteers came down yesterday afternoon and then we'll get into Josh Ward for our Ward Wednesday hit in segment number three you can watch us listen to us subscribe to us all that for free wherever you get your podcast of course lock on BS on the YouTube channel go ahead and subscribe if you haven't already wherever you get your podcast yes all right so again season openers just literally days away um so we're about to get into our our full football season content weekly schedule you know with um taking a look at uh you know the games what happened game balls all that type of stuff we'll get Boogie on Friday um we'll get scouting the opponent on Friday as well I mean we're going to be getting in a rhythm is what I'm trying to say uh when football season starts but just a couple more days we got to continue to say continue to relay I guess what everybody else is saying about Tennessee and so I wanted to pass along a couple quotes from Anonymous coaches on um you what Tennessee's got going on right now ESPN put this out there a couple days ago this is from Anonymous coach um that's going to play Tennessee this year this was two ESPN Adam Rittenberg Rittenberg quote he's really athletic in the bowl game they made it pretty simple for him he's long he's got a good arm and he's really highly recruited kid out of high school very highly Talent uh touted and a really really talented player um again that's not a groundbreaking report whatsoever but that is from a coach that's set to take place or that's from a coach that is set to take on Nico in Tennessee uh this year um after Tennessee ruled in David Sanders Jr the festar plus offensive tackle one of the top players in all the country a couple weeks ago there were some Anonymous coaches from around college football that chimed in on what Tennessee is doing on the recruit recruiting Trail and again if you need a reminder and I can I can show you here if uh you're watching here on YouTube um what Tennessee is doing in the um you know recruiting ranks right now sixth in the nation at the time of this recording fifth in the SEC Tennessee has 24 commits and it's led by Five Star Plus offensive tackle David Sanders but some other highlights of this class Douglas utu interior offensive lineman GMAC the quarterback uh Marian Dy who I think is going to be really good off the edge down the line Shady Hayward at safety juston bra uh the tight end Travis Smith who me and Matt Ray will talk about in trail tidbits over at volquest.com on um on Wednesday afternoon as well he's off to a great start to the season and you go on and down the list and I think there's some sleepers as well you know down the list down the list here for the University of Tennessee but any way you want to spin it Tennessee is T certainly um moving the needle in recruiting right now we've talked about that a lot here on this show but after Tennessee Reed in David Sanders uh two coaches from yeah two Anonymous coaches from uh you know staffs around the country gave these quotes to ESPN here's the first one quote they seem to have a really good plan and process right now um it seems organized it seems targeted well of course it does that's what successful recruiting classes are here's another one quote they've got a good thing going this is from a big 10 staffer uh you feel them for sure they've got the money to kind of back up the production they've had on offense the last few years they're having a great cycle and I thought there was something really interesting in that quote that's why I brought it up they've got the money to kind of back up the production that they've had offensively the last couple years well of course you need a plan you need to be good talent evaluators you need to get in on these guys early you need to create these relationships you need to be relentless you need to get these guys on campus but if you're going to win these big boy battles in 2024 and so on you're going to have to have a collective that has their crap in order and the volunteer Club has their crap in order to say the least they're one of the if not the best collectives in all of College athletics they've been the Forefront of the fight you know against the NCAA and um all that type of stuff that they they do a fantastic job and if you have a collective at one of your power four programs and you don't have your stuff in order and you're a little chaotic and you're disorganized you're not going to win guys like David Sanders Jr but also it's more than just that I mean we talk all the time it's you know relationships it's fit its style it's production getting into the NFL all that and more and so that's why I thought this quote was kind of unique in the ter in terms of saying they've got the money to back it up you know just saying they pay for players such a such a lazy take because it's legal there's collectives everywhere um your team's doing it too but it's so much more than that but you got to have it I mean you got to have it you can't just dismiss it and say that's not that's not what it's all about it's certainly not what it's all about but it's a part of the process now for these highly rated recruits and so um I wanted to share that quote because I thought it was pretty interesting all right Chris Gordy who is the host of log on SC he's been a friend of the show we're probably going to try to get him on later in the week if we have time before kickoff but um he's high on the vs this year first I will show you the power rankings he has going into the SEC or going into the season and you might say well he's not that high on Tennessee because he's got Tennessee ranked seventh um for the most part this kind of looks like if I'm not mistaken what the predicted order the Finish was for the media uh for the SEC he's got Georg at number one Texas at number two Alabama's at number three Old Miss is at four Missouri's at five LSU is at six actually I think the media picked LSU in front of Missouri but anyway seven is Tennessee where the volunteers come in eight is Oklahoma nine is Texas A&M and then here at the back six 10 is Auburn 11 is Kentucky 12 is Florida 13 is Arkansas 14 is South Carolina 15 is Mississippi State and 16 is the Vanderbilt commodor so we talk about all the time you know all off season you I think Georgia and Texas are kind of in a grouping of their own I think Alabama is that third best team that's just my opinion but I think four through eight are kind of kind they can go a number of different ways there specifically I think six seven and eight and really five six seven and eight I think old miss you getting the benefit the doubt they've compiled a really really good roster U they bring back a really talented quarterback one of the best play cards in all college football in Lane kein so old misses at four I can live with that Missouri because of what you return though you lose Cody Shader you guys know my thoughts on LSU I think it's the most overhyped overrated team in the SEC this offseason I don't know why LSU is so hyped I would not have LSU here at six but you know Tennessee can finish certainly higher than LSU I think Tennessee can finish higher than Missouri though Missouri's got a week week schedule and again the the little comment there about week we schedule that is true about Missouri um a lot of people a lot of media folks are trying to say that Tennessee has got a week week schedule this year and it just it just cracks me up um you play Georgia and Alabama you play Georgia and Alabama every single year and in fact sure the four game slate for your non-conference is not all that impressive but you do play a top 25 team non-conference in in NC State it's at a neutral site that's kind of lame but I just it it baffles me when I hear that from media personalities National media personalities across the country just saying all Tennessee schedule's cake Tennessee schedule's easy I mean you play Georgia and Alabama every single year and that might change in the future but this year it's not and next year it's not and you know you played them that way every single year since 1992 or whatever I mean it's I just I don't get it I don't get it's kind of silly so that's where Chris Gordy has tendency in his SEC preseason power rankings um but here's Chris Gordy's SEC pred icted order of finish and you're going to like this guys if you see it up there on YouTube right now you're liking it if you're listening he has Georgia at 11 And1 Old Miss at 11 and one which I find it pretty pretty interesting there he's got Tennessee at 10 and two he's got Texas at 9 and three Alabama at 9 and3 Missouri at 9 and3 LSU at 9 and3 Oklahoma at 9 and3 Texas A&M at 9 and three so he's got one two 3 four five six teams at 9 and three Auburn at eight and four Kentucky at 7-5 Florida at 7 to5 and then only four of the 16 SEC teams finishing below 500 4-8 for the Arkansas Razer backs that would do it for Sam Pitman uh Billy Napier keeps his job at seven and5 by the way easily uh 4-8 for Shane Beamer at South Carolina that should do it for for Shane Beamer in my opinion um Mississippi State at 3 n under first year head coach Jeff Levy and then three and9 Clark Lee there bringing up uh the bottom but Tennessee 10- two that is the third best well technically second best because uh the Bulldogs and the rebels tied 11 and one but this is what Chris Gordy believes Chris Gordy believes Tennessee is a 10- win team and Tennessee finishes the season 10- two you go to like that obviously he's buying in on Nico eam alava and the depth of this Tennessee roster so what are they saying about the University of Tennessee what are they saying about Tennessee recruiting Nico what are they saying about what Tennessee is going to do in 2024 talking season is almost over guys we are almost there we have almost made it to the promised land only two more shows until we have made it to the promised land and I can't wait we'll be here with you every step of the way right here on lockdown balls NFL cut day that was yesterday uh the deadline was four o'clock Eastern time who made rosters and who didn't we'll tell you that when we were return right here on lockdown balls want to see about our friends over at game time if you download the game time app and you put in the promo code locked on College you're going to get $20 off your first purchase again that promo code is locked on college for $20 off your first purchase terms apply and what is the game time app it's an app to where you can buy tickets to events in your area sporting events Tennessee football Tennessee basketball in the winter Tennessee baseball in the Spring Tennessee Smokies in 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into your Wednesday show this is lockon balls I'm your host Derk Kane every dayers thanks so much for making us a part of your morning routine five days a week weekday mornings when you get up I'll have a post game I have a post show or a post game podcast of later Saturday night I plan on doing these throughout the season I'm not going to lie some weeks is going to be tough with travel um but I got to deal with all my volquest.com stuff first and then I'll try to get up a a postcast show for you every Saturday or maybe Sunday morning so you have something to tide you over with after the game until Sunday morning or Monday Morning Show but uh man we're almost there I can't can't wait but I do want to touch base on a couple former vs more than a couple a handful really who either made NFL rosters yesterday or were cut um it was NFL roster day 4:00 eastern time was the cut off time where the NFL had to turn in their 53 man rosters and the big news of the day the Detroit Lions they cut Nate subfield and henden hooker is GNA be ten or henden hooker is goingon to be Detroit's backup quarterback this season that that's awesome I mean henden Hooker Hooker of course missed last season as he was still recovering from um still recovering from the torn AC that he suffered in the South Carolina game next to the last regular season game in that 2022 season um he kind kind of had a red shirt year Dan Campbell said he kind of characterized it as red shirt year last year he was able to start practicing Midway through and he had a really really talented preseason did hinden hooker um he was 29 of 44 300 yards TD and an interception through the air this is over three games three PR preseason games where you're not playing from start to finish mind you he also ran the ball 19 times for 138 yards and a touchdown um so congratulations to henden Hooker looks like he's going to open the season as the backup quarterback for um of course uh Jared gof there in Detroit who got a big old contract this off it's interesting I looks like hooker's under contract through 26 um Jarry gof just signed a massive deal he's under contract through 2028 so we'll see what happens down the line but hinden hooker is the backup quarterback so congratulations to him um it's pretty much official with the releasing of uh studfield from Detroit a surprise if you will and I it's not a shocker don't get me wrong because the guy he was in competition with it's not it's kind of a business decision I guess is what I'm trying to say uh Joe Milton's going to be the number three quarterback in New England this year we know the intangibles we know the arm we know standing back flips we know all this type of stuff and Joe Milton was getting a whole lot of Praise early on in preseason right when Camp opened after that first preseason game and then there wasn't a whole lot of talk because Joe Milton did not play very well in preseason games 2 and three he had a really strong preseason opener but in preseason games 2 and three Joe Millan did not perform very well but uh the Patriots they cut um bayy zappy they cut him and so that's going to open up Joe Milton to be the number three quarterback for New England uh 11 of 30 152 yards and a touchdown for Milton in preseason in three preseason games he ran the ball 11 times 54 yards did have a fumble again there's a lot to work with there there's a lot to like it just takes one coach to kind of unlock it and Joe Milton congratulations to him uh he survives he was not cut and he will be the third quarterback for the New England Patriots uh this season so those guys also from uh we know that Jaylen Rod's going to make the Miami roster we know Kamal Haden is going to make the Kansas City roster um here are some guys who are either um On The Fringe from this from undrafted free agent guys who were on this past Year's Tennessee team or maybe a couple of years ago this not this is not Vols in the NFL I'm not going through and listing all the guys like Alvin chra and alante tlor I mean we know those guys are in there um but here are some guys not everybody but a lot of guys that I found that were kind of On The Fringe yesterday guys who made it guys who didn't um it brings me great pleasure to tell you guys and I'm sure you've seen it by now jayen McCulla made the Rams roster Jaylen McCulla made the Rams roster all you saw in preseason over the last couple weeks was him making plays and NFL count tweeting out plays that he made and you're seeing beat riders for the Rams tweet out like man McCulla made another play made another play this is a guy who's standing out in preseason camp so happy for that guy he is a good guy he was not a horrible player here at Tennessee regardless of what you may think and what you may say there's a reason why he played so much and he literally just made an NFL roster comes from a great family as well so congratulations to Jaylen McCulla that's awesome man that is awesome he'll play on special teams and hopefully he'll continue getting better and maybe carve out a role in the future so jayen McCulla is going to make the Rams how about that uh Kade Mays he dealt with a little bit of an injury situation in preseason but he made the Panthers Club so congratulations to him he's been with the Panthers I guess this three year three years so far in the league um roml Keaton undrafted free agent made the Raiders roster that catch that catch on the game winning touchdown Drive I believe against San Francisco a couple days ago that catch was incredible and I think that catch if if you haven't seen just go on Twitter and find or go on the internet just typ in RL Keaton catch Raiders you'll find it uh What A Catch there and that probably cemented his spots on the roster but he had a really really good camp so congratulations to RL Keaton roml Keaton has made an NFL roster veis Jones Jr not the wide receiver veas that was drafted in the third round by the Bears back in 2022 yeah 2022 but no the running back veis Jones trying to milk out everything they can for a former third round pick they switch veis to running back this preseason camp and he had a really really good camp ran the ball 25 times against a lot of starters in the National Football League 158 yards two touchdowns in three preseason games of course he is a really good kick returner with those new kick return rules he's got to have a chance to make an impact on the game so veis Jones as a running back makes the Bears roster congratulations to him um here's a couple of guys who did not make the roster Jabari small was cut by the Titans yesterday and you know in talking with some people somebody else may pick him up we'll see um he didn't have a horrible preseason he he led Tennessee in rushing in the final preseason game 10 carries for like 65 yards uh um he had a bad fumble on the opening play of the second half or on his first Carry of the second half but you know Jabari small of course you got Spears you got Tony Pard who they added then chestnuts their third back in in Nashville and um he you know H Haskins is there as well but um he um Chestnut was not Chesnut had a really good uh you know camp and so you know Jabari small was a long shot regardless in terms of of making that roster I said H Haskins that was incorrect sorry um but Jabari small was cut by the Titans we'll see what happens with him Aaron Beasley was waved by the Panthers uh Gabe judie Judy Loi was cut by the Titans and and he was potentially gonna make that roster because they're a little shallow at at cornerbacks but Gabe judul was cut on the final day Jamar Jeremiah Crawford was cut by the Panthers Jacob Warren was cut by the Patriots Micah abery made the Falcons again Kendall Vickers made the Saints so congratulations to those guys now a lot of these guys that got cut potentially and and likely case for some of these guys for sure they'll be signed on as practice squad players so they'll kind of be on the taxi cab and uh it's a little bit more difficult than that but a lot of these guys will be on practice squad player we'll be practice squad players we'll see if any of these guys who were cut or maybe picked up by other teams but man congratulations to jayen McCulla congratulations to roml Keaton uh veis Jones of course Joe Milton henden awesome he's going to be the backup in in Detroit this year and so on and so forth so I wanted to bring some of those uh some of that news to you here on lockdown BS really good day overall for bfls in the NFL in terms of trying to make a roster hey when we come back Josh Ward a Raiders fan himself is going to join the show for a little award Wednesday that's coming up next you continue on here with a Wednesday edition of lockdown balls want to think about our friends over at 5H Hour Energy want to get in shape but having trouble staying motivated make 5H Hour Energy Shots part of your lifestyle and get the energy boost you need to go and get fit we all know 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to receive 20% off your order this valed is through September the 30th on the order and cannot be used with other promotions the code is not good on subscription orders that is promo code locked on CFB for 20% off go to 5our energy.com today Josh it's finally game week months and months and months of talking season well it stops officially at the end of this week because we get to see an actual football game this weekend it's against UTC Tennessee is a 3 38 and a half Point favorite uh so it shouldn't be a close football game but outside of the final score what is success for Tennessee in this football game I would say completely controlling the line of scrimmage I don't think that will be an issue for Tennessee's defensive line with everybody T tenness has coming back the amount of players that they have the dominance that I think that they'll be able to show the offensive line I don't think should have an issue but I'm more Curious there to watch the two tackles play with Lance her and newcomer from LSU and then John Campbell switching to the right side we'll get a chance to see the performance of the guys playing at left guard and you want to see them win those matchups because Chattanooga as good of an sc FCS team as it is is not going to match up with the Personnel that Tennessee will face next week against Tennesse State and then an SEC play so what Tennessee is able to do on the line of scrimmage and playmaking can Tennessee hit some plays down the field because that'll be something that they're trying to do on the offensive side more successfully than they did last year it's a season opener so everybody's excited for a number of different reasons but also games like this allow you to see a lot of young guys see a lot of backups uh see some freshman in this class that that might not have big roles on the team or might be limited to only special teams outside of BU Carter because he's a given um you know who's another freshman that that you're really intrigued to watch in this football game and and maybe I'll take pton Lewis out of this as well because obviously he's GNA play Give me another freshman man people are excited to see BU Carter aren't they like they are you you said skipping over him but like on Twitter I shared the video of Andre tantine talking about about both Christian Harrison and bu Carter and I don't think anybody I think people fast forwarded past the Christian Harrison part uh and it stinks for him because like I mean I remember I covered Christian Harrison's Recruitment and obviously we know who his father is so that got Tennessee fans all Juiced up and fired up and everything and then he came in and you know he didn't make an immediate impact and he's kind of been not even on the depth chart and now is going to start so sure there was an injury there um but he's come flying out of nowhere and bu's going to play and I think eventually Buu will be the quote unquote starter but Harrison's a really really good story so it's funny you mention that I hate the Tennessee fans are kind of fast forwarding over that but it's because of the excitement for Bo yeah yeah it's a it's a boo thing but uh isn't that a song or a lyric anyway uh but you know Christian is uh he's the son of an allpro NFL player too which is funny to me like I would think that there would be a ton of excitement around Christian but both players I think have the chance to be important but I got a Sidetrack from your question I probably say Mike Matthews see what kind of opportunity he gets at some point over those four quarters had a touchdown in the orange and white game he arrived with a ton of obvious Talent the wide receiver position is deeper and more experienced than a year ago and so there's not this pressure on Mike Matthews to come in and make a play right away or be a big part of what they're doing at wide receiver but he obviously wants to be on the field so you know let's see Mike Matthews if he gets an opportunity to do something on Saturday you know Christian Harrison's mother yelled at me in the airport one time I will forever love that that story you know we go and we talk to those guys in the airport from the outside looking in yes it seems kind of weird I I recognize that but uh uh I went up and asked for an interview and and he knew who I was and so we were talking and as Mama Bear came up wasn't having none of that and he was so embarrassed and I was just like uh but I will uh I give him a hard time about it now but I just I thought that was really really funny so uh I hope he succeeds for sure uh moving on um Tennesse depth chart or allamerican in fact did you count the oras because I did how many oras do you think was on there yeah was it 34 35 35 okay yeah that's a lot and uh it it doesn't bother me at all I don't understand it it's confusing why you need an ore next to running back behind Dylan Samson because nobody's confused over who the rb1 is or whether James Pierce Jr is the top Leo or if Keenan peely is the starter at middle linebacker but it's uh the new age of ores everywhere but if I'm if I'm a few of those guys I would look and say wait well I get why Cooper and gantes don't have any ORS next to their name it's Center or Right Guard but why do I like if I'm James Pierce junor like ESPN and said I'm the best player in the country why why am I bracketed with three other players see you said it doesn't bother you it it irks me like it I've let this bother me for 24 hours like why did they even release it to be honest because again you know like Kamal had was on the Tennessee de chart like three weeks after his injury last year I mean like obviously there's no stalk in this I try to tell everybody but like you're exactly right the fact that James Pierce and that defensive line the joke is I mean every single defensive lineman on this de chart has an or and that's fair because they're all going to play so I'm not saying they're not but the fact that James Pierce who could go number one top 10 he's a first round pick next year has an or by his name that's embarrassing the fact that Lance herd has an or with Larry Johnson all due respect yeah that's embarrassing so for me it's like go out there first would you if if you had to bet would you bet on Brew McCoy starting or Caleb web the depth chart yeah just it's silly the players know every with most of these position everybody knows there's no question of who's starting so why there has to be a bolded ore with this guy and that guy I don't get it but uh you know I I don't get the the the duplicate number thing like at some point you do have to have a few duplicate numbers if you're gonna have more than 100 players I get that but like if I'm a player I wouldn't want to share a number with a teammate I would want I would want to be that guy so that one bothers me more than the depth chart the depth chart thing to me is just silly like I get um in this day and era like you got to keep young guys involved engaged not not only because you might need them to play but you don't want them to leave their program so I mean I I you you got to cater a little bit I get that and I think the ores for like defensive line makes complete sense I think the ore for I mean Dylan Samson shouldn't have an or by his name I mean come on that's embarrassing but like an or for you know right now for Seldon Bishop Keith and and I think that's fair because it it makes more sense for the backups yeah for the starting position that's where it's kind of confusing because again we know and they know pton Lewis is not walking into the facility saying hey I might be rb1 he knows it's Dylan Caleb Webb is not walking in saying I'm taking Bruce spot this week nobody thinks that and again those like Cayla Webb's gonna play chz nrod is going to play um I think the ore for Dante thoron and Chris brazel's legit because yeah that one that one is fair the the other thing is legitimately Josh hyp is great at pushing competition what you're talking about keeping guys engaged I just I think this is the last thing that's going to do that I don't think these guys are seeing this or that on the like Swain was joking on our Show when he was a freshman if this is how it was done when he arrived in 2003 that he would have been at practice telling Mark Jones hey Mark Jones I got a piece of paper right here that says I'm up so scoot overa yeah yeah uh it but this is this is what's happen I don't even think it's a Tennessee thing you'll find ores all over the place but T speaking of competitive Tennessee is probably as competitive as any school in the country with the most ores you're gonna find again I did not spend on doing this entire hit I did not plan on doing this entire hit on the dep chart but yeah Keenan peely and ore get real Jon McCoy Ricky Gibson have ores get real I mean come on uh Nico Nico what is success for Nico in this game and a lot of people in the Monday night chat the other night over vest.com were like you know 250 yards 18 completion two or three touchdowns like well I don't anticipate Nico playing four full quarters of football so maybe the two touchdowns I would be surprised if he got to 18 completions um what is success maybe beyond the stats for Nico in this first game yeah I would say it's more the offense running efficiently them being able to move up and down the field quickly to be able to go and do what they want to and be able to get off the field and get another quarterback in Gaston more then I would imagine they want Jake merklinger to play as well so it it would probably be in contrast to the statistical idea like if he hits a couple of big throws down the field and all of a sudden he has two 50 plus 60 yard touchdown passes well the numbers will add up quickly but to me it's more about the offense running quickly scoring touchdowns efficiently and not being needed for more than not being needed for more than two quarters maybe they're up big at halftime and he comes out and starts in the third quarter but getting off the field quickly after that to me that's what it's about there will be some games where he has huge stats but you think about the Iowa game he had like 178 yards of offense so statistically he didn't wow anybody he had he had the touchdowns those matter and he made the play so I'm not knocking his performance but statistically it was not a big day against Iowa so Tennessee against UTC that's coming up Saturday in the season opener we are all looking forward to seeing Tennessee out there in action then we'll have a whole lot to talk about and getting ready for Tennessee and NC State out the door though I do want to ask you um there's a lot of Duds obviously Tennessee is playing a dead of a game on paper a lot of Duds around the SEC but a couple big- time matchups uh Clemson Georgia I would assume you think Georgia is going to run through Clemson uh Miami Florida I think Miami Florida's got great potential to be a great game I think Florida can win that game at home and and they desperately need to win that game for sure uh you got a couple other ones as well Notre Dame Texas A&M and then the USC LSU uh what game around the SEC intrigues you the most outside of I would assume you're probably not gonna say Georgia Clemson because I think that's gonna be a two-score game for Georgia yeah it could be I'm I am curious in that game because Clemson still has players and they finished pretty well last season they uh they have Garett Riley as the OC and Kade clubnet working with him for another year and talented freshman receivers who have gotten a lot of attention don't get me wrong I think George is gonna win the game I am curious to see can Clemson make that more competitive than a lot of people expect these coaching sta have gone up against each other at least those that are still there assistants have changed but I think Notre Dame Texas A&M is the one I'm most intrigued by I said on the show I I don't want any delays I want the Tennessee game to end on time so I can get to the second half of Florida Miami because that's a really important game but uh the Notre Dame Texas A&M game so Notre Dame is a potential playoff team Tennessee wants to be a playoff team A&M if it wins the game still has a long way to go in SEC play that would be a huge win you also have Mike Elco as the head coach at A&M going up against his former quarterback at Duke and Riley Leonard who is now the starter at Notre Dame Notre Dame has a freshman left tackle Big Time talent but he's starting because their starter is out for the season so he's going up against this defensive front that now includes Nick scon from Purdue who transferred to A&M so I think it's a great matchup it's in College Station you get the uh so you get that home field aspect that means so much to me still versus the neutral sight game so Florida Miami and Notre Dame Texas I'm into both of those the Elco Riley Dynamic Leonard Dynamic uh really interesting I hadn't really even thought about that of course head coach against his former quarterback and they they both left because Elco goes A&M so maybe leard would have left anyway but uh so he go he goes to a big time Powerhouse and they face off against one another in their new schools in game number one and and scorting on on the A&M side as well so yeah that's uh a little bit more Intrigue of course I knew all that stuff but I wasn't really you know putting putting that into perspective that that's a big time storyline uh only the groundbreaking notes and news you can get on Josh and Swain noon to 3 on 991 the sports an I'm with Josh getting ready for Tennessee's kick off the rest of the week and of course you got the newsletter on Friday morning where you can hit the link in the show notes of this show and you're going to tell us a preview it all um we gonna get us ready for kickoff for Tennessee in UTC yep uh newsletter appreciate you sharing that link Josh and swing.com if you need to type it in to the URL and then uh you can podcast the show we're live 1200 to 3 we're off and running just like you are Eric it's it's almost all football all the time so uh yeah I'm excited i' I've been waiting I get to August and I'm like okay this is great but now I want some games so we get them this week mid-season form already just stumbling over myself trying to complete sentences Josh has always man great job and uh we'll see you Saturday at Neen Stadium thanks Eric that is Josh Ward a little hit we like to do called Ward Wednesday every single Wednesday right here on lockd down vs we are getting closer and closer to kickoff we'll continue to preview the tennessy UTC matchup from every single angle some of the story lines that we want to look for for Nico and others all the time the rest of the week right here on lock down balls hey subscribe to the channel if you haven't already tell your friends let's continue to grow this show appreciate you 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