The Volunteer State
Hosted by Adam Sparks and John Adams · USA TODAY NETWORK - Tennessee
4.4from 85 ratings
- 174
- Episodes
- 16
- Transcribed
- 85
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2021
- First episode
About The Volunteer State
The Volunteer State is a Tennessee Vols sports podcast covering sports topics from the University of Tennessee featuring The Knoxville News Sentinel's John Adams, Mike Wilson and Blake Toppmeyer. The Tennessean, Nashville Tennessee.
- Publisher
- USA TODAY NETWORK - Tennessee
- Category
- sports
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- Yes
- First episode
- 24 Nov 2021
- Latest episode
- 20 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
16 of 174 episodes have a transcript.
20 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Does beating Alabama pave way for Tennessee playoff run?
13 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
George MacIntyre’s first start and previewing Alabama game
6 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Dissecting Tennessee’s new QB quandary and how far it goes
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Does beating Alabama pave way for Tennessee playoff run?
Published 20 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] It also could just be a mark of a good defense against a couple of bad teams and one other one that didn't quite know what it was doing offensively yet actually didn't. Still doesn't know what it's doing offensively, Texas, that is. But this performance obviously helped me kind of cross that bridge that this is just not a really good defense. It's a great defense at this point in the year. I think reasonable people could argue it's the best defense in the country right now. UT held its first three SEC opponents to 20 points or less, and this cut that in half, 10 points. But, you know, I mean, who's to say where it's going to go from now? […]
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- 4.3 / 5
- 72 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.8 / 5
- 13 ratings
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Adam Sparks and John Adams host the show. Published by USA TODAY NETWORK - Tennessee.
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