I wouldn't call it the worst state. It definitely has fewer cowbells than Mississippi, for example.
Pointing out that Tennessee should annex North Alabama made me think of this turn-of-the-century arena football team, based in Huntsville.
https://image.ibb.co/hpdXok/Tennessee_Valley_Vipers.png
― pplains, Wednesday, 27 September 2017 16:16 (six years ago) link