Tennessee Director of Athletics Danny White quickly shut down the claim that Neyland Stadium uses piped-in crowd noise during games.
“No, we don’t!” White posted to X on Monday. “Just 100K+ beautiful, booming, Big Orange voices! #GBO”
The claim, which has spread like wildfire amongst Tennessee Twitter, stems from play-by-play broadcaster Chris Stewart and the Alabama radio booth during the Tennessee-Alabama game on Saturday night in Knoxville.
“Second-and-16 is not what you’re looking for,” Stewart said during the game with the Tide on offense. “Especially with the crowd noise being what it is here. You got 100,000-plus and they also pipe-in crowd noise, as well.”
“They also pipe in crowd noise, as well.”
Suuuuurrrreeeeee. pic.twitter.com/c6pyTistyP
— Rob Harvey (@RobMHarvey) October 21, 2024
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No, we don’t! Just 100K+ beautiful, booming, Big Orange voices! #GBO 🍊 https://t.co/ygDuwTUrBI
— Danny White (@AD_DannyWhite) October 21, 2024
Tennessee’s crowd was a 12th man in many instances on Saturday night in Knoxville.
The Vols’ non-piped-in crowd noise came directly from the sold-out crowd as Alabama suffered 15 penalties throughout the night including four pre-snap penalties. Tennessee’s crowd also helped frustrate Alabama’s players in end-of-game scenarios such as Kendrick Law’s personal foul against Tennessee safety Boo Carter before the Tide’s final fourth-down miss on offense. It was loud, unrelenting, and worthy of a Third Saturday in October environment.
SEC basketball broadcaster Jimmy Dykes took to X on Monday morning to describe Neyland Stadium on Saturday night as “the loudest sports venue” he had “EVER” been to.
Aside from a celebration or crowd storming, Tennessee’s 4Q fourth down stop against Alabama was one of the loudest I’ve ever heard Neyland Stadium pic.twitter.com/JlKPE9ErcC
— Ric Butler (@Ric_Butler) October 20, 2024
For more on Alabama’s radio team, check out Ryan Schumpert’s original story for RTI on Monday morning here.
