It’s Gameday on Rocky Top, with the 1-1 Tennessee Vols hosting the UTEP Miners at Neyland Stadium today at noon.
Here’s the Gameday Gameplan for Vols fans. Where and when to find the Vols game on TV, what other games to watch, and what to listen to and read as you wait for kickoff.
When is the Vols game, and what TV channel is it on?
Here are the particulars for today’s Tennessee game:
- Kickoff: 12:00
- TV: SEC Network
- Official video streaming: ESPN
- Official audio streaming: Vol Network
- Live stats
The best other games for Vols fans to watch today
Here’s our list of games to watch today, curated just for Vols fans:
Saturday, September 15, 2018 | |||||
Away | Home | Time | TV | How | Why |
NOON SLATE | |||||
UTEP | Tennessee | 12:00 PM | SECN, WatchESPN | Live | Go Vols! |
Murray State | Kentucky | 12:00 PM | SECN, WatchESPN | DVR | Future Opponent |
Vanderbilt | No. 8 Notre Dame | 2:30 PM | NBC | DVR | Future Opponent |
AFTERNOON SLATE | |||||
No. 12 LSU | No. 7 Auburn | 3:30 PM | CBS | Channel Hop - 2 | Top 25 Matchup |
No. 17 Boise State | No. 24 Oklahoma State | 3:30 PM | ESPN, WatchESPN | Channel Hop | Top 25 Matchup |
Colorado State | Florida | 4:00 PM | SECN, WatchESPN | Channel Hop - 1 | Next Opponent |
EVENING SLATE | |||||
No. 1 Alabama | Ole Miss | 7:00 PM | ESPN, WatchESPN | Channel Hop | Future Opponent |
Middle Tennessee | No. 3 Georgia | 7:15 PM | ESPN2, WatchESPN | Channel Hop | Future Opponent |
Missouri | Purdue | 7:30 PM | BTN | Channel Hop | Future Opponent |
No. 4 Ohio State | No. 15 TCU | 8:00 PM | ABC, WatchESPN | Channel Hop | Top 25 Matchup |
See also, this week’s full college football TV schedule.
GRT games and contests
While you’re waiting for the games to begin, make sure that you submit your answers to the GRT Guessing Game questions and update your picks for the GRT Pick ‘Em.
GRT game-week audio
No, we haven’t kicked the Gameday on Rocky Top Podcast to the curb. It just got swallowed up by an over-busy schedule this week. Rest assured, it will return this week, and to be sure you won’t miss it, subscribe via iTunes or Google:
You can still hear Will on his weekly appearance with Josh Ward and Will West’s Sports 180 on WNML:
Pre-game prep
And to catch up on on your pre-game reading, have a look at our game preview posts from earlier this week:
- The Unpredictable (Non-UGA) SEC East
- Locks & Keys Week 3: A Miner Test Before Florida
- Tennessee-UTEP statsy preview prediction: Vols 45, UTEP 10
- Marquez Callaway and Number One Receivers
- Tennessee Vols statistical rankings after ETSU
- GRT Guessing Game Results Week 2: Randy Holtzclaw takes a commanding lead
- Dmorton wins Week 2 of the 2018 Gameday on Rocky Top Pick ‘Em Contest
- Updated projected win totals for the Vols after Week 2
New, experimental game thread
It seems that most people discuss live events on Twitter these days. The problem with that, in my opinion anyway, is that Twitter is much too noisy. It can sometimes be like having a bunch of uninvited people in your basement while you’re trying to watch the game with friends in peace. The thing I like about an open game thread here is that it’s a discussion among friends, like-minded folks who want to enjoy the game together because they also enjoy each others’ company. The problem is that Twitter has all the best snacks, so nobody shows up.
So, in an experimental attempt to get the best of both worlds, I’m going to create a special Twitter list of our esteemed Gameday on Rocky Top community members and then embed it here. I don’t know that it’s going to offer anything better than all-Twitter or all-GRT, but I figure it’s worth a shot.
So . . . if you’d like to be included in the Twitter GRT Game Thread list, post your Twitter handle in the comment section below so I can add you.
Here goes nothing. 🙂
Go Vols!
A Twitter List by GamedayRockyTop
To be added to the Twitter GRT Game Thread list, leave your Twitter handle in the comments below.
A rush of the pass!
A very competitive game between Tennessee’s successes and Tennessee’s mistakes so far.
That’s an extraordinarily apt description.
My Twitter is @fulwoodomys, but I mostly use it for science so I don’t know if I’ll say much.
Time out for a much needed wake up call
Jarret’s got his run game on
Come on Vols! This ain’t gonna’ cut it in SEC play. Defense playing soft. Offense out of synch. Go Vols!!!
I’m blaming Callaway’s muff on the wind.
We’re going to get to one of those punts. Close every time.
And if it’s as windy as I think it might be, I wonder why Pruitt’s after Callaway to risk it.
Or, you know, we could run into the punter.
Well, hey. Let’s make something of that loophole. You can just tackle rugby punters? Good to know.
Not a good drive. I feel like there were two scores basically there for the taking that they failed to cash in on (one undone by a penalty and one by the maybe-fumble), but still, 10 points in the half doesn’t feel great.
The contrast between the tone on Twitter and the stats is drastic. Vols looking bad at times, and the score is troubling. The turnovers and missed opportunities did them in, but the stats suggest they’ll be fine provided they clear up the turnovers and untimely penalties.
Whoa, that was a fantastic run. Thought he was going to get caught twice.
@Evan is my twitter handle (for next game)