The thing is every school thinks the national announcers hate them when all that's happening is the announcers are doing is going underdog because they want a competitive game. A rout either way means millions of viewers are changing the channel. When Tennessee got down by 17 they were pumping up the Florida and Va. Tech come backs. The TV guys only care about one thing eyeballs. What ever they can say to keep the viewing public tuned in they will. So if you ask a Dawg fan he will say "Dang we're up 17 and all Gary talks about is the Vols coming back like they did against Florida! He hates us!" All this Gary hates us, Verne hates us, ESPN hates us is the same conspiracy crap some folks lay on the officials favoring one team over another. Officials want to get it right but sometimes screw up. Announcers don't care either way either they're just pumping whatever they think will keep viewers interest and keep in mind the overwhelming majority of those viewers are neither Vols or Dawgs they just want to see an exciting game.