Today's show looks at the national perception of Tennessee football. Locked On Vols is available every day on the Himalaya app, Apple Podcasts and Google Podcasts. It's also on Spotify, and you can tell your smart speaker or smartphone to "Play podcast Locked On V-O-L-S." • Segment 1: What do people around the nation think of UT football right now? Josh Ward has some comments from Dan Rubenstein, long-time host of The Solid Verbal podcast, as he discusses the perception of UT right now as well as what he believes the program can become.• Segment 2: Josh takes a look at Tennessee's inside linebackers. Hear from ILB coach Kevin Sherrer, who discusses the mental aspect of playing inside linebacker in Jeremy Pruitt's defense.• Segment 3: There was more Rick Barnes-UCLA talk on Tuesday. Josh Ward covers it here and explains why very little of what is said or written matters at this point. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices