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Today on Rocky Top: Vols Roster, Olympics, Dale Earnhardt Jr.

By Caleb Calhoun

Sep 5, 2015; Nashville, TN, USA; Tennessee Volunteers fans flies the United States flag and the Volunteer flag prior to the game against the Bowling Green Falcons at Nissan Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jim Brown-USA TODAY Sports
Sep 5, 2015; Nashville, TN, USA; Tennessee Volunteers fans flies the United States flag and the Volunteer flag prior to the game against the Bowling Green Falcons at Nissan Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jim Brown-USA TODAY Sports /
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Dale Earnhardt Jr. at the Battle at Bristol, Tennessee Olympians,and the football roster headline the Volunteers updates on Rocky Top for Thursday, Sept. 8.

We’re two days away from the Battle at Bristol…and the chance to get that hideous taste of the opener out of our mouths. Rocky Top is buzzing with excitement once again as the Vols get set to take on the Hokies in the largest college football game ever.

Lots of the coverage for today’s news centers around that game. Football talk continues to dominate Tennessee right now.

And the start of the second week of the college football season is here.

There’s also a look back to the summer real quick that we need to get into. But first, let’s get to the exciting football news.

Vols knew offensive line might struggle in opener – Rhiannon Potkey of USA TODAY Network

"Many coaches believe a team plays like it practices. If so, Tennessee’s offensive line issues in the season opener should not have been a total surprise.The unit offered a little foreshadowing in the weeks leading up to playing Appalachian State last week."

No quarterback controversy for Vols – John Brice of 247Sports

"Nothing to see here. Nothing to debate.Butch Jones didn’t say those exact words Wednesday afternoon inside the Ray & Lucy Hand Digital Studio on the University of Tennessee campus, but the Vols’ fourth-year coach might as well have uttered them.After forcefully declaring quarterback Joshua Dobbs “100-percent healthy” on the Southeastern Conference’s weekly teleconference, Jones later with local reporters in his press conference quashed any notion of a two-quarterback system or any sort of quarterback controversy."

Dale Earnhardt Jr. to join ESPN College Gameday set for Vols vs Hokies – John Brice of 247Sports

"Gentlemen, start your … Predictions.NASCAR’s most popular driver, Dale Earnhardt Jr., is slated to be ESPN GameDay’s ‘Celebrity’ picker Saturday when the popular Saturday morning college football show broadcasts live from inside Bristol Motor Speedway, where later that night No. 17 Tennessee is taking on Virginia Tech (8 p.m., ABC)."

Vols Olympians open up about Rio 2016 – UTSports

"Tavis Bailey, Christian Coleman, Kali Davis-White, Kira Toussaint and Hannah Wilkinson talk to the media."

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