WADE NAMED SEC DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK; START TIME NOT DETERMINED FOR UT-ARKANSAS Trading cards to first 10,000 fans at LSU game

Jonathan Wade

Oct. 30, 2006

Jonathan Wade strengthened his standing as one of the league's top cornerbacks Saturday with three drive-stopping plays in Tennessee's 31-24 win at South Carolina. For his efforts, he was named Southeastern Conference Defensive Player of the Week.

The senior from Shreveport, La., broke up a pass on the game's second play that deflected into the hands of teammate Marvin Mitchell, who returned the interception 17 yards for a touchdown and a 7-0 lead. On the Gamecocks' next series, Wade intercepted a pass of his own in the end zone to prevent a tying score. Finally, Wade's fourth-down tackle for a two-yard loss stopped yet another Carolina drive as Tennessee improved to 7-1 overall and 3-1 in the SEC.

Wade had two pass breakups to go with his interception and leads the league with 13 passes defensed in eight games. His 1.63 passes defensed average ties for third in Division I-A.

START TIME NOT DETERMINED FOR UT-ARKANSAS
CBS Sports has elected to use a six-day selection for the games of Nov. 11. The following four games are being held: Tennessee at Arkansas, Georgia at Auburn, South Carolina at Florida and Alabama at LSU.

CBS will televise one of those four games at 3:30 p.m. Eastern time, with ESPN carrying one at 7:45 p.m., ESPN2 at 7 p.m. and Lincoln Financial at 12:30 p.m. The selections should be made by Sunday afternoon based on the outcomes of this Saturday's contests.

Key games this weekend include LSU at Tennessee, Arkansas at South Carolina, Georgia at Kentucky and Florida at Vanderbilt.

TRADING CARDS SATURDAY TO FIRST 10,000 FANS
Tennessee football trading card sets courtesy of UT Medical Center will be distributed to the first 10,000 fans Saturday at gates 10 and 21.

Featured in this year's collection are head coach Phillip Fulmer, Cory Anderson, Arian Foster, Justin Harrell, Jonathan Hefney, David Ligon, Turk McBride, Matt McGlothlin, Robert Meachem, Marvin Mitchell, Arron Sears, Bret Smith, Jayson Swain, Jonathan Wade, James Wilhoit and David Yancey.