Peyton Manning, Morgan Wallen in attendance for Tennessee-Texas A&M national championship game

Peyton Manning and Morgan Wallen will be in attendance for Tennessee–Texas A&M national championship game on Monday night.

The NFL legend is a notable alum while the country music star is a Tennessee-native and lifelong fan. Tennessee football coach Josh Heupel and men’s basketball coach Rick Barnes are also in attendance.

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Texas A&M won the first matchup of the best-of-three series 9-5 while the Volunteers bounced back with a 4-1 win over the Aggies in Game 2. A national champion will have to be crowned on Monday.

One of the highlights from Game 2 saw a big-time solo shot in the bottom of the first inning. Texas A&M sophomore Jace LaViolette crushed a home run 415 feet to right field to give the Aggies an early 1-0 lead.

LaViolette’s bomb was the only run for the next six innings, with neither team able to find a score. Tennessee repeatedly got runners on base but failed to bring them home. In only six innings, Tennessee left nine players on base.

In the seventh inning, Tennessee took its fate into its own hands when sophomore Dylan Dreiling hit a two-run laser over the left field fence. The crushing shot gave the Volunteers a 2-1 lead.

Tennessee didn’t stop there. Only one inning later, senior catcher Cal Stark crushed a two-run homer to left field to stretch Tennessee’s lead to 4-1. Prior to the massive hit, Stark was 0-16 from the plate in CWS. His breakthrough couldn’t have come at a better time.

Texas A&M was unable to retaliate, going scoreless in the final two innings. Texas A&M put two batters on base in the bottom of the ninth inning but was unable to capitalize on the moment.

First pitch between the Volunteers and Aggies is set for 7 p.m. ET and will air live on ESPN.

Rick Barnes, Josh Heupel set to be in Omaha for Game 3 of Tennessee-Texas A&M

Ben McKee posted on Twitter Monday afternoon that Heupel and Barnes would be flying into town. Tennessee athletics later confirmed the duo would be on hand.

Rick Barnes has been the head basketball coach at Tennessee since 2015. He has won a pair of regular season SEC titles, including this past season.

Tennessee basketball reached the Elite 8 in 2024, before falling to Purdue.

Josh Heupel has been the football coach at Tennessee since 2021. He has helped turn around the Vols program, going 20-6 across the past two seasons.

On3’s Matt Connolly contributed to this report.