Peyton Manning recently announced he’ll be taking in three Tennessee games this season: Virginia Tech at the Bristol Motor Speedway, Texas A&M in College Station and Alabama in Knoxville.

Manning has his reasons, four to be exact, for not wanting to be on the sidelines for the UF-UT meeting, but it would be a shame if no alumni of the Florida-Tennessee rivalry were on hand for what’s shaping up to be a pivotal SEC East showdown.

Here are three former Gators who would bring good luck back to the Neyland Stadium sidelines Sept. 24:

Dallas Baker (2003-06): Baker’s “slap heard around the world” played a large part in Florida’s loss at Tennessee in 2004. He redeemed himself in his return to Neyland Stadium for his final game against the Volunteers, catching two touchdowns, including the go-ahead score in the fourth quarter. Florida’s streak over Tennessee didn’t truly become a streak until the 21-20 victory in 2006 made it two games in a row for the Gators over the Volunteers.

Considering Florida’s lack of options at wide receiver in 2016, coach Jim McElwain might be tempted to sneak the Touchdown Maker onto the field.

Matt Jones (2012-14): Gators fans may best remember the 2014 Florida-Tennessee game as the time that Treon Harris came off the bench and led the team to victory (times change, huh?), but on the one touchdown drive of the 10-9 victory, it was all about Jones.

The offense started on the Tennessee 30-yard line after a turnover. Jones’ 3-yard run and 12-yard reception moved the Gators inside the red zone. Harris then ran for 10 yards. Once inside the 5-yard line, it only took two more Jones carries to put six points on the board.

Jones later added a 32-yard run to help set up Florida’s winning field goal, a 49-yarder from Austin Hardin late in the fourth quarter.

Jabar Gaffney (2000-01): In the 2000 meeting in Knoxville, No. 4 Florida trailed No. 9 Tennessee 23-20 when it got the ball back on its own 9 with only 2:14 remaining. From there, QB Jesse Palmer and the Gators went to work.

The clock was down to 00:14 when Palmer hit Gaffney for a 9-yard touchdown reception. It reads simple on paper, but in real life it was anything but.

On Fox Sports’ Outkick the Coverage, there’s a whole oral history dedicated to the game that ended with “The Catch?”

It includes an interesting claim made by UT alum Albert Haynesworth:

“It was funny because we came out of college at the same time and he (Gaffney) told me he didn’t catch it. It was when we were going through the NFL Draft. He said, ‘You had us on the ropes the whole game. You shoulda won. I didn’t catch that ball.’ We know you didn’t catch the ball and the refs gave it to you!”

But Palmer wouldn’t concede anything to the Vols, telling Fox:

“I tell this to people all the time, and I don’t mean to anger Tennessee fans … but even if that pass was called incomplete, I have zero doubt in my mind we would have scored again. We had the touchdown called back two plays prior, and then we had the play to Jabar, and knowing Spurrier? He might have called the same play again. The way we were rolling on that drive? I was in the zone. I was putting the football exactly where I wanted to put it the entire drive.”

The sharp divide more than a decade later is all the more reason that Gaffney should come back to Neyland Stadium.