GoVols247: A Tennessee Volunteers athletics podcast

GoVols247’s Wes Rucker, Ryan Callahan, Patrick Brown and Danny Parker head into the Fort Rucker Studio to break down Tennessee football's changing of the guard at quarterback. Redshirt freshman Jarrett Guarantano — the nation's top-ranked dual-threat quarterback prospect in the 2016 class — will make his first career college start Saturday against South Carolina. Gamecocks coach Will Muschamp has always had success against Tennessee coach Butch Jones, and South Carolina scored three defensive touchdowns in last week's win over Arkansas, so Guarantano's first assignment won't be an easy one. Whether he's ready for the challenge in this main topic in this episode.

GoVols247’s Wes Rucker, Ryan Callahan, Patrick Brown and Danny Parker — the artist also known as Big McLargeHuge — went into the Fort Rucker Studio to break down the impact that an interesting bye week had on the Vols heading into Saturday’s critical showdown with South Carolina in Neyland Stadium. Jones was all smiles earlier this week when discussing the work his team got done during the open date, claiming it’s the best one Tennessee has had in a “long, long time.” That seemed odd, given the fact that one of Tennessee’s best defensive players (sophomore end Darrell Taylor) was suspended indefinitely after a practice altercation with one of Tennessee’s best offensive players (freshman guard Trey Smith), but Jones understandably tends to keep things as optimistic as possible when cameras are rolling. Some interesting social media moments emerged during the bye week, as well. Does any of that mean anything, though? That topic and many other topics are discussed in this week’s second podcast episode.

GoVols247's Wes Rucker and Grant Ramey head into the Fort Rucker Studio to break down Tennessee basketball as coach Rick Barnes and his Vols have opened preseason practice. Tennessee returns much of its nucleus from a team that played very well at times last season, and the return of two talented youngsters from injuries combined with the addition of two high-scoring upperclassman guards and a solid freshman class — including dynamic wing Yvew Pons, the top-rated prospect in France — has lead to many to suggest the Vols will make their return to the NCAA Tournament. Reasons for optimistic and causes for pause are discussed in this wide-ranging look at all things Tennessee basketball.

GoVols247's Wes Rucker, Grant Ramey and Patrick Brown go into the Fort Rucker Studio to break down Tennessee's chances of emerging from its current funk and salvaging the season — if a season where you're all-but eliminated from the SEC Eastern Division title race before October is salvageable. Real talk can be tough, but at least it's honest, right?

GoVols247's Wes Rucker, Grant Ramey and Patrick Brown go into the Fort Rucker Studio to break down the good, bad and ugly — and there was no good — in Tennessee's 41-0 loss to seventh-ranked Georgia on Saturday at Neyland Stadium. Many, many things had to go wrong in order for the Vols to suffer the worst loss in Neyland Stadium history, and ... well ... many, many things went wrong. Does this team have any answers? That's a fair question, and a question we try to answer.

GoVols247's Wes Rucker, Ryan Callahan, Grant Ramey and Danny Parker go into the Fort Rucker Studio to preview Tennessee's game against seventh-ranked Georgia on Saturday at Neyland Stadium. The Dawgs are surging and the Vols are reeling, but this series has produced some absolutely magical moments the past several seasons. Can Tennessee produce more of that magic this weekend? Vols coach Butch Jones certainly hopes so. We break down some big Vols-Dawgs matchups and discuss just how important this game will be for Jones and his staff.

GoVols247's Wes Rucker, Ryan Callahan, Patrick Brown and Danny Parker go into the Fort Rucker Studio to break down Tennessee's ugly, 17-13 win over UMass over the weekend and the interesting comments from Butch Jones during the coach's Monday press conference. The Vols are struggling, their coach is facing a lot of pressure and seventh-ranked Georgia is heading into Neyland Stadium on Saturday. There's a lot to unpack in Knoxville at the moment, and GoVols247 is here to unpack as much of it as possible.

GoVols247's Wes Rucker, Grant Ramey, Patrick Brown and Danny Parker — who's now officially a member of the GoVols247 family — went into the Fort Rucker Studio to break down the future of Tennessee's Team 121 following its heartbreaking loss at Florida. The Vols can get their SEC Eastern Division title hopes back on track with a win against Georgia next weekend, but their immediate future is a Saturday home game against UMass. Will the Vols flush the Florida loss and move forward? Will they be focused this weekend? Which young players need to step up and contribute more? All of that and more is discussed in this episode.

GoVols247's Wes Rucker, Ryan Callahan, Patrick Brown and Danny Parker went into the Fort Rucker Studio to break down the cluster(frick) that was Tennessee's 26-20 loss at Florida on Saturday at The Swamp. Tennessee committed a series of red-zone and short-yardage blunders and dug itself into a hole and then dug out of that hole late in fourth quarter before losing on a 63-yard touchdown pass as time expired. It was a third brutal loss to the Gators in four years, and a second consecutive game in The Swamp that should have been won but was lost. Before sorting out where the Vols and this coaching staff go from here — something we'll discuss later in the week — we try to sort out a game we covered in person but still don't quite understand.

GoVols247’s Wes Rucker, Ryan Callahan, Patrick Brown and Danny Parker, went into the Fort Rucker Studio to break down all the unknowns heading into 23rd-ranked Tennessee's upcoming showdown at 24th-ranked Florida in The Swamp. The Vols have played two opponents with unusual offenses to start the season, and the Gators have played only one game — a close loss to Michigan in which its offense was beyond bad. Two of the SEC East's traditional beasts have a lot of unknowns heading into their annual showdown, and GoVols247 is in the house to clear up some of those questions.