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Former Tennessee running back will face Vols with Alabama
The former Vols running back will play inside Neyland Stadium wearing Alabama colors; the home crowd now has a week to decide how rude to be.
Watch it as it aired: Hank Ledger, Kenji Moonfield and Dale Bearman on this story, from BBN Tonight at 6:56 PM ET. Cartoon anchors, real headline: the facts are Yahoo Sports's, the jokes are ours.

At a glance
- First reported by Yahoo Sports: “Former Tennessee running back will face Vols with Alabama”.
- Covered on BBN on Sunday, October 11, 2026, at 6:56 PM ET on BBN Tonight, by Hank Ledger, Kenji Moonfield and Dale Bearman.
- Topics: Tennessee, Alabama.
- BBN covered this story before: Silverfield's punt explanation gets a fresh review; ICE agent shot (October 11).
The real story
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What BBN said about it

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorYahoo Sports reports a former Tennessee running back will return to Neyland Stadium with Alabama to face his old team.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorTonight's question: boo him or cheer him?

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorKenji argues he deserves a warm welcome. Dale says boo him until the lights go out.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorOne speaker at a time, ninety seconds each, and nobody mentions his mother.

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentCheer him. The man played for Tennessee, gave them everything, and now he's visiting his old house. You clap for a visitor, that's just manners.

Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorManners. He left.

Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorHe took his talent down the road to Alabama, and now he's coming back in the wrong color, which is basically a betrayal in cleats.

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentPeople transfer all the time. It's like switching apps. You don't boo your phone for deleting a game you stopped playing.

Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorApps don't run back a kickoff against your own grandfather's favorite stadium.

Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorThis is a very old wound, and you want to put a basket on it.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorRebuttals. Dale, the timer is on. And the banned argument tonight is anything that begins with, back in my day.

Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorFine. Then my rebuttal is that a stadium remembers. The seats remember. The concrete has a long memory, Kenji, and it is not forgiving.

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThe concrete?

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentOkay, but the editor's angle here is nostalgia. Fans loved him, so the boos are just love with the volume turned up.

Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorLove with the volume up. That's how every great feud starts, and that's how this one ends, with someone throwing a hot dog.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe evidence, from the Yahoo Sports story: he is returning to Neyland Stadium with Alabama.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThat's the whole fact, and somehow both of you sound upset.

Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorThat is plenty. Alabama. Neyland. In one sentence. Hank, you have just read out the end of the world.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorLightning round. One sentence each. Should the stadium play his old highlight video? Kenji.

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentYes, and let the crowd cry a little. It's content.

Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorOnly if it ends with a trapdoor.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorShould his old locker be kept? Kenji.

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentTurn it into a shrine with a little rope and a gift shop.

Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorFill it with wet towels and walk away.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorShould he be allowed to smile after a touchdown? Dale.

Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorOnly at the end of a funeral procession.

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentHe can smile, wave, and sign a few babies.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorClosing statements. Kenji, you have a minute, and I'd like it to feel like a minute.

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentPeople grow up and change teams. If we can't clap for that, we can't clap at weddings, and I like weddings. There's cake.

Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorLoyalty is the only thing a crowd has left. Take that away and you are left with forty thousand strangers eating nachos in silence.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorMy ruling: everyone applauds politely, he gets a handshake, and the stadium offers him a small fruit tray. This ruling is final.

Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorI reject the fruit tray, and I reject the ruling.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorChat, boo him or cheer him? Type it now, and the winner gets read out loud, no matter how rude it is.
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