Josh Heupel held his weekly press conference Monday afternoon but that wasn’t his only time behind a podium. He had to take questions at the Knoxville Quarterback Club , too, even if he wasn’t going to answer all of them.
He wasn’t about to take the bait on a question about No. 7 Tennessee’s game next week at No. 16 Oklahoma, Heupel’s homecoming at his alma mater.
“That’s a long ways from now,” Heupel told the QB Club when asked about the game. “That’s the following Saturday, but hopefully Vol Nation shows up in Norman in a big way.”
Up Next: No. 7 Tennessee vs. Kent State
The buildup will happen in a big way next week, after the Vols (2-0) get through Kent State (0-2) on Saturday night (7:45 Eastern Time, SEC Network) at Neyland Stadium.
Oklahoma will make their debut as an SEC team against Tennessee and Heupel, the former Sooner transfer quarterback who led OU to a national championship while on his way to a runner-up finish for the Heisman Trophy.
He later spent nine years on the sideline at Oklahoma, too, coaching quarterbacks and spending four years as co-offensive coordinator under head coach Bob Stoops , before Stoops fired him in 2014.