Mark Burgess, GoVolsXtra.com
For the first time in 48 years, a familiar face - and voice - will be absent from the University of Tennessee press box Saturday night.
Haywood Harris will be sitting out UT's 7 p.m. game against Mississippi State on the advice of doctors.
The 79-year-old former sports information director and member of the UT Athletic Department support staff experienced some health issues the Friday prior UT's road game at Georgia last week and has been warned to take it easy this week.
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Harris misses a UT home game first time in 48 years
Mark Wiedmer,
Chattanooga Times Free Press 19 October 2008
KNOXVILLE - Former Chattanooga Times sports editor Buck Johnson has
watched Tennessee football games from the Neyland Stadium press box
since 1959.
Saturday night, the Volunteers' contest with Mississippi State mere
minutes from the opening kickoff, Johnson noticed something he had never
witnessed before.
"Did you hear how quiet it got when David (Grim) said his first word on
the (press box) microphone?" Johnson asked. "You could've heard a pin
drop. They instantly knew that wasn't Haywood's voice."
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