GoVols247: A Tennessee Volunteers athletics podcast

GoVols247's Wes Rucker, Ryan Callahan and Patrick Brown went into Fort Rucker Studio to break down the latest on Week One of Tennessee's first spring camp under football coach Jeremy Pruitt. The Vols have gone through two of the three scheduled practices for the week, and they won't put on full pads until next week, but there's already been plenty of noticeable changes on Haslam Field. Several pla...

GoVols247's Wes Rucker and Patrick Brown went into Fort Rucker Studio for the second of our two-part preview of Tennessee's first spring camp under new head football coach Jeremy Pruitt. This episode focuses on the defense, which might need to carry the team in 2018. Pruitt is a defensive backs coach by trade, and he's spent much of his career working for defensive mastermind Nick Saban, and Tenne...

GoVols247's Wes Rucker (from Fort Rucker Studio) and Grant Ramey (from GoVols247's Blount County satellite office) conversed through the modern technological marvel that is Al Gore's Internets about Tennessee's return to the NCAA Tournament after a three-year absence. The Vols' most recent trip to March Madness ended in a surprising Sweet Sixteen run despite being placed in the First Four, but adv...

GoVols247's Wes Rucker and Grant Ramey went into Fort Rucker Studio to break down the latest with the SEC-champion Tennessee basketball team heading into the conference tournament — which started Wednesday night for some of the league but won't start until Friday night for the Vols, who received a double-bye directly into the quarterfinal round. The second-seeded Vols (who shared the league title...

GoVols247's Wes Rucker, Ryan Callahan and Patrick Brown went into Fort Rucker Studio for the first of our two-part preview of Tennessee's first spring camp under new head football coach Jeremy Pruitt. The Vols and their new coaching staff will get a crash course on each other the next several weeks, and a Tennessee offense that already had plenty of holes on paper will be without a few of its top...

GoVols247's Wes Rucker and Grant Ramey went into Fort Rucker Studio to break down the latest with a Tennessee basketball team that is one win away from earning at least a share of an SEC championship. The 16th-ranked Vols have spent most of this season defying external (but not internal) expectations for a team that was picked to finished 13th in the 14-team SEC, and Saturday opponent Georgia is t...

GoVols247's Wes Rucker, Ryan Callahan and Patrick Brown went into Fort Rucker Studio to break down another surprisingly busy week of news for the Tennessee football program. Sophomore-to-be offensive lineman Trey Smith — arguably the Vols' best player — is facing an uncertain future because of a newly-discovered (but unspecified) health situation, throwing another large wrench into the rebuilding...

GoVols247's Wes Rucker (from Fort Rucker Studio in Knoxville) and Grant Ramey (from GoVols247's Blount County satellite office in Maryville) break down another week that was and more weeks that will be for the 19th-ranked Tennessee basketball team. The Vols have had another interesting week, falling on the road at Georgia over the weekend but the bouncing back for a 62-57 win over Florida on Wedne...

GoVols247's Wes Rucker, Ryan Callahan and Patrick Brown went into Fort Rucker Studio to look at a big-picture topic — and a really important topic — for fans wanting to know what to expect with a new sheriff in town. Rather than look only at Tennessee in a vacuum, though, this episode takes a close look at every current SEC coach who has been with his current program at least two seasons. We look...

GoVols247's Wes Rucker, Ryan Callahan and Patrick Brown went into Fort Rucker Studio to break down another interesting week — is there ever a boring week? — for the Tennessee football program. New Vols coach Jeremy Pruitt and his staff have (mostly) put the finishing touches on their first signing class in Knoxville, and that group currently ranks No. 20 nationally and No. 8 in the SEC. While a fi...

GoVols247's Wes Rucker and Grant Ramey went into Fort Rucker studio to break down anything and everything from the past week for the 18th-ranked Tennessee basketball team. The Vols were one of the nation's hottest teams heading into last weekend's game at Alabama, but the Crimson Tide boat-raced them in a big way. Tennessee's 28-point loss in Tuscaloosa was nearly a wider margin of defeat than the...

GoVols247's Wes Rucker and Grant Ramey went into Fort Rucker Studio to break down all things Tennessee basketball — and most of those things are good things at the moment. The 15th-ranked Vols beat Kentucky on Tuesday at Rupp Arena to complete a season sweep of the Wildcats for the first time since 1999. Tennessee's first win at Rupp since 2006 has given the surging Vols a sixth consecutive win th...

GoVols247's Wes Rucker sat down with new Tennessee athletic director Phillip Fulmer for an exclusive, wide-ranging interview on several topics. Fulmer, a Hall of Famer who finished with a 152-52 record, two SEC championships and one national title as the Vols' head coach, has given nearly four decades of service to a place he proudly calls "my school." And now he's entering the final act of his Te...

GoVols247's Wes Rucker (from Fort Rucker Studio) and Grant Ramey (from GoVols247's Blount County satellite office in Maryville) break down anything and everything about a Tennessee basketball team that keeps getting better and better. The Vols have rolled to big wins at Iowa State and LSU in the past week, and they're up to No. 18 nationally in both major polls, No. 9 nationally in stat guru Ken P...

GoVols247's Wes Rucker, Patrick Brown and Ryan Callahan went into Fort Rucker Studio to break down all things Tennessee football and recruiting after another newsy week in and around Knoxville. New Tennessee coach Jeremy Pruitt and his staff remain full speed ahead in their efforts to salvage a solid recruiting class heading into next week's traditional National Signing Day. A class that had been...

GoVols247's Wes Rucker, Patrick Brown and Danny Parker went into Fort Rucker Studio to break down the latest on all things Tennessee football for the weekly Friday morning podcast. What's the latest on Jauan Jennings' potential return to the program? Will new coach Jeremy Pruitt and his staff keep Tennessee climbing up the recruiting rankings? How did the Vols find Jordan Young, an Atlanta-area wi...

GoVols247's Wes Rucker (from Fort Rucker Studio) and Grant Ramey (from GoVols247's Blount County satellite office in Maryville) break down the week that was in Vols hoops — and it was a good week, with a tough road loss at Mizzou followed by a really good win at South Carolina and a hey-it's-a-win win over Vanderbilt to complete a regular-season sweep of the in-state-rival Commodores. The 22nd-ran...

GoVols247's Wes Rucker, Ryan Callahan and Patrick Brown went into Fort Rucker Studio breaking down another busy week full of Tennessee football news. Star wide receiver Jauan Jennings dropped a hint on Thursday night that he could be back with the Vols after being dismissed from the program late last season by the team's previous coaching staff. What's the latest with Jennings? And what would his...

GoVols247's Wes Rucker and Grant Ramey sat down for an exclusive interview with Tennessee basketball coach Rick Barnes in this episode. Barnes and his 21st-ranked Vols have made plenty of headlines this season, and the veteran coach thinks his team could be in for a big finish ... assuming it stays on course and continues improving. Barnes, as usual, was candid in this sit-down interview. Topics i...

GoVols247's Wes Rucker (from Fort Rucker Studio) and Grant Ramey (from GoVols247's Blount County satellite office in Maryville) break down a much-needed bounce-back week from the 24th-ranked Tennessee basketball team. The Vols responded to a two-game losing streak in style, coming from behind to beat then-17th-ranked Kentucky over the weekend in Thompson-Boling Arena and then coming from behind to...

GoVols247's Wes Rucker, Ryan Callahan, Patrick Brown and Danny Parker went into Fort Rucker Studio to break down new Tennessee football Jeremy Pruitt's return to Knoxville, but this time on a full-time basis. Pruitt finished the season as Alabama's defensive coordinator, helping the Crimson Tide win another national championship, before putting all of his attention on the Vols — though his attenti...

GoVols247's Wes Rucker, Patrick Brown and Danny Parker went into Fort Rucker Studio to break down the performance of incoming Tennessee head coach Jeremy Pruitt and incoming Tennessee defensive coordinator Kevin Sherrer in the College Football Playoff semifinals. Pruitt (as Alabama's defensive coordinator) and Sherrer (as Georgia's outside linebackers coach) will square off for the national champi...

GoVols247's Wes Rucker (from Fort Rucker Studio) and Grant Ramey (from GoVols247's Blount County satellite office) break down an inauspicious start to SEC play for the 23rd-ranked Tennessee basketball team. Is there reason to panic after a tough overtime loss at Arkansas and an inexplicable home loss to Auburn, or is there reason to just worry a little bit? Tennessee was one of the biggest surpris...

GoVols247's Wes Rucker (from Fort Rucker Studio), Patrick Brown (from Upper East Tennessee) and Ryan Callahan (from Missouri) converge to break down another week full of Tennessee football news — news that was headlined by star running back John Kelly's Friday afternoon announcement that he would forego his final season of eligibility and enter the NFL Draft. What does Kelly's departure mean for n...

GoVols247's Wes Rucker (from Fort Rucker Studio) and Grant Ramey (from GoVols247's Blount County satellite office) break down the state of Tennessee basketball heading into SEC play, which starts this weekend. The Vols have won nine of their first 11 games, with the two losses being close losses against two of the best teams in the country, and they're ranked No. 19 nationally heading into this we...