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Tennessee to open 2022 season on Thursday night again

For the second straight year, Tennessee will open the season on a Thursday night in Neyland Stadium. The Volunteers officially announced that their opener against Ball State has been moved from Saturday to Thursday, September 1st.

Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. ET on SEC Network.

Football season just got two days closer.

Thursday, Sept. 1
#Vols vs. Ball State
7pm ET
SEC Network#GBO— Tennessee Football (@Vol_Football) April 14, 2022

Tennessee did the same thing last year against Bowling Green, likely in an attempt to get more eyeballs on an otherwise not-so-interesting non-conference “cupcake” matchup.