The noise level of Neyland Stadium reached about 126.4 decibels during the fourth-and-22 play late in the game, according to the in-stadium decibel reader on the big screen.

You didn’t need a decibel reader to be able to know it was loud on Saturday in Knoxville as Alabama and Tennessee played, though. The crowd was raucous.

Was the noise all organic, though? Or was some of the crowd noise fake, piped into the stadium by Tennessee?

Alabama radio broadcaster Chris Stewart asserted that some of it was not organic during the game on the Crimson Tide Sports Network Broadcast.

“You‘ve got 100,000 plus, and they also pipe in crowd noise as well,” Stewart said.

Former Alabama quarterback AJ McCarron also weighed in Monday on social media, saying “100% they do” add fake crowd noise.

Tennessee has refuted that it piped in fake crowd noise. Vols athletics director Danny White posted on social media Monday “No we don’t! Just 100k+ beautiful, booming Big Orange voices!”

A UT spokesperson also refuted the notion in a statement to the Knoxville News Sentinel on Monday.

Alabama was called for three false starts during the game the Crimson Tide went on to lose 24-17.

Although some debate the source of the noise, no one can argue that Neyland Stadium was deafening at times for the Third Saturday in October rivalry.

Nick Kelly is an Alabama beat writer for AL.com and the Alabama Media Group. Follow him on X and Instagram.