VOLatile Podcast

Tennessee beat Auburn 24–14, and the Volatile crew was in Neyland for it — eleven rows up, near the 50, behind the Auburn bench. The seats were as good as they get. The section around them was not. A lot of the episode is the “Danny White effect” in real time: expensive chairbacks that never filled, people gone by the third quarter, and the student section and south end zone carrying the noise. Th...

Tennessee takes its first loss of the season, 20–17, to the No. 1 Texas Longhorns. Wendell Moye is out for the year, Sham Umarov is questionable, and the offensive line is the story of the week. Auburn comes to Neyland Stadium on Saturday, October 3 at 2:30 p.m. ET on ESPN. Hosts: Mac Williams, Jeff Wright, and Nick Duncan. This upload is the full episode audio. Captions are in the companion .srt...

Mac, Nick, and special guest Josh Claiborne give you the post-mortem on the UTex / UT game.

Note: Zencastr keeps dropping the ball so this is a 2 part episodeJosh Claiborne joins Mac and Nick to get you ready for the Horns visit to Neyland and all the crazy that comes with it. Follow Claiborne on X: https://x.com/jclaiborne311

Note: Zencastr keeps dropping the ball so this is a 2 part episodeJosh Claiborne joins Mac and Nick to get you ready for the Horns visit to Neyland and all the crazy that comes with it. Follow Claiborne on X: https://x.com/jclaiborne311

Tennessee is 2–0. The Vols just left Atlanta with a win over Georgia Tech and come home Saturday night to host Kennesaw State in Neyland (Sept. 19, 6:45 p.m. ET, SEC Network). This is your weekly reminder that being a Vols fan is a terminal diagnosis we all share. Mac Williams and Jeff Wright are back. Here’s what’s on the table: What the Bobby Dodd trip actually felt like — skyline, no lines, alm...

Mac and Jeff call Nick on the ride home from Atlanta after the Vols took down Georgia Tech in commanding fashion. The guys talk about all they learned and take questions from listeners of the live stream.

Tennessee heads to Atlanta for Georgia Tech and we break down what the Joaquin Dotson season-ending injury means for the receiver rotation. We dig into the Sam Pendleton DUI news and how Heupel should handle discipline, tip our caps to Arion Carter's cancer-research donation pledge, and vent about Danny White's ticket-price problem. Then it's SEC baseball talk and Tennessee's brutal 2027 slate, fo...

The (First!) VOLatile Reaction! Tennessee opens the season with a decisive win over Furman, and we break down what actually mattered. Faison Brandon looks poised in his debut (with the obligatory Cam Newton comparisons), the defensive line flashes, and the offensive line raises real questions heading into Georgia Tech. We dig into the missing pieces up front, the run-game issues, and possible line...

Mac, Nick and Jeff are here to get you ready for Football Time in Tennessee! We dig into ESPN putting Tennessee on upset alert against Furman, whether the new First Horizon jersey patch and Dolly sticker mean the program is drifting from tradition, and where the LSU eligibility fight leaves SEC enforcement (is Donde Plowman doing everyone else's job?). Plus quick hits on a basketball injury, e...

The Volatile crew digs into Tennessee's quarterback situation as Faison Brandon takes the reins, and asks what's fair to expect from a true freshman starter. From there it's a wide-ranging conversation: the Arion Carter saga and why NCAA eligibility feels broken, the Smokey Gray Neyland Legacy uniforms (and whether they actually work against Alabama), David Gabriel George hype and the...

The 3rd Saturday in October gets an upgrade by returning to the past. Mac, Nick, and Jeff are here to talk it over, along with: What the loss of Edrees Farooq means for the D Why DeSean Bishop got left off the Doak watchlist How Confident Should We Be in Each Position Group Vanderbilt in The Gauntlet Rocky Top Roots: The Third Saturday in October

Chock-full episode on #36! Mac, Nick, and Jeff are here to talk about: FR: George or Faizon? Latest Football Recruiting News What would you do to secure a National Championship for the FootVols Vol Fan Starter Pack Ole Miss and Texas in the Gauntlet Rocky Top Roots: The Origin of Running Through the T

Mac, Nick, and Jeff are in to talk about Danny White's surprising interview with Brent Hubbs as well as: - How Heupel and UT should handle the NCAA suspending Arion Carter - Jalen Washington transferring in to Rick Barnes' program - The Ideal Tennessee Football Gameday Experience- Tennessee's Forgotten Football Announcer - South Carolina and Texas A&M in The Gauntlet

Nick and Mac are here to talk about: Perhaps the most ridiculous NCAA decision of all time Asa Barnes commits Missouri and Oklahoma In The Gauntlet Rocky Top Roots

Special guests join us for this episode to discuss:- David Gabriel Georges commits to the Vols (!!)- Best Players of the Rick Barnes Era- LSU and Mississippi State in The Gauntlet- Rocky Top Roots: Greatest Comebacks in Volunteer Football History

Lots going on in Ep. 32: - Vols in the MLB Draft - All Time Vols Fantasy Draft - Georgia and Florida In The Gauntlet - Rocky Top Roots: Recruiting Peyton Manning

Mac and Jeff are here to talk: New Unis Auburn and Florida's Season Outlook (The Gauntlet) Morgan Wallen's Top 10 Songs

Mac, Nick, and Jeff are here with the Vols content you need to make it through:- Latest News- Would You Rather Vols Edition- New Segment: Welcome to the Gauntlet- Rocky Top Roots: The Volunteer Name

Mac, Nick, and Joe are back to draft the perfect Neyland Gameday experience, give you the history of UT's fight songs - there's more than Rocky Top - and we also discuss Nate Ament being drafted.

Joe, Nick, and Mac discuss General Neyland, Tennessee's Mount Rushmore, and much more!

Mac and Nick are back with all the Vols news of the week.

Joe is back! He, Mac, and Nick are here to help you get started on our long mutual nightmare now that the BaseVols went 0-2 to end the season. Don't worry, though, we'll also help you get through it.

**Note** - Zencastr goofed up mid recording so you'll notice a seam in the episode. Nick, Mac, and Jeff are here with: 1. A plan for fixing the Chaz Coleman problem. 2. The best analysis among Vol Podcasts of the upcoming Regional for Elander's squad.

In this episode Mac and Jeff cover: 1. Does recent reporting mean Faizon Brandon is QB1? 2. BasketVols finalize their roster. What's the oncourt product going to look like? 3. BaseVols were up then down. What's going on with the pitching rotation? Can they win in the Regional?