A 20-year-old man was arrested and charged with theft of property after officials said he tried to blend in with security to get into Tennessee’s game against Alabama on Saturday.
Court records cited by WBKO TV and WVLT say Blake Bible of Morristown was spotted drinking a White Claw while wearing an Axis uniform, the security company that worked the event. Officers said an Axis supervisor confirmed Bible was not employed by the company and that he had taken a polo shirt and hat so he could get into the game.
On the field, Tennessee handled Alabama 26-10 behind a defense that barely gave the Crimson Tide room to breathe and a run game powered by DeSean Bishop. Bishop piled up 159 rushing yards and scored two touchdowns, with 64 of those yards coming in the first half and 95 after halftime.
The Volunteers moved to 6-1, 3-1 in the SEC and won their third straight game. George MacIntyre added a steady hand at quarterback, throwing for 197 yards as Tennessee kept Alabama’s offense in check.
The Crimson Tide finished with just 201 total yards, including 54 on the ground, and turned the ball over four times. They also converted only 2 of 13 third-down chances.
Alabama fell to 5-2, 3-2 SEC and dropped consecutive regular-season games for the first time since 2007 after last week’s loss to No. 1 Georgia.
Tennessee has now beaten Alabama in three of the last five meetings after a stretch of 15 straight losses, and all three of those wins have come in Knoxville.
“Great win,” Tennessee coach Josh Heupel said. “Defense, suffocating, elite performance. Really proud of those guys.”
The Volunteers also had an answer for quarterback Keelon Russell, who threw for 147 yards and ran for Alabama’s only touchdown on a 19-yard dash. Russell also tossed two interceptions and lost two fumbles as Tennessee kept forcing mistakes.
“It’s a tough environment,” Russell said. “I wouldn’t say it was the environment that shook me.
It was just a lack of a plan that I had. Just wasn’t playing my game today.”
Heupel said Bishop’s second half was no surprise.
“At halftime, I told him he was going to have a big second half,” Heupel said. “He just smiled.”
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