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The Chase Thomas Podcast: A Tennessee Volunteers Show

A Pod Divided: Vols vs. Dawgs l College Football Week 8 Picks + Predictions l Tennessee vs. Alabama l Georgia HUGE Test At Texas

Chase Thomas is the Sports Renaissance Man, Atlanta Sports Guy & VFL. On today's program, Chase is joined by fellow University of North Georgia alumni Matt Green to preview Week 8 of the college football season, Tennessee vs. Alabama, Georgia vs. Texas, LSU vs. Arkansas, Mizzou vs. Auburn, Florida vs. Kentucky, South Carolina vs. Oklahoma, and Louisville vs. Miami.


Host: Chase Thomas

Guests: Matt Green


To learn more about CT and the pod please go visit: https://chasethomaspodcast.com


By the way, this is a free, independent national sports podcast. To keep it that way, I'm going to need some help from you guys. If you're a fan of the pod and you haven't already, take a second right now and leave the show a 5-star rating and a review on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. It really does help, and it's so quick and easy to do. Thanks, y'all!


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