Heupel gets in early dig at future SEC opponent Texas

Heupel gets in early dig at future SEC opponent Texas

It was a set-up, but Tennessee coach Josh Heupel took the bait anyway.

Asked at SEC Media Days on Thursday in Nashville who is the “real UT” with Texas set to join the league next year, Heupel not only gave the answer the reporter probably hoped for, he took it a step farther.

“There’s only one real UT,” Heupel said with a grin. “Only one right shade of orange.”

Texas, of course, famously wears burnt orange, a darker shade that Tennessee’s, which more closely resembles the version hunters wear in the woods.