Two more Tennessee kickoff times were announced on Thursday afternoon. We already knew Tennessee and NC State were set for a primetime ABC kickoff on September 7th, now we know a couple more.
Tennessee and Chattanooga will kickoff at 12:45 ET on August 31st. Tennessee and Kent State will play at night, kicking off at 7:45 ET on September 14th.
(The 12:45 kickoff time replaces the noon-kick time this year for ESPN/ABC.)
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Chattanooga went 8-5 last season and won a game in the FCS playoffs against Austin Peay. Kent State went 1-11 last season as Kenni Burns took over for Sean Lewis. Both games will be important tune-up games for Tennessee as they look ahead to SEC play, which begins on September 21st at Oklahoma.
Additional kickoff times will be officially announced in the fall. However, game windows will be announced in June, letting fans know if games will be during the day or night time. This is all a part of the new ESPN-SEC package that begins this year.
(RIP SEC-on-CBS theme music)