GoVols247's Ben McKee, Patrick Brown and Ryan Callahan discuss all things Tennessee football in the latest GoVols247 Podcast.

During the first segment, McKee and Brown react to all of Tennessee's coaching changes since its season ended in the Music City Bowl, UT's pursuit of a quarterback, the Vols who have entered the transfer portal and the Volunteers' first commitment from the portal in Kansas State defensive back Qua Moss.

Callahan joined McKee in the second segment to discuss all of the latest Tennessee portal targets and visitors.

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GoVols247's Patrick Brown and Ryan Callahan react to Tennessee's 30-28 loss to Illinois in the Music City Bowl on Tuesday night in Nashville.

It was a summary of the entire 2025 season in one game for the Vols: Bad defense, inconsistent offense, untimely mistakes, a costly missed field goal and a defeat, Tennessee's fifth of the season.

Where do Tennessee and Josh Heupel go from here? More are coming on the defensive staff and the transfer portal opens on Friday. Josh Heupel said the Vols will come back stronger in 2026 and have reasons for optimism, but it's a big offseason upcoming for the program.

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GoVols247's Ben McKee and Patrick Brown preview Tennessee football's matchup with Illinois in the Music City Bowl.

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GoVols247's Ryan Callahan and Patrick Brown catch up on a busy December of Tennessee football news.We go in-depth on the hire of Jim Knowles as the new defensive coordinator for the Vols after they parted ways with Tim Banks after five seasons following a stark regression on the field in 2025.What is next for Knowles's staff? How will the Vols handle the first-year issues he's had at previous stops? We also touched on the latest contract situations for Tennessee's assistant coachesTennessee has had three players declare for the NFL Draft in CB Jermod McCoy, All-SEC WR Chris Brazzell II and Arion Carter. We give our thoughts on those situations and the latest on CB Colton Hood and OT Lance Heard. We also revealed some other players who might not play in the Music City Bowl.Then we talked all things transfer portal, from the players Tennessee has entering it next month to the fascinating QB situation and other positions to target in January. Are the Vols going to be high-end portal shopping for a QB despite the presence of George MacIntyre and Faizon Brandon? What are the portal priorities for Knowles on defense?

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GoVols247's Ben McKee is joined by Ryan Schumpert of Rocky Top Inside to recap Tennessee basketball's frustrating losses to Kansas and Syracuse, ahead of Saturday's big matchup with Illinois in Nashville.

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GoVols247's Patrick Brown and Ryan Callahan recap a busy and successful National Signing Day for Tennessee, which signed its highest-ranked class under Josh Heupel.Wednesday saw the Vols pull off FOUR flips. But one of those looks shaky at beast. We have the latest on where things stand with four-star athlete Legend Bey, who flipped from Ohio State back to Tennessee, but still wants to play for the Buckeyes.We break down the other flips: Top-100 edge Carter Gooden, four-star edge Jordan Carter and three-star D-lineman JJ Finch. We also discussed Tennessee's addition of another Aussie punter in Logan Foley.Tennessee did lose a long-time commitment in elite athlete Salesi Moa, who opted for home-state Utah.We also discussed the big-picture strengths of this recruiting class, how Tennessee fared with in-state recruiting and why the Vols continue to emphasize traditional recruiting despite the existence of the transfer portal.

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GoVols247's Patrick Brown and Ryan Callahan assess what went wrong for Tennessee in its embarrassing 45-24 home loss to Vanderbilt to conclude the regular season and where Josh Heupel and the Vols go after an 8-4 season in 2025.

Yes, there's a bowl game still to play, but Tennessee enters offseason mode this week and will need to make some changes after failing to beat any ranked opponents and losing three homes games this season.

How will Heupel address the regression on defense? What does the roster decision-making process look like? Are there other areas that the program must address to perform better with the nine-game SEC schedule coming in 2026?

We focused on the big-picture discussion in our postgame podcast from the visitor coaching booth at Neyland Stadium on Saturday night.

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GoVols247's Patrick Brown and Ryan Callahan recap Tennessee's 31-11 win at Florida on Saturday night in Gainesville.

The Vols won in The Swamp for the first time since 2003, humiliating the three-win, interim-coached Gators in the process. Josh Heupel's team came out with an noticeable edge and took it to Florida from the opening kickoff. Tennessee scored on its first four possessions, didn't allow a first down until early in the second quarter and led 31-0 at halftime.

Tennessee rushed for 248 yards to move to 8-3.

We recap the win from the Florida coaching booth at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in the earliest-morning hours in Gainesville.

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On this breaking news edition, GoVols247 recruiting insider Ryan Callahan joins Patrick Brown to discuss Tennessee landing 2027 four-star defensive lineman Kadin Fife, the standout at Summerville (Ga.) Chattooga High School who chose the Vols over Auburn, Georgia Tech and Texas A&M.

We break down what kind of player Fife will be for the Vols down the road and why Tennessee was the choice now toward the end of his junior season.

Then we shifted our focus to Tennessee's 2026 recruiting class in the run-in to Signing Day in December with a look at the remaining targets for the Vols and how the transfer portal window shifting to January impacts coaching staffs in the month of December.

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GoVols247's Patrick Brown and Ryan Callahan are here on Thursday of Florida week to preview the matchup between the Vols and Gators in The Swamp on Saturday night.

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