ABC had a noticeable hiccup on Saturday night during the Tennessee-Arkansas game that had fans talking online.
While promoting a content graphic of Tennessee quarterback Nico Iamaleava during the game, the broadcast graphic showed Iamaleava as part of the Georgia Bulldogs football team with a Georgia logo and the program name under his picture.
Obviously, just a mistake as the rest of the graphic was clearly Tennessee-centric, but one that Tennesseee fans quickly spotted as soon as it appeared on the broadcast.
“Anyone seen this graphic?” one user on X replied to an unrelated Rocky Top Insider tweet during the game on Saturday.
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The graphic was the last thing that Tennessee fans were worrying about on Saturday, though.
Tennessee’s offense did not play effectively on Saturday night and struggled to make a true impact in the game aside from the first two drives of the second half. The Vols couldn’t get the passing game going at any time, penalties continued to put Tennessee behind the sticks on first and second down, and the run game could only do so much when Arkansas was daring Tennessee to beat them with the pass.
Iamaleava recorded 158 total passing yards on 59 percent passing on Saturday night. Tennessee running back Dylan Sampson did his best to keep the Vols in the game with a 158-yard performance but it wasn’t enough to overcome Arkansas’s 16-0 run in the third and fourth quarters to win the game.
Tennessee’s time for rest is over, though. After failing to pick up a win over the Razorbacks coming off of an open date, Tennessee now returns home to Neyland Stadium to take on Florida in a night game at 7:00 p.m. ET from Knoxville. The Gators are coming off of a 24-13 win over UCF this past Saturday while the Vols regroup from a 19-14 loss to Arkansas.
Stay tuned to Rocky Top Insider for more on Tennessee Football’s upcoming week.
Check out the full Tennessee-Arkansas game on ABC/ESPN here.
