The University of California-Berkley is 2,472 miles from the University of Tennessee. But that didn’t keep Tennessee from being represented at ESPN’s College Gameday at Cal on Saturday morning.
Former Tennessee baseball star Blake Burke’s family, including brother Boss, dad Scott and mom Natalie, provided Vol baseball signs at the massive College Gameday crowd. Their signs included a Tennessee baseball National Championship banner, a joke about Blake’s check swing against Florida State in the College World Series and deserved ripping for Oakland Athletics owner John Fisher. Fisher is in the process of moving the team away from Oakland and to Las Vegas.
LFG!!! 🧡🍊🧡 pic.twitter.com/Xo6eCU1QSL
— Natalie (@natalieburke24) October 5, 2024
Blake Burke was one of the stars on Tennessee’s baseball’s 2024 National Championship team, hitting .379 with 20 home runs, a single-season record 30 doubles and 61 RBIs. The first baseman’s defensive improvements were massive and a big reason why Tennessee won the program’s first National Championship.
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A three-year contributor an two-year starter in Knoxville, Burke’s 50 career home runs is the second most in program history behind only Christian Moore.
The Milwaukee Brewers selected Burke in the second round of the MLB Draft earlier this summer. In five games at High-A, Burke hit .250 with two walks late this season after signing with the Brewers.
Burke and his family have been supporters of Tennessee football this season, often tweeting out support for Josh Heupel and his team this season.
The Vols are off to a 4-0 (1-0 SEC) start this season and have climbed from No. 15 in the Preseason AP Poll to No. 4 at the start of October. After an open date last week, Tennessee football returns to the field on Saturday night when they face Arkansas (3-2, 1-1 SEC) in Fayetteville.
Kickoff between the Vols and Razorbacks is at D.W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium is at 7:30 p.m. ET on Saturday night. Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit and Holly Rowe are on the call for ABC.
