Torch Sports Recap Podcast

Recorded 5/4. The group looked at diamond sports as they move towards the end of the season and towards tournament play. Lastly, each person named a UT athlete they were really excited to watch in the coming academic year.

The group recaps baseball's series win over Alabama while softball split the opening two games of their three-game set versus the Crimson Tide. Then, a lot into Vols drafted into the NFL, and they discuss the fall of Jermod McCoy from a projected 1st round pick to a 4th round pick. Lastly, a special shoutout to women's golf, as the Lady Vols come home with the first SEC Championship in program his...

The group looks at the daunting road to the postseason for baseball and the promising road through the postseason for softball. Then they examine the transfer portal additions for both Kim Caldwell's and Rick Barnes' basketball squads, and what those additions mean for next season.

The group looks at the developing situation for Tennessee's basketball programs with both the men's and women's teams being hit hard by transfer portal departures. Then they look the baseball struggles versus LSU, while softball gets back on track versus South Carolina. Lastly, men's golfer Jackson Herrington heads off to play The Masters, and the crew predicts how his weekend will go.

The ride is over, and the men's basketball season came to an end in the Elite Eight yet again. The group recaps the weekend in Chicago and the sweet victory over Iowa State in the Sweet 16 before a disappointing loss at the hands of Michigan. Then they look at the season as a whole and how they dealt with expectations, the fatal flaws of the team, and what should be exciting about the team enterin...

March Madness continues for Tennessee men's basketball as they knock off Miami (OH) and Virginia, while the women's basketball team faces an offseason that could be full of turnover. The gang also looks at softball's series loss at Florida, and baseball picked up their first series win with Josh Elander at the helm.

Welcome to March Madness. The group discusses both of Tennessee's (very flawed) basketball teams and evaluate their odds of a deep tournament run. Then they dig into No.1 Tennessee softball and the return of Karlyn Pickens in the Lady Vols' series win at Mississippi State. The show closes with analysis of Tennessee baseball's crushing series loss to Georgia and Stone Lawless being robbed of a go-a...

This week, the group reflects on the passing of Tennessee alum Wes Rucker, what he meant to Knoxville, and the meaning of the tributes from local and national media, as well as from schools like Vanderbilt. Rather than a typical recap the week of Tennessee athletics, the group discusses their Tennessee fandom and what is so appealing about sports in general in an effort to take a step back and ref...

Baseball is back at the newly renovated Lindsey Nelson Stadium, and the fellas offer their thoughts on the changes to both the stadium and the team. Then they examine the highs of the weekend for softball and what could trip them up, and they examine a lackluster win for men's basketball and a positive loss for women's basketball.

The guys are back in the podcast studio to recap a weekend of basketball that was historic for all the wrong reasons. Then they take a look at softball's 5-0 start that featured a pair of top 25 wins, and look ahead to what will propel the team through the season. Lastly, baseball is back for opening day at Lindsey Nelson Stadium in the coming week, and the guys touch on some of the players to wat...

This week, the group looks at the momentum of men's basketball and who is stepping up for the Vols, while women's basketball played some of their worst basketball of the season. Is that indicative of things to come? Further, each of the guys offers an update around Tennessee athletics, with a look at baseball's incoming transfers, a successful senior day for swim, and a tough early season schedule...

The guys return to get caught up on the good and the bad of Tennessee men's basketball, the heights of women's basketball, and the transfer portal class Josh Heupel and company put together for the football team.

The group discusses the Vols ill-fated trip back to the Music City Bowl and how the season went. Further, they look ahead to next season and look at key questions surrounding the Vols entering the offseason.

The crew gets together to recap a tough week in Tennessee sports as football loses big at home to Vanderbilt, women's basketball gets crushed by UCLA, and momentum for the men's basketball team following a huge win over Houston is quickly deflated with a loss to Kansas.

This week, the crew examines Tennessee's big win over Florida down in Gainesville, offers an instant recap of men's basketball's win over Rutgers out in Las Vegas, discusses the Lady Vols' dominant wins over MTSU and Coppin State, and looks to volleyball and the SEC tournament.

This week, the fellas recap an underwhelming performance against New Mexico State on the gridiron, and how the men's and women's basketball teams are starting to find some form. Further, they look at the Lady Vol's tough loss to defending national champions, UNC, in the first round of the NCAA soccer tournament, and look to the future of the program and where they go from here.

This week on the podcast, the crew discusses Kim Caldwell's fiery comments about her lady's basketball team following a 50 point win over ETSU, a great effort by the men's basketball team versus Northern Kentucky, and soccer's continued struggles as they approach the NCAA tournament.

The crew tackles the loss to Oklahoma and the takeaways from the game, then they offer their thoughts on the dismissal of Ruby Whitehorn from the Tennessee Women's Basketball team. Then they recap a disappointing weekend for the volleyball team, and offer a brief preview of Lady Vol soccer as they face off with LSU in the SEC tournament.