University of Tennessee Athletics
YOUNGER BROTHERS OF UT QUARTERBACKS GET SATURDAY ASSIGNMENT
September 13, 2005 | Football
Sept. 13, 2005
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Senior Rick Clausen again finds himself part of an interesting footnote in the history of Tennessee football.
The Thousand Oaks, Calif., native has drawn the starting nod at quarterback in Saturday's SEC opener against Florida, marking his first start of 2005 and fifth as a Volunteer. Clausen also started one game as a redshirt freshman at LSU in a 2002 outing against Mississippi.
And that's where the trivia come in.
Saturday's game in Gainesville -- just like the 2002 contest in Baton Rouge -- features opposing starting quarterbacks that are younger brothers of former Tennessee quarterbacks.
Clausen fills the bill twice as the younger sibling of Casey Clausen, who quarterbacked the Vols from 2000-03. Eli Manning started for Ole Miss in the game three years ago, while Chris Leak gets the nod for Florida this weekend. Peyton Manning quarterbacked the Vols from 1994-97, while C.J. Leak served as a Vols signal-caller from 2002-04.
INJURY UPDATE (Florida Week): Probable -- OG Ramon Foster (foot), C Richie Gandy (knee), DE Jared Hostetter (knee), C David Ligon (ankle), WR Robert Meachem (ankle); Questionable -- LB Jason Mitchell (knee); Out -- DB Jarod Parrish (knee); Out for Season -- QB Jonathan Crompton (shoulder), OL Cameron Mayo (knee), LB Rico McCoy (ankle).
GAME DAY CHARTER INFORMATION FOR SEPT. 24
An incorrect phone number was listed in Monday's release about a Tennessee Game Day Charter Tour to LSU. The correct phone number is 888-373-5067, or log on to www.doddsathletictours.com/utlsu.
The cost is $550 per person, with a noon Friday, Sept. 16, deadline to sign up. Office hours are 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Eastern time.
All Seasons Travel also is putting together a game day only charter that leaves Knoxville the morning of Sept. 24 and returns immediately following the game.
The $550 cost includes ground transportation and lunch at the Union Center. For more information, log on to www.allseasontravel.com or call 800-289-9990.
VOL NETWORK `STADIUMCAST' SET FOR FM 106.1
The Vol Radio Network's "StadiumCast" frequency at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in Gainesville Saturday will be 106.1 on the FM dial. Fans attending the game can tune into the Vol Network broadcast featuring Bob Kesling, Tim Priest and Jeff Francis by bringing a portable radio.
UT-FLORIDA SIRIUS CHANNEL CHANGED TO 123
The Sirius Satellite Radio channel designated for the Vol Network's broadcast of Saturday's UT-Florida game has been changed to channel 123. Tennessee fans that live or travel outside the Volunteer State and outside the range of the Vol Radio Network can pick up UT's football games on Sirius Satellite Radio all season long. For more information on Sirius or Sirius College Sports Radio, go to www.sirius.com.
