Gnashville
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I move to Crossville 13 years ago and all my local news comes from Knoxville. The lead anchors use term like "we" and "our" when describing the Vols. Not the sports anchor the Lead News anchor. Saturday night when the Vols lose newscast are like this:I live in Knoxville. In Knoxville, the folks here follow a variety of sports:
Vol Football, Vol recruiting, Vol rumor mongering, Vol Spring Practice, Vol Summer workouts, Vol recruiting camp circuit, Vols in the preseason magazines, Vol new Nike gear season, and Vol fall training camp.
In all seriousness - the media in Knoxville is plugged in way beyond the point where anyone would deem reasonable. An 18 year old kid can tweet something ambiguous and 5 different media outlets are ready to murder each other to find out what it is.
It's very hard to keep a secret in Knoxville when it comes to the Vols.
"Welcome to Local 8 news, our Vols took it on the chin today vs Georgia as the Bulldogs posted a 31-0 victory" followed by a recap of the game then "on to some good news" "a 4 car accident on Interstate 40 has 3 people in the hospital with one in critical condition"
The fact a fanboy like Brent Hubbs has a local show covering the team is funny. He hosts one of the many "Sports extra" shows after the news. Hubbs was talking trash to Vandy players after a win vs UT a few years ago calling them "losers" on the air.
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