‘Thank You For Your Service’: Tennessee’s Bruce Pearl Praises Scott Jennings For Making CNN Watchable

You gotta love Bruce Pearl!

The Tennessee Volunteers, a No. 2 seed in the Midwest portion of the NCAA March Madness tournament, punched their tickets to the Sweet 16 with a 67-58 victory Saturday over UCLA. (RELATED: UConn’s Dan Hurley Gives Entire Baylor Team Some Vulgar Advice After Two-Year Reign Comes To End)

But that wasn’t the only headline from the game. Following the contest, Vols head coach Bruce Pearl was speaking to the press, and taking advantage of the platform, he used it to make a giant call: “Bring the hostages home.”

Auburn head coach Bruce Pearl opens post-game presser by calling to “bring the hostages home.” #israel #hamas #ncaa #marchmadness #auburn pic.twitter.com/Jb93kYXYEd

— WVTM 13 (@WVTM13) March 23, 2025

CNN conservative star Scott Jennings happened to see the footage of Pearl’s presser, and he absolutely loved it.

“Huge @coachbrucepearl fan,” tweeted Jennings.

Huge @coachbrucepearl fan. https://t.co/fu7Un7CPEM

— Scott Jennings (@ScottJenningsKY) March 23, 2025

And this triggered a glorious raining down of praise from Pearl to Jennings.

“Huge Scott Jennings fan! I like to watch news and learn from both sides,” tweeted Pearl. “I give CNN credit for allowing you to check their spin. You make watching CNN possible. Thank you for your service and loving our country.”

Huge Scott Jennings fan! I like to watch news and learn from both sides. I give CNN credit for allowing you to check their spin. You make watching CNN possible. Thank you for your service and loving our country https://t.co/Qx8RKoK3BW

— Bruce Pearl (@coachbrucepearl) March 23, 2025

Pretty cool story … still not watching CNN though. (LMAO)