Local Knoxville Media Outlet Tweets “Roll Tide!”; Outrage Ensues
By Zach Ragan
Dec 3, 2011; Atlanta, GA, USA; A detailed view of an SEC logo on a yard marker during the first half of the 2011 SEC championship game between the LSU Tigers and the Georgia Bulldogs at the Georgia Dome. Mandatory Credit: Derick E. Hingle-USA TODAY Sports
The AP Top 25 was released today, but a quirkier side story emerged after Go Vols Xtra tweeted “Roll Tide!”.
Go Vols Xtra, which is part of the Knoxville News Sentinel, ran the AP story with the already titled headline. The same headline was seen in newspapers across the country.
Evan Woodbery, who covers the Tennessee Volunteers football team for the Knoxville News Sentinel, cleared up some of the confusion over the seemingly “Pro-Alabama” headline.
Reaction from the passionate Volunteer fan base was swift, and angry.
There are hundreds of other tweets that we can’t share on the site, but a quick Twitter search of “GoVolsXtra” will bring up plenty.
At the end of the day this just goes to show how passionate Tennessee (and SEC) fans are about college football. With the season getting underway in just two-weeks, this is good preseason training to get fans fired up.
UPDATE: 3:20 pm est
Go Vols Xtra tweeted out an apology, which wasn’t enough to satisfy some Vol fans.
Football in the south — there’s nothing like it.