Emotions will be in no short supply on Saturday on Senior Day at Neyland Stadium when SEC rival Kentucky comes to Knoxville to finish the 2008 season -- the last season for Tennessee head coach Phillip Fulmer in an illustrious 17-year career.

The Volunteers (4-7) will be looking to win back-to-back games for the first time this season after beating Vanderbilt last Saturday in Nashville, their first road win of the season.

The Wildcats (6-5) enter the contest already bowl eligible, yet seeking a seventh win to further its bowl resume and also searching for their first win in the SEC's Eastern division.

Freshman Alcoa native Randall Cobb leads the Wildcats after recently being moved to the quarterback position where he has thrown for 519 yards, two touchdowns and five interceptions while completing over 52% of his passes. Cobb, who previously played receiver before moving positions, is also Kentucky's second leading receiver with 21 catches for 197 yards and two touchdowns.

The Vols are still searching for an answer at the quarterback position with the current battle between junior Jonathan Crompton and redshirt freshman B.J. Coleman. Crompton began the season as the starter but was benched midway through the season. The Waynesville, North Carolina native was reinserted to the starting lineup against Vanderbilt but was taken out after throwing an interception on the game's second play.

The two should both get playing time against the Wildcats as well as athlete Gerald Jones and safety Eric Berry taking snaps from the shotgun formation.

Fulmer said Kentucky's overall style of play will present a challenge and that he has been surprised by the play of Cobb.

"Kentucky presents a significant amount of problems on both sides of the line of scrimmage," Fulmer said. "Offensively, they have done a really good job as they've changed quarterbacks. I'm so impressed with Randall Cobb when you consider his youthfulness and look at his ability and what they've been able to do with him.

"We'll have to do a great job of containing him in this ballgame because a lot of what they're doing is built around him. The fact that they are a no-huddle team, we've been able to see quite a bit of that during the course of the year."

The Vols will look to continue their recent success in the running game. Tennessee rushed for a season-high 222 yards en route to the victory a week ago.

"Last week was the first consistent time during the season our offense was able to take some of the burden off the defense by keeping the ball 34 minutes or so and scoring some points," Fulmer said. "Hats off to our defense and also to our offense to stay on the path that we're on."

Tennessee's defense has been the only source of success in the Vols' disappointing 2008 season, keeping the Vols in contest where its offense has severely struggled. Fulmer believes the play of the Vols defense against Kentucky will be a key factor in the Vols chances.

"I think it's appropriate to say that the defense really has a challenge this week," he added.  "I've been really proud of our defensive football team this year, particularly in light of some of our inefficiencies on offense. It's almost amazing what they've been able to accomplish this year getting that done."

Fulmer will be honored at each of the Vols gameday traditions, including the Vol Walk in which he will be joined by his family, running through the Pride of the Southland Band's T formation for the final time as well as a video tribute at halftime.