Joey Aguilar officially named the starter

[chuckiepoo]

Lets hope the season will have less drama for fans and team than the preseason.

Congrats, Joey. Please don’t lose the job for all of our sakes!

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[chuckiepoo]

Joey Swagular

Its a keeper! Swaguilar

 

[molsen81]

Down the Field Joey…….something we’re not used to

 

[WeeohdeeWood]

Tony B has it right "Joey Football".

 

[chuckiepoo]

Tony B has it right "Joey Football".

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… starting rumors again, is he?

 

[vegasvolfan]

Tennessee Football Names Starting Quarterback to Begin 2025 Season | Rocky Top Insider

Tennessee football has picked its starting quarterback for the upcoming 2025 season when it gets underway vs. Syracuse.

www.rockytopinsider.com

Tennessee football has decided on who will be its starting quarterback for the 2025 season. Josh Heupel’s offense will officially be led by Joey Aguilar, the Appalachian State and UCLA transfer who joined the Vols in the spring portal window. He beat out redshirt freshman Jake Merklinger and true freshman George MacIntyre for the position on the depth chart. This was first reported by Brent Hubbs of VolQuest

Shocking.

 

[Jaxon_Vol2017]

I kinda like "Joey Football". Simple. But it has been used relatively lately.

 

[Wezcoast]

Apparently there are folks surprised by this on my X timeline, I mean the minute Tennessee showed interest in him and he announced he was coming here he was going to be the starter. Anyone who thought different was just fooling themselves.

Crazy that anyone's surprised. (Experience + serviceable mechanics) is better than raw talent in most cases.

 

[Dudleys87]

Apparently there are folks surprised by this on my X timeline, I mean the minute Tennessee showed interest in him and he announced he was coming here he was going to be the starter. Anyone who thought different was just fooling themselves.

Literally the only reason he was recruited to come to Tennessee.

 

[Sara Clark]

Literally the only reason he was recruited to come to Tennessee.

Bingo!!!!

 

[orange parmejohn]

Literally the only reason he was recruited to come to Tennessee.

He was recruited because you can’t go into a season with only a true freshman and a rs freshman QB on your roster.

 

[volfan411]

Joey’s only going to be here one year. Merk and Mac just need to keep studying and train for next year’s QB battle.

There will be no next year for Merk. The battle next spring will be between Brandon, Gmac and a portal guy. If Gmac doesn’t win the job in the spring I think he portals after spring camp.

 

[volfever007]

Tell them to earn the job then

What's more concerning is maybe they aren't being developed. We're 0-2 in high school QB's and 1 was a 4* top 13 QB in the country out of high school, the other was a 5* top 3 QB in the country, so it's not like we're rolling the dice on high school QB'S.

 

[Oldvoldad]

Yes, and Gmac should be 2nd string and ready to go if Joey can't handle it.

Just a matter of time.

 

[BigOrangeFanatic]

so if GMac doesn't RS we have So, Fr and? Got to have 3

They'll pick up someone in the portal but I definitely dont see Merk staying. Unless he just wants to be a backup. From reports its plainly obvious he is not as talented as the other 2 and will never be the starter unless everyone gets hurt. I could see him starting this year if JA gets hurt or is just down right terrible but thats only because they are trying to protect Gmac this year and to give him more time. Long term though we all know Merk isn't going to see any significant time as the one running this offense.

 

[njvols]

Whoa, didn't expect this today.

Me either. Separation must be obvious and if you can name guy earlier the better to focus everything

 

[WillisWG]

Dramatic much?

You act like skinny freshman QBs have never played before.

After how many other QBs went down?

 

[ftsandersvol]

Didn’t get to see the QBs in practice and only heard a limited amount from the media (Thanks, Fingers), so I’m just going to have to trust the guy who has given us 30 wins in the last three seasons.

 

[WillisWG]

Ist incomplete pass in the Syracuse game -

Game thread - " time to put in Merk"

same as it ever was

 

[WillisWG]

Was hoping Merk would claim the job as validation of our recruiting and development and because of his commitment to our program as his first stop. But, he got a fair shot and got beat. So, now I am glad for the upgrade and hope Joey kills it this season.

Hard to imagine a RSFR beaten out by a SR

 

[northknoxvol]

Cant believe im the first to say it......."how you doin"

 

[WillisWG]

What's more concerning is maybe they aren't being developed. We're 0-2 in high school QB's and 1 was a 4* top 13 QB in the country out of high school, the other was a 5* top 3 QB in the country, so it's not like we're rolling the dice on high school QB'S.

SR>RSFR/FR. Shouldn't try to make it more than it is

 

[modernVol]

Joey Dimes, let's ride

 

[WillisWG]

Crazy that anyone's surprised. (Experience + serviceable mechanics) is better than raw talent in most cases.

Yep show that he understood Heup's O & the job was his

 

[OmahaOmaha]

The other quarterbacks that have been previously recruited are wasting their careers.

Not anymore. All players are constantly auditioning for another job in today's wacky world of CFB.