'Vol Calls' not returning

[YankeeVol]

I haven't listened to Vol Calls in years. I just couldnt take anymore idiotic callers.

I have literally never listened.

 

[LegionnaireOfTheMiserable]

The problem is the engagement is with about 5 fans who just want to be on the radio. It provides no real info.

We aren’t ever going to get any real info. About the only real info any team in any sport ever gets is if you win the championship, people will talk a bit more freely in that case. If you do get real info, it’s stuff like the Giants GM saying Saquon Barkley is washed and the owner saying he will not be able to sleep if the GM is wrong.

 

[vols 30]

I have literally never listened.

It was really the same stuff every week. Same questions. You could sense the coaches not wanting to fool with it. I quit listening several years ago

 

[OrangeInKy]

But how am I going to know how Bob….I mean Mike, and the coaches are doing?

 

[OrangeInKy]

That will eliminate some dumd questions

Not so fast my friend. As someone who asks dumb questions every day, my people always find a way. We won’t be silenced.

 

[TNVOLFN]

"I'll hang up and listen" will never hit the same.

 

[McDad]

What would be interesting is if they did Vol calls and have theme nights.

For example:
welcome to Vol calls. our theme tonight are callers who want our head coach to dress nicer and shave because that affects winning percentage. let's get started with our first caller....

Welcome to Vol calls. Tonight we will hear only from fans who want the coach to go into I formation at all times.

Hey fans, welcome to Vol calls. Tonight we get to hear from fans who know how to coach defensive backs better than Willie Martinez. First caller, you're on the air with coach...

 

[mercuryvol]

What’s wrong with this ? Our coach shouldn’t be wasting his precious time fielding live calls from our fans anyway.
And it helps to avoid a Tyler from Spartanburg incident.

Okay Hula, I’ll bite. I haven’t listened to VolCalls for years so please clue me in on tha Tyler incident.

 

[Jax_Vol]

You had to drink at least a 12-pack before the screener let you slur a question

 

[JustFunnN'Orange]

Now I’ll have to drive to Bulls Gap to check on Jerry.

LOL!!! good one!!

 

[mr.checkerboards]

Okay Hula, I’ll bite. I haven’t listened to VolCalls for years so please clue me in on tha Tyler incident.

Its about a Clemson fan that called into Dabo's show.... He basically went off saying Dabo should be fired yada yada. Dabo went crazy about it for weeks.

 

[CAVPUT]

I haven't listened to Vol Calls in years. I just couldnt take anymore idiotic callers.

Come on now. I haven't called in. Don't blame me.

 

[Doberman]

It’s tired and outdated

I won’t miss it, but I can understand that some will.

 

[WaywardVol]

'Vol Calls' not returning after 35 years as Tennessee football coach's weekly radio show

"Vol Calls" is no longer part of the Vol Network's Tennessee plans as the network announced its programming for the 2025 Vols football season.

www.tennessean.com

The longtime call-in show featuring Tennessee coaches fielding questions from fans will not be part of the revamped Vol Network lineup as it seeks to pair live programming with on-demand availability to meet fans' changing content needs.

“The way to better serve Tennessee fans is to try to do things in a way where they have more access and they have more availability, while helping our coaches," said Mike Keith, the new "Voice of the Vols."

UT and Vol Network announced on Aug. 7 the lineup for the 2025-26 season, which includes "The Mike Keith Show" from 3-5 p.m. ET on Thursday nights with Keith and coach Josh Heupel during football season. Fans can submit questions via UT's social media accounts to the show, which will run from Aug. 28 through May 1

New Tennessee Athletics, Vol Network Programming Launches This Fall - University of Tennessee Athletics

An exciting new era of Tennessee Athletics and Vol Network programming launches across multiple platforms this fall, giving Volunteer fans a full menu of fre...

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Pathetic. This is the coaches. Other than Vitello, who is super accessible, these coaches don’t want to talk to anybody. For the kk ye they make, it’s really an insult to the common fan.

 

[GetYouSomeofThat]

No loss

It was an excruciating listen for me anytime i tried.

 

[GetYouSomeofThat]

Pathetic. This is the coaches. Other than Vitello, who is super accessible, these coaches don’t want to talk to anybody. For the kk ye they make, it’s really an insult to the common fan.

The common fan is what made the shows suck ass and nearly impossible to listen to. If fans were required to have an inkling of football knowledge before being allowed to ask a question/make a statement, the show would have had two or three callers per session.

 

[Smokymtnbullet]

Just tune into Finebaum any weekday afternoon.Substitute Vols for Bama and pretend the callers are from Tennessee, you can still get your fix.

 

[SNAFU]

Listening to some callers always made me feel better about myself.

 

[1morevol]

It was an excruciating listen for me anytime i tried.

2 minutes of talk and 3 minutes of advertising

 

[njvols]

The problem is the engagement is with about 5 fans who just want to be on the radio. It provides no real info.

No doubt

 

[BelleVol]

Now I’ll have to drive to Bulls Gap to check on Jerry.

There’s still the postgame call-in show that Jerry is the first caller and awarded a T-shirt??
Jerry is a Vol legend.

 

[cgrish]

Everybody can feel free to take their pain pills and then call me and ask why we don't ever throw to the tight end

Well we just lost a te who was comitted because we didn't throw to te very much, went to Nc instead. With that said I am fully supportive of Hype as our hc.

 

[adam.vol]

But...but...but...WHAT about Jerry from Bucksnort??!!

I thought all of those callers were John Ward doing different voices. Let’s go back to that. Make AI do something to benefit humanity.

 

[adam.vol]

I have literally never listened.

If I listened, I was a young kid. I imagine it was an even more crude form of the Paul Finebaum show.

On second thought, it was a lot like the VN forum, only you had to listen to advertisements between questions/ comments and so few people got through that the questions of any substance were few and far between.

 

[dentman23]

Got stale was time to move on