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Tennessee Set For Evening Time Slot in College World Series Opener | Rocky Top Insider
Tennessee baseball and head coach Tony Vitello have the evening time slot on Friday night for their opening game in the 2024 Men’s College World Series.
No. 1 Tennessee will take on No. 8 Florida State at 7:00 p.m. ET from Charles Schwab Field in Omaha, Nebraska.
The Vols and the Seminoles will be the second game on Friday as No. 4 North Carolina and No. 12 Virginia kick off the College World Series at 2:00 p.m. ET.
No. 2 Kentucky will take on the winner of Monday night’s contest between No. 7 Georgia and No. 10 NC State at 2:00 p.m. ET on Saturday while No. 3 Texas A&M and Florida square off at 7:00 p.m. ET that same night.
All four games will be broadcast on ESPN.
As you might be able to tell, the 2024 Men’s College World Series ended up being a version of an SEC-ACC Invitational.
If Tennessee Wins Game 1
If Tennessee defeats Florida State in their opening game, the Vols will move on to Game 6 on Sunday, June 16, to take on the winner of the North Carolina-Virginia game.
Game 6 is slated for 7:00 p.m. ET on Sunday and will be televised on ESPN.
If Tennessee Loses Game 1
If Florida State defeats Tennessee, the Vols will then move to Game 5 in an elimination game against the loser of North Carolina-Virginia.
Game 5 is slated for 2:00 p.m. ET on Sunday and will be televised on ESPN.
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PRIMETIME VOLS
Our @NCAABaseball College World Series opener vs. Florida State will take place on Friday night at 7 p.m. ET (6 p.m. CT) on ESPN!#GBO // #OTH // #OmaVols pic.twitter.com/7cBKtKrHsK
— Tennessee Baseball (@Vol_Baseball) June 10, 2024
College World Series Schedule – Bracket 1
June 14
- Game 1 – No. 4 North Carolina vs No. 12 Virginia – 2 p.m. ET (ESPN)
- Game 2 – No. 1 Tennessee vs No. 8 Florida State – 7 p.m. ET (ESPN)
June 16
- Game 5 – Loser of G1 vs Loser of G2 – 2 p.m. ET (ESPN)
- Game 6 – Winner of G1 vs Winner of G2 – 7 p.m. ET (ESPN)
June 18
- Game 9 – Winner of G5 vs Loser of G6 – 2 p.m. ET (ESPN)
June 19
- Game 11 – Winner of G6 vs Winner of G9 – 2 p.m. ET (ESPN)
June 20 (If Necessary – Loser G11 is First Loss)
- Bracket 1 If Necessary – TBD
Men’s College World Series
Game 1 – Saturday, June 22 – 7:30 p.m. ET (ESPN)
Game 2 – Sunday, June 23 – 2 p.m. ET (ABC)
Game 3 (If Necessary) – Monday, June 24 – 7 p.m. ET (ESPN)
To see the full 2024 Men’s College World Series bracket, click here.
Tennessee
Heavy police presence reported near Highway 31W in White House
WHITE HOUSE, Tenn. (WZTV) — A heavy law enforcement presence was reported Tuesday near the intersection of U.S. Highway 31W and Rolling Meadows Road in White House.
FOX 17 News has a crew headed to the scene and is working to learn more about the situation.
Law enforcement vehicles line a roadway near the intersection of U.S. Highway 31W and Rolling Meadows Road in White House, Tennessee, as authorities respond to an active incident on Tuesday. Officials had not released details about the investigation at the time the photo was taken. (Photo: FOX 17 News )
A viewer told FOX 17 News a man was barricaded inside a home with other people inside. However, FOX 17 News has not independently confirmed those details.
Once at the scene, FOX 17 News learned that a man who was inside the home during the operation had exited the residence. FOX 17 News is working to obtain more information on the incident that is now subsiding.
This is a developing story and will be updated as more information becomes available.
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Former Tennessee teacher who allegedly showed nude photo to student indicted by grand jury
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Tenn. (WZTV) — A grand jury has indicted a former Montgomery County high school teacher for allegedly showing an inappropriate photo to a student.
In March, FOX 17 News reported that 52-year-old Matthew Vedder, a teacher at Montgomery Central High School at the time, showed a 17-year-old student a nude photo of himself. Vedder told investigators he accidentally swiped to the photo while showing students photos of a school project. He later resigned from Montgomery Central High School.
Makenzie Ellithorpe, is the Montgomery Central High School student who Matthew Vedder allegedly showed inappropriate photos to. (Photo: FOX 17 News)
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On July 7, the Sumner County District Attorney’s Office presented the results of a law enforcement investigation into Vedder to the Montgomery County Grand Jury, which voted to indict him on four counts of exhibiting obscene material to a minor.
Vedder was taken into custody by the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office. A Montgomery County judge set his bond at $10,000.
RELATED COVERAGE | Family renews calls for CMCSS director’s resignation during heated school board meeting
Although Vedder resigned, the family of a Montgomery Central High School student called for the resignation of the Director of Schools, Dr. Jean Luna-Vedder, Matthew Vedder’s spouse. The district previously told FOX 17 News that Luna-Vedder removed herself from any disciplinary decisions and the investigation involving her husband.
As of June, Luna-Vedder has not publicly commented on calls for her resignation.
This is an ongoing story. Stick with FOX 17 News as we bring you the latest.
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Double rainbows spotted over Middle Tennessee — what causes them
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) – Isolated showers and storms over the next few days will make for more brilliant color displays across the sky.
Rainbows have been very common across Middle Tennessee for several evenings now. With all the recent rain, conditions have been ideal for fabulous displays of brilliant colors. Some of you have even reported seeing double rainbows. WSMV4 viewer, Leslie Whited, captured the one above, early Tuesday evening, July 14th.
To find out how double rainbows form, let’s first examine how a single rainbow occurs.
Single rainbows form when the sun, positioned behind you, has its light refracted through raindrops ahead of you.

Those raindrops bend sunlight as it passes into the drops. Then, some of that light reflects off the back of the drop and is bent one more time as it exits the drop. That entire process is called single reflection. Single reflection produces the primary or brightest rainbow.
Sometimes, some light reflects twice while in a raindrop before exiting. This is called double reflection. Double reflection produces a secondary rainbow. The order of colors within a secondary rainbow is a mirror image of the primary rainbow (i.e. the reverse). Secondary rainbows are not as bright as primary rainbows because less light is double reflected than is single reflected (i.e. some light is lost or attenuated every time light is reflected). Notice the fainter secondary rainbow in Leslie Whited’s double rainbow/storm picture at the top of this article.
The ideal time to see a rainbow is when the sun is relatively low in the sky (and has the best chance of being at your back). That translates to early morning or evening. Since in our current weather pattern, showers and storms are most numerous during the late afternoon and evening, that’s when you’ll have the best chance of seeing a rainbow through the rest of this week. If you’re very lucky, you might even see a double rainbow.
Happy sky watching!
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