• Kentucky tight end Mikkel Skinner accused Tennessee of pumping fake crowd noise into Neyland Stadium during their game.
• Skinner claimed the noise was loudest on third downs and was not as loud when the Tennessee offense scored.
• A University of Tennessee spokesperson, the athletic director, and a coach have all denied the allegations.
• A Knox News investigation found no evidence to support the claims of artificial crowd noise.

Kentucky tight end Mikkel Skinner thinks Tennessee football pumped in extra crowd noise to Neyland Stadium when the Wildcats lost to the Vols on Nov. 7.

Skinner didn't believe Vols fans are capable of being that loud for that long. He claims stadium speakers played music and fake noise when Kentucky faced third downs on offense.

"I ain't going to lie, it was loud. But I started peeping what Tennessee was doing. The fans, when Tennessee scored on offense, that (expletive) was not nearly as loud. But when we were on third down, it was loud because the speakers was pumping fake crowd noise," Skinner said in a video on Instagram.

"So I'm like 'Okay, I see what's going on.' It's not real. ... If that was real, then I would respect it. ... But it was just loud for hella long. Fans cannot keep it loud for that long. ... It was just the speakers pumping fake crowd noise and music at the same time. It's smart though."

Kentucky, the least penalized team in the conference going into the game, was called for seven penalties, all on offense, in their 34-6 loss...

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