Texas alums, fans and employees aren’t going to stop calling themselves “UT.” But the Vols and the state of Tennessee aren't playing ball.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The University of Texas opted against an invitation to make the case for why it, and not the University of Tennessee, should be the official “UT” of the Southeastern Conference now that realignment has forced a decision.
This is not surprising. There is no case. University of Tennessee alums were among thousands of Tennesseans who fought to deliver and maintain statehood for Texas, decades before the University of Texas existed. The actual “Volunteers” made the
Longhorns possible. There’s one UT, and it’s not the one that just joined the league that began in 1932 with the real UT and 12 other charter members.