Tennessee beat Alabama for the second straight time in Knoxville over the weekend, and Alabama radio broadcaster Chris Stewart raised some questions during the game about the crowd noise at Neyland Stadium.
“Second-and-16 is not what you’re looking for,” Stewart said early in the game. “Especially with the crowd noise being what it is here. You got 100,000+ and they also pipe in crowd noise, as well.”
A Tennessee spokesman denied the allegation, and Tennessee AD also shot down the claim on X.
Stewart clarified his comments today — kind of. He said he didn’t use the correct phrase during the broadcast, but doubled down that Tennessee ‘amplifies’ their crowd noise using speakers that are down on the field and behind the Alabama bench.