The Tennessee football team's plans for Thanksgiving on Thursday will be a little different this year.

Typically the Vols have practiced on Thanksgiving morning before dispersing to various locations around Knoxville for dinner with the families of players who live in Knoxville or the houses of their position coaches.

Very little is typical about this Tennessee team and the program's current situation, and interim coach Brady Hoke is putting his imprint on the Vols' plans for Thanksgiving.

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Instead of dispersing after practicing for Saturday's season finale against Vanderbilt, the Vols instead will convene for a big dinner.

Brady Hoke

"We're going to practice in the morning," Hoke said Wednesday. "Then we're going to have Thanksgiving together. We'll, I think right now, we have over 400 people coming, because we've invited all the parents and anyone who's going to be in town. We want to have them, and we're going to be thankful for what we all have.

"It gives an opportunity for those who possibly couldn't get somewhere for Thanksgiving, to have it with their team. I really believe it's part of being a football team. As a head coach, I've done this everywhere I've been. It's something that I think will be special."

The obvious question then becomes how many turkeys will such a large Thanksgiving dinner require.

Hoke didn't have an answer.

"The good thing is," he quipped, I'm not cooking."

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