Tennessee is the only College Football Playoff team featured in the new Netflix SEC docuseries, but the Vols didn’t get as much screen time as their opponents.
UT granted behind-the-scenes access to Netflix during the 2024 season for its seven-episode series called “SEC Football: Any Given Saturday,” which premiered on Aug. 5.
Alabama, Georgia, Missouri, Oklahoma, Ole Miss and Texas opted out of the series.
Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, LSU, South Carolina, Texas A&M and Vanderbilt were featured prominently. Tennessee was sprinkled in a few episodes.
That’s not to say that there weren’t notable highlights of the Vols, but they were few and far between.
Here’s the Tennessee football access that Netflix got
Netflix filmed footage of five Tennessee games: Wins over Florida, UTEP and Vanderbilt and losses to Arkansas and Ohio State.
UT also granted access to the locker room, as well as interviews with coach Josh Heupel and a few players. Wide receiver Bru McCoy was the only player who appeared in a formal interview in the series.
Episode 7 is the one to watch for Tennessee fans
Tennessee is the only playoff team in the series, and that’s highlighted in episode 7.
Netflix filmed Heupel interacting with fans at the “Vol Calls” coaches show at Calhoun’s on the River.
“Just win. That’s all it takes,” Heupel tells a fan when asked how the Vols can make the playoff.
Heupel was right, as the Vols beat Vanderbilt 36-23 on Nov. 30 to earn a playoff spot. Highlights from that game are prominently featured in the episode.
Diego Pavia: ‘(Expletive) … them dudes’ from Tennessee
Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia had some colorful remarks about UT before the game.
“We can beat Tennessee literally any given Saturday. They think they’re going to destroy us,” Pavia said during an interview in episode 7….
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