KNOXVILLE – Tyler Bray paused in the middle of answering a reporter’s question after practice Thursday afternoon to ask Da’Rick Rogers a question.
“What was it, Da’Rick?” Tennessee’s quarterback playfully barked to his receiver. “We said we were going to hang 28 points on y’all in the first half?”
In any normal game, Bray and Rogers would be teaming up to try to score that many points. Today’s Orange and White Game, which pits Bray (Orange team) and Rogers (White team) against one another, is no normal game.
The Volunteers held a draft for the second consecutive year, with the seniors picking teams – all the way down from players to the people involved in the academics, recruiting and facilities aspects of the football program.
So not only will the Vols be missing six players (defensive end Jacques Smith, offensive tackles Ja’Wuan James and Marques Pair and linebackers Herman Lathers, Austin Johnson and John Propst) who could be key players in the 2011 season, they’ll play with the first and second teams split up.