Gameday on Rocky Top Podcast

Warm-ups: Consensus on the worst candy ever, and a Surprising Solution to the Mortgage Crisis.

1. Among all of the happy football things, what's your favorite and why?

2. Is Tennessee going to score 40+ points against Kentucky?

3. What's your biggest fear about the Kentucky game, and how frightening is it?

4. Checking in with the GRT Win Total Machine.

5. Vols hoops primer and free for all.

Plus 20 minutes of bonus coverage.

1. Warm Ups: Why are children falling through Joel's ceiling?

2. Let's play How Many Awesome Things Did We Just Witness?

3. On the atmosphere in(and around) Neyland Stadium this particular Third Saturday in October.

4. Jalin Hyatt and the King of the Beasts Mode

5. How much better is Georgia's defense than Alabama's?

6. The GRT Win Total Machine is spitting out happy, happy, happy results.

Indeed. Things ARE pretty good on Rocky Top these days, with the football team undefeated headed into the Third Saturday in October with the best chance to beat the Tide in years. After too many years of previewing this game with jokes and other coping mechanisms, Will and Joel lean all the way in to a Tennessee-Alabama week the way it was meant to be.

The GRT Podcast is, like the Tennessee Football team, back in the saddle. In this episode, cocooned in newness, we talk about the Vols being 10.5-point favorites over a Florida Gators team we've beaten only once in nearly two decades and why we think The Weirdness will not be making an appearance this year. We also discuss community expectations via the GRT Win Total Machine and hit on Pitt a bit.

Bonus coverage features a confidential counseling session and fond memories of the sheer awesomeness of Neyland Stadium. Pardon the bumpy ride and sound quality at certain points, but know that by enduring that you are standing with the good people of Ukraine. #spendwithukraine

Taking a moment to live in the moment and celebrate the Vols' first SEC Tournament Championship since 1979. Plus, we comb through all the data in an attempt to figure out why in the world Tennessee ended up a 3-seed in the NCAA Tournament, made our own case for a 2-seed, and peered into a possible future for these Vols in the South Region.

In this episode of the Gameday on Rocky Top Podcast, we hit "play" on the motion offense just to see what happens. Here's what happened:

1. I forgot to tell my computer to use the other microphone.

2. Post-Kentucky elation.

3. Post-Arkansas oh wells.

4. What is this team's Kryptonite?

5. Is it time for Fulkerson to get back in to the starting lineup?

6. Bracketology and comparative resumes.

Bonus: Who's your favorite broadcasting play-by-play and color guys?

Chris Pendley again joins the GRT guys to talk about all things Heupel, hoops, and what's happening over the holidays.

Breaking down the big road win against a ranked Kentucky team.

Peeking in on the GRT Fun Office Pool standings.

Just how good are these Vols?

So you're saying there's a chance against Georgia? (Uh, not really.)

Checking in on Vols hoops as the (real) season is about to tip off.

Soliciting ideas for a new theme song. Anything by John Mayer has already been ruled out.

Twenty minutes of chaos overwhelms an otherwise awesome environment!

What really happened on 4th and 24?

What really happened on the sack-fumble-touchdown that wasn't?

Still more nonsense!

Um, how's our quarterback, by the way?

All of that, and we still almost won the game.

Joel and Will woo their way through the Vols exceeding expectations for the second week in a row. They then parlay that into a long weekend at Fantasy Island and return home to conclude that the upcoming Ole Miss game looks suspiciously like the earlier Florida game, except that now the Tennessee offense seems to have found its stride.