Today On Rocky Top: How Peyton Manning’s Different

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From ESPN

"Working with and coaching Peyton Manning, the NFL’s new record holder for most career touchdown passes, is an interesting experience.Manning may know everything you know. And, he may know more than that, too. If you have too much of an ego, it might be an issue because Manning will remember everything he’s seen and everything you’ve done.And it’s one of the most intriguing things about one of the most interesting characters the NFL has seen.Read more at ESPN"

From the Times Free Press

"The wrap on his shoulder was visible underneath his shirt and warmup jacket.Justin Worley again simply shrugged off the latest pain in a growing line of bumps bruises the Tennessee quarterback has had to endure through seven games this season.The senior trotted to the Volunteers’ sideline with a little less than seven minutes left of Saturday night’s 34-3 loss at No. 3 Ole Miss after Rebels defensive end Marquis Haynes hit Worley and drove him into the turf, his body landing awkwardly on his shoulder, following a throw.“Landed on my shoulder and got banged up a little bit,” Worley said after completing 19 of 34 passes for 191 yards with three interceptions. “I anticipate going in [Sunday] and everything just being a little bit sore and treating it up and being ready for Alabama.“I always hate coming out of the game,” he replied when asked if he wanted to return to the game. “At that point I don’t know if I would have been very productive, other than handing the ball off.”After Ole Miss added to its SEC-leading interception count with three picks, Worley now has thrown eight interceptions this season and has a total of six turnovers in his last two SEC games.Tennessee’s offense is struggling severely and hasn’t scored a touchdown in an SEC game since the fourth quarter at Georgia on Sept. 27.Read more at Times Free Press"

From Bleacher Report

"Tennessee’s defense played well enough to upset the third-ranked Ole Miss Rebels in Oxford on Saturday night. Unfortunately for the Vols, they had to play offense, too.The end result was like hitting the repeat button from the Florida game two weeks ago. The Vols made things difficult on the Rebels offense but ultimately fell 34-3.Just like against the Gators, the Vols defense played extremely well for much of the game. Just like against the Gators, the offense put its teammates in precarious predicaments with its ineptitude time and time again.Unlike against the Gators, Ole Miss eventually broke through and broke the game open in the fourth quarter.Read more at Bleacher Report"