KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) - In its second year, Smartbank Football Night Live is adding a new twist to Friday Night Football coverage.

In a first-of-its-kind look, Russell Biven and company are taking a page from NFL’s Redzone and bringing Prepzone to TVs across East Tennessee.

“We’ve been thinking about this for years,” said Biven. “If you’ve ever watched Redzone with the NFL, it’s the high school version.”

Biven will have teams patched in through a number of broadcasts Friday nights, taking a look at each one, using broadcasts from a number of schools allowing viewers to watch more than one game at a time.

“Instead of doing one live game we are going to do a plethora of live games, we’re going to go all over east Tennessee,” said Biven. “From live game, to live game, to live game, we’r

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