Vols cancel football matchup at BYU; will open 2023 season in Nashville against Virgina

May 17, 2022

The University of Tennessee announced this week that rather than traveling to Utah for their 2023 season opener, the Vols will now kick off the season in Nashville.

Tennessee will return to Music City to open the 2023 college football season against Virginia on Saturday, Sept. 2 in Nissan Stadium. The game will replace the previously scheduled opening game which would have seen Tennessee travel to Provo, Utah to take on BYU. Tennessee will reportedly pay BYU a $2 million penalty as a buyout, according to knoxnews.com.

Ticket information and a kickoff time will be announced at a later date and remember you can hear Tennessee football on The Rooster 101.5 FM.

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One of Southern Tennessee's most experienced and recognized news broadcasters and play-by-play sportscasters. News and Sports Director for Rooster 101.5 FM, 93.9 The Duck and Whiskey Country 105.1, and 95.9. He is currently the play-by-play voice of the Coffee County Red Raiders (31 years) on The Rooster 101.5 and can be heard M-F broadcasting our local news. Lucky has done play-by-play for 3,993 (and counting) sports events on Radio & TV. He also served four years as the Public Information Officer for the Coffee Co. Sheriff's Dept. and taught Radio/TV for six years at Grundy County High School.