"Pat is the perfect choice to replace Tim," Kesling said. Ryan's radio background also includes his role as the color radio analyst for the Tennessee Titans (1999-2004), which included him calling the Super Bowl XXXIV loss to the St. "We look forward to having a lot of fun in the radio booth calling Tennessee football games." "I'm excited and honored to be following in the footsteps of former Vols Bob Foxx, Bill Anderson and Tim Priest in the color analyst role on the Vol Network," Ryan said. Ryan appeared in 141 games for the Jets, leading the team in passing in 1984 and guiding New York to a playoff victory in 1986. He was drafted in 1978 and played 13 years in the NFL with the Jets and Eagles. Ryan played quarterback at Tennessee (1974-77), backing up Condredge Holloway as a sophomore in 1974 before winning the starting job in 1975, though he suffered a broken collarbone in the final scrimmage before the start of the season. I look forward to supporting my alma mater and to watching the resurgence of Tennessee football under the direction of Josh Heupel and his staff."
Priest added: "Finally, I am most appreciative to the University of Tennessee and the Vol Network for allowing me to be a part of the radio broadcast team going back to 1999. He taught me a lot about the game over the years." Nobody ever wanted Tennessee to win more than Tim, yet he was able to break down the game and explain why the Vols won or lost as well as anybody in broadcasting. "Tim brought a great perspective to the game with the passion of a player and the insight of a coach. I was thrilled when he agreed to do the games back in 1999," said Kesling. "I have known Tim since 1972 when he was a graduate assistant coach on the Tennessee freshman team and I was a walk-on fullback. Tim Priest (Photo: Tennessee Athletic Communications) Priest's radio career dates back nearly a half-century as prior to the Vol Network he was an original member of the popular "Football Finals" radio program on Knoxville's WIVK radio station alongside former Vols Bobby Scott and Joe Thompson.
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"While my fall weekends' attention has been Tennessee football going back to 1967, Betsy and I have four grandchildren who are plus athletes participating in various sports year around, including fall weekends. "I have had the privilege of working alongside the SEC's best play by play broadcaster, Bob Kesling and the folks at the Vol Network who are the very best in the college sports network business. "For the last 22 years, I have had the privilege and honor of being a part of the team bringing the radio broadcast of Tennessee football to the Vol Nation," Priest said in Tennessee's release. Priest remains the program's all-time career leader in interceptions with 18 and is a member of the Greater Knoxville Sports Hall of Fame and Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame. The legendary Vols radio duo of John Ward and Anderson retired after the 1998 national championship season, and they were replaced by Bob Kesling and Priest, who played for the Vols (1968-70) and was a starter on the 1969 SEC championship team. Priest began his career at the Vol Network in 1993 when he filled in for predecessor and long-time Tennessee color analyst Bill Anderson. The former All-SEC defensive back for the Vols will be replaced by another former Tennessee player in Pat Ryan, the former Vols and NFL quarterback who's been a Vol Network fixture, involved in the "Kickoff Call-In Show" and the "Big Orange Hotline." Longtime football color analyst Tim Priest has announced his retirement at the conclusion of a 22-year career in the radio booth, a span that includes 274 Tennessee football games along with 14 bowl games and three SEC Championship Games. The Vol Radio Network will feature a different sound on Saturdays this fall.
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