Watch: Reporter thought Tennessee lost to Pittsburgh while asking Akron head coach about Vols game
An Akron football beat reporter apparently didn't watch the Tennessee Vols' matchup against the Pittsburgh Panthers this past weekend. That's understandable, though. Reporters often miss other college football games while they're spending hours at the stadium of the game they're covering that day. The problem with this particular reporter, however, isn't that he didn't watch […]
An Akron football beat reporter apparently didn't watch the Tennessee Vols' matchup against the Pittsburgh Panthers this past weekend.
That's understandable, though. Reporters often miss other college football games while they're spending hours at the stadium of the game they're covering that day.
The problem with this particular reporter, however, isn't that he didn't watch the game, it's that he didn't even know the outcome of the game until Akron head coach Joe Moorhead explained to him that Tennessee beat Pittsburgh in overtime. The reporter actually thought the Vols suffered a loss (he even described it as "the way that they lost").
Now, to be fair to that reporter, that's a game that Tennessee would normally lose — at least under the past few head coaches.
But assuming a loss — or completely imagining the way the game turned out without actually checking on the game — isn't a good move by a reporter.
I hate to throw shade at the guy considering I have no idea who asked the question, but that's certainly a bad look and something that can't happen when interviewing a head coach about a big game.
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