Anna Across America - "It's Football Time In Tennessee"

It's game day in Knoxville!  A lot will happen before today's 12 noon kickoff between Tennessee and Florida.  Whether you you are a diehard Tennessee Volunteer football fan or one of our loyal blog viewers from France or Germany you will enjoy a look at the pregame pageantry that takes place in and around Neyland Stadium.

A little more than two hours before kickoff, the Tennessee football team arrives on campus and is greeted by a cheering gauntlet of Volunteer fans as they walk to the stadium.   The Vol Walk signals the start of the pregame festivities in Big Orange Country.

http://youtu.be/r6gnaagJjxc

A half hour later, The Pride of the Southland Marching Band makes its way to the stadium playing Rocky Top as the throngs in orange continue to grow.

http://youtu.be/WaTbniMUr8k

Now let's head inside the stadium as the UT band takes us through one of the most beloved pregame rituals in collegie football. As the excitement crescendos in Neyland Stadium, the band forms a T and the Tennessee Volunteers burst onto the playing field before a crowd of more than 100,000.

http://youtu.be/zXWtRPKjhrE

...and then ladies and gentlemen....well, let us have legendary Tennessee broadcaster John Ward do the honors.... http://youtu.be/Lj7UfmKw_wM