Vols Appear Ready; Eric Berry To Don Inky's No. 29

The Tennessee football team wrapped up an emotional and energy-charged week of practice with a slightly shorter than normal Thursday workout at Haslam Field in preparation for Saturday's Homecoming contest with Wyoming.

Both coordinators and head coach Phillip Fulmer spoke to the media following the workout and were pleased with the team's spirit despite having endured a tough week.

"I have been very pleased with those guys," Fulmer said. "I know there has been a lot of emotion attached to the week, and I think Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday getting back on the practice field was good therapy for everybody. The practices have had good energy and good concentration, and I've like the way they moved around."

Fulmer also had announcements regarding members of his defensive unit.

Sophomore safety Eric Berry is wearing No. 29 for this game in honor of former defensive back Inquoris "Inky" Johnson.

Fellow sophomore defensive end Chris Walker will be held out of the game on doctors' recommendations due to a minor back injury. And junior safety Demetrice Morley is suspended for the game due to a violation of team academic policy.

Kickoff for the 85th homecoming game is slated for 1 p.m. ET. VideoSeat pay-per-view will provide the television broadcast.

SATELLITE CHANNELS SET FOR SATURDAY'S PAY-PER-VIEW
DISH Network and DirecTV have announced the state of Tennessee channels numbers for Saturday's UT-Wyoming game at Neyland Stadium.

Tennessee customers can order the pay-per-view game on DISH Network channel 453 and DirecTV channel 787 respectively. Home dish customers should order the broadcast by going to the designated channel and following the ordering instructions on their TV screen using their remote before kick-off on Saturday.

Cable systems across the state also will carry the telecast from the VideoSeat pay-per-view service. Fans may contact their local cable system to order the game and receive price information.

Fans in Tennessee who do not have access to ordering the game via cable system or a home dish network may order and watch the game over the Internet as a pay-per-view event by going to UTsports.com.

ESPN GamePlan will offer the game to fans living outside the state of Tennessee via the ESPN GamePlan package. The game will be blacked out on ESPN GamePlan in the state of Tennessee and cannot be ordered as part of ESPN's package.

The announcing team for Saturday's pay-per-view telecast will be Randy Smith (play-by-play) and Pat Ryan (color). Smith has been the Sports Director for WRCB-TV in Chattanooga since 1995. A broadcast veteran, he has done play-by-play of more than 450 college football, basketball, baseball and softball games during his career. Smith has worked for ESPN, ESPN2, FOX and CSS. Ryan played quarterback at Tennessee in 1977 and went on to a 13-year career in the NFL with the New York Jets and the Philadelphia Eagles.
Kickoff is scheduled for 1 p.m. Eastern time (noon Central).

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