It is football time again in Tennessee, but it will not be UT taking the

field this time.

It will be four fraternity teams in the 8th annual Sigma Alpha Epsilon

Spring Football Classic this Saturday at 1:30 p.m. at the Fulton Bottoms

rugby field across from Tyson Park.

The contest will be full contact, consisting of two games, SAE v. Sigma

Chi, and Pi Kappa Alpha vs. Kappa Sigma. The two winners will each name a

most valuable player and receive trophies.

The event raises money for the Muscular Dystrophy Association and provides

participants and fans with a chance to cheer on their favorite

fraternities.

Mark Parker, event chairman, said the object of the game is to have fun and

relive former glory days.

“For some of us, it’s like reliving what we had in high school,” he said.

“Win or lose, it’s a lot of friends out there having fun.”

Jim Alexander, co-chairman said the event creates a rivalry between

competing fraternities that is all in good spirit.

“It’s great to go out that night and see somebody and say, ‘I stuck you,’ ”

he said.

This year’s contest will also provide an opportunity for Kappa Sig to score

a touchdown, which they have never done in a game, Parker said.

About 75 percent of the money raised from $3 admission tickets and t-shirt

sales goes to the MDA. The football classic will give the organization at

least $2,000 this year, Parker said.

This year, as in years past, about 500 to 1,000 fans are expected to

attend. The event was held in Neyland Stadium until the artificial turf was

replaced with grass, facilitating too much upkeep to be used by the

fraternities.

Last year, SAE beat Kappa Sig and the Pikes beat Sigma Chi. MVPs were Chris

Valhos from SAE and Charlie Shanks from Pi Kappa Alpha.