“Vols Fan’s Bold Move Outside NCAA Hearing Sparks Big Orange Excitement: Here’s Why Everyone’s Talking About It”

A preliminary injunction that would halt NCAA regulations pertaining to name, image, and likeness advantages for players was requested on Tuesday, and it was heard by a judge in the federal James H. Quillen courthouse in Greeneville.

The judge has not yet rendered a decision due to the complexity of the antitrust lawsuit’s problems.

However, Vols supporters showed their support with gusto, with some traveling from Knoxville and arriving an hour before of schedule to secure a front-row spot. Nonetheless, a massive University of Tennessee flag floating 60 feet in the air atop a crane was the most obvious symbol of Big Orange pride.

What did Vols fans think of the UT flag?

The first comment on the Vol Nation fan forum was made long in advance of the courthouse’s official opening. As one fan put it, the banner is just a means of “saying, ‘yes, we care, and we’re paying attention, even while we give you your space.'” The majority of fans thought the idea was great.

While at the courthouse, an OutKick-Fox sportswriter tweeted pictures of X, garnering over 140,000 views. Barstool Sports featured a tweet from Knox News with over 689,000 views, summarizing their coverage.

One Vols supporter said, “We are as ridiculous as we are passionate.”

Who was responsible for bringing the UT flag to the Greeneville courthouse?

All the attention has flag-raiser Brandon Hull somewhat flummoxed.

“I’m not even really on Facebook,” marveled Hull, who is the CEO/President of Greeneville Federal Bank in non-Vols life. “It’s been fun. … Everybody’s got an opinion.”

Hull is a UT grad, and so are his son, two daughters, wife and even two of his sisters. He noted that his father, Senior U.S. Judge Thomas Gray Hull, went to law school at UT and served on the bench at the Greeneville courthouse for 20-plus years.

“This was one way of supporting the Vols,” Hull said, adding that the notion came to him when he realized he could utilize a crane from his rental equipment company and land he owned across from the courthouse.

Hull gave appreciation to his longtime friend and UT supporter Johnny Honeycutt for his assistance in organizing the logistics of securing the flag to the 65-foot lift.

The “Popcorn” Sutton trial generated a lot of excitement around Greeneville’s courthouse, according to Honeycutt, who spoke with Knox News about it last. The infamous moonshiner Sutton committed suicide not long after receiving an 18-month prison sentence for illicitly distilling spirits in 2009.