Tennessee's Jones condemns player who flipped off Alabama fans
Tennessee head coach Butch Jones scolded the player on his team who flipped off Alabama fans Saturday following a third-quarter pick-6 for the Volunteers.
"That's not acceptable," Jones said postgame of the gesture by defensive back Rashaan Gaulden, according to Joe Rexrode of The Tennessean. "That's something that will be dealt with internally. That's not who we are."
Gaulden didn't record the touchdown but he was running alongside the player who did - Daniel Bituli - and emphatically whipped out his middle fingers for the Alabama crowd as they entered the end zone.
Rashaan Gaulden steps up to the podium and apologizes. Classy and impressive. "That's not how my parents raised me."
— Joe Rexrode (@joerexrode) October 21, 2017
At the time, the defensive touchdown cut Alabama's lead to 28-7. Tennessee didn't score another point all afternoon, falling 45-7 to the Crimson Tide.
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