Okay. I finally found something UT and Bama fans can agree on, ESPN hates Tennessee and Alabama. I’m usually not to big on the whole conspiracy that ESPN purposely favors teams over others, but recently it is hard to deny.

We’ve all seen the way they hate Saban and Alabama (who could blame them, lol). There is no doubt that they would have treated all of those stories differently if they would have occurred at other universities. Their hate for Saban actually makes me like them, so lets not talk about that.

As far as the Tennessee stuff goes, it has gotten much worse here lately. First of all there was the Outback Bowl in which the announcers completely ignored Tennessee’s existence. At one point I actually yelled at Ghost to turn it back to the Tennessee game, thinking he had turned the channel or something. For instance, they showed Tyler Donovan’s parents more than they showed Phillip Fulmer, literally, I’m not joking.

Even the sideline reporter set up shop on the Badger’s sideline for pretty much the entire ballgame, so he could tell us about the Wisconsin coaches complaining about the officiating. I think I may have heard ”helmet to helmet” more times than “football” during the game. It got so bad we seriously thought about muting the television and listening to the game on the radio, even though it would have probably been delayed.

However, they may have one-up themselves the other night when after the Tennessee - Ohio State game the announcer thought he ought to say in his closing comments out of nowhere ”this win still doesn’t change what happened last year.” Really? Did anyone say it did? ESPN then followed that with a catchy headline on their website that read, “A Year too late: Tennessee finally tops Ohio State.” WHAT IS THAT? If that is not biased, then I don’t know what is.

(Of course, this post does not apply to Chris Low. I still love you. Please come back).