Friday's Tennessee Football Briefing (10/19)

By Jason Yellin on October 19, 2012 7:29 AM

Loads of football news as Saturday's game with No. 1 Alabama nears. On Friday at 4:30 p.m., Peyton Manning will be back at UT to dedicate Peyton Manning Pass outside Neyland Stadium. College Football Hall of Famer Phillip Fulmer and the 1997 SEC Title Team will be honored on prior to the kickoff on Saturday.

On Thursday the Vols Announced the 2013 Football Schedule.

Get all the latest on the match-up with the Tide in FOOTBALL CENTRAL: Vols vs. #1 Alabama.

Plus, read a feature on Tyler Bray: Standing Tall.

Here are the latest stories from the media:

- Associated Press: Vols plan to honor Fulmer before Alabama game

- Associated Press: Bama-Vols game a tough Sunseri gathering

- Associated Press: Tennessee Vols release 2013 football schedule

- Chattanooga Times Free Press: Vols' offensive line a strength of team

- Chattanooga Times Free Press: SEC has another 'bridge' schedule in 2013

- Chattanooga Times Free Press: UT's '82 win still a thrill

- Clarksville Leaf Chronicle: Austin Peay to play Vols next year

- GoVols247: Close doesn't count for Bohannon

- GoVols247: The Matchups: Vols-Alabama

- Inside Tennessee: Mid-term grades

- Inside Tennessee: Patterson warrants more touches

- Knoxville News Sentinel: Catching the SEC's elite Hart says Vols must move with 'urgency'

- Knoxville News Sentinel: Tennessee's 2013 football schedule released

- Knoxville News Sentinel: Vols, Tide have a tendency to streak

- Knoxville News Sentinel: Some tickets remain for Tennessee-Alabama game as of Thursday night

- Nooga.com: Connections a big part of Saturday's Tennessee-Alabama game

- Sports Network: (1) Alabama (6-0) at Tennessee (3-3) (ET)

- Volquest: Vols vs. Bama: The match-up

- Volquest: Vols, SEC announce '13 slate

- Volquest: Pop Culture: Well-round Worley visits with VQ

- Volquest: Coiner seeking improvement

- WBIR: Life in the SEC is never easy, but there are tough paths

- WBIR: Sunseri vs Sunseri

News out of Alabama includes:

- AL.com: Tight-knit Sunseri family anguishes over father-son, Alabama-Tennessee showdown

- AL.com: Rivalry? Alabama-Tennessee is a corpse in search of a coffin

- AL.com: Give me 5: Rushing defense, 'real deal' and other highlights from Nick Saban's radio show

- AL.com: How SEC's new "permanent" football games got scrapped before they started

- AL.com: A year after his injury in Tennessee game, Tide's Cyrus Kouandjio ready to have fun

- AL.com: As Tide's Ed Stinson has grown, defensive end has grown on him

- AL.com: 'AJ's knee is fine,' center Barrett Jones says of Tide quarterback

- Anniston Star: Alabama coach Nick Saban and the Crimson Tide play Tennessee

- Bama Hammer: Alabama-Tennessee Rivalry: The Top 5 Games

- Enterprise Ledger: Alabama players know all about Tennessee rivalry

- Fox Sports: Alabama paving road to repeat BCS title

- Gadseden Times: Sunseri family to face off Saturday

- Montgomery Advertiser: Alabama football ---- No dropoff in Tide 'D'

- Montgomery Advertiser: Alabama notebook: Mixed feelings for Kouandjio

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