Justin Coleman to Oklahoma State Vols

#27
#27
Not calling it a conspricey, but a few of the producers,tech. people, and of coarse Reece Davis are alabama grads. May not mean anything but then again it might.
 
#28
#28
ESPN has that problem with other teams, too. The logos don't always match the storyline. But whoever is responsible gets to keep their job at ESPN, which is cool...for that person.
 
#30
#30
As long as Justin Coleman does not get confused about which team he committed to. I think there should be a running tally of the different logos that ESPN, or other networks for that matter, has put in the place of the Power T in the past.
 
#35
#35
You are right, and I see nothing funny about the commercial though. That may just be me, but I don't see anything funny about espn making fun of our entire fanbase like that. I'm sure Florida fans would be pissed if espn had a commercial with a daughter having sex with her dad.




voltilifall said:
when i was an undergrad the rumor going around campus about the cause of espn's hatred of ut was that it all stemmed from that gameday commercial in the late 90's or early 2000's (not sure) that depicted a morbidly obese hillbilly woman in an orange smock chasing her pet pig, rocky top, out of an elevator and into the espn lobby. the student body apparently took offense to the ad and pelted the gameday crew with bottles and trash the next time they came to campus...don't know how true the pelting is, but the commercial is real (and pretty funny).
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#37
#37
UTBuff37 said:
Seriously guys I've never posted a comment or even stated a comment in person about ESPN hating us but I've got to admit something seems to be up. I really think something happened sometime somewhere and we don't have the best relationship. I'm not one for conspiracys but it's almost everytime they mention us they screw our logo up or something along those lines. Could be nothing and probably a guy doing it on purpose. Who knows.
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Two words: Peyton Manning
 
#42
#42
DC Vol said:
When you call UT's fanbase "trailer park trash" that usually tends to not only rub people the wrong way... but stick in the back of their minds for a very long time.
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Or you could remember all the positive publicity that espn give UT. For example, there there were 3 campus's in all of college football that had live coverage on signing day this year and UT was one of them. That kind of love doesn't seem like hate to me. You?
 
#44
#44
UTVOL02 said:
Or you could remember all the positive publicity that espn give UT. For example, there there were 3 campus's in all of college football that had live coverage on signing day this year and UT was one of them. That kind of love doesn't seem like hate to me. You?
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I'm just playing devil's advocate... I am not one who says that ESPN has it in for UT. But, I would think that the signing day coverage was more due to all the craziness surrounding the program. Kiffin signs, angers the world, steals Janzen, Nuke, and Bryce on signing day last year, looks to be lining up a top 5 class this year, then bolts for USC. It could be that we were simply one of the more interesting stories to cover, which equals ratings. I could be wrong though. . .

On a side note, is the fat lady with the Rocky Top pig commercial real? Is the Game Day staff pelting real?
 
#46
#46
zidanefan said:
I'm just playing devil's advocate... I am not one who says that ESPN has it in for UT. But, I would think that the signing day coverage was more due to all the craziness surrounding the program. Kiffin signs, angers the world, steals Janzen, Nuke, and Bryce on signing day last year, looks to be lining up a top 5 class this year, then bolts for USC. It could be that we were simply one of the more interesting stories to cover, which equals ratings. I could be wrong though. . .

On a side note, is the fat lady with the Rocky Top pig commercial real? Is the Game Day staff pelting real?
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Of course they covered us because they assumed high ratings. But why does it matter the reason they chose to cover UT? The fact is they were in knoxville, interviewing our new coach and giving mass exposure to the program.
 
#47
#47
UTVOL02 said:
Or you could remember all the positive publicity that espn give UT. For example, there there were 3 campus's in all of college football that had live coverage on signing day this year and UT was one of them. That kind of love doesn't seem like hate to me. You?
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Did I say I thought "ESPN hates UT"? No. I did not.

I can certainly understand why some folks do think that ESPN might have a small slight towards UT and it's fanbase.

I do think, however, that there are some analysts that do not like UT. They don't represent the entire network, however.
 
#48
#48
zidanefan said:
I'm just playing devil's advocate... I am not one who says that ESPN has it in for UT. But, I would think that the signing day coverage was more due to all the craziness surrounding the program. Kiffin signs, angers the world, steals Janzen, Nuke, and Bryce on signing day last year, looks to be lining up a top 5 class this year, then bolts for USC. It could be that we were simply one of the more interesting stories to cover, which equals ratings. I could be wrong though. . .

On a side note, is the fat lady with the Rocky Top pig commercial real? Is the Game Day staff pelting real?
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Yes it is real. Take a hollywood view of what a white-trash redneck is... and that's what this woman was.

Classy, ESPN.
 
#50
#50
This reminds me of the time that Tobias Harris committed to the Lady Vols according to ESPN
 
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