If he didn’t say crime, what did he say? And if he DID say crime… is it racist? It’s gotta be at least racist-adjacent.
I think it's a relatively common "snowclone" in sports, like if a pitcher hit a home run before universal DH, etc.
That this team was undefeated coming in drives home how hard of a schedule Tennessee has played. These dudes have more in common with the non P5 teams than the P5 teams we've played.