When fans of the Tennessee Volunteers tune into the Vol Network to follow the game against the Furman Paladins on September 5, they will be hearing the voice of a new color analyst. While it will be a new voice, it is a familiar name. The new color analyst for the Vol Radio Network is an alumnus of the program.
The announcement of the new color analyst was dramatic and unconventional, as Mike Keith, the “Voice of Vols,” broke the news to the new analyst in a surprising way.
Mike Keith walked into the studio at Cumulus in Knoxville during The Sports Animal’s Josh and Swain, a daily show on Knoxville’s WNML 99.1 that runs from noon till 3:00 p.m. In the studio was former Tennessee Volunteers wide receiver and captain Jayson Swain, who had applied for the color analyst role but had no idea he would be selected…