Kirk Herbstreit and the College GameDay crew has arrived in Knoxville for Saturday’s show ahead of the top-10 rivalry showdown between Tennessee and Alabama.

Herbstreit took to Twitter Friday to share his thoughts on being back on Rocky Top for the second time this season.

“We had an amazing crowd for the Florida game and we just knew the Alabama game was going to come around. It was like, ‘Are we going to go back to Knoxville?’ Of course, we’re back in Knoxville!” Herbstreit said in Friday’s Twitter video. “This fanbase is as passionate as any fanbase in the country. I lived in Nashville for 11 years, I can tell you, they are wild. And now, they’ve got a team to be passionate about.”

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UT legend Peyton Manning will join Herbstreit and company to pick Saturday’s biggest games. Herbstreit points out that the Week 7 slate is loaded beyond Alabama-Tennessee with Clemson-Florida State, Penn State-Michigan, Auburn-Ole Miss, Kansas-Oklahoma, Iowa State-Texas, Minnesota-Illinois, Oklahoma State-TCU, NC State-Syracuse, Mississippi State-Kentucky and USC-Utah.

It should be a fun show on Rocky Top!