Welcome to Power-T Talk, Year 2026! We are back and discussing the world of college football as we delve into the playoffs and the silly season that is the transfer portal. First, we discuss the current landscape of college football; how legitimate is a national title in 2026? And what era produced the "most legitimate" titles? In reviewing the Music City Bowl, what our the main takeaways from Tennessee's loss? Tennessee announced their defensive staff, we give a quick synopsis of the new coaches on that side of the bowl. Looking at the transfer portal and what Tennessee has lost...but also which transfer out bothered us the most. Then we review the upcoming five days of playoff games and give (unserious) predictions!

0:00- Introduction 0:27- Daniel's New Year Diatribe...The legitimacy of college football champions 8:48- The NFL-ization of college football 14:07- The Portal "Market" & future development of players 19:25- Would a college football head coaching job even be fun? 24:27- Initial Music City Bowl Game Thoughts 27:41- The snap counts made zero sense defensively 34:48- How being unable to stop the run ruins everything 38:41- Defensive staff overhaul 45:13- Addition by subtraction on the defensive line 50:39- Who has Tennessee lost in the portal so far 54:18- Why Lance Heard leaving sucks 1:05:58- Playoff conversation (NCAA & NFL!)

Power-T Talk brings the final Carol of the Bells in 2025! We will return the first week of January, but first we must go over what we have on Santa's list! We look into tidings of comfort and joy that bowl season brings and if is has the same Christmas Spirit it used to. We look to see what underclassmen could be promoted to important elves on defense in the bowl game against Illinois. Mike Matthews was on the sleigh team in 2025, but could he become the head reindeer with a breakout bowl game for Tennessee's offense? As Illinois looks to grinch away a victory from Tennessee, we preview what gifts Bret Bielema's team could bring to the Music City Bowl. Peyton Lewis is hitting the transfer portal but is it worth having a Blue Christmas about it? We unwrap what the playoff games brought us over the weekend and predict which teams not will not have themselves a merry little christmas time with the Quarterfinals upcoming.

Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays!

0:00- Introduction 0:49- What does bowl season mean in 2025? 5:21- How important is the bowl season for the underclassmen on defense? 9:10- Who are we looking for on offense? 16:36- What does Illinois bring to the table as a team? 25:39- Any concern about Peyton Lewis in the transfer portal? 31:25- Will we see any changeup at QB for the bowl game? 37:00- Does Tennessee win? 39:51- Playoff talk...Most surprising thing from the weekend? 43:40- New Year's Playoff Predictions 46:02- Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays from Power-T Talk!

Welcome back to Power-T Talk! This week, we shift the focus to the hardwood and go over the Tennessee Basketball team's first 11 days. We look at the positives and negatives and what we are looking forward to as we inch closer to conference play. Then we go over our favorite plays for the 2025 football season and what holiday cheer it brought us. We have a fun little game and do a holiday wish list for the football team in 2026. Then we go over the departures so far for Tennessee and the impact it will have on the program.

0:00- Introduction 0:49- BasketVols Update: Not a disaster! 4:37- Any true concern about the three game losing streak? 12:37- The lack of outside shooting 18:16- What do the advanced numbers say about the offense? 22:53- Is there a Nate Ament problem? 29:12- Our favorites plays from the football season 37:08- Tennessee Football Holiday Wish List 53:42- Looking at Tennessee's current departures 1:05:02- Ending