Tennessee Football has landed their newest analyst!

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Lucas Panzica discusses the hiring of former Tennessee Volunteer & Pittsburgh Steeler Ramon Foster to the University of Tennessee Football broadcast team!

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00:00Vol Nation got a pretty big announcement on Thursday, and I think every Tennessee football

00:04fan should be very happy and very excited about the upcoming season after hearing it.

00:11Hey, Lucas Panzeca here from 104.5 The Zone and A to Z Sports. So Thursday afternoon,

00:16Tennessee football officially unveiled the Vol Network radio broadcast team for the upcoming

00:22football season. As we already knew, longtime Voice of the Titans and Tennessee alum Mike Keith

00:28takes over as the next Voice of the Vols, an absolute home run hire to replace Bob Kessling.

00:33But his partner, his analyst for the football games is now official. It is none other than

00:38Ramon Foster, the former Tennessee offensive lineman, a player who was a pivotal piece

00:43in those last four years of the Philip Fulmer era on Rocky Top. Ramon played a multitude of

00:49positions along the offensive line during his time playing at Tennessee from 2005 through 2008. He

00:55was a team captain, an All-SEC caliber player, and a member of the last Tennessee football team

01:01to ever win the SEC East and play in the SEC Championship. Of course, then Ramon went undrafted

01:07in the 2009 NFL Draft but found a landing spot as a UDFA with the Pittsburgh Steelers, where he

01:13enjoyed a 10-plus year career, very successful, all with the Pittsburgh Steelers as one of the

01:19most consistent guards in the National Football League. Now, I get the pleasure of working with

01:24Ramon Foster at 104.5 The Zone and getting to call him a colleague and a friend, and let me tell

01:30you, there is nobody more qualified and there is no better human to get this position than Ramon

01:36Foster. He loves the university and the state of Tennessee. You're talking about a guy who was born

01:41and raised in West Tennessee, played his college ball in East Tennessee, and then after his 10-plus

01:46year career in the NFL came to an end post-retirement, came back to live in Middle Tennessee,

01:51where of course he co-hosts Ramon, Kayla, and Will, our morning show over on 104.5 The Zone,

01:56the flagship of the Tennessee Vols in the Middle Tennessee area. And the best part about this is

02:02Ramon and Mike will have an instantaneous chemistry, having worked together for the last

02:06couple of years on the Titans radio team, with Ramon doing sidelines and doing it seamlessly

02:12for the last couple of seasons. I cannot wait to hear the energy and the passion for Tennessee

02:17football in the booth that Mike and Ramon are going to bring. Now, that's not the entire

02:22broadcast team, as there will be two returning members from the last few years. Jason Swain,

02:27former Tennessee wide receiver that played in about the same era as Ramon, will come back as

02:32an analyst for this broadcast team, as will Brent Hubbs, with the roles being switched up a little

02:37bit. Jason Swain will be an analyst, will be a heavy part of the pre- and post-game coverage,

02:42and Brent Hubbs will go down to the sideline, offering his perspective from the field. All four

02:48of these guys love Tennessee football and are extremely good at what they do. I truly believe

02:53the Vol Network will have one of the best radio broadcast teams in all of college football in

02:592025. And the good thing is, you don't have to wait until that season opener against Syracuse

03:04to hear them for the first time. The Orange and White game on April 12th will not be televised,

03:09but it will be broadcasted on the Vol Network, of course, with Mike Keith and Ramon Foster

03:15on the call. So, tune in April 12th to Tennessee's spring game

03:18and get a glimpse of the years to come on the Vol Network.

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