Adam Sparks: Defining Tennessee's Path to College Football Playoff

Adam Sparks of the Knoxville News Sentinel joins That SEC Podcast live from 2026 SEC Media Days in Tampa! working with John Adams (0:30), Coach Fulmer update (1:30), Adam’s vacation lifestyle (2:30), will Jeremy Pruitt ever return to the SEC? (3:30), Josh Heupel with rare display of emotion (4:30), Peyton Manning & Texas game (6:30), Heupel realized things needed to change? (7:45), where is the leadership in his program? (9:30), how close was Sam Leavitt to joining the Vols? (11:30), what has to happen for Tennessee to go 10-2? (13:15), which winnable game is Tennessee most likely to blow? (16:00), Tennessee entertainment district (19:30), Vandy going to regress without Diego Pavia? (22:00), Vandy has good options at QB (24:30), Boldest SEC take (26:45) Advertising inquiries: thatsecpodcast@gmail.com Interested in helping us grow the channel? Become an Official Cousin by signing up for a membership to the channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8aQL-yFS2ZoSkUBeMfYesA/join We have t-shirts for sale! Check out our merchandise store featuring shirts, hoodies, stickers, coffee mugs, pillows, phone cases and more: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/thatsecpodcast?ref_id=19055 All show music comes via Nashville band Crimson Calamity; check out their work by clicking the link below: https://open.spotify.com/artist/29HGeJEcYHBJlyt4xIcLBw?si=GJoEOr0YSoeqWkrjhCc0Ug Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.